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The Only One You Need

1982 Music video
  • Pop

From the EP The Only One You Need (1982)

The Neighbours were formed when Wellingtonian Rick Bryant packed his saxophone and headed north to jam with Sam Ford-led Ponsonby outfit Local Heroes. ‘The Only One You Need’ was from the 1982 EP of the same name. The band were thrilled when director Gaylene Preston called on favours to shoot three linked videos for the EP, filming on the West Coast. This Keystone Cops-style clip has Bryant (somewhat slyly) playing a constable under the spell of vocalist Trudi Green; meanwhile a robbery is going on. Bryant later formed the Jive Bombers.