Thomas Dolby - Airhead

Official video of Thomas Dolby performing Airhead from the album Aliens Ate My Buick.
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[@anthonymirabito1501]

Aliens Ate My Buick is one of the most underrated albums in the history of popular music.

[@ptschmal]

Anthony, agree 100% A real gem.

[@Enigmatism415]

I like it, but it's my least favourite of his albums. I've always seen his first two and last two being pairs, and this one is kind of the awkward middle child.

[@TyTye]

How can it be underrrated if it charted in the top 30?

[@jeanettedevereux7664]

👏👏👏

[@MacakFric-dt3qg]

Just like some albums Prefab Sprout which he produced

[@kathynicholson103]

"My friends say she's a dumb blonde, but they don't know she dyes her hair". My favorite line!

[@ianhunter3911]

"oh, you speak French!!"

[@schnertblatt]

The first time I saw "She Blinded Me With Science" on MTV, I was convinced Thomas Dolby had great talent!

[@VeritabIlIti]

I love the line at the end "still it must be said, it was us made her that way." Extremely subtle, but kind of paints the entire song in a different light

[@dinkypig69]

I think this was the strongest track on the album, superb mixture of programming & live. Snare fits the track just fine, anything bigger would detract from the other stuff going on around it. I really like how a lot of the sounds going on are purposely really late, creates a great feel. This guy is a much underrated genius, never got the recognition he deserved in this country. Never get tired of listening to his albums, there's always something new in there somewhere.

[@kevinroberts4752]

Dig the deep groove on this it's a hell of a track. Catchy and drives like concrete truck. BEAUTIFUL. happy to have stumbled across it ...

[@jacqw1515]

he gets a better recognize for giving us the invention of (phone's) ringtones. and yeah..underrated genius-by far. you also may enjoy his production works with collaborations of: prefab sprout. george a clinton..I love catching him at the independent night club venue in San Francisco a few years ago..'super great mesmerizing of experience:)

[@adamthomas1246]

Agree

[@ddavies1967]

"This country" ? We're not psychic 😉

[@XCLent0]

nope. Hot Sauce or May The Cube Be With You

[@misfitbassist2203]

The expressions on Dolby golem's face are priceless.

[@vladimirjankovic9511]

Had a huge following in Yugoslavia in the 80s. Underrated genius? I'd agree.

[@PauloHernandezXD]

Unfortunately yeah :( Budapest By Blimp is one of the greatest songs I've ever heard, but a slow 8 minute song wouldn't be popular on mainstream radio, the important thing is that you enjoy the music :3

[@_MrPink_]

Sold many a hifi and blew out many a woofer with this track. Love.

[@MrGoblin60]

Some film clips are worthy as pieces of art in themselves - this is one of them.

[@Rhythmattica]

As a muso with a studio.... Great AD/DA,Monitors, ect ect.. This Album is honestly Reference material. Beside the "Dolby" fun , outside the box humour..... I have all his albums... Followed him from TGAOW... Every album has its vibe... But I tell you, besides the music, (Thats important) AAMB is fairdinkim one of the best produced Albums Ive ever heard. Its pure Class... Funny thing is, Coldplays FOH guy thinks so too... Thats how he tuned the PA.... Its that Fking GOOD! If you are into production, no matter the style, this album you must study.

[@brianvaracalle1217]

Awesome! Aliens is just a great album. True briliance.....

[@kellyhoward6941]

I first heard this song while riding my bike to work thru traffic in the late 80s, having just gotten this album for my cassette walkman. I cracked up so many times I nearly died in traffic, repeatedly.

[@allyb2301]

this is so cool to me. im a teen who recently got this album from my grandpa, and I LOVE it. it’s always so hard for me to visualize people listening to it 30 years ago, let alone on a Walkman 😭

[@kellyhoward6941]

@@allyb2301 I'll bet it's like me trying to imagine someone from the 30's listening to a Victrola...tho our age differences aren't quite THAT drastic (I hope!). So glad you discovered this great album! I think my personal fave from it it is "My Brain is Like a Sieve." I love the beat & sound of it, tho choosing one fave from the album is almost impossible. I remember almost riding my bike into a tree from laughing the first time I caught the words in "The Key to Her Ferarri" about...um, the mess on the upholstery. Best to you, and i hope you discover lots more old music you love!

[@IlBiggo]

- "Quod erat demonstrandum, baby." - "Wow, you speak french!"

[@dejanhasecic9124]

One of my favorite albums ever. Thomas is just unbelievable ..and the musicians on these recordings!!!!!!!

