Poison - Nothin' But A Good Time

What this video is

Released in April 1988, 'Nothin' But a Good Time' arrived at the absolute commercial apex of the Los Angeles glam metal movement, when Poison, Mötley Crüe, Ratt, and Warrant collectively dominated MTV and the Billboard charts. The video's central conceit — a put-upon dishwasher escaping workplace drudgery through rock and roll — functioned as a populist fantasy perfectly calibrated for the MTV generation:…

Why it matters

A cornerstone of the glam metal canon and one of Poison's most enduring signature songs. As the lead single from 'Open Up and Say… Ahh!', it codified the genre's party-anthem formula — high-energy riffs, anthemic chorus, aspirational escapism — and demonstrated that slick MTV production and…

The director

Marc Reshovsky is a Los Angeles-based music video director and cinematographer active during the late 1980s through 1990s. In addition to directing, he is credited as director of photography on music videos for artists including Seal, k.d. lang, Billy Joel,…