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Melting Pot

Melting Pot
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Melting Pot
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This big, bright cover of British act Blue Mink's plea for multi-racial harmony and a world of "coffee coloured people" was a chart-topper for all female vocal group When the Cat's Away in November 1988. The band funded the song and the video themselves after self-produced video is heavy on 80s fluoro colours and overexposed whites, while the placement of the Cats around a single mic affords them plenty of chances to interact and enjoy each other's company (they're also seen out and about on ...

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Video
Date created
1988
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https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/melting-pot-1988
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when the cats away / women in pop / number one / 1988 / late 1980s / 1980s / super group / fashion / female singers / female musicians / cover / 1960s / anti racism / colour blind / blue mink / diy / karangahape road / rugby league / nz flag / shop keepers / 80s fashion / brass instruments / ensemble / harmonies / cats / felines / female solidarity / feminist

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