[@fredherfst8148]

Best album I ever bought…

[@j.n.f.2547]

I have the album CD! I am a Japanese maniac of Western music.😁👍

[@michaelrandall9034]

Played of cover of this touring Japan.

[@ianhunter3911]

One of the most incredible albums ever released. The forerunner to modern digital editing as well.

[@Jedizen07]

This album is in my all time favorite top ten albums. Thomas is an absolute genius. The whole album is phenomenal!!!

[@vap0rland]

agree 100%

[@tonewall1]

T Dolby was out funkin everyone but P-funk for years.....

[@bradleyg7498]

What a great little hidden gem.

[@HandlebarOrionX]

Thomas Dolby should have been a lot huger in the states than just "She Blinded Me With Science" ans "Hyperactive"

[@NewWaveEnthusiast]

I cannot get over the creativity featured in this video. My god it's revolutionary! I expected nothing less from Mr. Dolby :)

[@ttystikkrocks1042]

Classic Dolby, right here.

[@psla6595]

Airheads Revenge and Revenge Rap are well worth a listen for fun. Great track with lots of humour which is sadly lacking in modern music.

[@rexremedy1733]

It’s creative

[@FuzzyTheBear]

Timeless .. this sounds just as good today as it did back then. :)

[@GRILLBUOY101]

yes a coworker of mine played this gir me in his dsr on our lunch break back in late 80s.i though wow that bass linelines holy crap

[@thatcanadian6698]

Why have I never seen this video before? This is actually pretty cool...and original.

[@cubdukat]

The album really didn't get promoted very much. Dolby spent most of his major label career trying to get out from under "She Blinded Me With Science" and "The Golden Age of Wireless," but Capitol Records wanted more of that, and when he didn't deliver it with this album, they lost interest in him. Out of all the singles from "Aliens Ate My Buick," this was the first one and the one that got the biggest push.

[@johndavis6719]

Hid best song ever was from the early nineties album I can't think of the name of it but he had a song titled close but no cigar it's awesome.

[@quizman365]

Great track, superb album, brilliant recording.

[@scriptulike]

Fantastic track from a terrific album.

[@confusedwolf7157]

excellent album source. aliens ate my buick for sure!!

[@maureenwagg5305]

Wow. First time hearing this. I love it. Radio missed out on this masterpiece.

[@theyoungone8872]

I know 3 people that whenever i speak with them...this song starts playing in my mind...

[@Marchant2]

Do they all have the last name Trump?

[@stevendurrant1724]

lyrically standing on the shoulders of Zappas Valley Girl

[@phxgator]

Makes sense, he's a Brit who had just moved to that valley from England. His autobiography's worth the read "The Speed of Sound"

[@georgeerhard1949]

Don't forget Julie Brown's "Cos I'm a Blonde".

[@rainbowrotcod]

for sure, for sure!

[@Aramanth]

Dolby can't find a happy medium... Either she's an *Airhead* or _She Blinded him with Science!_ 🤷‍♀👩‍⚕ Either way this is still a killer song & innovative video.

[@oneeyedman99]

This got played a lot on my favorite "modern rock" station in SF back in the day. I can only imagine the fuss that would get kicked up if that were to happen today.

[@Demiglitch]

I think less, considering bands like Imagine Dragons were getting played on modern rock stations despite being terrible. It was more of a seventies and nineties thing to have that whole beef against producer music..

[@oneeyedman99]

@@Demiglitch Oh, there is certainly a lot of terrible music getting played today, LOL. I was referring to the sexual stereotyping of the lyrics, which many would consider misogynistic, even (especially) though it's a joke.

[@trainrover]

Dolby's artistry's one of the keenest ever 🍸

[@believehumbly5492]

OMG, this is really a music video from the 80s ?! 😮😮😮

[@theshivers1967]

Just glorious! Thank you.

[@UncleDavesKitchen]

3:24 nice outline

[@paulrouse7610]

George Plimpton doing Married With Children's 200th episode show..

[@paulbradley705]

he is having too much fun .

[@dannycostello1978]

Great song, massively underrated. The album 'Aliens' was epic.

[@josebrown5961]

No it wasn’t underrated. It was rated like all the records of the time and it got no love. I was there, I bought the album and loved it while nobody else did. It was not underrated. It was MISUNDERSTOOD!

[@dannycostello1978]

@@josebrown5961 It was underrated. I still stand by the comment, as in it wasn't appreciated enough.

[@SyzygyD]

Wow. I seen a lot of MTV (and early Muchmusic) back in the day but I’ve never seen this one. Not as poppy as some of his others but a very good video

[@movieman104]

love the 80s

[@joebrodski1282]

Aaw shit, I love all of his records from this decade, but this is one of my favorite!

