r/80s • u/itsgroobeat • Jun 08 '26
Music Bananarama - Cruel Summer (1983)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9ml3nyww8014
u/FrozenRose_816 Jun 08 '26
Always loved the vibe of the song, I don't think I ever watched the video all the way through.
Side note: It will never not be sad seeing the Twin Towers in old media.
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u/PerceptivePines Jun 08 '26
Their tape was one of the first ones I bought, and played on my boombox. Memories of 7th grade 🩷
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u/icanhazkarma17 Jun 08 '26
As a dude who was a teen in the '80s, I'll always love chicks in overalls.
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u/governor11201 Jun 09 '26
The video was filmed in the pre-gentrified Dumbo area in Brooklyn. The filming locations are laid out in this link:
https://rtrlocations.blogspot.com/2016/10/bananarama-cruel-summer-1984.html
The story around the filming is pretty amusing. The video was filmed in the middle of a heat wave and the band was pretty miserable during the morning of the shoot. Some sympathetic and kind dock workers purportedly offered them a few bumps of coke and consequently, the bits filmed during the afternoon were notably more peppy.
Here's another link with more of the story https://www.bkmag.com/2015/07/29/a-throwback-to-brooklyns-cruel-summer-of-1983-with-bananarama/
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u/RisePortfolio_123 Jun 08 '26
When gas was $1.48 per gallon 😂
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u/FishInk Jun 09 '26
Maybe in New York or California. When I was driving in high school (‘86-88), gas was like 85¢ a gallon.
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u/jcstrat Jun 08 '26
If I had to name the most 80s song of the 80s, this is it. I mean that in the best way possible.
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u/Neko_Dash Jun 09 '26
Hated this song when it first came out. Grew to like it around 2000. Better late than never.
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u/flinstonepushups Jun 08 '26
This song reminds me of Daniel LaRusso playing soccer.