Loves Ugly Children “Six Pack”
Hey everyone, Loves Ugly Children are having a party. Starting the party prep nice and early, Simon jumps out of bed and has barely made it out of the bathroom before the suasage rolls are thrown in the oven. It’s going to be epic. He gets on the phone and invites all his friends along....
Bressa Creeting Cake “Palm Singing”
Actor and comedian Jonathan Brugh stands in for Messers Bressa, Creeting and Cake, hamming it up every second of the video, which led to some people actually thinking he was in the band (along with his triplets?). For a song with a sunny tropical feel, the video starts off in Little Shoal Bay, admid mangrove...
Lost Tribe “Summer In The Winter”
Somehow this outrageously good song passed me by in the mid ’90s. I was probably too busy listening to boys and girls with guitars. I now mourn for the lost years that I could have spent listening to “Summer in the Winter”. Ahem. So yeah, it’s a good song and the video is just as...
Che Fu “Scene III”
After his previous collaboration with DLT, Che Fu is back with his first solo single, far removed from the funk pop of Supergroove. This time it’s a moody love song, with hints of Oriental tones and the odd sea shanty. It’s late at night. Che is walking along Hobson Street, outside Wah Lee. Except I...
Bressa Creeting Cake “Papa People”
Bressa Creeting Cake knew how to make good crazy videos. We meet a young woman having a tearful conversation with her lover, a giant weta. Actually, not a giant weta as in the 10cm species of weta; this weta is as big as a man. Mr Weta has ditched her and she is utterly heartbroken....
Supergroove “Can’t Get Enough”
Catch-up time: Somehow I forgot to review this, which I don’t understand given how epic and monumental the video is. This is pretty much the ultimate Supergroove video. Like a lot of their vids, it feels like every single effect in the video editing software has been used. Why have all seven band members in...
3Ds “Hey Seuss”
Catch-up time: I wrote this one ages ago but didn’t publish it because it needed a rewrite, which I then forgot to do. But all is good now and here it is. “Hey Seuss” is a train ride into a mixed-up world of theological dilemmas and children’s book characters. Directed by Andrew Moore, the video...
Missing videos for August 1995
There’s a Barry Saunders song called “Little Things”. I can’t even figure out what album it was on. It’s so… little. Another sweet Emma Paki song, but “Don’t Give It Up” is another one that’s not as beloved as “System Virtue” and so misses out on being digitised. Another of Ermehn‘s early tracks is “Nuttin...
Dam Native “Behold My Kool Style”
This video could be described as a bunch of guys sitting around a table, playing poker, smoking and drinking. And it would sound like a typical mid-’90s Tarantino-inspired music video. But no. “Behold My Kool Style” is far beyond that. It is confident, stylish and kool. It’s not just any old guys sitting around that...
The Bats “Afternoon In Bed”
For the first time since reading the phrase “creamy legato slides” in Rolling Stone magazine in the mid ’90s, I have a situation in which I can use it. Because indeed creamy legato slides are at the heart of this most chilled out song. I’m really happy that the video does not at any stage...
Greg Johnson “Don’t Wait Another Day”
Finally the video clouds have come, the online content rains have fallen, the Greg Johnson drought has broken! NZ On Screen have a sparkling copy of sweet “Don’t Wait Another Day”. Boh Runga returns on backing vocals – perhaps her crunchy, grungy vocals in Stellar were a direct attempt to not sound like Greg Johnson’s...
Headless Chickens “George”
When Fiona McDonald was announced as one of the judges on NZ Idol and hoardes of teens commented online that they’d never heard of her, this is what I pointed them to. The Headless Chicken’s only number one single, and indeed the first number one for a Flying Nun artist. It’s a dark song, a...
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