If you ask me, the clip for Lionel Richie's Hello stands as one of the weirdest and most unintentionally hilarious music videos ever made.
In it, an attractive blind woman makes a sculpture of Richie's head. Although the result doesn't really resemble the singer, he seems pretty pleased.
In celebration of Richie's 30th anniversary as a solo artist -- and inspired by the Hello video -- Barcelona art collective Hungry Castle has an idea: They want to build a massive sculpture of the singer's head and install it in his hometown of Tuskegee, Ala. The piece will even include a phone; when visitors pick it up, they'll hear Richie's Hello on the other end.
The guys are hoping to raise $30,000 to cover construction, transportation and installation of the project. Their video explaining the idea is one of the funniest things I've seen on Kickstarter, so I highly suggest you watch.
So far more than $7,000 has been raised, including a donation from Lionel Richie himself! Incentives include a "limited edition Vinyl Lionel head" and other wacky items.
This isn't the first time the Hello video has served as creative inspiration. A few years ago, several British artists attempted to make busts of Richie's head while blindfolded. The results were pretty funny -- and better than what we saw in the 1984 video:
The deadline to donate to the Kickstarter campaign is July 28.
Whitney has been writing about pop culture for USA TODAY since 1999, when Pop Candy began as a weekly column. Her interests include music festivals, mustaches, Lost, comic books and Andy Warhol. She lives in New York City. More about Whitney | E-mail Whitney