A great video and song from Rupert Hine. This time he has teamed up with Cy Curnin.
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@NevrSilent5 жыл бұрын
In the end, we just want a cute, French foreign exchange student who loves baseball, and knows how to fix a car. ;)
@dionysius1b8703 жыл бұрын
I've been in love with her since I was 9 years old!
@richardgazinia54822 жыл бұрын
"It's the language of love" - Ricky's Mom
@johnallison50752 жыл бұрын
Language lessons
@stevrgrs Жыл бұрын
@@dionysius1b870 you might have a chance now :P Check the local nursing home 😆 🤣 😂
@carlesmauricio2909 Жыл бұрын
And can make French toast!
@blown224 жыл бұрын
Dammit, Rupert passed yesterday. What a catalog of work he left behind! This is one of my favorite 80's synth-pop songs, if not #1. RIP, you bloody genius.
@amagickalmeliss3 жыл бұрын
Wow 🙌 👀 I just looked for a video with lyrics for this, one of my all time favorite songs, and I see your comment -EXACTLY one year to the day of Rupert’s passing June 4. 😔 God Bless him. I’m writing these lyrics in my art journal and noting his death. 💜
@caeserromero30132 жыл бұрын
RIP Rupert. He helped produce some excellent Martin Ansell tracks too.
@davidfuller41105 ай бұрын
I'm now finding this out watching this video. RIP Rupert
@snoopdoggdankkush92853 ай бұрын
What! I had no idea ): he made greatness.
@MRAMX3902 жыл бұрын
Always absolutely loved Better Off Dead and The Fixx and just rediscovered this gem, fantastic.
@RoyPage19704 ай бұрын
This is not the fix
@MRAMX3904 ай бұрын
@@RoyPage1970 Who is he the lead singer/vocalist for ?
@RoyPage19704 ай бұрын
@@MRAMX390 this is a Rupert hine cy curnin song for a movie cy may have been in the fixx but I just meant this is not a fix track
@ArmandoRodriguez-dv2me6 ай бұрын
I was about 12 years old when better off dead came out and to this day it is one of my favorite movies. I watch it a least 2 or 3 times a year. Its just a "feel good" movie. And did song is just a pure classic. I wish it was on Spotify.
@D-Fens_16329 ай бұрын
How did it take me almost 40 years to discover this song had an official video? Maybe if we had some sort of music television empire that had multiple channels that aired music videos of varying styles and eras I'd have seen it. The last time we had one of those I just saw a bunch of kids falling off skateboards when I put it on.
@amirritchie1600 Жыл бұрын
This song is a love letter to the 80s
@musicproduceramsterdam9266 Жыл бұрын
Rupert Hine was a genius! If you listen to the fixx albums its unbelievable how good it still sounds
@wheelmanstan2 жыл бұрын
The 80's might be 35-45 years ago today, but it never seems that far away.
@shiah1313 Жыл бұрын
It’s in your heart, Baby! Youth of the 80s need to take back the world!
@BenVarkentine4 жыл бұрын
R.I.P. Rupert Hine.
@wanggang38852 жыл бұрын
One of the best 80's videos ever made. Excellent direction and audio production is a textbook example for any decade, particularly the vocals.
@ru23888 жыл бұрын
Such a great video. A time capsule of the music and style at the time.
@deathstrike6 жыл бұрын
Sadly even though Better Off Dead is one of the best 80s cult classics along the lines of Weird Science, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, and The Breakfast Club, John Cusack actually admitted in an interview I think it was in 1997 that he absolutely HATED his role in Better Off Dead, even to the point of ripping it to shreads, and telling the interviewer he truly did not want to revisit it in any way. I think because of his hatred of the movie, his character Lane Meyer actually portrayed that hatred and it made the movie truly shine as a gem of an 80s movie collection. Its amazing how an actor's contempt for a movie can sometimes make the movie better. :) I still own a VHS copy of this movie, (yes you can scream at me for being an antique and still owning a VCR) and it is one I truly enjoy showing people on movie night. The 80s were fantastic for movie experimentation and will always be remembered as the Second Golden Age of movies at least as far as original content and entertainment value go (think Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Return of the Jedi). Its not Bogie and Bacall, but it was fun!!
