Dally Nsbraskan
Pago 13
Videos ' outrageous piece',
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Thursday, August 30, 1934
By Scott Harrah
Daily Nebnsktn Stiff Writer
Cyndi Lauper, "She Bop:"
This video of Lauper's third single from
her debut LP has to be the most creative
concept piece since Bowie's "Ashes to
Ashes" video. According to Lauper, the
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song is an abstract ode to masturbation,
but one would never know it as the
video is filled with a futuristic hamburger
joint, androids, motorcycle gangs and
transvestite nurses.
Lauper, sporting her new magenta
mane, cavorts across the screen in her
illustrious petticoats, fishnet gloves and
gaudy makeup. An animated scene involv
ing Cyndi in a car chase adds to the
video's irrelevant, bizarre aura. Every
campy character ever imagined appears
in this video, making it look like a Vonnegut
novel in motion. None of this silliness
has much to do with masturbation, but
it's so outrageous that it doesn't matter.
Corey Hart, "SuKgi&sses At NlgSit:"
Canadian rocker Hart's rugged virility
in this video wouldNsell the song even if it
was dull, but it's far from drab. The video
is crammed with leather-clad policewo
man frollicking around a phantasmagoric
prison, while Corey wears his sunglasses,
sits in his disheveled apartment and
dreams about being the lady cop's sweet
captive and Hart's mesmerizing presence
makes this video delicious eye candy...
Missing Persons, "Surrender Your
Heart:"
The 60s psychedelic pop artist Peter
Max produced and animated this video
from the band's second LP. Rhyme and
Reason. The video is a colorful explosion
of geometric patterns and moving shapes
woven in with shots of pink-haired vocal
ist Dale Bozio, looking like the star of a
teenagers dream. Some stimulating ani
mation and plenty of bright colors give
the video a surrealistic lock that makes
the rather flat song seem interesting.
Madonna, "Lucky Star."
Madonna has made some of the most
innovative videos in years. "Borderline"
and "Burning Up," her previous videos,
were elaborate and sensuously ostenta
cious. This video is less extravagant but
even more sexy. She uses her dance skills
to gyrate her gaudily-clad body around a
group of chorus boys. Dancing is all that
happens in this video, but Madonna man
ages to keep one's attention as she pouts,
shakes her doggy chains and lies on the
floor, swinging her lithetorso. If you can
imagine a trashed-out Marilyn Monroe on
a bad acid trip, you can picture this video.
It is simple, but hardly boring.
Twisted Sister, "We're Not Genua' Take
It:"
Most heavy metal bands churn out
insipid concert footage videos, but not
Twisted Sister. The video starts out with a
father bawling out sonny boy for playing
guitar instead of studying. Then daddy
dearest says, fcWhadda' You Wanna' do
With Your Life?" The kid answers "I wanna'
ROCK!" Sonny then transforms into a
drag queen rock star. This all makes a
marvelously satirical video that pokes
fun at parents, music, rock icons, gender
blenders and many other elements of
teenage culture with wacky wit.
Scandal, 'The Warrior:"
. It seems that this band, now defunct,
never knew how to present their music in
a plausible manner. The band's lead
vocalist, Patty Smyth, dons preposterous
punk garb and war paint and jumps
around like some possessed voodoo prin
cess in this pseudo-art video. A clan of
chorus boys in ludicrous costumes also
jump around, imitating Diana Ross'
"Pieces of Ice" video. This all winds up
looking like a pretentious rip-off of Broad
way shows. If you have a penchant for the
fake ballet dancing Stevie Nicks does in
her videos, youH love this one.!
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