Supergroove, average age 19, get soulful. “I walk around this town. There’s buildings closed, the windows are boarded,” Che Fu murmurs, while the band struts around a very lively looking Queen Street. Irony?
Che is given a pebbly beach to walk along, and also joins the band on a quarry, as a digger digs. The quarry scenes are filmed by a swooping helicopter. Yeah, why not? All this is cut with shots of a long-haired girl washing her hair and legs in a bowl. Doesn’t she have a bathtub? Is Che’s girlfriend a Depression-era street urchin?
Wait – the city street, the beach, the quarry, the waif – “Sitting Inside My Head” is like a drinking game of music video cliches. And yet, again, Supergroove pull it off because they totally believe in it. They are young and all they know is how to absolutely throw themselves into their work.
Best bit: the faceless hairwashing girl, like a hipster Cousin Itt.
Director: Joe Lonie
Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Next… getting in touch with one’s metal roots.
Hi Robyn! Fun Fact: The shots of Cousin Itt were filmed in our old flat on Richmond Road. Think we got 2 boxes of beer for the use of our living room! We were all unemployed so sat in our backyard drinking till they were done. Liking these reviews!
Hey Andrew. Thanks! I like little stories like this. I want more stories from you.
ok!!! I’m in that Birds Nest Roys Alien clip!!! Dancing with a blue jumper on… ahhh Good times!