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Post by Thomas Walsh on Jul 30, 2019 4:58:26 GMT
This lovely little channel has appeared on YouTube. Weird and wonderful. Any background to it? youtu.be/7ArpWtz0eBo |
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Post by ajsmith on Jul 30, 2019 9:06:18 GMT
Wow, what a wonderful dramatic and cinematic clip for the 'Neil MacArthur' reworking of 'She's Not There' from 1969. The Zombies never made any promo films (as far as I know anyway) in their original phase so this almost makes up for there being no 'original' promo for the Zombies version: just 5 years later and Blunstone looks pretty much the same as he did in 1964.
Always found it weird that while the effectively defunct Zombies were enjoying a huge stateside hit with 'Time Of the Season' in 1969, (allowing fake groups to tour the US in the absence of the real deal) Blunstone was re-selling their first hit to a UK audience under an assumed name! Surely a cannier move at the time would have been to get Blunstone and Argent back together for a US tour? Ah well, it all worked out in the end, even if it took another 40 years.
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Post by Thomas Walsh on Jul 30, 2019 10:46:52 GMT
Yes it's a beauty alright but did you check out the channel? The Ruperts People promo is not to be missed for the sheer stupidity and the hair!!
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Post by Matthew Brannigan on Jul 30, 2019 12:21:48 GMT
Fantastic channel - many thanks for letting us know - duly subscribed.
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Post by ajsmith on Jul 30, 2019 13:09:43 GMT
Yes it's a beauty alright but did you check out the channel? The Ruperts People promo is not to be missed for the sheer stupidity and the hair!! Yes I did. it's also a very ahead of it's time video with all the quick cutting and crash zooms. |
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Post by martinogorman on Jul 30, 2019 13:36:35 GMT
All I know about Piers Bedford is that he directed the first promo for The Cure in late 1978/early 1979 - 10.15 Saturday Night. He also directed a nice documentary called Punk: The Early Years which has turned up on one of the Freeview channels (Talking Pictures? London Live?) recently. He obviously had quite a career in music promos and documentary films: www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba06c7124www.imdb.com/name/nm1140809/ |
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Post by Kev Mulrenan on Jul 30, 2019 16:02:57 GMT
Wow, what a wonderful dramatic and cinematic clip for the 'Neil MacArthur' reworking of 'She's Not There' from 1969. The Zombies never made any promo films (as far as I know anyway) in their original phase so this almost makes up for there being no 'original' promo for the Zombies version: just 5 years later and Blunstone looks pretty much the same as he did in 1964. Always found it weird that while the effectively defunct Zombies were enjoying a huge stateside hit with 'Time Of the Season' in 1969, (allowing fake groups to tour the US in the absence of the real deal) Blunstone was re-selling their first hit to a UK audience under an assumed name! Surely a cannier move at the time would have been to get Blunstone and Argent back together for a US tour? Ah well, it all worked out in the end, even if it took another 40 years. Have you ever seen the session men they got to promote it on tv? Hilarious? Terrible miming and loads of long hair! |
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Post by ajsmith on Aug 1, 2019 8:28:36 GMT
Wow, what a wonderful dramatic and cinematic clip for the 'Neil MacArthur' reworking of 'She's Not There' from 1969. The Zombies never made any promo films (as far as I know anyway) in their original phase so this almost makes up for there being no 'original' promo for the Zombies version: just 5 years later and Blunstone looks pretty much the same as he did in 1964. Always found it weird that while the effectively defunct Zombies were enjoying a huge stateside hit with 'Time Of the Season' in 1969, (allowing fake groups to tour the US in the absence of the real deal) Blunstone was re-selling their first hit to a UK audience under an assumed name! Surely a cannier move at the time would have been to get Blunstone and Argent back together for a US tour? Ah well, it all worked out in the end, even if it took another 40 years. Have you ever seen the session men they got to promote it on tv? Hilarious? Terrible miming and loads of long hair! No! is it online anywhere? |
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Post by petercheck on Aug 1, 2019 11:22:01 GMT
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