Okay – now this is weird. I had wanted today’s NZ Music video to be ‘Destiny in Motion’ by Satellite Spies, but there’s a copyright claim stopping it being played on YouTube.
“This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by S.E.R.L. Science Trustee Ltd. and Keith G. Moyle.” – Google/Wikipedia says they’re former members of the band. Seems they’re reforming, releasing a new album and touring in 2010. Without Mark Loveys, the frontman.
If Destiny in Motion is outside your cultural frame of reference, it was an 80s synthpop hit in NZ, followed up by a couple of singles that were apparently sabotaged by a distribution screw-up.
It just so happens that Mark is my sister’s partner (yes, New Zealand is that small…), and so I’ll see if I can find out more about this. He sang, and (my understanding was) wrote Destiny in Motion. It’s a classic piece of kiwi pop culture, and having it removed from YouTube during NZ Music Month is a real shame.
Especially when I’m trying to blog about it. One for Deleting Music, perhaps?
I’ve gone with Dobbyn’s masterpiece instead. Kia ora.
One New Zealand Music Video a day for NZ Music Month.
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All Satellite SPies vods have been remived from you tube
Which is pretty darn ridiculous in my opinion m’laddies.