personally, i see them as vital and lively, an crew composed of courageous women, real pioneers on every front. may i respectfully ask, so what do you say now, miss tuathada danana? (i like your name. it's got riddim.)
the strength of the piece was the song itself. waldman was out there early creating pop culture to encourage necessary poltical protest. maybe if we had had more trippy vids like this one, who knows? lifeless background babes and all, we might not find ourselves as a nation in the not so felicitous state of affairs in which we are in today, had their been more background gals like those in the video. (one more to go.)
among the background singers you find lifeless is none other than the very lively syd straw, who, in addition to having her own amazing career as a solo artist, has worked with everyone from ricky lee jones to loudon wainwright to michael stipe. (keep going below..)
the budget was lower than zilch. still, the song managed to make it to the esteemed Village Voice Pazz and Jop Poll as a top single release of the year. continued in box below.
tuathada, baby. the video was made in the early 80s just as MTV and video culture was being launched. the actual vehicle for the song to get out in the world was a 45rpm so you get the idea how long ago this was. you might not have even been born then. continued in next box...
i like it!!
sleepyfish 7 months ago
isn't this that hag from from SITC??
koldfushen 1 year ago
Now I know were Lady GaGa got her style from.!
incommutabilis 1 year ago
I used to have this song on an 'art' album back in the 80s. The album also had Lydia Lunch, Richard Hell, etc. Used to love this song!!!
michaeldonovan69 1 year ago
lmao, VCR or betamax fail! 0:37
bronzeonion 2 years ago
Ok - I'm an 80s teen, so I appreciate the low-tech video restrictions of the time, but that doesn't excuse the *song* (which is dismal).
gamcall 2 years ago
LOLLLL
alvagingra2 3 years ago
personally, i see them as vital and lively, an crew composed of courageous women, real pioneers on every front. may i respectfully ask, so what do you say now, miss tuathada danana? (i like your name. it's got riddim.)
hallyhopper 4 years ago
the strength of the piece was the song itself. waldman was out there early creating pop culture to encourage necessary poltical protest. maybe if we had had more trippy vids like this one, who knows? lifeless background babes and all, we might not find ourselves as a nation in the not so felicitous state of affairs in which we are in today, had their been more background gals like those in the video. (one more to go.)
hallyhopper 4 years ago
among the background singers you find lifeless is none other than the very lively syd straw, who, in addition to having her own amazing career as a solo artist, has worked with everyone from ricky lee jones to loudon wainwright to michael stipe. (keep going below..)
hallyhopper 4 years ago
the budget was lower than zilch. still, the song managed to make it to the esteemed Village Voice Pazz and Jop Poll as a top single release of the year. continued in box below.
hallyhopper 4 years ago
tuathada, baby. the video was made in the early 80s just as MTV and video culture was being launched. the actual vehicle for the song to get out in the world was a 45rpm so you get the idea how long ago this was. you might not have even been born then. continued in next box...
hallyhopper 4 years ago
Not much life in those background gals lol...that was trippy!! Thanx!! Peace!
TuathadaDanaan 4 years ago