Art of Noise - Close (To The Edit) version 1 (AI upscale)
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- Directed by Zbigniew Rybczyński, 1984.
The video won MTV Music Video Awards for Most Experimental Video and Best Editing in 1985.
The cast of this video later appeared together once more in the video for the Art of Noise track "Dragnet," also directed by Rybczynski. My upscale of that video is hosted on the official AoN channel: • The Art of Noise - Dra...
The girl "was possibly the daughter of a friend of the video’s director, named Sylwia." Despite some effort to find her, no one has come forward to confirm or deny this, and she's not credited in IMDB or anywhere official.
The men in the video are not members of the band.
The distinctive "Hey!" that reappears as a sample in tracks by the Prodigy and others was not performed by a member of the band. The voice belongs to Camilla Pilkington-Smyth, a student of band member JJ Jecsalik's girlfriend. Other spoken word in the track is provided by Karen Clayton, girlfriend of band member Gary Langan.
The video was commissioned by Island Records, who distributed ZTT (the Art of Noise's label) at the time. The commissioner of the video, Kris P. Taylor, worked in the Artist Development and Publicity department at Island and was apparently a fan of Rybczynski, who had won the 1982 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film and emigrated to NYC in 1983.
The video was shot in NYC on "a section of disused elevated railway that ran through a meatpacking district, between 450-456 West 14th Street (you can also briefly see a stretch it during the opening montage sequence of Woody Allen’s 1979 film Manhattan). It’s now a 16-block long elevated urban parkway called 'The High Line' (or, 'High Line Park')."
The band was not involved in supervising the shoot, and had mixed / negative opinions about it on first reaction, in part feeling misrepresented as "Huey Lewis and the News" by the three male actors. Cultural reaction to the video however was largely positive, except in New Zealand where it was banned for apparently promoting violence toward children.
Two other official videos for the track were produced, very similar to each other. Version 2 is hosted on ZTT's channel here: • Art of Noise - Close (... and Version 3 is hosted on ZTT's channel here: • Art of Noise - Close (... - Hudba
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The algorithm is wild. I have not seen this video in 35 years.
sounds legit
Same. How did I not remember that angry karate-chopping punk girl in all that time?!
Same
this is my first time
First time for me. How have I never seen this before?
Literally haven't see this in 40 years. Holds up!
No it definitely does not hold up. It's cool as fuck! But no sorry, it does not hold up
Has it really been that long my, god I'm old
@@earthwormandruwit holds up. You’re just mad.
@@mjt1517 Mad as in angry or mad as in insane?
I'm not either. This is a great song and video but it's very outdated.
Holds up? To what??
I love how the little girl constantly looks to the director for the whole video, but it inadvertently sells her as some mixed up addled post apocalyptic urchin perfectly.
The girl is the director's daughter.
@@G.S.Holland And she's gotta be nearing 50 years old now.
80’s videos are GOLDEN GEMS, MTV took off like a rocket showing us a new whole way of music.
if it wasnt for European music MTV would have never taken off, mtv is pretty much dead now
@@freewheelburning8834 sure there was some great European music but most requested videos in the 80s were American bands like Motley Crue. Mtv killed itself with reality shows and leftist propaganda.
Is anyone really denying that? There is no Music Television anymore, hasn’t been since the 90s. It’s all “reality” television now. Euro music has always been more cutting edge…I hate saying that because I’m American.
@@NoahMotion1970 at least we still have Sting and Mark Knopfler
@@freewheelburning8834 You're correct, MTV is dead but if you want to OD on nostalgia google search for the the first 4 hours of MTV (that's the very first 4 hours from 12AM Saturday August 1 1981) on the internet archive. It will blow your mind! you're welcome...
When Art of Noise debuted, it was the very edge of cutting edge Avant Garde music! Something nobody at that time had ever heard...and we liked it!
This woke me up on my clock radio in 1985.
