this is seriously cheesy goodness. Susan made me hot!!!

Info from wikipedia:

A four-track video was filmed based on the Apollonia 6 album, directed by Brian Thomson (Australian Production Designer of the original stage versions of Rocky Horror Show and Jesus Christ Superstar), scripted by Keith Williams (concept writer for such videos as Against All Odds/Phil Collins, Ghostbusters/Ray Parker Jr, and She Works Hard for the Money/Donna Summer), with a cast comprising of Ricky Nelson, Edy Williams and Buck Henry. Shot in a Los Angeles film studio in 1985, and produced by Limelight, a UK video company operating out of LA, it never went beyond rough-cut and has never seen the light of day...that is until recently. The video was posted on YouTube on August 30, 2007 and has left fans both surprised (that it existed) and delighted.

Brenda seemed the more soulful one out of all of em' (including Vanity)

She should've further her career...



And she was sexy too

funkpill said:

i agree
Brenda had by far the best voice
loved her personality too

Snap said:

I agree with both of you.

I have a new found appreciation for Brenda. She was hot in those videos. And her vocals on Blue Limosine were on point. I had forgotten how much I used to love that song.

Wow! What a gem to come across. In a way, IF Prince had nothing to do with this production, I'm glad -- his lawyers would be all over this by now, and the video would be snatched from youtube. I wonder, though, what rights he has over the performance of the songs. Perhaps we should enjoy this now as it may not be available for long.

funkpill said:

Sexy?????

To each his own, but I put her in the same class as Pink - man-beast.

Come on, kiss the gun.

uPtoWnNY said:

She had that tough girl image goin with a sex appeal

But she could be tamed



And as for Pink...pleaassee!!! don't compare

cool find ..blue limosine was always my favorite track alongside a million miles and some kind of lover

Lammastide said:

It makes you yhink about what is out there still... Brenda holding on to her version of 17 Days and The Glamorous Life...

I love Brenda.

HamsterHuey said:

Good to see Brenda gettin some love for a change.

Its always about the other chicks.


She need a appreciation thread of her own

funkpill said:

Hehehe. She IS both Apollonia and Vanity 6. I mean, she was the only of the four that could actually SING.

Exp Apollonia's vocals are often mashed up with Brenda's to make it bearable.

MORE Brenda. She rules!

HamsterHuey said:

My last fm link might tell you I have at the moment reverted back into related artist lala-land.

http://www.last.fm/user/HamsterHuey/

VinnyM27 said:

http://prince.org/msg/7/231358

I have a copy archived on a DVD-R someplace, but I can't find it. I'm sure that others here also have copies.

HamsterHuey said:

are you serious....

I do love ya though....

That Blue Limousine is still SLLAMMING

I read about this when they were putting this together, I'm so glad at last I finally get to see it.

Justin1972UK said:

Blondie's Eat To The Beat had a video for every track, and the video album was released on VHS/PAL.

Rhondab said:

Didn't say she's a great singer..

But her background vocals mix w/Prince and whoever elses vocals, enhance the sound.

But she was way better than the others (including Vanity, who couldn't sing worth a damn, but had the sex appeal)

Still say Brenda had potential...


[Edited 9/9/07 17:10pm]

Brenda always impressed me on the "Apollonia 6" album (not so much on "Vanity 6"..."Bite The Beat" sounds like a Go Gos outtake). Who surprised me most was Susan, the one in the mix that seems to get the least attention and most criticism (I read some nasty thing about her having a moustache, thus not fooling anyone about being the young one). She was really cool in her video. All the videos are cool...the movie part and theme, not so much. Hell, the girls are better actors than Ricky and the other actors. The blonde chick playing the lawyer sounded high.

i watched the whole thing.. it was "cheesy"... i mean the acting was so fake... i could make something like that with my little cousins... of course not lingerie... but anyways... who wrote that video album... it was terrible...

its not really worth watching... unless you want to get a good look at all of them....

TotalAlisa said:

Could've been Prince...

He wasn't a genius when it came to directing movies

Awesome.

Thanks! Wow I didn't even know that they made a little movie. It was like a bad 80s porno but that has it's charm too!

funkpill said:

i guess both of y'all didn't read my little post up there, eh?

Scripted by Keith Williams
Directed by Brian Thomson

Snap said:

Oh jeez the guy who directed Rocky Horror?? Yep all makes sense now!

Snap said:

don't matter tho'

still right about Prince

It's excellent kitsch... you know, that sort of thing is considered a supreme art form in some countries (Bulgaria, perhaps? someone help me out)...

Thanks for posting it! Here I thought I was the only one ignorant enough to not know about it already.