Night Flight
Take Off to Animation
1984 • E21700 Feb 16, 1984 4h
"Take Off To Animation" takes a colorful look at the use of animation in music video over the previous few years in styles ranging from experimental camera technique to 'Saturday morning cartoon'. Many of the videos compiled for this episode first became well-known due to their repeat exposure on Night Flight. Bona fide Night Flight classics here include Tom Tom Club's "Pleasure of Love", Randy Andy's "The People (Livin' in the USA)", Machinations: "Pressure Sway" & Will Powers: "Adventures In Success". Night Flight's innovative "Take Off" series dispensed with playlists, bland VJ set-ups and the usual tired video countdown format and instead cleverly programmed music videos and performance clips by theme. The series regularly featured hits from Eighties pop icons juxtaposed against obscurities from not-ready-for-MTV cult favorites.
Music videos included:
Chuck Berry - Maybelline (set to Disney Animation)
Elvis Costello - Accidents Will Happen
Tom Tom Club - Pleasure of Love
Randy Andy - The People (Living in the USA)
Machinations - Pressure Sway
Will Powers - Adventures in Success
George Clinton - Atomic Dog
Herbie Hancock - Autodrive
Donald Fagen - New Frontier
Adrian Belew - Big Electric Cat
Jean-Luc Ponty - Individual Choice
Will Powers - Smile
Rush tour dates superimposed over Limelight
Music videos included:
Chuck Berry - Maybelline (set to Disney Animation)
Elvis Costello - Accidents Will Happen
Tom Tom Club - Pleasure of Love
Randy Andy - The People (Living in the USA)
Machinations - Pressure Sway
Will Powers - Adventures in Success
George Clinton - Atomic Dog
Herbie Hancock - Autodrive
Donald Fagen - New Frontier
Adrian Belew - Big Electric Cat
Jean-Luc Ponty - Individual Choice
Will Powers - Smile
Rush tour dates superimposed over Limelight