Martha and the Muffins - 1984

[MXB2001]

Great video. This was the classic era of the music video. The only ones worth watching. By the late 80's they'd become routine, corporate & boring.

[swankrecords]

i remember this song came out in 1984

[BlkCoyote1]

i like this song so old school antiracist tune

[mediattackrecords]

PETA loves you!

[mediattackrecords]

Nice doggy!

[mediattackrecords]

I think it's the hair.

[mediattackrecords]

Wow, she's sexy.

[mediattackrecords]

Sweet analog master.

[iheartsupernatural]

i miss this song! haven't seen this video in ....ages! thank u

[spam549]

Martha's really shaking it in this one.

[brohmanski]

brilliant track - no matter country they came from...amen.

[brohmanski]

@brohmanski -If I'm not mistaken, Hamilton's Daniel Lanois w/ Brian Eno had something to do with this album at Grant Avenue Studios...Eno (Roxy Music) lived in Hamilton for a while, giving birth to "Ambiant Music" right here in Hamilton.

[dryan22]

This song reminds me so much of Parachute Club's dancing at the foot of the moon and martha looks just like loraine secada.

[free2astroboy]

I think they were going for the name change, calling themselves M+M,...

[solwolfpunk]

They remind me of The Au Pairs just a little bit.

[charlieastrocat]

one more thing, you can call it nostalgia when you are dead, until then it's all good.

[charlieastrocat]

hey all, it's just about the groove. any music that grooves grooves. been playing since 13, now 56 and I drum. I dig it all if it grooves. anyone listen to carl verheyen?

[12161euclid]

1984 seemed like such a big deal back then didn't it? now it's nostalgia.

[outsider418]

Awesome!! I've been looking for this for awhile. Thanks for uploading it :)

[Whuntmore]

Martha and the Muffins have their own You Tube channel now, and they are uploading videos

user/marthaandthemuffins

[bluenotejazz]

I remembert this when I was 12, i used to love this song.

Now instead of black stations and white stations we just have Crappy Stations.

Can't we all just get along?

[Rockstaralan]

Me too, when I was 10! man...1984 was a year of cultural awakening for me!

[erikcashman]

why can't we have good music like this these days?

[poprip]

because young musicians are more interested in stardom than actually learning an instrument and music history.

[AllRequired]

That and A&R. Marketing. Getting it now. Moola for the sake of moola. And unfortunately, as this song goes, the tides are growing stronger every day.

[Owloo1]

~ trip the light fantastic through the night.

[Dracopol]

They were protesting some stations banning a song suggestive of interracial romance. Was it possibly the song by INXS called "Original Sin"? They had a lyric "Dream on white boy, dream on black girl, and wake up to a brand new day". People thought it meant blacks and whites waking up TOGETHER...probably not their intent.

[JonnysKia]

Oh I LOVED this song back then and not a single person I have asked knows what Im talking about! Now I will make them watch this lol!

[htoad44]

Holy crap, she's got nostrils like Nancy Grace!

Good song, though.

[UdoShan]

I remember when I first saw this at age 10. They played it on NICKELODEON, of all stations.

[heine71]

Only made #68 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart in the USA.

[RobinGlover50]

It made #63 with seven weeks on the chart from June 30th, 1984.

(Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles)

[heine71]

I was off by 5!

[AgentJayZ]

Thanks, dude!

I haven't seen this for about 25 years.

I LOVED this video back then. I still like the song, but this is kinda weird now.

How things have changed...

And the world rushes headlong into what we know call the future.

[LiliSaintCyr]

Aptly put.

Especially since back then now (2009) was the future, and 1984 was the "future" coming into the "present".

I too, have not seen this for 25 years.

[carpenjo]

I forgot how many great songs this band put out. I've always had a crush on Martha.

[FTPUsr]

Black stations white stations reminds me of 1984 .... I wish I could go back ....