I wouldn't say that as there were tons of music doing this. Now as far as mainstream then yes it was something they never heard of
Y'all should check out Negativland if you haven't
This video scared the hell out of me when I was a kid.
Me too!! That little girl and the jump cut editing was scary af.
Es bizarro y extraño para su epoca
Lol!! Yes, I can see why it would scare a kid. I love this song!
Haha I loved this video as a kid!!
@@Brett0000 I loved it because it scared me.
Imagine if instead of 1,000,000+ CZcamsr "influencer" clones making CZcams videos about HOW to make CZcams videos, all using the same goofy thumbnails with a big thumbs up or pointing finger. . . People actually put effort and thought into make TRUE ART and TRUE CREATIONS like THIS. Everyone claims they are a content "CREATOR" and yet, with all of the modern resources, few are making anything even near this level of creativity in 2024.
Love, love, love this music video. Remember watching it on NightFlight in the midwest USA as a child in the 80s. Thought it was a curiosity back then. Seeing it again some 40 years on proves how genius Director Zbigniew Rybczynski and the Art of Noise were. Bought the cassette and many of their subsequent releases because of this.
It's a good video yeah.
Well said. You’re exactly right
@@astropioneer3296nothin but do you remember democrats being the red ones and republicans being the blue ones...this band in the eighties before i could vote, before registration for selective service...maybe before driver ed.
yeah writing a letter to young me, don't stop.Adjust.Pay Attention To The One Called God...Figure Youself Out With Him Alone Like A.S.A.P., You Will Fall, And You Will Be Killed, Trust God Then. He Has Your Woman
If people had the will we have all of the tools to live in a music utopia
I'm now 49 years old. The last time I saw this video I was probably around 10 years old. Crazy.
You and me both
Now this is what’s missing in music today. Innovation, invention, artistic expression and no fear. I STILL listen to Art of Noise and people always ask me who I’m listening to because they weren’t around when the music was released. I am happy to inform them.
Wanna feel old? The girl in the video is probably 46 years old now 😊
Yeah...same age as my Youngest Sis...Born in 1978.
If you're a guy that's not that old.
I was thinking the same thing. She must be in her 40s now 😂
That little girl is director's (Zbigniew Rybczyński) daughter.
Thanks maan!
The best decade for new music - period.
Wrong. That would be the 70's
In the 83 I was 18. Most of the stuff I was listening to was greatest hit tapes from the 70s. Steely Dan is still one of my favorites to sing along with. Pink Floyd being #1.@@Kommander_Rahnn
@@Kommander_RahnnWrong. That would be the ‘80’s. (Although as it’s art, it’s subjective, so daft to say right or wrong…)
Certainly the best for New Musik
As far as musical innovation in production techniques the 80s probably had the most movement, but it's hard to look at any era where there wasn't amazing new music being released... I think the 80s also get a big box tick as there was a receptive audience for new sounds.
The music that dominates the mainstream now is often bombastic fluff, but there are tons of indie artists in all genres killing it despite the unlikeliihood of ever making a viable career in today's industry
It's stuff like this that made the 80s the best decade for music. This would never see the light of day if recorded today.
What on earth does that mean..
Digital killed the video star.
Yes it would, maybe not at your local target but on bandcamp yes
@@cool3865that’s this person’s point, band camp is the equivalent of somebody’s garage in the 80s, no one if ever going to hear it. These are different times, different people. The organic is dead, it’s all digital AI now.😢
And I could find Art of Noise at my local music store in the 80s. You can't compare what this band was in the 80s to some random find on Bandcamp with 1000 followers.
Always loved this video back in the days of MTV and still love it!!
I can’t believe I never saw this video even though I played their albums over and over in art school. It’s 🔥
I miss the 80s and the creativity..❤..good times....
Omg flashback!! What a great album this came from. I was early teen growing up in the West Country of UK when they released it, hadn’t heard anything like it at time. What a time to grow up eh!!
Thanks for the flashback!
I bought the album when it came out. I never saw the video until just now (2024) - 40 some years later..