@wheelz235 жыл бұрын
Hear that man. One of my faves. I still have the VHS and DVD. In the early 90s when i first got my license I managed to dub these songs from my old stereo hooked up to my VCR so I could have em in my car. ✌🏼 can't forget that movie RAD, Thrashin, gleaming the cube, bmx bandits, and many more classics. Good stuff dude.
@NevrSilent5 жыл бұрын
The gist of it was, Cusack wound up vehemently disagreeing with Steve Holland on his final cut and the tone portrayed. Cutback was hoping for more pathos, and a bit of a darker take (it was supposed to be about suicide after all), but got frustrated that Hollander kept going for more of a cartoony vibe. Problem was, by then, he was already in production with Hollander on 'One Crazy Summer' and by then, Cusack was REALLY just mailing it in, because he'd grown to detest Hollander's approach.
@NevrSilent5 жыл бұрын
Of note: after 'How I Got into College' absolutely bombed, Steve Hollander was pushed out of film studio work and wound up directing...cartoons. Probably exactly where he should have been focusing his talents in the first place.
@invaliduser93975 жыл бұрын
As an actor, Cusack is great. As a person, Cusack is a dipshit. "Respect the ability of someone, not who they are if they are a prick or a bitch."
@deferpanic89815 жыл бұрын
YT - this is some amazing info - thank you.
@markfennah43222 ай бұрын
One ofthe best 80s films snd tracks and yet not well known - I only discovered it this year even tho im that generation. It should be more famous than Back to the Future in my opinion.❤
@Gzimkodra3 жыл бұрын
Love this movie this started the California 1980s life. The word tasty doesnt get used much anymore these days. Lol.
@cntower19976 жыл бұрын
The Film's Over....You Can Go Now! 😂
@joep6742 Жыл бұрын
Love this song and the movie it's in.
@99xTruth2 ай бұрын
This is pure snow!!
@philwheeler41502 жыл бұрын
Love this song!!!!
@psyspyfpv61069 жыл бұрын
2 days now constant listening since those end credits at the beginning! uncovered a gem here me thinks
@SilentJables6 жыл бұрын
Love the movie. Love this song. First time seeing this music video, and I love it.
@V8AmericanMuscleCar5 жыл бұрын
Matthew Lee me too! :-)
@lerm286610 ай бұрын
What an amazing video I had no idea this existed!!! Thanks
@dennistaylor3713 Жыл бұрын
His cyness on lead vocals love the fixx!!
@ChadPreston2 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this video on a black and white TV, it came on ABC late at night on Fri or Sat around midnight, can't remember the name of the show but they played music videos for like an hour. The rest off the stations would go off air at midnight.
@c4lderone649 Жыл бұрын
It would have either been Night Flight or Friday Night Videos.
@erniewyles8832 Жыл бұрын
@@c4lderone649 probably Friday Night Videos.
@deniseinpeace11707 жыл бұрын
I love this song but never saw this messed up video lolol.
@cuteblondecrystal4 жыл бұрын
Me too! I didn’t see this video until tonight.
@tinfoilhatter3 жыл бұрын
i was blind! just in time you changed-my-mind~
@forcecreator8 жыл бұрын
This song has been so juxtaposed with Better Off Dead since I first saw the movie back in '85 that I'm now having a difficult time accepting the official video now that I am finally seeing it. What a great tune. Such fond and nostalgic memories of that era. And now that the Rupert Hine connection has been made all around, it finally makes sense to me that I always thought the song, 'The Flyer', by Saga (the tune, not the lyrics) could have played as the end credits for Better Off Dead.
@MrJohannson8 жыл бұрын
+Force Creator a better music video for you /watch?v=nBAzzkoafHE
@jennyn56927 жыл бұрын
I love The Flyer! That whole album is great.
@setthahook21926 жыл бұрын
Rupert Hine with Cy Curnin of the Fixx ...great song
@stoogefest162 жыл бұрын
Eh, I think that song’s a bit too melodramatic to mesh with the tone of Better Off Dead. I’m a big fan of Saga, but their music isn’t fodder for most comedies.
@reversefulfillment91895 ай бұрын
Such an 80s gem. The Fixx also had a great track for Streets of Fire.
