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Title: Music Video: "Samurai" by Michael Cretu [1985]
Post by: Adam Dravian on December 05, 2014, 11:21:51 AM
Read it here! (https://satanninja.com/blog/2014/12/music-video-samurai-by-michael-cretu-1985)
Title: Re: Music Video: "Samurai" by Michael Cretu [1985]
Post by: Rijst on December 05, 2014, 01:04:42 PM
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..
Title: Re: Music Video: "Samurai" by Michael Cretu [1985]
Post by: Rae on December 05, 2014, 05:56:35 PM
*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.
Title: Re: Music Video: "Samurai" by Michael Cretu [1985]
Post by: Ghoul on December 05, 2014, 06:10:26 PM
Kind of reminded me of a weird.. sad.. dumb.. Depeche Mode. :-/
Title: Re: Music Video: "Samurai" by Michael Cretu [1985]
Post by: Rijst on December 06, 2014, 05:18:49 AM
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..
Title: Re: Music Video: "Samurai" by Michael Cretu [1985]
Post by: Rae on December 06, 2014, 05:49:12 PM
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...
Title: Re: Music Video: "Samurai" by Michael Cretu [1985]
Post by: Michigander1911 on December 07, 2014, 12:10:56 AM
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.
Title: Re: Music Video: "Samurai" by Michael Cretu [1985]
Post by: Rijst on December 07, 2014, 07:45:30 AM
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..
Title: Re: Music Video: "Samurai" by Michael Cretu [1985]
Post by: Michigander1911 on December 07, 2014, 03:06:52 PM
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.
Title: Re: Music Video: "Samurai" by Michael Cretu [1985]
Post by: Adam Dravian on December 08, 2014, 05:53:25 AM
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. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZKpByV5764[/url)
Title: Re: Music Video: "Samurai" by Michael Cretu [1985]
Post by: Rijst on December 08, 2014, 11:41:32 AM
Me? Totally making nonsense comments? Never!  8)
Title: Re: Music Video: "Samurai" by Michael Cretu [1985]
Post by: Michigander1911 on December 08, 2014, 02:56:10 PM
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.
Title: Re: Music Video: "Samurai" by Michael Cretu [1985]
Post by: Jessica Safron on December 08, 2014, 09:30:59 PM
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.
Title: Re: Music Video: "Samurai" by Michael Cretu [1985]
Post by: Michigander1911 on December 08, 2014, 10:22:25 PM
I had totally forgot about the Balls to the Wall track.  Thanks Jess.   :'(
Title: Re: Music Video: "Samurai" by Michael Cretu [1985]
Post by: Rijst on December 09, 2014, 02:14:55 AM
Clearly wrecking balls are ubiquitous in music videos, but the difference in usage with keytars is obvious..
Title: Re: Music Video: "Samurai" by Michael Cretu [1985]
Post by: Adam Dravian on December 09, 2014, 05:15:10 AM
Adam since you have been culturally unaware for near 2 decades I present you this  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My2FRPA3Gf8.

I made it about 12-seconds, but then I have to close out of it. Sorry, but I'm trying to get over this flu, and that just wasn't helping. I'm just going to assume she's crying because she's about to get hit by a wrecking ball, and leave it at that.
Title: Re: Music Video: "Samurai" by Michael Cretu [1985]
Post by: Michigander1911 on December 09, 2014, 07:00:58 AM
Adam since you have been culturally unaware for near 2 decades I present you this  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My2FRPA3Gf8.

I made it about 12-seconds, but then I have to close out of it. Sorry, but I'm trying to get over this flu, and that just wasn't helping. I'm just going to assume she's crying because she's about to get hit by a wrecking ball, and leave it at that.

Well I can't say you actually missed anything.  I have seen the video but for the purpose of linking it to this forum I turned the speakers off.  That's not to say Miley don't have any talent because she does but typically not in her own music. 

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

Very true Rijst.  I almost forgot this started as my sideways insult to keytars. 
Title: Re: Music Video: "Samurai" by Michael Cretu [1985]
Post by: Rijst on December 09, 2014, 03:58:24 PM
Sorry, but I'm trying to get over this flu, and that just wasn't helping. I'm just going to assume she's crying because she's about to get hit by a wrecking ball, and leave it at that.

Haha I imagine you sitting there, feeling sorry for yourself, cringing in agony because of this video. Perhaps I'm a bit of a sadist for laughing at that come to think of it..

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

Very true Rijst.  I almost forgot this started as my sideways insult to keytars. 

It only went downhill from there I'm afraid, my bad..