Shona’s last video, the Nixons’ first, a cold day, and a hearty dose of Hamilton bogan rock.
Tag: Shona Laing
Found videos from 1992
Two videos have emerged from the second year of NZ On Air funding, and they’re both set at a train station (but not the same one).
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Shona Laing “Mercy of Love”
My introduction to Shona Laing was her angry phase in the ’80s, with US college radio hit “Soviet Snow” and “Glad I’m Not a Kennedy”. So when Shona grew out her punky mullet and returned to her barefoot folk singer roots, it was a bit of a shock to me.
“Mercy of Love” is a pretty song about how love comes along and changes your direction, makes you do stuff you can’t control, and there’s nothing you can do to stop it.
It’s a bit of a cafe song, and the video is a simple performance of Shona singing the song, with some symbols drawn on her face. At other times, the kinder, gentler Shona shrinks into a tiny box in the middle of the screen – about one-third of the screen size – and performs in front of green-screen superimposed static and some more symbols.
Best bit: chilled out Shona, relaxing in a chair.
Director: Karyn Hay
Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
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