@oysterman25174 жыл бұрын
Sounds like The Fixx combined with Rupert Hine. Not bad at all. Cheers
@aowens56684 жыл бұрын
Man do I LOVE Better Off Dead!!!
@mikebonilla2534 Жыл бұрын
Do you mind if I take out Beth ?
@AKL0053 жыл бұрын
That girl’s beautiful. Wow.
@bookert66913 жыл бұрын
Who in the world is she? It’s a mystery...can literally find NOTHING on her anywhere. The internet is failing us. Not even a name..
@CB-ux5xc2 жыл бұрын
In reality the girl is average at best. 6 out of 10. Maybe get out more and you will realize there are probably 100 million girls better looking than the one in this video. That’s a fact.
@daveincognito2 күн бұрын
@@bookert6691 If you're still interested, the actress made a couple of replies in the video's comment section under the name AmandaAmanda and then some letters and numbers.
@peterschnabel6968 жыл бұрын
Great song!
@perbaerentsen812710 ай бұрын
Cy Curnin from the Fixx and Rupert Hine together….how can it not be extremely good?
@mdwayne7416 ай бұрын
Sublime ...it is so much.
@cetera06 Жыл бұрын
Superb! so good memories better off dead!
@bears22489 жыл бұрын
My first time seeing this.
@wemayfly8 жыл бұрын
+bears2248 Me Too! I've actually never seen Better Off Dead, but I have the movie so I'll go watch it now. The song makes sense to me, and the video makes me laugh, so what's not to like?
@benrogers33864 жыл бұрын
R.I.P Rupert Hine
@ms3ben10 жыл бұрын
Cool video, great movie, weird animals lol!
@azbrown8218 жыл бұрын
love this song
@QueenOfWands11114 жыл бұрын
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Who Still here & Listening to this in 2020
@richardgazinia54822 жыл бұрын
2021 now.
@CB-ux5xc2 жыл бұрын
2022 and almost 2023. 2020 was almost 3 years ago.
@ru23889 жыл бұрын
Sick bass line.
@compound00 Жыл бұрын
First thing I noticed
@painmagnet16 жыл бұрын
Awesome weird video. I would be honored to be a part of that family.
@luciusavenus87159 жыл бұрын
Ahhhh, this explains all the "woooooofreaky" I took in the eighties - to blot stuff like this right out.
@XTRABIG8 жыл бұрын
I had to quit after 60 seconds. I didn't know about this video. but I only want the image of Lane and Monique kissing on the hood of the Camaro, inside Dodger stadium, attached to this song.
@JG-zu4yp8 жыл бұрын
+XTRABIG close the picture think about musik
@Pighill6 жыл бұрын
XTRABIG And Badger’s rocket going through the roof.
@bustyindian60003 ай бұрын
I love these low budget music videos.
@vernwhite5686 жыл бұрын
Great song and video
@tinfoilhatter11 жыл бұрын
coolest video ever! i never knew they made this! thanks!
@LNight-oj8jc4 жыл бұрын
That dog!!!!
@snoopdoggdankkush92853 ай бұрын
WOOOOOW I NEVER KNEW THERE WAY AN ORIGINAL VIDEO FOR THIS!!!!!
@cajandro10 жыл бұрын
Love it
@LaRusso10 жыл бұрын
Love this movie.
@robertnilla Жыл бұрын
rubert and cy were from the band the fixx. a terrific band so underrated..
@dennistaylor3713 Жыл бұрын
You're thinking rupert greenall from the fixx
@Gildedbutterfly1976 Жыл бұрын
The video looks like it could have been made today. I am still looking for this song on a streaming site.
@JosephConnerMoore6 жыл бұрын
Oh Myer You Don't Know When To Quit
@vivekwally73766 жыл бұрын
Brilliant video! Better Off Dead (1985)
@davidbrooks42948 ай бұрын
That version of their band was called Thinkman Band.
@petemarqdadon11 ай бұрын
why have I never seen this video before today 😂
@IRONMAN000Ай бұрын
Have any advice? “Go that way really fast, if something gets in your way……. Turn.”
@TheFreddo126 жыл бұрын
watch the movie Better Off Dead with John Cusack. Song is from that movie.