[pinucciosolovinile]

spettacolo sound.....grande martha...

[TrentBrad]

Omg, this was the song on my high school art teacher's mix tape!!

[iheartsupernatural]

i remember this video. i still love the song :D

[somewhatlongdong]

few probably know this, but this song went #1 in the US in 1984

[JonSea31]

Probably the Billboard Dance Chart if anything at all.

[JonSea31]

That it may have hit #1.

[n0wave]

Martha looks so great in this video, graceful, classy and beautiful, all at the same time.

[ChernozymVideo]

new album should be out soon in '09. It sounds great!

[Whuntmore]

well, they did just come out with a new album, in the fall. you can buy it online.

[freezeina69]

It has been SOOOO LOOONG from the time I have seen this video till now its scary. Thank you very much for posting it. I would love to add this to my small music video collection but cannot find it :-(. other than You-Tube. (Thus need to be online...)

[FaytLinegod]

Goddamn...I literally haven't seen this video since 1984. Thanks!

[mulletandmoustache]

I don't know what longdong is smoking. "Black Stations White Stations" ebtered the Hot 100 on 6/30/84 and hit #63.

[Yummer1]

It hit #1 on the club charts and was in the Top 10 Club Songs at the end of the year, according to Billboard.

[Nuiceltico]

Another great 80s track.Great Canadian indie music part of the alternative music scene in 80s London ,thanks for posting.

[SPOON007a]

I saw this video on video west a video show out of san francisco back in the 80's before mtv. Thanks for posting this it brings back many fond memories.!!!!

[Whuntmore]

I Just got this info from a M+M mailing list I subscribed to:

We are about to release in Canada, the 25th anniversary CD reissue of 'Danseparc' on the 25th of June, which includes the original 12" dance remix and two other bonus tracks.

[torpedoboy4]

This was probably the MOST obscure video played on "Night Tracks" in 1984. Thanks for the post!!!!

[dmplaura]

I agree. I haven't seen this video since the year it was released. I'm extremely impressed that someone still had this video to post on Youtube. Big thank you for the memories :)

[MiddletownDreamz]

This goes back a few years

[AllRequired]

Was this one written in response to INXS' Original Sin?

[phospheratu]

Yes. Apparently it was a response to the fact that certain radio stations would not play "Original Sin" because of its mixed-race relationship subject matter.

[equin0xia]

thanks, have always loved this song, but what do you mean by "sounding dated?" i think this song sounds much more relevant now than 1999 by prince (if that's the song to which you're referring) musically, thematically, and lyrically (black stations, white stations is about commercially sponsored racism and social taboos, 1999 about partying really hard). these people were smart enough to know these things would be with us long after 1984...longer than 1999, for sure.

[KatieandTina]

thanks for posting this song -- forgot about it. cooling the medium (my fav m+m song)has again found itself on some of my playlists in the last few years. still sounds good, and not aged, after all these years.

[Whuntmore]

I don't have that one.  I'll keep looking for it.

[greatestmoviemoments]

Greatest song of all time,  thanks

[JonSea31]

Ah, the good days of May 1984. Press Your Luck, Michael Larson, Michael Jackson's Thriller, animated Little Rascals on Saturday mornings (yeah, I'm one of the very few fans of that cartoon series!). Really loved it - and I was only 11 years old back then!

[iorixs]

can you post some other ones from this album?

[Whuntmore]

the only two videos I have of M+M is this one and Danseparc. I have that video posted.

[grecomic]

An underrated new wave gem!

[somewhatlongdong]

this actually was not an underrated song. it went to #1 in America!

[Whuntmore]

No prob. I just love these old videos. I also have Danseparc up as well.

[Muffysb]

Thanks for putting up such a good copy!

[timberwolf1212]

Ah yes... this is 1984... once again... Great memories. Martha and the Muffins was (is) one of my favorite bands. This was my favorite album from them as well. Thanks for posting!!