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Auckland band The Screaming Meemees shared a 45 with The Newmatics before releasing this infectious ska-pop number which became an 80s classic. In August 1981 it was the first single to enter the NZ Top 20 at No.1 and they were rewarded with a breakneck trip to Wellington for a TVNZ video made at the Avalon Studios. More produced than many early 80s Avalon clips, it comes complete with masks, white roses, pooled water and a stained glass window (perhaps inspired by reports that the ex-Catholic school boys based their early songwriting on hymns).
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Simon Morris
Television, 1974 (Full Length Episode)
Inspiration for The Screaming Meemees' album title
Music Video, 1981
Music video from Screaming Mee Mees label mates Blam Blam Blam
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Shore Boy
Posted at 11.41AM - 27.06.2011
Takes me back - summer on the Auckland campus with Meemees drifting over the air waves