Rupert Hine - "Surface Tension"

Someone asked about this one, and I happened to have it on an old tape.

[@nov20five]

27th video shown on MTV's first day.

[@strykerashe]

thank you kindly, I heard this in 81 twice maybe. And never forgot it. And couldn't find it

[@clintbronson5]

I remember this on MTV. I was in 5th grade and drew a line down Scott Baio's face on DYNAMITE magazine and colered half his face dark and the kid behind my desk knew exactly what I was doing for he saw the video too :) 1981 baby

[@russelljohn1]

Rupert Hine is one of the most under-rated artists from the 80s in my view.

[@budman9327]

FINALLY! Have been looking for years! LOVE THIS SONG!

[@billyvillarreal932]

1981

[@connieplankghost]

Rupert Hine is an Underrated Genius. Thinkman Rules!!!

[@sezums]

He also saved Tina Turners career in the 80's Ruperts a legend of his time

[@potatostuffing5643]

Great music.

[@k8fan]

Same outfit. Both Bowie and Kate Bush wore that particular "jumpsuit with tubes" outfit in videos. "Ashes to Ashes" and "The Dreaming" respectively.

[@AndersWahlbom]

I didn't hear this song until 1991, but it blew me away at the time. It still gives me goosebumps.

[@electronotch]

Couldn't agree more.Rupert is an all-time hero of mine,his 80s "trilogy" of albums way ahead of it's time, and Jeanette Obstoj an incredible lyricist.I liked Thinkman but to me it never reached the same heights.Thanks so much for posting this.

[@tommyrock69]

Halloween with out a pumpkin? SHEER genius.

[@tommyrock69]

This rules! I remember it on MTV when it was new.

[@k8fan]

Never seen it. This is my entire Rupert Hine video collection.

[@awizardatruestar]

And Rupert worked on Palmer's Pride album released in 1983.

[@herself]

Cool, I saw him playing Immunity, bandaged in Gothenburg, must have been 1981. I really would like to see him playing this song again.

[@tinfoilhatter]

brilliant! fabulous! say,the fixx seems to be sharper as ever,rupe should get back with that crew,rikey!

[@richbrownbass]

i second that! what would the fixx sound like without him. and where is the thinkman video?

[@k8fan]

Yes, Robert Palmer sang several songs on Hine's album "The Wildest Wish To Fly".

[@alldaytubin]

The same suit Rupert wears here was used by David Bowie in Ashes to Ashes.

[@mpagner]

"Halloween without a pumpkin," just wouldn't be Halloween, would it?

[@k8fan]

One of the things I love about this video is that Rupert is wearing the exact same outfit Kate Bush wore in her video for the song "The Dreaming". David Bowie wore one in the video for "Ashes to Ashes" as well. Nice to know the all shopped at the same place. Must have been a shop specializing in clothing and Fairlights.

[@someperson8151]

I only know his Better Off Dead songs.

[@k8fan]

It was the other way around. Bowie has changed his sound so many times, and his early 80s sound was influenced by Hine, Brian Eno and others. His later, more successful career as a producer made him even more influential. But there is a direct Bowie connection: they are wearing the same outfit. Bowie wore this same suit in part of the "Ashes to Ashes" video - as did Kate Bush in her video "The Dreaming".

[@k8fan]

@strykerashe Glad to have made it available.

[@sezums]

I think the auusie bands lead singer of Icehouse sounds just like Rupert Hines, hid name is Iva Davies

[@darkwaverful]

this is great,just discover him,love the music reminds of david bowie,eno,ultravoxx,peter gabriel

[@IKE66]

i've heart the album so often - but never saw a video thanks a lot for adding this btw: does any video from the album "the wildest wish to fly" exist (one of my all time favourites)?

[@manic4u2]

Isaw him do this song on TOGWT.He was brilliant. Can anyone tell me what yearthat was?

[@k8fan]

Nonsense, Hine wasn't ripping off Bowie. The concept of this video is totally unlike Ashes to Ashes. The "stillsuit" was bought from a shop in London, the same place Kate Bush bought the ones used in her video for the song The Dreaming.

[@Alexo1954]

+k8fan Agreed. Musically, Bowie was a peasant. Could hardly play a note on any instrument. But he had a good publicity agent and management. Hine just wasn't handsome enough to maintain fame. But what a striking voice: completely unique.

[@WoodRatGirl]

Is it just me who thinks he looks abit like Roger Daltrey of The Who? This man is way too underrated.

[@jasbigj]

He never fronted Black Sabbath. You might be thinking of Dave Walker from Savoy Brown.

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

I'd reason to think this video was directed by David Mallet, the director behind David Bowie's "Ashes to Ashes" video.

[@WoodRatGirl]

Rupert Hine is actually on Facebook I found out.

[@casheasy]

I didn't search for it. Maybe you don't know this, but on the side panel KZbin puts videos up that you "might like," based on another video you watched. I don't have hobbies. LOL

[@adehmark]

A lot of music from the early eighties sounds really cheesey or just plain twee now...but not this guy. He still sounds fantastic and his words are still relevant nearly thirty years later! I can see now that I wasn't alone in my music tastes in the early eighties. I always thought I was just about the only person who listened to him, at a time when everybody else was listening to Human League and blitz dancing!

[@casheasy]

Perhaps the worst song and worst video from that era. And there were some awful videos back then. I used to hate when they showed this video.

[@MJagger100]

ashes to ashes wanna be video . lets rip off David bowie= look it up google it

[@derbystardom]

Surface Tension video was shown before Ashes to Ashes... Bowie might be ripping off Rupert. Or the director...

[@mefault]

1981