S1984 E217 • Take Off to Animation

"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

Première diffusion : 17 février 1984

S1984 E831 • Video Profile: Prince

Video hits from Prince and affiliated acts such as Morris Day and The Time and the late, great Vanity. Music videos included: Dirty Mind Uptown Controversy Sexuality 1999 Little Red Corvette When Doves Cry (long version) Clips from the film Purple Rain Morris Day interview The Time - Ice Cream Castles Vanity - Pretty Mess Let's Go Crazy

Première diffusion : 31 août 1984

S1984 E1102 • Take Off to Film Directors in Music Video

Music Video's directed by feature filmmakers for The Cars, Lionel Richie and Bruce Springsteen. Music videos included: clip from Five Easy Pieces, directed by Bob Rafelson Lionel Richie - All Night Long (directed by Bob Rafelson) Laura Branigan - Self Control (directed by William Friedkin) Billy Idol - Dancing With Myself (directed by Tobe Hooper) clip from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, directed by Tobe Hooper clip from Body Double, directed by Brian DePalma Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax (uncensored version)(directed by Brian DePalma) Bruce Springsteen - Dancing in the Dark (directed by Brian DePalma) clip from Get Crazy, directed by Alan Arkush Bette Midler - Beast of Burden (directed by Alan Arkush) The Cars - Hello Again (directed by Andy Warhol) clip from Tango - directed by Zbigniew Rybcynski Art of Noise - Close to the Edit (directed by Zbigniew Rybcynski) Belfegore - All That I Wanted (directed by Zbigniew Rybcynski)

Première diffusion : 2 novembre 1984

S1984 E1128 • Take Off to Eroticism

Hot videos from heavy headliners Madonna, Rod Stewart, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Queen and Van Halen are highlights from this epic installment of Night Flight's "Take Off" Music videos included: Prince - Dirty Mind Malcolm McLaren - Madame Butterfly Madonna - Burning Up Madonna - Lucky Star Rod Stewart - Infatuation Laura Branigan - Self Control Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax (original version) Queen - Body Language Van Halen - Hot For Teacher The Rolling Stones - She Was Hot The Mr. Bill Show - Tubing

Première diffusion : 28 novembre 1984