[@matthewfarmer2520]

I remember video like this one I was a kid in the 80s I'm 47 like Adam Goldberg lol they don't make music 🎶 videos like this anymore. Thomas Dolby is cool 😎🤘

[@thorstenthiel760]

tolles Video und toller song

[@massimodambrogio]

Wonderful video

[@MrNumbnuts70]

It's better to imagine the lyrics in your head 😎

[@erwinwoodedge4885]

Lovely video!

[@celiavictor4049]

I buy her all the right clothes and pretty jewels to wear My friends say she's a dumb blonde but they don't know she dyes her hair She thinks the fighting in Central America's easily solved But what to wear to Bel Air premieres is a problem she could never resolve She's an airhead Stungun and mace, Kharmann Ghia plates say "Lost in Space" She's an airhead Thousands in trust, cusp aquarius, get serious She's an airhead Tinted contacts don't change the fact that black is black She's an airhead And while I'm impressed with the length of those legs She's not an intellectual giant She'd like to model, or maybe act, or start a magazine Before she signs any big contracts, she better learn to read But in her dreams she's the queen of the fashion regime You ask me do I love you, does the Pope live in the woods? Quod Erat Demonstrandum, baby ("ooh, you speak French") She's an airhead Stungun and mace, Kharmann Ghia plates say "Lost in Space" She's an airhead Thousands in trust, cusp aquarius, get serious She's an airhead And while I'm impressed with the size of that chest She's not an intellectual giant Sweet and low and oh-so, little Ms. Dora Jarre Safe sex and fishnets and could you walk me to my car, pa She's losing faith in a world that is out of control So she's gonna nix politics, she's taking up volleyball Volleyball, why? 'Cause she's an airhead Stungun and mace, Kharmann Ghia plates say "Lost in Space" She's an airhead Thousands in trust, cusp aquarius, get serious She's an airhead And now the time's come for the end of my song Don't get me wrong If she's an airhead, it has to be said It was men made her that way It was us made her that way It was us made her that way

[@skyblazeeterno]

My friends say she's a dumb blonde but they don't know she dyes her hair --- One of the best lines in pop imo

[@mabelyourmama9029]

I remember seeing this video on MTV when I was in my early 20's.

[@diannebird9810]

The man is a genius. I am getting a Quicksilver vibe from the silver haired director (I know who it is, do not fret).

[@Alexandre-rt7xk]

Greatest diss track ever.

[@rizthebloody]

You should see how they used it in married with children.

[@joseantoniomiranda2979]

Great and creative video for a great song.

[@amidark6518]

Dolby's videos are so fucking amazing. Just art!

[@markus3190]

So fun and witty haha

[@playlistismo]

@ ▷ Thomas Dolby 🎶▷ Airhead 💿▷ Aliens Ate My Buick 📅▷ 1986 🎬︎▷ Thomas Dolby & Drew Takahashi

[@dennisprather9424]

It's men made her that way. It was us made her that way.(Oh, you speak French! He's speaking Latin 😄). Love that genius.

OBRA MAESTRA

[@kx4532]

Saved by the box head

[@svenfan87]

I buy her all the right clothes and pretty jewels to wear My friends say she's a dumb blonde but they don't know she dyes her hair She thinks the fighting in Central America's easily solved But what to wear to Bel Air premieres is a problem she could never resolve [Chorus] She's an airhead Stungun and mace, Kharmann Ghia plates say "Lost in Space" She's an airhead Thousands in trust, cusp aquarius, get serious She's an airhead Tinted contacts don't change the fact that black is black She's an airhead And while I'm impressed with the length of those legs She's not an intellectual giant She'd like to model, or maybe act, or start a magazine Before she signs any big contracts, she better learn to read But in her dreams she's the queen of the fashion regime You ask me do I love you, does the Pope live in the woods? Quod Erat Demonstrandum, baby. ("Ooh, you speak french") [Chorus] She's an airhead Stungun and mace, Kharmann Ghia plates say "Lost in Space" She's an airhead Thousands in trust, cusp aquarius, get serious She's an airhead And while I'm impressed with the size of that chest She's not an intellectual giant Sweet and low and oh-so, little Ms. Dora Jarre Safe sex and fishnets and could you walk me to my car, pa She's losing faith in a world that is out of control So she's gonna nix politics, she's taking up volleyball Volleyball, why? Cause she's an airhead Stungun and mace, Kharmann Ghia plates say "Lost in Space" She's an airhead Thousands in trust, cusp aquarius - get serious She's an airhead And now the time's come for the end of my song Don't get me wrong If she's an airhead, it has to be said It was men made her that way It was us made her that way

[@ladyjane9980]

He is so stinking clever.

