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Music Video of the Day: Don’t Stand So Close To Me by The Police (1980, directed by Derek Burbidge)

Posted on by Jedadiah Leland

Because Sting was famously a teacher before he became a rock star, it’s easy to assume that this song, about a teacher tempted to have an affair with a student, was autobiographical. Sting insists that it was not, beyond that it was somewhat inspired by the groupies who were, at that time, crazy about The Police.

This video was directed by Derek Burbidge, who also directed several videos for bands like AC/DC, Squeeze, Queen, Gary Numan, The Eurythmics, and Stray Cats. In the early 80s, if you were a successful band looking to get some extra exposure on MTV, it’s extremely probable that Burbidge would have ended up directing a video for you.

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Music Video of the Day: Another Nail In My Heart by Squeeze (1980, directed by Derek Burbidge)

Posted on by Jedadiah Leland

‘And here in the bar, the piano man’s found another nail for my heart.

Like so many music videos from the early 80s, the most notable thing about the video for Squeeze’s Another Nail In My Heart is how simple it is.  The band performs and hangs out at a bar, which goes along with the theme of the song.  The most complicated thing about the video is Jools Holland, pushing his piano down the streets of London so that he can arrive in time to put another nail in Glenn Tilbrook’s heart.  In other words, this is from the era when the videos were about the music instead of the music being about the video.

Enjoy!