Name of song, NYC music video, mid 80s

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#2823403 2-Dec-2021 20:28

@quickymart You could also look at Mike Post - fits the bill on several counts you have mentioned.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Post

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#2823413 2-Dec-2021 21:06

Sounds close but not quite, he is very talented though :)

I guess this is the most I can remember from the music video:
- instrumental, synthesiser or electronic music

- all filmed in New York (I remember seeing heaps of yellow taxis in it)

- has a storm in the middle of it and the music stops at that point

- all footage is sped up X2 or X3

- somewhere between 1984-1987 (to narrow it down)

- not sure if it charted here or not, but the video was definitely played a few times on TVNZ as a filler in between shows. I asked my cousin (who is 42 now and she used to watch TV with my sister and I) and she vaguely remembers it, so it wasn't just me :D

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#2823421 2-Dec-2021 21:47

I just went through the charts month by month from 1984-1985. I had no idea the Patea Maori Club released 4 songs!

But sadly, nothing stood out as being my mystery song...the search continues :(

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#2823425 2-Dec-2021 21:58

quickymart:

I just went through the charts month by month from 1984-1985. I had no idea the Patea Maori Club released 4 songs!

But sadly, nothing stood out as being my mystery song...the search continues :(

I went through a bunch of 1980s TVNZ commercial videos on YouTube and a couple of pages outlining the top 40 music videos with New York imagery. Nothing.

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#2823427 2-Dec-2021 22:01

The only thing that comes to mind for me with new york and 80s music is you belong to the city by glenn frey -

but lets post other great music videos here too?

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#2823428 2-Dec-2021 22:02

Sounds good to me.

Oh to have had Shazam (not the TV show, the app) back then! :D

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#2823450 3-Dec-2021 00:40

Could it be Roger Sanchez - Another Chance?

Although it's from 2001

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#2823458 3-Dec-2021 05:25

richms:

The only thing that comes to mind for me with new york and 80s music is you belong to the city by glenn frey -

….. but that’s not an instrumental.

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#2823459 3-Dec-2021 05:33

insane:

Could it be Roger Sanchez - Another Chance?

Although it's from 2001

Not instrumental and twenty years outside OP’s dates? C’mon.

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#2823467 3-Dec-2021 07:10

This seems to fit the brief, no idea what year the actual video part is from though.

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Joseph

Edit… aah no aerial shots tho. Hmm.

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#2823495 3-Dec-2021 08:25

That's close but not quite it. The tune is still in my mind, but that's definitely the right genre. Pity I can't upload me humming it to give someone an idea :D

(that's a good song, by the way)