Video #1Cyndi Lauper
"Time After Time" (1984)
Although my last video isn’t one of the greatest videos of all time from a technical or artistic standpoint, I still think it's an amazing video and deserves it’s place on my list. It’s my personal favourite: Cyndi Lauper’s “Time After Time”.
The video opens with Cyndi on her bed in her trailer, watching an old romantic Marlene Dietrich film (a scene with her saying goodbye) and quoting along with it. The song then begins and the video essentially tells the story of the lyrics -- Cyndi is a free spirit who is too much for people to handle, including her boyfriend (played by her real life boyfriend in the video). After a difficult decision and a flashback to her mum (played – as always in her videos – by her real life mum) she decides to runaway. Her boyfriend catches her as she’s leaving and decides to come with her, but then bottles it at the station and Cyndi decides to run off on her own. The video ends with Cyndi waving from the window of her train (like an old romantic film). It’s schmaltzy and very 80s, but it’s also quite touching and really lovely. And I adore it.
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