Wow really?
@@jasonflatley7114 really
Ahhh Classic MTV when it was Koool !! 😁 👍
Actually when music was cool
@@eklektikTechno100%
Yes absolutely when the M stood for music instead of moron.
@@DavidWilliford 😂🤚 yes
@@DavidWilliford Yes 😆
There was such a huge variety of music in the 1980's. Haven't seen this in 35+ year - thank you for posting!
I used to love this back in the day. Tough little girl.
Remember seeing this great video on the tube back in 1984 🎶
Especially since TV's still used tubes then. 👍
@@electronicsworkbench Agree 👍
OMG! Yes. The Prodigy samples the “Hey!” here from this song on their song “Firestarter”!
I came looking for this video a few days ago because I was listening to the Prodigy and the “Hey!” sounded familiar!
Ok… now my brain can let that go. 😆
Fascinating to learn about the HEY sample in Prodigy, thanks for that!
The sample was Anne Dudley , not the little girl
They actually had to give AoN full co-writing credit just for that tiny bit.
@@cnfuzz Well, yes of course. The little girl mouths it for the video, but it’s actually not her voice. I’ve corrected my initial comment 😬
@@cnfuzz the voices were done by a student of JJ’s girlfriend
Amazing upscale. The clearest I've seen this video in decades. - HA
It's just been sharpened. Not magic.
"electronica is destroying the analog"
this is art. as a child of the 80's thank you for the upload
Key foundational moment in the digital revolution that forever changed popular music.
Erm, no.
Oh? Care to explain?
Haha. No. Trevor Horn and The Art of Noise have their place in the pantheon of early electronics-only stars, but nothing about this track is “foundational”. It wasn’t even that innovative. Yes, sampling was new and surprising to most people, but they were hardly using it to do anything really groundbreaking.
I find it ironic how in the video they’re symbolically destroying all these real instruments, while the track is made up of so many badly synthesised piano, brass and string sounds.
The really foundational stuff wasn’t happening in big studios where producers were playing incredibly expensive pieces of kit like Fairlights as though they were pianos so they could make Pop, it was happening in bedrooms and basements, where people were pushing cheap machines to their limit and coming up with entirely new sounds and styles.
@@MrOtistetrax It sounds like a demo from the Commodore Amiga.
…for the worse
I remember this one. Watching them destroy those beautiful instruments was pure agony, and the first time I saw this I thought: "Oh god what are they going to do to the dog??"
This is probably my favorite video. I've been a huge fan of AON since 83. I try to get people into this video, but it scares most people. Tra la la, Ha ha hah
Is its message "We must destroy traditional musical instruments. Synthesizers only!"
That little kid is flipping hilarious
Serious vibe
OMG! I completely forgot about this video!
This was the sound of cutting hair in Croydon in 1984 - (Scratch/The End) - AON, Thomas Dolby, FGTH, Xmal Deutschland, Bowie, Bauhaus, Banshees. It was the best of times. xxx
Zbigniew Rybczyński directed some legendary music videos back in the day. His short films are trippy, too.
WOW, I remember this video, then and now I couldn't look away from it. I don't really remember the music from it at all, but I will never forget this video!
Wow does this bring back memories. Good job algo.
Revisiting after decades and decades. Still good!
Man! I had forgotten all about this! I remember loving this from the old V66 days!!!!!
OMG this band had slipped off my radar! thanks for the memories!
I can’t picture this track put to anything but this video 😁👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾 classic!!!
Wow, stunning work! I have never seen this in such high quality before. I remember when MTV used to play this every hour. It is still one of my all-time favorite videos.
Trevor Horn was a quite the innovator.