@SirHatchporch7 жыл бұрын
ME TWO MINUTES AGO: Wow, this had a video?!? Awesome! ME AT THE 1:07 MARK: Sweet Jesus, WTF is THAT, GOOD GOD, KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!
@V8AmericanMuscleCar5 жыл бұрын
LOL same here!!! 😂😂😂
@timchandler46883 ай бұрын
This video is creepy 80s
@jonnycomics9 ай бұрын
This video is SO WEIRD. I can't believe this EXISTS.
@productofthe80s4 жыл бұрын
🏠🚀
@williampeck78797 жыл бұрын
He is the lead singer of the fixx
@NevrSilent5 жыл бұрын
Also became a fashion designer, particularly in haberdashery and hatmaking. Not even kidding.
@tinfoilhatter5 жыл бұрын
@@NevrSilent he's still the singer with the band! they've taken a few sabbaticals, but they 're still the best! still makin' new stuff!
@edwardgallagher45094 жыл бұрын
Crazy video, but great song... RIP Rupert.
@shigeolincolntaco11 жыл бұрын
That dog gives me the creeps
@vergon66622 жыл бұрын
DUDE!?? WTH?? I rewound it a few times - ugly lil critter
@Dawn7376 ай бұрын
I'm going to admit it: though I absolutely love this song, this is my first time seeing the music video, and I definitely think it could have been better. Overuse of barnyard animals.
@SuburbanHell Жыл бұрын
Never seen this before, is this the "official" music video, or just a fan cut of some sort? It's brilliantly done.
@Gildedbutterfly19765 жыл бұрын
Why can’t I find this song anywhere??????
@umbrellacorporationwuhanfa37314 жыл бұрын
Mp3 rocket. 🚀
@daughterofolaf9 ай бұрын
You can only get it if you have the actual physical copy of the soundtrack. Which is a shame.
@bobdamnit6 жыл бұрын
I like the dog.
@johnathonsteeel69223 жыл бұрын
Is that dog actually deformed or did they use practical effects? Has Cy Curnin ever commented on this? I need to know!
@CB-ux5xc2 жыл бұрын
The dog wasn’t deformed.
@AmandaAmanda-nw7wb Жыл бұрын
Dog was supersweet- they put a plastic mold on his head for the scene. He didn't want to jump up for the shot so the prop guys had to set him in place and give him a little push to make it look like he interrupted the almost kiss. :D
@johnathonsteeel6922 Жыл бұрын
@@AmandaAmanda-nw7wb oh my god I finally got my answer, thanks a lot! Did you work on the video?
@amandaamanda5197 Жыл бұрын
@@johnathonsteeel6922 'the girl' : )
@jennienmcpherson Жыл бұрын
I just found this video, I love the song so much (big fan of Better Off Dead) but now I cannot stop watching this. I absolutely love it!!! The dog warms my heart and everyone does a great job selling the story. It definitely brought me back to the 80s!!!!
@molesterstallone5285 Жыл бұрын
Listening Christmas 2022
@Scotty-PАй бұрын
Who's the girl?
@a.ban.manashah.1971Ай бұрын
Who else thought that ugly dog was a puppet? 🤪 Looks like the kid had a fever dream! Only weirder music video than this is, Black Hole Sun.
@a.ban.manashah.1971Ай бұрын
BOD is my favorite 80s comedy, hands down!
@benjaminscisly45603 жыл бұрын
Who played guitar and drums on this
@moobutt2 жыл бұрын
I’m pickin up some David Tennant vibes from Cy in this video
@ctcentralinfo6 жыл бұрын
Why does this video remind me of the original nightmare on elm street?
@jennakenna725211 жыл бұрын
The fu*k I don't get this video one bit.!
@Kookaburra45095 жыл бұрын
Couldn’t get this song to come up on Shazam...weird!
@imacheckneck2 жыл бұрын
my name is lane no im not named after this movie but its still one of my favorite movies
@justinstewart8954 Жыл бұрын
2:00 Notice that the hamburger is talking in the same voice as a Whammy. I'm betting Steve Holland directed this video.
@CopenhagenJesus1822 Жыл бұрын
Is this on itune?
@nunyabusiness36668 ай бұрын
That's a hot girl, but her house is a serious red flag.
