Another music video that has a creative debt to the videos of bands like Nine Inch Nails and Tool.
“I Only Said” is a messed up world of strange medical contraptions, blood flowing through tubes, mice, and housewives wearing paperbags on their head.
It probably seemed really cutting edge at the time, but looking back at it now, it all seems pretty dated, and just a little naive. It’s all a bit, “Look! We’re being alternative and subverting the mass media.”
Or was the fact that this was being done by a New Zealand band worth celebrating?
Best bit: the adventures of the lab rat.
Director: Nigel Streeter
Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Next… Shona gets symbolic.
Churn is still my favorite shihad album to this day! Dark and mechanical.