I remember first hearing this when it came out. I was just a kid. So, when someone turned the radio on, and all I hear are chainsaws, car engines, and breaking glass, I was like, “you can do this?… Cool!” 😃👍
Back then this was modern surrealism, the video directed by Zbigniew Rybczynski was too much for many viewers, some call it disturbing, others scary. It was somehow inspired by Luis Bunuel's and Salvador Dali's Un Chien Andalou film. Cinematography, edition and overall concept was superb, plus the jerky motion of the little girl gave it a very cool bizarre vibe. Experimental director Zbigniew Rybczynski also did the Cinematography and edition of the serial killer cult classic film Angst (1983) and he won the Oscar for his shortfilm Tango.
I haven't seen this in 800 years!!!
Ditto! The 1980's a great music decade!
Never seen this video until yesterday. Why is it so captivating? Love the little girl.
Such a creative band - so odd that this original video isn't on their official youtube page so thanks for putting it up!
Yes I WONDER WHY.
It was an unofficial video, nothing to do with the band or ZTT
it was the first video I saw on TV for this track then at some point they did a different never more bland one, knew why they decided this wasn't good enough I always preferred it, it matched the spirit of the music breaking with tradition and entering new sonic territory
@@justinbennitt835 it was definitely official
@@scotto2317 not according to the band or ZTT regardless of whether MTV were playing it.
And then the instruments came back !!!!! Stronger than ever !!!!!
Beautifully clear upscale!
I can't get enough of this. Kudos to the sound and picture editor. Their work is probably why I remembered this being more animated. When I first saw it at age 5 🧐
there's actually an animated video for this track that incorporates some of the live action footage.
@@scotto2317 yes I know that now. I've been looking at videos 🙂
Didn’t get this video 40 years ago and 40 years later I still don’t !
They smash up conventional classic instruments and use fairlights instead and you don't get it ?😅
It’s an 80s music video.
What’s to “get”.
This when I used to sit on my couch with a bottle of Jack on a Saturday evening and watch MTV till 3:00am and then go to church with my family.
😁😁😁
@@malebolgia07 the AON manifesto written for ZTT is right there visually in the video , sure there was a message to be had
@@cnfuzz
What part of “bottle of Jack” was not clear.😅
This is my favorite music video of all time. I first watched it at First Ave when I was like 14. My brother worked at First Ave when this first came out.
That baseline is so Trevor Horn it hurts.😊
I loved this the first time I saw it on MTV way back. One of my favorite all time videos.
Thanks, been going through a rough time lately, im sure U and everyone else has been there, but this made my day, thank U!
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Considering the number of albums I own and listened to back in the day, I have never seen an Art of Noise video except for the Max Headroom one. 🤯
All the nightmare predictions and it turns out only Max Headroom failed to survive Y2K. I mean even the Cleveland Browns made it to the other side. And today every time I see biden in his aviators, I fondly remember Max Headroom struggling to speak a coherent sentence
This is one of my favorite videos and musical groups from the 1980s.
I have been trying to find this video for years. Thanks so much . ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Excellent tune and video. Great upload. Thank you.
Wow this popped up and so glad it did. Totally forgot about this. Certainly as mesmerizing now as it was back in 84. The kid does it.....
zbigniew rybczyski directed the best rock videos of that period. his masterpiece, inho, is "all that i wanted" by belfegore, but this one is definitely iconic.
KEvron
Thanks for the recommendation. It was quite enjoyable.
The guy who told the Mujahadeen to fight the Russkies??? Bollox
Crazy! I was recently thinking of this video but couldn't remember anything about it other than that little girl doing karate chops to the beat.
This is a work of art....
..STILL, one of the dopest, boldest, punkest concepts in music videos...when this came out, it was a bit controversial & very daring, destroying yesteryear's instruments - some were definitely up in arms about this video....a forever favorite of mine.💯💯🤘🏽🤘🏽🤙🏽🖖🏽
*00:41 is my fave scene "
😂Kills me every time.
trippy af
"What he said..." and my favorite parts are 00:20 en 00:38 .
By time videos added Dolby NR in mid-1984, one could then play these in a club via a VCR in stereo with decent SQ and bass. We used U-matic and BetaMax.
This one filled my dance floor in 84 to 86 handily.
