Snoop Dogg Featuring T-Pain, "Boom"

Man, classic ’80s synth music is having a rough couple of days. First there was the desecration of New Order’s “True Faith” by George Michael and the Autotune machine that has apparently taken control of mind and relieved him of his faculties. Now Snoop Dogg and T-Pain do something not entirely unsimilar to Yaz’s “Situation.” (They used Alison Moyet’s wonderful bubbly laugh and everything!) “Boom” is also one of the most nonsensical videos I’ve ever seen. And that’s not necessarily a bad thing. But, why did we go through a full minute-and-a-half of post-apocalyptic Tusken raider stuff just to get into the same club we spend most hip-hop videos in?

Here are the originals, to try to wash the taste out of your mouth.