The View "Mention No Names" - leave a comment

WORLD PREMIERE! Choose "watch in high quality". The View was a New Wave power pop rock group from 1981. They were the house band downstairs at Madame Wong's West where I was the DJ, MC, and light show guy. We became friends and I directed 2 funny, quirky, creative music videos for them. The other one was known as my "masterpiece" because of all the little subtleties and wacky special effects. FX weren't that prevalent on low budget productions back then, but we figured out how to do it. But I like this music video just as much as "Good News". It's fun and trippy, like The Monkees movie "Head". We shot it in one day at my friend Daryl Williams' mom's house in Baldwin Hills on a cliff overlooking LA. There was no plan or script. We improvised and used a Fellini-/Dali-/Beatl-/Godley Creme-/Monty Python-esque approach to angles and shots, which fits the song's surrealistic lyrics and peppy-poppy sound.

GARY EATON- Leader, main songwriter, guitarist, lead singer.
SEVERO JORNACION, JR.- bass, vocals
JEFF JONES- keyboards, vocals
SHEVLIN SMITH- drums
JANET THOMPSON- hard-working manager/band rep

MARC FRIEDLANDER- video director
Carol Everson did a GREAT job as my Assistant Director, even though I almost killed her in a car crash the morning of the shoot!

Actors in Video- MICHELLE MEENA, KAREN MEENA, CAROL EVERSON, MARC FRIEDLANDER (ME).

Check out my other View video, the highly entertaining masterpiece "Good News":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AOkNvsB_ls

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[SheldonLefkowitz]

Hey Gary, thanks for the comment. When are we going to make our final video in the trilogy?

[mrwillieike]

I used to hang out with these guys at Kathy's house up in Topanga. If anyone knows how to get in touch with Sevaro, post it here!

[SheldonLefkowitz]

Last I heard he was in The Smithereens with Pat Dinizio (sic).

[SheldonLefkowitz]

Hey Robbie! Alright my first comment on this video and it's from an infamous celebrity! I'm assuming by this comment that Gary has had a chance to see this upload. I tried to get in touch with Severo and he to let them know. Hopefully Gary (and the other lads too) will leave a comment, so we can get his take on the seminal View and their videos.

[gmd1417]

@SheldonLefkowitz GREAT SONG BY A GREAT BAND FROM THE 80'S L.A. MUSIC SCENE. ANY CHANCE OF GETTING BACK TOGETHER AND DOING A VIDEO TO MY FAVORITE VIEW SONG, "LIVING FOR LESS"?

[PoserExposer]

i have this 45..lost lunch records.One of the lost power pop killers!

[gr8shott]

I remember that house in Topanga...well at least the hot tub. (I also have the 45)

[Kingsizemaybe]

Man, Shevlin and I used to really get into it. It's a miracle he didn't kill me

[DaveOrchid2012]

I have the 45 lp for this song...2 copies no less! I used to be a roady for drummer Shevlin Smith. Anybody know where he is?

[chinchillakilla]

i no the keyboreds girl shes bitchin she is here right now haha

[marisaownsyou]

so, my dad is in this video

[Trash24713]

Not since that dude in The Association rocked Windy has a eurasian rocked so hard.