Ma-V-Elle “Show Me Heaven”
The copy of this video that’s been uploaded to YouTube is an old VHS rip, with wobbly tracking lines and crackly sounds. But some how that adds to the atmosphere of the video. “Show Me Heaven” is a...
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Who needs the official video when we have youth telly at its finest? Ardijah give a South Pacific update to the Bee Gees song “Love So Right”. (Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision, audio) Coelacanth were an...
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Ma-V-Elle head to an exotic location for their video, which actually looks like Venice, or a similarly exotic part of Europe. In a way, it’s a little bit disappointing that it’s the real deal. I’d much...
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New Zealand: stunt double for the Emerald Isle “Right Now” was the first single from Bailter Space‘s final studio album “Solar.3″. Pitchfork gave the album an 8.1. Vocal trio Ma-V-Elle are back with...
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Delta gets the old gang back togetherBrett Sawyer has the song “When It Happens”. I’m most interested to discover that he and Pearl Runga sang New Zealand’s official millennium anthem, “I’ll Meet You...
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Fortunately “Never Say Goodbye” was not the final video from Ma-V-Elle. No, that was their next one. (Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Nicolette was another artist associated with Christopher Banks, the...
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As Aly Cook rests, the warrior respectfully averts his gaze Garageland get some Pixies-style loud-quiet-loud with “Love Song”. (Directors: Paul Swadel, Kirsten Marcon, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision)...
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February 1998 Bike “Take In The Sun” Bike have the rather Fits-esque sounding “Take In The Sun”. The video was shot on Super 8 film in Mexico. Director: Jonathan King Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision...
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February 1999 Bailter Space “So Am I” “So Am I” was Bailter Space’s final NZOA-funded video from the ’90s. They took a break and showed up again in 2012. Cabbage Bomber “You’re a Sun” Cabbage Bomber...
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A fluffy bra, nightclub, a prison, a derelict swimming pool, three lifts and an escalator. February 1997 Bailter Space “Pass It Up” This is Bailter Space right in the midst of their poppiest period...
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