Music Video: "Samurai" by Michael Cretu [1985]

[Adam Dravian]

Read it here!

[Rijst]

It's hard to get more 80's than this video..

Edit: Except for the wireless synthesizer, I'm not convinced they were very widespread back then..

[Rae]

*nods* So fucking 80's. So many keytar pelvic trusts! "Oh-o-whoa! Oh-oo-whoa!"

Props to the drummer, who was the only who decided not to don clothes from a geriatric rummage sale.

[Ghoul]

Kind of reminded me of a weird.. sad.. dumb.. Depeche Mode. :-/

[Rijst]

Props to the drummer, who was the only who decided not to don clothes from a geriatric rummage sale.

Hahaha it does make him stand out from the dreamy background colours though..

[Rae]

Hahaha it does make him stand out from the dreamy background colours though..

It is quite the dreamy background. Was distracted by the bizarre black... tentacle-monster-dead-shrub-shaped thing...

[Michigander1911]

Can anyone else think of an instrament that was designed for and promptly died with a style of music like the keytar did in the 80's?

As for the video the 80s were a strange time and this highlights it in just under 5 minutes.  The style, videography, the sound. It was all so cool and advanced until about '92 when pop culture took a hard left turn.

[Rijst]

Can anyone else think of an instrament that was designed for and promptly died with a style of music like the keytar did in the 80's

I think wrecking balls will disappear from the pop scene any time now. Other than that, no..

[Michigander1911]

Can anyone else think of an instrament that was designed for and promptly died with a style of music like the keytar did in the 80's

I think wrecking balls will disappear from the pop scene any time now. Other than that, no..

I dont know the wrecking ball has some mainstay to it.  Actually one of my favorite up and coming blues stars has a song also titled Wrecking Ball, and it has nothing to do with Miley.

Check out Joanne Shaw Taylor on Spotify if you like the blues you'll love her.

[Adam Dravian]

I dont know the wrecking ball has some mainstay to it.  Actually one of my favorite up and coming blues stars has a song also titled Wrecking Ball, and it has nothing to do with Miley.

And here I thought Rijst was totally making a nonsense comment with the wrecking ball thing, but I infer from your comment that it's something real. I haven't listened to pop music since the mid-'90s, so I'm pretty out of touch.

However, I do got the touch. In fact, you could even say I've got the power.

[Rijst]

Me? Totally making nonsense comments? Never! 

[Michigander1911]

Adam since you have been culturally unaware for near 2 decades I present you this  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My2FRPA3Gf8. Miley is not the 1st to ride a wrecking ball though. (well maybe naked) Here is AC/DC riding a wrecking ball https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtw3IPYTfmA

BTW that video is pretty sweet.  I know I've heard the song before but not sure I've ever saw the video.  I've never heard of Stan Bush before this and will probably forget him right away.

[Jessica Safron]

Kind of reminded me of a weird.. sad.. dumb.. Depeche Mode. :-/

But Depeche Mode can be soo weird, sad, and dumb. This is probably their happiest video, and it's still all of those things: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6FBfAQ-NDE

Adam since you have been culturally unaware for near 2 decades I present you this  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My2FRPA3Gf8. Miley is not the 1st to ride a wrecking ball though. (well maybe naked) Here is AC/DC riding a wrecking ball https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtw3IPYTfmA

BTW that video is pretty sweet.  I know I've heard the song before but not sure I've ever saw the video.  I've never heard of Stan Bush before this and will probably forget him right away.

I'm also completely oblivious to this wrecking ball stuff. No real interest in modern pop music. In fact, fuck everyone who's ridden a wrecking ball in a music video after Udo Dirkschneider did it in Accept's Balls to the Wall video. As far as I know, based on zero research, they did it first and are way better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_3TlrZLpQ0

Fuck, I'm so pumped after watching that. I'm gonna go draw.

[Michigander1911]

I had totally forgot about the Balls to the Wall track.  Thanks Jess.   

[Rijst]

Clearly wrecking balls are ubiquitous in music videos, but the difference in usage with keytars is obvious..