Music Video Pioneer Song: "You Might Think" by The
Cars
Year: 1984
Unique Technique: one of the first videos to use computer
graphics.
Concept: The video features band leader Ric Ocasek and model
Susan Gallagher in a series of encounters. Ocasek appears in her
bathroom mirror, in her mouth, as a fly, and as the Robot Monster,
among other incarnations.
Interesting Fact: The video cost $80,000 to make which was
almost triple the average music video budget of the time.
Awards: "Video of the Year" (among many other nominations)
at the first annual MTV Video Music Awards in 1984.
Video Link: The Cars - 'You Might
Think'
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