The classic video branded Madonna with a her "Material Girl" nickname, a track that is so quintessential 80s.
Gen X-er living in a time machine, high on nostalgia. Flashbacks is the debut album by Peach on a beach, a tribute to growing up in Dartmouth, NS during the 80s. Available on streaming and CD. Check out YouTube videos for "Beeping and Bleeping", "Pizza Corner", "Before Call Display", "Anticipation Street" and "Boogeyman Trail". Released on May 3, “Zooming In" is an electro-pop, over the top tribute to my lifelong passion for maps. Official website: https://www.peachonabeach.ca/
Monday, March 22, 2021
16/100 Video - "Material Girl" - Madonna (1984)
The classic video branded Madonna with a her "Material Girl" nickname, a track that is so quintessential 80s.
Sunday, March 21, 2021
17/100 Video - "Take On Me" - a-ha (1985)
The video for a-ha's "Take On Me" used a pencil-sketch animation / live-action combination known as rotoscoping, in which the live-action footage is traced over frame by frame to give the characters realistic movements.
Approximately 3,000 frames were rotoscoped, which took 16 weeks to complete. The video cost $150,000 USD, which was significant at the time in 1985.
Actress Bunty Bailey, who played singer Morten Harket's love interest, went on to star in the band's follow-up video, “The Sun Always Shines on T.V.,” and had a real-life romance with Harket.
The iconic music video for “Take On Me” has reached one billion views on YouTube, a feat very few artists have accomplished.
Saturday, March 20, 2021
18/100 Video - "Hungry Like the Wolf" - Duran Duran (1982)
The iconic video for "Hungry Like the Wolf" came out in junior high, wooing North American teenage girls and boys alike with its exotic adventures and irresistible new wave sound.
I howl and I whine... about why these guys don't get the credit they deserve.
Friday, March 19, 2021
19/100 Video - "Rockit" - Herbie Hancock (1984)
Thursday, March 18, 2021
20/100 Video - "Two Tribes" - Frankie Goes To Hollywood (1984)
"Two Tribes" by Frankie Goes To Hollywood is a hi-energy dance club track with an amazing bass line that peaked at #1 on the UK charts in 1984.
The video showcases a wrestling match between US President at the time, Ronald Reagan, and then-Soviet leader Konstantin Chernenko in front of an audience of representatives from the world's nations.
This clever metaphor for the Cold War degenerates into complete global destruction. Almost forty years later, the shocking ending of the earth exploding is still chilling to see.