ID this 1980s video?

James Gifford

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Sep 29, 2005, 6:57:37 PM9/29/05

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Here's four screenshots and a short MP3 clip from a video that appears as a
background element in a 1987 movie.

Both images and sound are highly distinctive and it just barely tickles my
memories... can you ID artist and song?

http://www.dgath.com/jdg/video/index.html

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D.F. Manno

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Sep 30, 2005, 12:33:54 AM9/30/05

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In article <Xns96E0A25D3895ni...@216.168.3.44>,
James Gifford <n...@nitrosyncretic.kom> wrote:

> Here's four screenshots and a short MP3 clip from a video that appears as a
> background element in a 1987 movie.
>
> Both images and sound are highly distinctive and it just barely tickles my
> memories... can you ID artist and song?
>
> http://www.dgath.com/jdg/video/index.html

Uh, what MP3 clip?
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Asterbark

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Sep 30, 2005, 12:54:06 AM9/30/05

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D.F. Manno wrote:

> In article <Xns96E0A25D3895ni...@216.168.3.44>,
> James Gifford <n...@nitrosyncretic.kom> wrote:
>
>> Here's four screenshots and a short MP3 clip from a video that
>> appears as a background element in a 1987 movie.
>>
>> Both images and sound are highly distinctive and it just barely
>> tickles my memories... can you ID artist and song?
>>
>> http://www.dgath.com/jdg/video/index.html
>
> Uh, what MP3 clip?

There's a link at the top or the bottom.

I want to know these things: how does one end up with such a small clip
of something if they don't know what it's from? Is there an original link
to a site where the vague and small clip came from that might offer more
clues than someone's personal site? I would say it's a lot of screaming
noises from the people who are running away from the godzilla (or some
monster that's similar-looking), and then for about 2 seconds, a lead
singer starts back in (but then it's the end of the clip). It has a drum
machine that sounds like it's emulating Phil Collins, somewhat like Billy
don't lose that number, and also a lot like a Pat Benetar kind of feel,
but that voice at the end is nobody who lasted very long. It may have
been played on MTV because a lot of their content was experimental before
they became popular, but, um.. 1987? A little late for a lot of obscure
stuff.

Yeah, so basically, it's a crap movie that was on HBO 20 times a month in
the middle of the night that nobody remembers, and the song sounds like
other songs you've heard because a lot of songs like that were made up as
the soundtracks to crappy movies about teenagers who are being chased by
a monster. "Pandemonium" was a few years too early.

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James Gifford

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Sep 30, 2005, 1:30:56 AM9/30/05

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"D.F. Manno" <dfm2a...@spymac.com> wrote:
> Uh, what MP3 clip?

Link is at the top of the page.

Rob Novak

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Sep 30, 2005, 12:09:34 PM9/30/05

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On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 05:30:56 -0000, James Gifford
<n...@nitrosyncretic.kom> wrote:

>"D.F. Manno" <dfm2a...@spymac.com> wrote:
>> Uh, what MP3 clip?
>
>Link is at the top of the page.

Which movie?

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James Gifford

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Sep 30, 2005, 5:45:28 PM9/30/05

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Rob Novak <yer...@rnovak.net> wrote:
> Which movie?

I'll take the fifth on that for now. It's not relevant, other than that it
was 1) US; 2) Made for TV; 3) Had British roots.

This video is just junk in the background. It bugs me that it's so familiar
yet eludes me.