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Video dissection (Part 1): Ratt

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

I love old crappy music videos. In fact, crappy’s not the word. These vids are great just, at times, a little misguided, at others baffling and often reveal things about the artists that I’m surprised people didn’t pick up on when they first came out.

First up in what I hope will be a regular series of posts if I can find the time to do them is a little dissection of some of my favs

Ratt – Round & Round

There’s not much I can say about this one, it’s amazing. An absolutely top tune with a video to match. Don’t really know what’s going on but it invovles a load of people dressed up having some dinner and Ratt looking totally awesome in a loft.

Finest moments

• 0:30 – Early high kicking action (there’s much more to come)
• 1:05 – Status Quo style syncopation needs slightly more practice from the axemen
• 2:09 – high kick straight into weird axe formation which looks like a big bunch of wobbling perms. Class
• 2:23 – They’re acting like this was a bad thing to have happened. Metal guitarist falling through the ceiling at my dinner party would make the night

You should probably watch this one in high quality on YouTube, it’s worth it

Ratt – Round & Round

Ratt – Lay It Down

Another Ratt video, another party. Awesome song and a little beyond generic vid. I’m pretty sure that this tune came out on a wicked rat shaped 7″ picture disc which, sadly, I have yet to win on eBay.

Finest moments

• 0:42 – I’m guessing this is what God would look like with a perm?
• 0:58 – I don’t care what anyone says – that look is damn HOT!
• 1:40 – This just creeps me out a little
• 2:50 – When drummers attack

Ratt – Back For More

Not as great a tune but the vid makes up for it. Big stuff

Finest moments

• 1:02 – How could any woman resist this? Playa for real
• 2:00 – Man from Del Monte gets shown up by ugly, skinny rockers. Love it
• 3:31 – Least convincing bike stunt ever. Spare no expense, lads

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Recognise the sample? (Part 1)

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

I guess I could do these posts for years, especially seeing as we have thousands of them posted over at the rolldabeats sample forum but I might try to do a few more non-dnb/jungle/hardcore ones here when I come across them

Massive one here, anyway.

Everyone who has ever heard a jungle tune (or watched Father Ted ;] ) should know this one

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Breakfast Club – Right On Track

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

This popped up randomly in my life the other day…what a blast from the past!

Back to 1987 with this one, can’t believe I was 9 at the time and still remember it well. Perhaps it’s another of those tunes that appears on Heart or Magic FM on the drunken cab journeys home.

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Great 80s video mixes on YouTube

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

I stumbled oncorazonazultw’s awesome Quiet Storm mix on YouTube a while back and have had it on the iPod for ages now. I just checked the rest of his videos the other day and they’re killing me, some great mixes with videos all added on top of some really top 80s tunes, loads that I haven’t heard for years and had totally forgotten about.

Great to see more people not playing the same old crap and making a proper go of mixing it up.

See all the mixes

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