Monsters and mortals alike are preparing for the arrival of the Lady Gaga and Beyonce's highly anticipated video for their duet "Telephone"—which should be sometime this week, according to Gagaloo. So exciting!
While I was putting on my Alexander McQueen lobster claw heels this morning, I got to thinking about some of my all-time favorite over-the-top pop duets. Cheesy-yet-timeless, infectious-yet-heartbreaking, I proudly present the best pop duets clips, personally picked and dusted off from the MTV video vault.
"Where You Are" by Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson: Before she was considered "sexual napalm" by certain loud-mouthed guitar god, Jessica Simpson was just a fresh-faced, tuna-loving newlywed. Not only does this video remind me of better, simpler times, but it also makes me realize that music videos need more merry-go-rounds in them.
"Me Against The Music" by Britney Spears and Madonna: Now, I've heard of pole-dancing, table-dancing and chair-dancing but I never heard of wall-dancing until I saw this clip. Kind of gives a new meaning to, "If these walls could talk..."
"Opposites Attract" by Paula Abdul and MC Skat Kat: At the time this video premiered, a carton cat dancing with a human being—or Paula Abdul—was a huge advance in the field of computer animation. Hell, the clip even scored a Grammy in 1991 for "Best Short Form Music Video." Fortunately for us (but unfortunately for Monsieur Skat Kat), digital graphics have come a long way since then. Why, if we were to show this to James Cameron right now, he'd probably laugh up a hairball. No matter, this song is still just as poptastic as it was 20 years ago.