Instructional Video

Back in 1996, when faced with the task of putting together a mini-segment on Basia on Broadway, CNN came to one conclusion: Basia's name is hard!



(Thanks Marcus!)

Nothing really going on: hence, videos

Let's occupy ourselves with this roundup of the latest uploads to YouTube-- thanks to Mark, Marcin and the others for the alerts!

All the interview segments from A New Day in one easy clip. Anyone know where this was filmed?
The Euro/UK "Promises" video, by itself this time.
The clip for "Time and Tide" is back up.
The "Run For Cover" video!

and, um WOW! THIS! (Hey, I never saw this before today, so you can't blame me for being a little excited!)



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Live video from a 2005 show

Bev Okin-Larkin shot these short but sweet gems live in San Antonio when Matt Bianco stopped there in 2005. New Day for You, Half A Minute. So cool, thanks Bev!

Prime Time TV clip

Way, way, wayy too cute a video from 1988-- I'd love to see the oversized suit come back. And Kevin looks the same as now, which is crazy. What is this show, anyway? The set reminds me of old Arsenio but the audience is way too large. Another show from Europe, maybe?

Witness the extreme cuteness

Unfortunately I can't read Japanese to learn more about this clip, but is it ever a gem. And I seriously love love love the skirt. Here's hoping this lasts on YouTube long enough for you to see it. Thanks to Beverly for the tip (I am a bit late on posting this).

EDIT: Danny says, "The New Day Video was done at The Albert Hall (London) but the US company made another video because they didnt think it looked good that Basia was performing to an empty hall!"

EDIT 2: Removed by YouTube... grrr.

"More Than I Can Bear" video

Basia as a flapper. That's really all you need to motivate you to click this link, doncha think?

Approximately thirty seconds

The video for "Half A Minute" has found it's way onto YouTube (thanks to Frank Johnson for the alert). This track, later covered for Basia on Broadway, was well-received by jazz-dance club DJs at the time, though the English pop world had figured MB were just a novelty act after the runaway success of "Get Out Of Your Lazy Bed". But this video shows Matt Bianco were in on the joke, too, and winking right along. And this first look at Basia as lead vocalist would prove a glimpse of things to come.

Top of The Pops, 1984

Much to my surprise I read today that the venerable UK music show Top of the Pops is dunzo. Let us take this opportunity to remember the one time Basia, Danny and Mark were featured on it, shall we? It's about five seconds long but we do what we can. RIP TOTP.

(No) More Video Gold

Some of these video blog entries are gone because the videos were pulled by the users who uploaded them. Sorry, guys.

Live on American TV, and some natty jewel thieves

Long ago a bunch of fans gathered up their videocassettes (remember those?) and their LDs and sent them to the one guy who had the equipment in an age before iDVD to dub them onto CD-ROM- and thus the Basia Video Project was born. Our esteemed site founder, Ben, then got everyone hooked up with their own copy. The fandom rejoiced.

Ten years later and during another (thankfully finite) slow period we have the endless fun that is YouTube, something that couldn't even be conceived of in those days. Even more video goodness: First, there's the second number from that Tonight Show episode, this time "Astrud." Check out who I think might be Marc Antoine on guitar, in a look he'd probably just as soon forget.

At this point I'm feeling quite spoiled, but there's also the video to "Until You Come Back To Me" (shot at Seattle's Paramount) and another fab Matt Bianco mini-movie, "Sneaking Out the Back Door," in which Basia out-hustles street thugs at cards and Danny engages in print-on-demand the old fashioned way. I really love those old Matt Bianco videos. Let all this booty tide you over until the next album update.

EDIT: Clips removed by YouTube.

Back in the day... way back

Oh, wow. Here's Basia performing on the Tonight Show back in the very beginning. She looks quite happy with the performance! Notice Kevin playing another keyboard off to the left of the stage, too.EDIT: Clip removed by YouTube.

More fantastico Basia videos

Someone is going buckwild uploading videos to YouTube so I thought I would alert you to them since they are not to be missed. "Promises" is far too cute to not be in the Eighties. "Time and Tide" is good fun ("Basie?" "It's Basia."), and "Baby You're Mine" is one of the most gorgeous video clips they ever did. Meanwhile in the twenty-first century is the clip for "Ordinary Day," apparently liberated from the Matt Bianco site, and further proof that Basia doesn't really age like most mortal women. EDIT: ALL of these clips have been removed. You know, it's a shame that this material won't be enjoyed by people because of rights paranoia. This stuff has been "lost" for years-- or were never played where actual fans could enjoy them-- so why not give them the light of day, instead of shoving them away to nowhere in the name of copyright.

Riveting dominoes match on YouTube

Well, it's actually the Matt Bianco "Get Out of Your Lazy Bed" video, from the days where there was a fourth Bianco (Kito Poncioni, on bass). I wonder what the stakes were of this game? EDIT: Removed by YouTube.

More on Japan A New Day DVD

Thanks to Geoff Davies for a tip that CD Japan are selling the A New Day DVD for a far more reasonable $28US (approximate). As with all import purchases, be an informed consumer before you buy, as you need to have a region-free player to play this vid.

"Drunk On Love" video (among others)

Wow, I want to be in a place where MTV plays Basia and calls it a classic! Wherever this was, a fan taped it and uploaded it to the fantastic YouTube site. And we thank him or her for it 'cause they also uploaded "Cruising for Bruising" and "New Day For You" (OMG! Old-school VH1!).

EDIT: You know YouTube and their constant taking down of clips. I'm so sad that "Drunk on Love" is gone!

A New Day reissued on DVD in Japan

Spotted on the HMV Japan site is the DVD edition of the 1990 A New Day video. It includes the Time and Tide and London Warsaw New York videos and a portion of the interview done with Basia for VH1, back when they were cool and played music. I know, hard to imagine. Being a Japanese release, it's presumably encoded Region 2, and you would need a region-free player to enjoy it. The cost is approximately $50, or 5300 yen, but mostly for shipping.