Nel Oliver.is not from Nigeria at all, but from the neighboring Republic of Benin. The lighting was also poor and in some scenes you could see the cameraman's shadow falling on the artiste and his performers.īut hey.it was in the 80s and music videos didn't look like they do today so its understandable. Apart from the cheesy choreography which had dudes prancing about like malnourished ballet dancers, the camera angles were mostly terrible. But looking at it again today, I realized it had many flaws. Back then, I wouldn't know what was wrong with the video as far as I was concerned, it could all have been a musical work of art.
Well, I can't say that we were yet familiar with the term, "camp," but I guess we recognized it when we saw it! But it was still a lot of fun because it was so. The thing is, though: this joint dropped in 1989/90, by which time it felt absurdly anachronistic. It was jut so priceless: exaggerated, TV commercial-style drama, overheated histrionics, naff choreography, four-for-fifty kobo Michael Jackson imitators, extreme closeups of prodigiously mustachioed lips, white-framed plastic glasses-it had been a while since we'd seen a Nigerian music video that exulted so gloriously in its unabashed early 80s-ness! Most Nigerians probably know Nel Oliver primarily for the 1998 ballad " Baby Girl," but amongst my circle of friends and family, this song-or rather, this video-was a running in-joke that just got funnier and funnier with each passing year.
I like the way Uchenna Ikonne of Comb & Razor put it: The video was also popular for its ridiculousness which was quite amusing to watch. Back then, it was a hit of which its video was collage of exaggerated swag and flashy outfits you could even see the Michael Jackson influence of the 1980s reflecting all through the scenarios.
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