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Pink Frost

The Chills , Music Video – 1984

from the album Kaleidoscope World (1986)

The video for this classic Chills song works not for its earth-shattering concept, nor its production values or performances (which are largely nonchalant). It looks miserable, nihilistic even. But — through luck or good management — the video for this Chills classic works, clinging to the melancholy essence of the song like a shrunken homespun. Observant viewers will notice a single bird  — not unlike the lonesome outcast portrayed by Martin Phillipps — flying back against the flow. 

It is the song we shall be remembered for. It's my choice, anyway.
– Martyn Phillipps on 'Pink Frost', on website Under the Radar, 4 June 2009

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Jim Hinkley

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