df007 THE BELLE STARS – The Clapping Song
sd 20th July 1982
loc London, England
dir Dave Robinson
pr Nigel Dick
dp
art Nigel Dick
dirt We were supposed to shoot in Hyde Park but couldn’t get
permission – just as well the IRA blew up a bunch of horses and
cavalrymen there that same day!
df006 MADNESS – Our House
sd November 1982
loc Stephenson St., London & Tring, Hertfordshire England
dir Dave Robinson
pr Nigel Dick
dp Chris Morphet
art Nigel Dick
dirt Victor Lownes, head of Playboy Europe, owned the big house, Stocks House in Hertfordshire. A lot a bunnies used to
frolic there and Oasis later filled the pool with a Roller for their Be Here Now album cover. The smaller house in the opening scene was on Stephenson St. in London – possibly Number 55 or 61.
(Also available in Pop-Up-Video version).
Voted #53 Greatest Music Video Ever Made MTV / TV Guide 1999
df005 MADNESS – Driving In My Car
sd 13th July 1982
loc London, England
dir Dave Robinson
pr Nigel Dick
dp Chris Morphet / Colin Clarke?
art Nigel Dick
dirt Charlie Ware, from Bath, supplied the Morris Minors.
df004 ROBERT PALMER – Pride
sd 1982?
loc England
dir Dave Robinson
pr Nigel Dick
dp Chris Morphet?
art Nigel Dick
df 003 MADNESS – House Of Fun
sd 7th, 8th January 1982
loc London, England
dir Dave Robinson
pr Nigel Dick
dp Chris Morphet
art Nigel Dick
dirt Robbo: “I need to shoot in a Chemist’s Shop.”
Me: “You do? When?”
Robbo: “In five minutes.”
(Winner “Best Video Of The Year” Musicweek 1982)
df 002 ROBERT PLANT – Burning Down One Side
sd 1982
loc London, England
dir Dave Robinson
pr Nigel Dick
dp
art Nigel Dick
dirt I get to do my best Jimmy Page impersonation whilst wrapped in bandages.
df 001 MADNESS – Cardiac Arrest
sd 1982
loc London, England
dir Dave Robinson
pr Nigel Dick
dp Jeff Baynes
art Nigel Dick
dirt 1st a/c: “Where’s the stock?”
Me: “What’s that?”