This video for The Chauffeur is the only one on the album in which the band do not appear at all. It was filmed around Notting Hill during the autumn of 1982, while the band was away on tour. A moody, elegant black-and-white piece inspired by the fetishistic imagery of Helmut Newton which features two mysterious, hauntingly beautiful women who are seen ritualistically dressing themselves in elaborate lingerie before traveling separately through the dark streets and tunnels of London to meet in a vacant underground car park for an exotic lesbian encounter.
Showing posts with label Nude Wave. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nude Wave. Show all posts
Duran Duran- The Chauffeur
Belouis Some- Imagination
Pet Shop Boys- Being Boring
Soft Cell- Sex Dwarf
The video for the song Sex Dwarf was directed by Tim Pope. The video generated some controversy in Britain, mainly due to the scandal involved with the "Sex Dwarf" clip. The original version of the music video featured Almond and Ball in a bloody butcher shop surrounded by chainsaws, nude actors, and dwarves. However, the film was confiscated by police and censored before it was even released.
Grace Jones- Slave To the Rhythm
The music video for the title track 'Slave to the Rhythm' was directed by Nick Hooker in 1986 and featured scenes from the 1986 series of French television advertisements for the futuristic Citroën CX GTi Turbo automobile. The spots also featured Ms. Jones and other models in rear nudity or semi nude in various poses.
Labels:
1986,
Grace Jones,
Nude Wave
R.E.M.- Pop Song 89
"Pop Song 89" was a third single from the album 'Green' released in 1989. The video was shot in black and white and featured the singer Michael Stipe and topless girls dancing in the background. MTV asked Stipe, who directed it himself, to censor the three topless women with whom he was dancing in the video. Instead, Stipe superimposed black bars on the chests of all four dancers, himself included, and stated, "a nipple is a nipple."
Labels:
1989,
Alternative Rock,
Nude Wave,
R.E.M.
Malcolm McLaren- Madam Buttterfly
Malcolm McLaren song 'Madam Butterfly' was released in 1984 and it was a fusion of opera arias and electronic music. The song was produced by Stephen Hague. It remains as one of the best works of Malcolm McLaren and one of the most erotic videos ever recorded. There is no explicit frontal nudity in the video, it shows couple of female models in hot, wet steam bath, leaving the impression as they were naked.
David Bowie- China Girl
The third video labeled as Nude Wave is a clip for David Bowie's song "China Girl". The music video was directed by David Mallet’s and mainly shot in the Chinatown district of Melbourne, and on a houseboat on Sydney Harbour, Australia. It featured the actress and model Geeling Ng lying and David Bowie naked in the surf. Since the video was too explicit for the MTV early years it got slightly censored for the airplay.
Ultravox- Vision of Blue
In 1983, Ultravox released their song "Visions of Blue" and recorded a video for the MTV airplay which contained brief nudity. It two showed topless women with bare breasts, draped in towels washing themselves beside a fireplace. This video was banned by the BBC and MTV due to nudity exhibition. An edited version was later provided for broadcast on Top of the Pops. Since this form of nudity has become quite harmless, the original version of the video can also be found on YouTube.
Duran Duran- Girls on Film
Burning Flame introduces Nude Wave, a new feature dedicated to music videos from the 1980s that stirred controversy for their explicit content. Many of these videos were banned, censored, or heavily edited due to nudity, sexuality, or violent imagery.
One of the first and most notorious examples came from Duran Duran, then one of the biggest bands of the era. Their video for “Girls on Film”, directed by Godley & Creme, showcased topless women, mud wrestling, and fetish-inspired scenes. The clip was immediately banned by the BBC and only made it to MTV in a heavily re-edited form.
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