Martin Phillipps and the Chills “Dreams Are Free”
The Chills return with a cheerful two-minute punk-pop love song. Only because it’s the world of Martin Phillipps, it’s a song of forbidden love. Nonetheless, the rollicking organ and crunchy guitar make it a feelgood pop tune that’s begging to be danced to. The video sees the Chills dressed in white, performing the song in...
Missing videos from February 1996
The Film Archive vaults contain the video for Second Child‘s “Desire You”, a song NZOA described as a “blistering blast of melodic, guitar-driven rock”. Teina was nicknamed “the bard of Otara” and his song “Gone Fishing” had guest vocals from Teremoana Rapley. Cinematic‘s song “See You Round” is a pleasant Smithsian song with some good...
Martin Phillipps and the Chills “Come Home”
Just like how Miami Sound Machine became Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine, by the mid ’90s the Chills had rebranded as Martin Phillipps and the Chills. The cheerful “Home Come” was the first single off new album “Sun Burnt”, and it served as a clarion call to young expat New Zealanders. The video...
The Chills “Wet Blanket”
“Wet Blanket” was an album track on the Chills 1987 album “Brave Worlds”, but was rereleased as a single off the 1994 best-of album “Heavenly Pop Hits”. The rest of the band (whoever they were at this stage) are absent from the video, but occasionally there’s a shot of a lone instrument, a reminder of...
The Chills “Male Monster from the Id”
Martin Phillipps takes on the male monster from the id, aka the impulse-driven brain bit what wants to root you. The video, which legend has it cost much more than the $5000 NZ On Air funding, is a slick black and white number. Grim objects move about, a wunderkammer of complexity. A doll head, skulls,...
Missing videos from October 1991
Sultry-voiced songstress Maree Sheehan has a good collection of music videos on YouTube, but that’s let down by the absence of her first single, “Make U My Own”. Instead here’s “Heavenly Pop Hit” by the Chills, from 1990. I present this as an example of the sort of music videos that were being made just...
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