Barney Bubbles

Category: Music videos

  • RIP Dick Pope: Great cinematographer and Barney Bubbles’ collaborator on the Ghost Town video

    RIP to the great British cinematographer Dick Pope, who has died aged 77.

    Pope is best known for his work with the director Mike Leigh, and his impressive CV includes a raft of music videos including Queen’s I Want To Break Free and, of course, the Barney Bubbles-directed Ghost Town for The Specials.

    As recounted by Bubbles’ video producer Genevieve Terry in The Wild World of Barney Bubbles, Pope was horrified when Bubbles played fast-and-loose with the expensive camera affixed to the car the members of the Specials were travelling in, though appreciated the outcome.

    Here’s the tremendous outcome of their efforts:

  • Ed Hamell’s splendid Barney Bubbles interpretations

    This is the colour version of the drawing by musician Ed Hamell – of the band Hamell On Trial – which appears on the inner sleeve of The Paranoid Style’s new album For Executive Meeting.

    Hamell also contributed to the lyric video for the album’s lead track tribute to Bubbles, including the interpretation of the cover of Elvis Costello & The Attractions’s album Imperial Bedroom – watch out for it at 02.00 in the clip:

    Check out Hamell On Trial here.

    For Executive Meeting is available from all good record retailers and direct from Bar/None here.