![]() 27: The Buggles: Video Killed the Radio Star (1979)īefore he became an influential record producer, Trevor Horn was one half of the British duo The Buggles, whose debut single “Video Killed The Radio Star” came out in late 1979 and was accompanied by a groundbreaking video which set the tone for how pop was visually represented in the next decade. Choreographed by noted British dancer Arlene Phillips, this vibrant dance spectacle encapsulates the 80s in all its gaudy glory. Director Brian Grant used the technique to good effect in his dazzling video for this Whitney Houston Grammy-winning hit, which contrasts the singer’s lonely life as a performer with an imagined fantasy sequence where she dances with a succession of male partners. The representation of reality and fantasy by the contrasting use of monochrome and color film is a cinematic trick that was popularized by the 1939 movie, The Wizard Of Oz. The video’s surprise denouement – where romance triumphs over materialism – reveals that “Material Girl” isn’t as emblematic of 80s avarice as many would like to think.Ĭlick to load video 28: Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) (1987) Shadow era soundtrack movie#Taking its inspiration from the famous scene in the 1953 movie Gentlemen Prefer Blondes where Monroe sings “Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend,” the video’s storyline depicts Madonna being pursued by a film director who unsuccessfully tries to woo her by flaunting his wealth. Madonna channeled Marilyn Monroe in the iconic video to “Material Girl,” the Nile Rodgers’ produced song that crowned her the queen of pop in 1984. While you’re reading, listen to our Best 80s Music Videos playlist here. Let’s flashback to a more radical time when everyone was a little bit more tanned a bit richer, broker, madder, and wilder, in the best of the decade-defining 80s music videos. Even if the technology was crude, it just led to even more creative innovation. With the medium not yet refined, there were no conventions to break it was the wild west, both musically and visually, and allowed for endless experimentation. The 80s saw MTV and VH1 become the new jukebox for a whole generation of music fans, where music videos were no longer just an add-in, but integral to an artist’s image. With any luck, a specialty label like Varese Sarabande or Intrada will ultimately reissue the score in full, exacting vengeance upon the evil that lurks in the hearts of Arista execs.Not since the advent of radio had there been such a powerful tool to make or break artists’ careers than music television. Unfortunately, Arista's official soundtrack release butchers Goldsmith's score to a mere 30 minutes to make room for two (!) renditions of Taylor Dayne's awful "Original Sin" alongside dialogue from the film and an Orson Welles-headlined radio episode. In a nod to the Shadow's long-running radio serial, Goldsmith punctuates his melodies with electronic effects and other elements of sonic sleight-of-hand, but the crashing percussion and volcanic brass require little aid in communicating the narrative's action. Whatever the flaws of the 1994 big-screen adaptation of the classic Depression-era pulp avenger the Shadow, there's no denying the ominous grandeur of Jerry Goldsmith's score perfectly conveys the film's guns-blazing source material - atmospheric yet rousing, its dark themes superbly complement the lurid but tongue-in-cheek violence onscreen. ![]()
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