Weezer "Perfect Situation" Dir. Marc Webb
starring Elisha Cuthbert
Los Shakers de Uruguay "Break it All"
Found a great archive of 60s videos over at Ron's Video Links. Lots of great stuff here from the big names of sixties pop like the Kinks, and George Harrison, but also more obscure beat and "theme groups" like the spacemen of "Los Spotnicks". The song and video I liked the best was "Break it All" by Los Shakers.
Hugo Fattoruso (gtr.vo)
Osvaldo Fattoruso (gtr.vo)
Roberto "Pelin" Capobianco (bs.vo)
Carlos "Caio" Vila (drms.vo)
It's a shameless Beatles/Monkees ripoff, but a catchy, fun one. They also starred in a movie called "Escala Musical"
Los Shakers "Break it All" 7.3 MB QT .mov link, rt-click to save
Los Shakers history/Historia de Los Shakers Comprehensive list of bands from Uruguay
"When the music stops/don't stand there like a fool"
Popol Vuh video and mp3 - Bettina - live on Beat Club, April 24, 1971
The Popol Vuh ("council book") is the Mayan book of "The Dawn of Life", a sacred text which contains the creation myths and histories of the Quiche people. The original is now lost due to the book (and people) burning tendencies of the conquistadors, but luckily some Mayan priests and clerks secretly made copies of some of the older hieroglyphic books, but using the Roman alphabet. It is a fascinating book that shows us flashes of the pre-columbian Mayan culture, as if reflected through the broken shards of a mirror.
Popol Vuh is also the name of a 70s German band led by Florian Fricke which provided soundtracks to many Werner Herzog films, including Aguirre, the Wrath of God (an appropriate choice considering their name) and Nosferatu. Popol Vuh blended the new moog synthesizer with tribal rhythms and drones. Here is a video of Popol Vuh performing the instrumental "Bettina" (apparently named after Bettina Fricke, their Tabla player) on German tv's Beat Club in 1971. Trippy lo-fi video fx, modular synths, fur vests and tablas. Thanks to NoDude at dimeadozen.org for the upload. Enjoy!
Popol Vuh - Bettina - Video - 41 MB .avi file
Popol Vuh - Bettina - mp3 - 4 MB file
The Screamers "122 Hours of Fear" 1978
The Screamers were an intense punk band operating out LA and SF in the 70s. Fronted by performance artist David Xavier Harrigan, aka Tomata du Plenty, they had their own thing going on: ARP synths, horror movie keyboards, a confrontational front man, and plenty of attitude. Reference points are Suicide, Iggy, Joy Division, and the growl/bark of later hardcore bands. This is a video of Screamers performing their song "122 Hours of Fear" (mislabeled here as "22 hours of fear"- thus losing a full 100 hours of fear). I believe it is from 8-29/9-3-78, Target Studios, Oakland, CA The video quality isn't bad considering its age, and the erratic blurring and color shifts add to the total feel. Tomata's look here is even reminiscent of Rimbaud.
Screamers get name checked, but are hard to actually hear due to their short career. Singer du Plenty later on became an artist, and died of AIDS in 2000.
122 Hours of Fear 20 MB .avi file 122 Hours of Fear 5.5 MB .mp3 file
Here's a Screamers concert video
Magazine "Definitive Gaze" live on The Old Grey Whistle Test
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1978 week continues here at Audium with another cool video.
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Magazine were a great post punk band fronted by Howard Devoto of the immortal Buzzcocks. They lasted a scant 4 years (77-81) but left some nice recordings. Here is a not great video quality, but certainly watchable clip of them performing the song "Definitive Gaze", which is one of my favorites. Thanks to gibby299 at the fantastic Dimeadozen.org
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1978 week continues here at Audium with another cool video.
Magazine were a great post punk band fronted by Howard Devoto of the immortal Buzzcocks. They lasted a scant 4 years (77-81) but left some nice recordings. Here is a not great video quality, but certainly watchable clip of them performing the song "Definitive Gaze", which is one of my favorites. Thanks to gibby299 at the fantastic Dimeadozen.org
for the video. Dime a dozen is a site filled with amazing unreleased music and music videos, and I highly encourage you to join or get on their waiting list. Thanks also to for the vid caps.
Note to video conversion software programmers: you guys really need to get on the ball standardizing things. It took me hours to convert this file. We don't need 54 various similiary named codecs!
Magazine "Definitive Gaze" 16.6 MB .mp4 video file
Magazine "Definitive Gaze" 5.4 MB .mp3 file
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1978 week continues here at Audium with another cool video. Magazine were a great post punk band fronted by Howard Devoto of the immortal Buzzcocks. They lasted a scant 4 years (77-81) but left some nice recordings. Here is a not great video quality, but certainly watchable clip of them performing the song "Definitive Gaze", which is one of my favorites. Thanks to gibby299 at the fantastic Dimeadozen.org for the video. Dime a dozen is a site filled with amazing unreleased music and music videos, and I highly encourage you to join or get on their waiting list. Thanks also to for the vid caps.
Note to video conversion software programmers: you guys really need to get on the ball standardizing things. It took me hours to convert this file. We don't need 54 various similiary named codecs!
Magazine "Definitive Gaze" 16.6 MB .mp4 video file Magazine "Definitive Gaze" 5.4 MB .mp3 file
The Soft Machine "We Know How You Feel" 1967 on hoepla tv show
bove: Soft Machine at Hoepla: Marc Boyle, Mike, Kevin, unknown, Robert (aka Graham Chapman)
Today's obscure video comes from the Soft Machine. They are another one of those bands that you will hear about, but not actually hear much of. Others in this category include DNA, The Swell Maps, and the Residents. This is the first Soft Machine song I've heard, and I like it. Sounds a lot like Pink Floyd. The song is "We Know What You Mean" and they're performing it live in a tv studio in Holland in 1967. There are some cool oil lamp effects on this one, as well as interesting shots of hipsters dancing, including drummer Robert, who reminds me of Graham Chapman of Monty Python with a little Montgomery Burns thrown in. The audio is a bit hissy, so I didn't post an .mp3, but it shouldn't bother you while watching the video. Enjoy!
The Soft Machine "We Know What You Mean" 28 MB .mpg video
Screen caps on flickr
