Top 5 most awkward songs for a video part

Yer just sittin' there watching a new skate vid that just came out, dude's part comes on and you hear the tune playing and you say to yourself, "Now why in the hell would anyone even think to put that song in a skate video part?"
There have been a few awkward song choices for skate vids over the years, and here's my attempt to highlight my top 5 most weird-ass selections for music in a skateboard vid.


5. Back in the day, when the FTC video "finally" did come out in 1993, we were all hyped and anticipating a sick video. What we didn't anticipate is Jeron skating to Mary J. Blige, the most R&B tune to appear in a skate vid up to that point. And while the song is kinda soulful and makes Jeron's skating look pretty smooth in retrospect, I only remember my pals lookin' at me with amazement that this kind of song would be in a video part. Here's Jeron Wilson in Finally, an FTC video


4. One day we heard about a guy from NC who moved to SD and was doing backtails and kickflip 5-0's on rails, and was just the butteriest around. Maple released 7 Steps to Heaven, and Marc Johnson's part was by far the highlight, incredible for it's time, setting a new standard for technical street skating. However, the musical choice which I'm guessing Marc chose, was as eclectic as MJ himself would turn out to be in his later years. Marc Johnson, with Lee Hazelwood and Nancy Sinatra performing "Some Velvet Morning" in the Maple Video 7 Steps to Heaven:



3. I knew Element had gone all lame-ass corporate when Elementality Vol. 1 came out, and whomever was in the video production studio at the time decided "Let Me Clear My Throat" from DJ Kool was the appropriate selection for Colt Cannon. Another choice that was obviously in no way connected to the real world of skateboarding videos. Good skating, and Colt's the nicest guy in the world, but for sure a music FAIL. My pals at wiskate.com totally agree with me on this.


2. This one was also the inspiration for this list, and was the number one choice until my web research found an undeniable number one choice. 1994 was indeed a sad year for skateboarding, and many vert legends were ordered by their sponsors to get some street tricks done real quick like to appeal to the new breed of street rats. Ramp legends like Hawk and Cab took off the pads and hit the bricks to pop some tricks, but with mixed results. While Hawk looked altogether gawky on street save for a front 3 or two, Cab handled himself nicely in the streets of San Jose and managed to put out a good part for it's time. Again, I'm guessing someone very far from skateboarding chose to brand this part with lameness forevermore by deciding to make the legend Steve Caballero skate to Sheryl fucking Crow performing, "All I Wanna Do". I almost included Gershon's song from the very same vid (Counting Crows' "Rain King"), in this list, but it will have to remain an honorable mention.



1. Which brings me to the most awkward song for a video part ever, evidenced by the outrage of the skater himself upon hearing what song would be featured in his part...but then again, that's what he gets for professing to love boy bands, as well as splicing in footy of himself doing gymnastics, working out, breakdancing, trampolining, snowboarding, etc. In a ghastly display of skateboarding testosterone, here's the number one most awkward music selection for a skateboarding video part: Rob "Sluggo" Boyce in the RDS video FSU. I'll let this one come as a surprise: