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Shifty Bench
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Scottish, Podcaster, Horror Fan, Lover of the 80s, Son, Brother, Uncle, Charity Shop Volunteer, Carer, Cat Person, Old Fart.

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April 24, 2025 at 10:37 PM
80s Music Video of the day. Directed by Bowie and David Mallet, this was, at the time, the most expensive music video made. Adjusted for inflation, it is still more expensive than Michael Jackson's Thriller. There's no story in the video, rather constant dream like imagery.
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David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes (Official Video)
YouTube video by David Bowie
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April 24, 2025 at 10:27 PM
80s Music Video of the day. From 1983, this girl power video, directed by Bob Giraldi sees Benatar as a teen runaway who empowers a bunch of women to leave the club they work/get abused at. The song won Benatar her 4th Grammy in a row for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance.
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Pat Benatar - Love Is A Battlefield (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by PatBenatarVEVO
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April 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Music Video of the day. Director Stanley Donan used the rotating room effect that he implemented in the movie Royal Wedding. Donan stated that Richie took to the effect better than his previous leading man, Fred Astaire. Maybe because he didn't have a movie for reference.
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Lionel Richie - Dancing On The Ceiling
YouTube video by LionelRichieVEVO
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April 22, 2025 at 11:20 PM
80s Music Video of the day. Directed by the man himself, Prince also got an animator to do an entirely different version and they merged both together. Prince died nine years ago this day.
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Prince & The Revolution - Raspberry Beret (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Prince
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April 21, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Dear Buzzfeed (or any website, really), if you want to do a movie quiz please don't use gifs under the question that has the name of the flipping movie on it!
April 21, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Soundtrack Sunday. From the underrated buddy cop action comedy Running Scared, this catchy Michael Mcdonald tune was written by Rod Temperton who also wrote Thriller for another Michael. Stars of the movie, Billy Crystal and Gregory Hines appear with Mcdonald in the vid.
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Michael McDonald – Sweet Freedom (1986) Running Scared - Soundtrack
YouTube video by DiscoBar80
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April 20, 2025 at 7:42 PM
80s Music Video of the day. Directed by Steve Barron, this is iconic but it's not even the first one for the song. Or the original version of the song itself. It failed to chart in '84, the band reworked it, and with the help of the vid, it got to no. 1 in many countries.
youtu.be/djV11Xbc914?...
a-ha - Take On Me (Official Video) [Remastered in 4K]
YouTube video by a-ha
youtu.be
April 19, 2025 at 12:27 AM
80s Music Video of the day. Directed by Willy Smax, this promo incorporates stop motion techniques also seen in Peter Gabriel's Sledgehammer, the same year. The difference here, is a badass Annie Lennox. And less plasticine. The song won Best Rock Performance Grammy in 1987.
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Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart - Missionary Man (Official Video)
YouTube video by EurythmicsVEVO
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April 17, 2025 at 10:57 PM
80s Music Vid of the day. After seeing a puppet version of himself on satirical show Spitting Image, Phil Collins asked the creators to produce a music video for this song. Directed by John Lloyd and Jim Yukich, the video features Chris Barrie from Red Dwarf voicing Reagan.
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Genesis - Land Of Confusion (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by GenesisVEVO
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April 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Oh no, I've time travelled back to the 90s again, help!
April 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM
80s Music Video of the day. Director David Garfath used Bush's dance training for this simply effective clip. While the song got to no. 3 in the UK in 1985, its use in Stranger Things got it to no. 1 in 2022. The song laments a couple's inability to understand each other.
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Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill - Official Music Video
YouTube video by KateBushMusic
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April 15, 2025 at 7:49 PM
80s Music Video of the day- This song was so popular that the producers of Miami Vice named an episode after it and gave Frey a guest role as a pilot. The video, directed by Duncan Gibbins won an MTV Music Video award. Frey's then wife Janie Beggs plays his accomplice. youtu.be/LSXKyHM133c?...
Glenn Frey - Smuggler's Blues
YouTube video by GlennFreyVEVO
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April 14, 2025 at 9:48 AM
New Selfie with Gizmo
April 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Okay, let's get some recording done!
April 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The latest episode of my podcast Terror in Ten, a horror movie review podcast in ten minutes or less is available pretty much everywhere, including Spotify. This week, I talk about The Blair Witch Project. open.spotify.com/episode/3LLx...
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
Terror in Ten · Episode
open.spotify.com
April 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Hello, Bluesky, let's try this again, shall we? Can't remember my old details so here we are. And by we I mean me and my cat.
April 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM