tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176950784481540459.post8050307350983403691..comments2023-11-22T14:56:24.331+13:00Comments on Jetsam: Video Affects - Promises: 'Baby It's You', 1978Jet Simianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00393803864740299439noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176950784481540459.post-80245436890499575362010-02-06T10:01:13.413+13:002010-02-06T10:01:13.413+13:00Whups - we're victims of the video's succe...Whups - we're victims of the video's success. YouTube have suspended it and others on Dailymotion et al. Might have to wait a bit before it resurfaces...Jet Simianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00393803864740299439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176950784481540459.post-46680678555184325882010-02-05T09:23:44.391+13:002010-02-05T09:23:44.391+13:00Congratulations to all of you for keeping the tone...Congratulations to all of you for keeping the tone so high when discussing this music video. I know I can't be the only person who thinks there's a huge elephant(s) in this room.<br />Back in the distant '90s this audio-visual gem went some small way to repairing a friendship eroded by a much longer visit than anyone wanted. Not their fault, our friend's house was being (slowly) renovated and we put them up, as friends would do. Realising afterwards that some healing was required, none other than the author of this blog came to my rescue. You see, this video had long been held by our recently departed houseguests and ourselves as the Holy Grail, to the extent that Rose once even made a call to TVNZ to enquire about it's availability. No luck there - unsurprisingly, or even in the basement of any Mormon churches we tried.<br />One evening, 'round at Peter and Bridge's flat in Hatiatai, Mr Adamson happened to mention that he'd recorded clips from a current music video show, hosted by Mikey Havoc , I believe. He reeled off the videos he'd captured, only to be cut short by my excited bellow when he mentioned 'Promises'. It was duly dubbed, a dinner was held, and rifts were patched up to the tune of 'Baby it's you'. <br />Cheers, Peter (and a pair of incredibly elasticised braces)!<br /><br /><br />AlAlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176950784481540459.post-42852300349109768582010-02-03T20:11:02.613+13:002010-02-03T20:11:02.613+13:00"a thunderous combination of yearning passion..."a thunderous combination of yearning passionate male vocals(tm) on verses and ear-hammering female chorus"<br /><br />Ladies and gents I give you the cliff notes for Dr Who's 2008 season...<br /><br />... sorry for lowering the tone.<br /><br />Dave RAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176950784481540459.post-22951780071401472362010-02-03T19:27:58.200+13:002010-02-03T19:27:58.200+13:00Scoones - No! No no no no no no no! It's an aw...Scoones - No! No no no no no no no! It's an awesome song and great for student parties.<br /><br />@GuanoLad - that's a sad story about your sister, and I'm grateful I don't have any of those kind of associations with my Mum. I reckon the eeriness is compounded by that celestial choir thing they have going on in the background of the second verse. There's an awful lot going on, not the least being some great 70s strings and a decent axe solo.Jet Simianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00393803864740299439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176950784481540459.post-88082005040802519632010-02-03T19:21:05.616+13:002010-02-03T19:21:05.616+13:00When I was young I wanted to be her (not for the t...When I was young I wanted to be her (not for the two obvious reasons either) though I imagine future boyfriends would have been quite happy with that. <br /><br />The song was so,so cool and I wanted hair like the blonde boy singer!Beetlebumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13624254421570185088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176950784481540459.post-891216391581392352010-02-03T14:07:24.054+13:002010-02-03T14:07:24.054+13:00Reading your blog I drew a complete blank. Not eve...Reading your blog I drew a complete blank. Not even a flicker of recognition at either the song title or the group's name. Then I played the clip and it all came flooding back from the deep recesses of pre-teen memories. Gawd what a truly awful song. <br /><br />As for DJ bollocks that you end up believing for ages until the true facts emerge, for me it was the completely erroneous factoid that the three identically surnamed members of Duran Duran were siblings!Paul Scooneshttp://www.paulscoones.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176950784481540459.post-70617518941657237142010-02-03T11:54:47.122+13:002010-02-03T11:54:47.122+13:00My sister finds this song really creepy and horrib...My sister finds this song really creepy and horrible, but I think it's because she had heard it on the radio the day our Dad died, so it was swimming around in her head as we were heading into Hospital. It therefore has an association she can't separate.<br /><br />I, on the other hand, find it strangely fascinating for reasons I can't pin down. And it's not the obvious reasons, either.GuanoLadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10003894743902155910noreply@blogger.com