Music Video of the Day: Simply Irresistible by Robert Palmer (1988, dir. Terence Donovan)


We like people who are made up to look the same while they do the same thing next to each other. There really isn’t anything else to say here except that it took an age old formula a la Busby Berkeley, and fed it to us once again.

Robert Palmer didn’t like making music videos, so when Addicted To Love turned out to be amazing, he just said let’s do that again. Hence we got the same thing only with more girls. That’s not quite as good seeing as five girls that are easy to look up, find out their names, and discover they have reunions. However, I have looked through the comment section and there are several people who write that one of the girls is either their sister, girlfriend, wife, or somebody they know in general. Doesn’t surprise me.

As for the song, it’s Robert Palmer. He does good work. I have yet to come across a song of his that I don’t like, but I’m sure it will happen eventually. The music video is actually perfect for him specifically because while the girls behind him do their thing, it let’s Palmer stay simple. He’s there with his good looks, nice suit, and sings to us like he is onstage in a 30s-40s musical.

Director/Producer Terence Donovan also did Addicted To Love and a handful of other music videos while being a well-known fashion photographer.

I can’t find any other music video work done by choreographer Jeff Thacker, but he certainly continued to work afterwards. His main thing is being one of the producers on the TV Show So You Think You Can Dance.

Enjoy!

3 responses to “Music Video of the Day: Simply Irresistible by Robert Palmer (1988, dir. Terence Donovan)

  1. Pingback: Music Video of the Day: I Didn’t Mean To Turn You On by Robert Palmer (1986, directed by Terence Donovan) | Through the Shattered Lens

  2. How many girls are there? There are 3 rows of 5 girls but it looks to me that there are only 5 girls .

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