Worst or best 80s synth-pop duo ever?! 1987 talent show San Diego, Tapestry Blu
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- čas přidán 2. 07. 2019
- Move over Tay Zonday and Keyboard Cat, this may be one of the most magical music clips you'll ever see online. A spellbinding performance featuring duo Tapestry Blu, with Nicholas De Herrera AKA Niko a velvet virtuoso on Yamaha DX7 keys and the fabulous falsetto of William (who goes by the French pronunciation, Guillaume) performing "My Heart's in Rapture" in November 1987 on a San Diego TV talent competition called Rocket to Stardom, a segment on the local TV variety show Stanley Tonight. Note that Guillaume is in such rapture himself that he doesn't even notice the stagehand walking between him and the camera at 1:25, now that's a true showman! Stick with it all the way to the jaw dropping finale, I guarantee this will be the most awesome and inexplicable thing you'll see on the internet this week. We're told Tapestry Blu were very popular in the late 80s coffee house/gallery scene in San Diego. Are you still out there, Guillaume and Nico? If anyone knows how to contact either one of these wizards, please contact music at San Diego Reader dot com, we want to write a feature article!
BetaGems are culled from an archive of over 1000 beta video tapes recorded between from 1983 into the 1990s. Most feature live music performances broadcast on television in San Diego CA, though there are also rarely seen commercials, comedy clips, and other material that doesn't seem to be anywhere else on CZcams or online. Most of the tapes were recorded on a Sony SL-HFT7 Super Beta Theater Hi-Fi Stereo - the same model was refurbished and is being used for these digital transfers and uploads.
In rare occasions where a BetaGems clip does appear elsewhere, we're only uploading if our own beta master is better quality or contains material not seen previously. Much footage comes from public television and public access broadcasts that the taper, who worked for a local cable TV production company in the 1980s, monitored nightly for several years. Some of the programming is strictly regional, mostly from the San Diego area.
Ross Geller on keyboards.
-"What key should we do this in?"
"Yes"
A voice so mesmerizing that it takes two mics to capture the beauty.
😅
He played everything live on that DX7... !!!
To be fair, with decent studio production this could be quite good.
Honestly, I've heard worse. The problem here is the sound mixing.
I want to see a movie about this group starring Jack Black.
He plays every role like nutty professor
Alright my synth-heads who’s got the deets on that drum machine?
New Order called. They want their melody for "Blue Monday" back.
Then Luther should demand his hymns back from JS Bach!
Works for me!
What do you get when an Angel gives birth to a Yamaha DX7? Tapestry Blue. Take me to heaven!
Voice of an angel
I’m so glad that I discovered this awesome group on CZcams!
I curse the day I settled for the DX21. I never sounded like this. My lead singing never sounded like her either.
Tapestry Blu? They sure did!!
The song is about 3 minutes long. The word "baby" gets said 16 times. Thats roughly every 11 seconds.
Tears for Fears I hope you’re watching ;)
Performance of a lifetime
Me: 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
My husband: 😳😳😳😳😳😳
We'd love to talk to either band member at the San Diego Reader! music at sandiegoreader dot com
Bronski Beat only wishes that they were as good as Tapestry Blu.
He was going for the Prince style back then 😅
This is great. I need to get a band tee, huge fan!
That's Will Sasso's "Michael McLoud" from that MadTV skit
But… this is good
I have all their albums. Don't be jealous.
They have albums?! Now I must find them, thanks for the tip!
@@betagemslostmedia607 From what I recall, to my knowledge, there weren't any proper releases, however there were lots of tapes! If you asked, Nico would record a live set for you or make you a custom made tape of original music. They were both amazingly talented, but I recall Nico being particularly prolific and generous with his talent. If it was the holiday season- he'd make you a tape of original, HiNRG inspired holiday music.
@@josefkaufka9794 Thanks for the info, we really want to find more by this duo so we'll add cassettes to our periodic online searches! If you ever come across any of their recordings, we're all ears - one of us is a San Diego Reader columnist who wants to write an article about them.
I'm extremely jealous
Not bad. 😎
Tim and Eric?
Is that you?
my hometown San Diegos KUSI channel 51!
I'm a new waver from San Diego and i never heard about this worst synthpop band! Never since now!
A vintage t shirt from this band can be yours for $600 plus shipping. I love how he refers to Devo as passé. That outfit was passé as soon as he put it on. Soft Cel much?? More like hard sell.. ok that’s enough snark for three decades. Pass me a clove cigarette so I can decide at Denny’s whether these posers can hang. Jk. It took a lot to make that happen. I wonder what they’re doing now?
Best band ever anybody know were I can get there full albums
Move over Devo!
I love them.
I'm disgusted someone didn't like that!
Well I'm traumatized.
😅
Dam. This is a really good. Needs better studio but if you mix this in it would be really good. This would be perfect in a high end club. Very nice .
Sounds like a bad imitation of Moroder era Sparks.
That singing tho 🤪
Synth not Syth 😁
These guys could have used two things:
1. A sequencer
2. Auto-tune (even though I hate AT.. I think it would have helped here)
Worst AND best
Sing it in your man voice!
This... is a very blatant rip-off of "Blue Monday," so I'd hardly consider them original. The video is still funny, though.
or was Blue Monday a rip off of this? 🤔
@@chipchop7404 Haha. Apparently "Blue Monday" ripped off this incredible Donna Summer song that I'd never heard before:
czcams.com/video/6uU9ikIg8FU/video.html
Queen Elizabeef 👌
Nah, it's definitely not a ripoff, it's just the music genre. A lot of Hi-NRG music sounds exactly like this.
The audience are so confused dunno what to do ,sing , dance or ya maybe they just left👍