[@TheLevicka]

Thomas, we must have tea darling and discuss my friend George Clinton!!!! Because to be this funky, the pope must live in the woods!!!

[@fyiaustralia9686]

Very clever...

[@rainbowrotcod]

this video is so funny 😭

[@johndotter351]

Thomas Dolby- Shes an Airhead! Airhead Lyrics [Verse 1] I buy her all the right clothes and pretty jewels to wear My friends say she's a dumb blonde but they don't know she dyes her hair She thinks the fighting in Central America's easily solved But what to wear to Bel Air premieres is a problem she could never resolve [Chorus] She's an airhead Stungun and mace, Kharmann Ghia plates say "Lost in Space" She's an airhead Thousands in trust, cusp aquarius, get serious She's an airhead Tinted contacts don't change the fact that black is black She's an airhead And while I'm impressed with the length of those legs She's not an intellectual giant

[@warrensmith897]

Clearly little has changed 😅!

[@ferminguerratello624]

P FUNK AND BOOGIE YEARS

[@paulbradley705]

too many ideas in a song , a clever edit by a smart producer or even mr dolby (himself) would dumb it down enough for radio and the tv and charts.

[@paulbradley705]

he sings 'fishnets ' but aren't they patterned stockings ?

[@sergiodelasota141]

1926=936...QE2...

[@seansmith3058]

The video seems like it wants to undermine the audio of this song.

[@ph6376]

This track - and album - might have done a lot better if it had a better supporting video. This was back when MTV was still relevant. Missed opportunity, IMO.

[@donm5354]

This 80s classic if it were made today would be HASH TAG ME TOO'd all over Twitter and CANCELLED.

[@AndreBeverage]

now in green screen...

[@greg55666]

I'm so curious what happened to Thomas Dolby. This is such a great album, and then he pretty much quit after this. (I know he's done a couple albums, but barely.) I know nothing "happened" to him--it's like he lost interest. Moved to Silicon Valley to make apps, now teaches at Johns Hopkins. What's wrong with making music?

[@riproar11]

His next album 'Astronauts & Heretics" is really good. He put out more albums afterwards and still gave live performances. One of my relatives worked on a software project with him in the Silicon Valley and he is a huge fan of him.

[@greg55666]

@@riproar11 Yes, I love "Close but No Cigar," and "Eastern Bloc" also. I finally got to see him in concert a few years ago. It was really cool, he was playing outside of Baltimore the day that Sandy hit. There was hardly anyone in the audience, and he had nowhere to go because the storm had grounded the planes. The only upsetting thing was that he played hardly any of his "greatest hits"--it was all back catalogue stuff, like "Leipzig." (You're playing Leipzig but not Airwaves or Radio Silence?!?!?!) But still it was great to finally see him.

[@riproar11]

@@greg55666 Eddie Van Halen's guitar solo in Eastern Bloc is amazing! He has to play Airwaves and One of Our Submarines. My other favorites are Windpower, Screen Kiss, I live in a Suitcase and Budapest by a Blimp.

[@greg55666]

@@riproar11 Cloudburst on Shingle Street! Oh, and also, Weightless. Big hunk of carrot cake.

[@riproar11]

@@greg55666 Weightless! How could I forgot that one!

[@fredherfst8148]

Early version of Jacob Collier

[@brotherkellymatthewbarnes8882]

MUMEN CHaNce?

[@TedSeeber]

What he could have done with 21st century robotics technology.

[@sirajaxl]

Yeah, these special effects aren’t very special Bevis…

[@youngjetski2173]

52k views Lol

[@philb4462]

This is a fun video but has literally nothing to do with the song as far as I can see. It could just as easily be the video to Money for Nothing or Back in Black.

[@beastrabban]

I love T. Dolby to death but this video does not to the song justice. It should've been a straight interpretation of the song to images.

[@shirleypena4133]

@beastrabban I agree, but since the woman he wrote about was at the time his love interest I think he was afraid to do that.

[@ClearAutumnFestival]

This song has not aged well.

[@elbiliyin6756]

?

[@theend.iknow4.48]

please explain.

[@LouerTube]

Correct, but 'Where to wear to belaire premieres' is a fucking great lyric

[@sclogse1]

True. Now it's worse. They're packin' in high school and selling it on the lunch breaks. Even at St. Ignatius.

[@toddbennett7157]

Oh contrare mon frare! Speaketh fer' oneself!