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“Wuthering Heights” by Kate Bush
9 Aug
I can’t believe I have not yet posted the video for Kate Bush’s “Wuthering Heights”. Above is the first version; in the official us version of the video for the song (below) her madness shines just as bright, and while the flow of her Ausdruckstanz can be considered psychedelic anyways, the first version video emphasizes that aspect perfectly.
“It’s Alright (Baby’s Coming Back)” by Eurythmics
12 JulThe 80s are an interesting period for psychedelic aesthetics. Hippies were declared outdated by punk rock in the 70s and after that psychedelic aesthetics had to blend with the images of the time to stay relevant. And they did — with great success. A lot of the visual tropes of psychedelic aesthetics had already established themselves in visual culture. Straight lines and plain surfaces now cooled down the arabesque imagination of the 60s, yet still shapes constantly morphed into each other and lines began dancing out of nowhere. What used to be associated with the influence of mind altering substances now got linked to limitless possibilities of new technology and media.
“The 7th Element” by Vitas
5 Jul
Vitas (Vitalii Vladasovich Grachyov) is a russian fashion designer, movie as well as stage actor and professional tenor (who’s voice is said to span 5 octaves). His space hippie opera was pretty popular both in Russia and China at the time.
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