I bought this as a 7" single and loved it. It hasn't aged a day although I certainly have. It's wondrous magic endures!
Why in the hell was this recommended? Haven’t heard it for YEARS. It’s great!
I have been a fan of AON for 30 years.
I follow them on Pandora, and never would I have imagined this video!
Pretty cool techno, I give it a thumbs up 👍
I feel old....I remember when this video premiered! lol
I forgot all about this one, flashback, WOW!
MAAANNNN haven't seen this in like 35 years!
Wonder if the girl in the video has ever been interviewed about it. I mean retrospectively, as an adult. Looks like fun 😆
She is Sylwia, daughter of the video's director Zbigniew Rybczyński's I don't know if she's ever been interviewed. I can't find anything online, but I wonder if there's a zine or a magazine out there from the 80s with her interview waiting to be tracked down.
This looks great, thank you.
😄… so great.
Gonna go check out Herbie Hancock’s “Rockit” after this!
that is the correct follow up i think 🎉😂
I've been to the studio where that was engineered. :-)
I remember it well. Very cool. Thanks for posting
This video and song changed my life when it came out. I was never the same.
almost like the first time i have seen it. Good job!
I saw this on Night Flight alot. I see they cleaned it up in post production. The original quality did not hold up.
Used to listen to this album on cassette when I was a kid. They were a huge influence on my taste in electronic music, so much so I started making it in the 90’s and never stopped to this day.
Yep. Right there with you!
That must have been such a fun video to film…
Never seen this video before- but I worked in a record shop in the 80s and we used to play the album to piss off the musos…
Same except our record store had limited stuff we were allowed to actually play so I resorted to Sinead O’Connors Lion and the Cobra and Weird Al!
What was a muso?
@@mikeydeloa7348 I had to google it myself as it’s apparently Brittish
This randomly popped up in my feed. I haven't seen or thought about this since the 80s. The video is a bit more interesting than the song itself, but i think it gave me nightmares back in the day. Hopefully it will not today.
Oh man, thanks for the nostalgia! Id completely forgotten about this video! That cute little punk girl leading the anarchy of musical destruction. Im not saying the 80s were better but they sure were fun!
Oh the FM synthesis in this baby! I'm back in the 80's!!!
🎵 "Hey! Hey! Yy-eah! Hey!"
They didn't know it but they were three future War Boys and one Furiosa! And they would ride the Fury Road historical. All shiny and chrome!
Oh, what a day... what a lovely day!
The great 80s, when music was different.
Это были прекрасные времена, когда не было никаких жопошников
The 80's were a new frontier for music videos. Those who didn't get it, just made videos of their band performing. Those who got it, and let their artistic side run wild, made these little mini-movies to go with their song. - Heh, and like many here. The last time I saw this video was on MTv, four decades ago.
Loved this video!
I was around 9 or 10 when this video came out. Brings back wonderful memories.
I had this album back in 1984 here in the U.S.
This is the first time seeing this video.
I have the album on my Ipod Classic and still play Beat Box while working out.
I last saw this video in 1989 and over the years all I remembered about it was a little girl shouting "Hey!" and some dudes cutting up a piano. Pretty acurate memory. 😂😂
One word - Brilliant!!
since 1988. that was the last time i saw this video!
Forever one of my favorite cuts..
Best quality of this video since I saw it for the first time on USA channel’s Night Flight ✈️ show back in the 80’s.
Such a unique sound for those times
wtf there is a video of me as a kid
thanks you mucho
love from Rotterdamn man
Welcome to the Club. Excellent Job. Subbed.
My first industrial music. & this was on my first day of MTV went with road warrior
Holy shit, what was that? I'm 47 and I thought I'd seen everything crazy from the 80's. Now I have it. Like a car accident, I couldn't look away.
Great video and song. So creative.
Everything about this is 🔥💯
How the heck did this come up on my CZcams? What a throwback 😮
Merci je ne l'avais jamais vu !