Karyn Hay and Andrew Fagan: making music, television, and music television...

Interview – 2009

Rock'n'roll couple Karyn Hay and Andrew Fagan have both had long and varied careers in New Zealand music and media. They have been hosts on Radio Live, Fagan was lead singer of pop band The Mockers, and Hay was the longtime host of iconic music show Radio with Pictures. Hay and Fagan are also both published authors.

In this paired ScreenTalk interview, Hay and Fagan talk about:

The trials and tribulations of getting a music video made in New Zealand in the 1980s, via TVNZ's "sausage factory"
The bold wardrobe stylings of Simon Morris
How creative the music videos of Chris Knox and Flying Nun felt, in comparison to TVNZ videos
Radio with Pictures and the decision to play The Skeptics's 'forbidden' video AFFCO
Stuart Page's work on the AFFCO music video
Hay's work on her favourite music video of all those she has directed - Hey Judith by The Dribbling Darts Of Love
Fagan's cameo appearance in the Hey Judith video

This video was first uploaded on 18 June 2009, and is available under this Creative Commons licence. This licence is limited to use of ScreenTalk interview footage only and does not apply to any video content and photographs from films, television, music videos, web series and commercials used in the interview.

Interview - James Coleman. Camera and Editing - Leo Guerchmann

The good thing about Radio With Pictures — or the time that I was working in there — was that there were no rules really, and I was able to bend a few arms behind backs. And it didnt even take that much. It was like "what do you want to play?" and that was the one that seemed appropriate cause you weren't allowed to play it.
– Karyn Hay on playing banned music video AFFCO on Radio With Pictures

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