Toni Basil 1966 Naked
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Her recording career began in 1966 with a rare one-off single for A&M Records, the title song from the film Breakaway. It wasn't until 1981 that she recorded a follow-up, the international hit song "Mickey". Toni Basil has appeared in movies such as Easy Rider, as the prostitute Mary.
If being a two-one hit wonder isn't enough.... now check this out, Bruce Conner, artiste de cool, whose films are almost all made from found films, shot an art film with Ms. Basil with the song Breakaway. Here is a link to the video, with an embedded one below, and here's a semi decent essay on the film. (She gets naked in it, be warned) Conner also made a Devo video for Mongoloid (has an into by Mothersbuagh which isnt on the DVD hmmm) as well as a video called America is Waiting (also embedded below) with music by David Byrne and Brian Eno.
Conner is one of my favorite avant garde film scribblers, and went on to be a mentor to Craig Baldwin who makes fairly lengthy revoiced, appropriated films and once bought me a burrito. (Heather worked at his theater.) The Toni Basil film is a lot of fun, and the song iss catchy. I like it better than Mickey, I think.
(She now is a choreographer for Sandra Bullock movies. I hate this town.)
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