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Dominion Road

The Mutton Birds , Music Video – 1992

from the album The Mutton Birds (1992)

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Don McGlashan has never been scared to use Kiwi place names in his songs, including on this classic debut single by The Mutton Birds. Inspired by a man glimpsed from the bus one day — a resident of the fabled “halfway house, halfway down Dominion Road” — McGlashan spins a tale of redemption on one of Auckland’s busiest arterial routes. The colour footage (showing glimpses of forgotten shops, and a less multicultural streetscape than today) is by cinematographer Leon Narbey. An alternative video for the song was shot inside an old armoury building in London.

Key Cast & Crew

Fane Flaws

Director, Editor

Grant Campbell

Producer

David Long

Performer

Don McGlashan

Performer

Leon Narbey

Cinematographer

Source

Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision

Acknowledgements

Video made with funding from NZ On Air

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