Missing videos from December 1994
Cosa Nostra (later just Cosa) was a project by producer Trevor Reekie. “Still Water”has a moody trip-hop sound, with reggae chanting over the top. Apart from the awful band name (no wonder it was changed), it’s a perfectly good mid-’90s song. Mana tackle “Tahu Song”, another Herbs song. As my gran used to say, “Once...
Missing videos for October 1994
More quirky pop from the Brainchilds, but “Thinking About You” is a song whose online existence seems to be solely restricted to NZ On Air’s website. A message to Cinema: “Someone Has To” put your old music videos online, ok? I’m sad that Dave Dobbyn‘s “Lap of the Gods” video isn’t online. The Dobb has such...
Mana “Ain’t Gonna Stop”
It’s a dilemma of music videos – how to film the band performing in front of a (fake) audience when no one wants to give up their weekend pretending to go mental over the same song again and again. Add children into the mix and you’re just asking for trouble. “This is for the choowdrun!”...
Mana “Jah Son”
Mana’s cover of Herbs’ ode to Jesus takes place at the Otara markets, with the band performing live in a corner of the car park to a modest audience. But much more exciting is market life. The camera sweeps over the jam-packed Saturday morning market, and then almost seems to have to fight its way...
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