@82sweetheart13 жыл бұрын
@n8tureboy ~ It was always fun to twirl the phone cord around with my fingers while talking on the phone.......
@WoodRatGirl12 жыл бұрын
That was one creepy looking dog in this clip!
@82sweetheart13 жыл бұрын
@n8tureboy ~ N8, party lines?? I do remember those!! ; ) That reminds me of a song "Hot Line" by the Sylvers ~ do you remember that song?
@benjaminscisly45603 жыл бұрын
And piano
@Milkovski1236 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know the names of actors in this video ?
@amandaamanda51974 жыл бұрын
The girl is Amanda ; )
@bookert66913 жыл бұрын
@amanda shel ok...back up a second...are you her?
@souldeep692 жыл бұрын
@Booker T - yeah, it's probably her because actress Amanda Shell has an entry in IMDb with multiple credits. It doesn't list this video but the pictures of her clearly show that she is the beautiful young lady in the video. @Amanda Shel - thanks for stopping by and saying hello. Great job in the video and you're simply gorgeous! Hope to see more of your work.
@samteisseire8191 Жыл бұрын
The female in this video clip would be about 16 years old....or a bit older in 1985. The only Amanda Shell on IMDB is a porno actress.@Booker T.....where did you get your info?
@vinceowens63377 жыл бұрын
the only thing good about this video was the beautiful girl in it and the music..
@ericromero95078 жыл бұрын
with one look your very likeable
@erricckkromero99887 жыл бұрын
I think he says your very like a book numbnuttz
@nbachillzone8725 Жыл бұрын
the woman in this vid is my aunt
@AmandaAmanda-nw7wb Жыл бұрын
Hey z' : )
@jonknick37232 ай бұрын
Hi there
@jonknick37232 ай бұрын
@AmandaAmanda-nw7wb you're awesome
@ybrix1014 жыл бұрын
I like the mixed in audio from the music video effect but this one is annoying. Too much and too loud in the mix.
@turfcommando92166 жыл бұрын
Video makes sense. He thought he found love but her family was bat shit crazy not worth it. LOL
@pantera897 жыл бұрын
lead singer looks like David Tennant -Doctor Who.........
@joshireson54575 жыл бұрын
DEICIDE YES I WAS WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO SAY THAT
@darkermoss418511 жыл бұрын
I stopped watching the video 14 seconds in and scrolled down to the comments. I saw yours and refused to watch the rest of the video. THANKS a bunch buddy. Sorry though that this video sort of ruined things 4 u.
@blown225 жыл бұрын
What was the original comment? I don't see it on here.
@WillieD78 ай бұрын
What’s wrong with that dog?!?
@jennakenna725211 жыл бұрын
She wasn't wearing any bra. O-o
@jamesd.51762 жыл бұрын
Is that Zach from saved by the bell?
@jeffs60178 жыл бұрын
wtf
@rafpac69 жыл бұрын
is that kid ryan gosling?
@TraceErp8 жыл бұрын
The girl looks like Emma Roberts.
@amandaamanda51976 жыл бұрын
No relation to Emma. I was at the right place at the right time to get picked for the video. ~Amanda
@SilentJables6 жыл бұрын
amanda shelden That's awesome, Do you remember anything about the making of the video?
@Kookaburra45095 жыл бұрын
amanda shelde I think I love you!
@nicknoneya74854 жыл бұрын
@@amandaamanda5197 Amanda you are gorgeous... Looks do not embody the entire individual but damn it sure did you well. Watching this video with you in it captures the spirit of the generation we grew up in. Thank you for the imagination and contribution.
@amandaamanda51974 жыл бұрын
@@SilentJables Remember everything! The theme was to mirror 'The Munsters-boy meets girl"... I was 15, the dog was so sweet, had a plastic brain taped to his head, animal wranglers and plexi glass around the giant lizard, it shot in 3 days, the mansion/house is real, never met rubert or cy... they boy had to jump through 3 sugar windows to get the right effect at the end. It was a great shoot. Was a 1st for me, very special.
@CaryChilton Жыл бұрын
That was the ugliest canine ever.....and then cut to the blonde beauty...3X easier on the eyes after that hell hound