Counting the Beat

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Title

Counting the Beat

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NZ On Screen

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Description

The opening images of this video — the swinging guitar, fingers flicking across the fretboard — make for a defining moment in Kiwi music video history. Ironically the clip was actually shot in Australia; by the time The Swingers recorded the song, the band had relocated from Aotearoa to Melbourne. They would soon be history. Australian director Ray Argall (Midnight Oil, Crowded House video 'World Where You Live') matches the composition with colourful images, quirky humour, and an infectious ...

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Format

Video

Date created

1981

URL

https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/counting-the-beat-1981

Related subjects

philip judd / dance / animation / phil judd / buster stiggs / bones hillman / 1981 / 1980s / 80s / number one

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