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File this in the “who knew” section…

Australian actor Noah “I look just like Nick Cave” Taylor had, as one of his first roles, the lead in the video clip for the Alphaville song ‘Romeos’

It’s a cute video and he is great (and young!) in it. Watch it here.

I’d never seen the video, but I have certainly heard of Noah Taylor. I can still remember him hamming it up as a Nick Cave wannabe on some SBS music show (the one hosted by the Chinese girl) back in the early 90s. A lot of my girl friends back in high school had a bit of a crush on this guy as well, although I suspect that was due to his resemblance to Nick! A glance at IMDB shows that he’s been associated with a few Nick Cave projects over the years, not the least of which is an appearance in a music video (at 1:38).

Speaking of Nick Cave, his performance as Freak Storm from the 1991 film Johnny Suede (yes that’s Brad Pitt) is (of course) on youtube for all the world to see whenever they like. He’s rakishly thin, and I’m guessing it was during one of his drug periods. I remember seeing this film years ago, and actually taping (onto an audio cassette) this song. I still have that tape somewhere…

And since we’re on the topic of movies about singers… the best ever is (of course) Velvet Goldmine. This is a film in which not only does Obi Wan portray (a parallel world) Iggy Pop, but Johnathon Rhys Davies portrays (a parallel world) David Bowie (who may be alien!) whose moniker is itself a physics in-joke. See this video for proof. The film is fantastic on so many levels, and since we have it on DVD and I haven’t watched it in ages I may have to see it again this weekend. Oh yes, it’s also a not-crappy (cough, Batman) Christain Bale film 🙂

This post has been all over the place, and it all started with Alphaville videos. I will end with one as well. It’s a ‘fan video’ of a non-single. But Return To Paradise is just a beautiful, beautiful song. If you have a few minutes free in your day, I recommend you listen to it (make sure you read the lyrics in the info section next to the video) and see if you love it too.

Hrm… does 3:12 in that video remind anyone else of Iridis Alpha?

(Yes, this post was all over the place!)

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