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SHAAN -Opening Titles SHAAN -Opening Titles
Posted by: brcleve

Video duration: 170 seconds

classic James Bond-styled opening credits for this hit Hindi film from 1980. Theme song "Doston Se Pyar Kiya" from the great RD Burman, lyrics by Anand Bakshi, and sung by the mighty Usha Uthup. The last 90 minutes of the film is reminiscent of "Dr. No"

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COMBUSTIBLE EDISON - Vertigogo COMBUSTIBLE EDISON - Vertigogo
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Video duration: 151 seconds

Rarely seen promo video for the theme song to "Four Rooms", featuring Combustible Edison

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Helen In A Bottle Helen In A Bottle
Posted by: brcleve

Video duration: 428 seconds

Fantastic clip with Helen dancing in a bottle, surrounded by girls in spinning wine goblets. Bollywood surrealism at its finest! From Sachchai, 1969

Related: asha, bhosle, bollywood, cocktails, helen, rafi, shammi

COMBUSTIBLE EDISON - The Millionaire\ COMBUSTIBLE EDISON - The Millionaire's Holiday
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Video duration: 145 seconds

Video from Combustible Edison's debut album "I, Swinger" (SubPop, 1994), which heralded the Cocktail Nation.

Related: cocktail, combustible, easy, edison, listening, lounge, subpop

Helen cabaret Helen cabaret
Posted by: brcleve

Video duration: 323 seconds

Dharmendra drinks while Helen dances in a bongo induced fury

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The Cocktail Nation & Esquivel The Cocktail Nation & Esquivel
Posted by: brcleve

Video duration: 312 seconds

1994 NYC TV news feature on the Cocktail Nation, featuring Combustible Edison's "Tribute To Esquivel" show, Irwin Chusid, The Millionaire, Br. Cleve. To think,a decade ago a good cocktail was nearly impossible to find.

Related: chusid, cocktail, combustible, easy, edison, esquivel, listening, lounge

Gunn Gunn
Posted by: brcleve

Video duration: 109 seconds

Groovy Mod a go go opening credits to 1967's Peter Gunn feature film.

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Sitar Beat with Shammi & Sanjeev Sitar Beat with Shammi & Sanjeev
Posted by: brcleve

Video duration: 348 seconds

Shammi Kapoor proves he's the Indian Elvis, as Sanjeev Kumar does the home crowd proud. Another great Shankar-Jaikishan Indian rock n roll number, from 1969

Related: bollywood, dey, kapoor, manna, raffi, rock, sachchai, shammi, sitar

CHRISTMAS - Big Plans CHRISTMAS - Big Plans
Posted by: brcleve

Video duration: 187 seconds

Video, as well as lead off track,from the first album by Christmas, In Excelsior Dayglo (1986). Band members Michael Cudahy and Liz Cox went on to form Combustible Edison about 5 years later.

Related: banquette, big, christmas, combustible, edison, indie, millionaire, rock, time

Bappi Lahari, Lounge King Bappi Lahari, Lounge King
Posted by: brcleve

Video duration: 125 seconds

Disco King Bappida invents trip hop in 1985 with the main theme of "Aitbaar", called "Ru Ru Ru" on the soundtrack album. Wordless vocals by Maya Ghosh. Sounds like it could be Combustible Edison...or Portishead, Morcheeba, Mono, et al. Bappi is the greatest!

Related: bappi, bollywood, hop, lahiri, lounge, trip

CHRISTMAS - Superheroes CHRISTMAS - Superheroes
Posted by: brcleve

Video duration: 222 seconds

Lead off track to the final Christmas album "Vortex", released by Matador in 1993, a couple of years after Christmas had mutated into Combustible Edison. Director Kelly Reichardt has gone on to feature films, winning awards for "Old Joy"(2006)

Related: christmas, combustible, edison, indie, kelly, matador, reichardt, rock

M.G.R., Drinking & Dancing M.G.R., Drinking & Dancing
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Video duration: 273 seconds

Tamil superstar MGR dons the turban, chaneling the Grand Wizard of Wrestling, in this booze fueled dance party from 1972's "Sangae Muzangu"

Related: booze, drunkard, mgr, mollywood, tamil, tollywood

El Pato Y La Danza Cerveza El Pato Y La Danza Cerveza
Posted by: brcleve

Video duration: 81 seconds

Ducky Carlisle finds heaven on earth in the plains of Spain, where vending machines full of beer are plentiful at gas stations along the highways. A film by Br. Cleve

Related: barrence, beer, carlisle, cerveza, cleve, drunken, ducky, idiots, spain, whitfield