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The clip is about a famous “Take on Me" clip, in which everything rock should be — nasty, series of military experiments gone band members popped out of a anti-tormal and the epitome ot wrong, and Bush makes only a brief comic book, but avoids being a street cool appearance as a ghost. straight repetition of a-ha’s initial They are the logical next step af­ It is told from the point of view of success. ter Run-DMC’s enormous popularity, scientists who are caught between In "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us combining rap with a littlo heavy the desire to satisfy their scientific Now,” Starship’s from metal and some heavy doses of curiosity and the unexpected conse­ the movie "Mannequin." band mem­ hard rock. But the street-level angst quences of their research. bers start out as dummies, come to is missing in this group. A-ha‘s new video, “Cry Wolf," is life, play the song and turn back to The second video of the boys another joy to watch. There are a mannequins. There isn't one original Beastie is "You’ve Got to Fight (to few nice effects of the boys running, idea in either the song or the video. Party),” an anthem of sorts for the but the best parts are the shots of This one is a complete waste of rebel-with-a-useless-cause genera- the band as live figures in a pop-up time. ' tion. The video is a ripoff of Dee Snyder's Twisted Sisterclip. Here King Ad-Rock the three Beasties. who go by the The Beasties have something of names of King Ad-Rock, Mike 0 and the fresh rawness of the early Sex MCA. invade a party given by a cou­ Pistols without the anger. These Neil Young tap-dances his ple of nerds. guys just want to party. w ay into everyone’s heart MOMS AND KIDS Neil Young is still identified with the folk-rock movement, but he has gone through a number of changes DROP IN CENTRE in the past years. 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