(Ben from Modern Time Machines submitted this)
My band Modern Time Machines just completed a music video “Malaise For Days” which I directed.
The song/video is an homage to Malaise-era 1970s/80s vintage cars; I’m part of the Malaise Motors clan, which is hosting a car show event (Malaise Daze 2019 LA) on April 27 at the Automobile Driving Museum in Los Angeles.
Last year’s Malaise Daze 2018 event was covered by Curbside Classic, and my own actual car (1975 Firebird, Arctic Blue color) was referred to as “beautifully patina’d” by the article’s author/photographer MagnumSRT8 Brian (Michael Brian Studios).
Side note: my Firebird (which also has a cameo in our music video) actually has an interesting history, as its original owner for 25+ years was the wife of the very top man at NASA during Apollo 11, 12, and 13, NASA Administrator Thomas O. Paine.
Actress Claudia Wells (who played Marty McFly’s girlfriend from Back to the Future) has an acting cameo role in the video, along with a DeLorean belonging to her friend Ron Ferguson, who’s the President of the DeLorean Owners Association.
The cars featured in the video include a 1977 AMC Pacer wagon, 1975 Dodge Royal Monaco wagon, Mercury Colony Park, Zimmer Golden Spirit, 1979 Lincoln Mark VIII, and many more.
The song is produced by Josiah Mazzaschi, who has produced/recorded bands ranging from Jesus & Mary Chain, Deap Vally, and is currently a member of the band Bizou with ex-Smashing Pumpkin Nicole Fiorentino.
Awesome job!
Although I’m not sure the ’60 Falcon or the Audi 5000 belong in this.
68 Bonneville too, that’s not only not malaise but it’s peak Pontiac as far as I’m concerned
Nice work! The video was very well done.
Nice Royal Monaco wagon! I don’t recall seeing many of those even back in the day.
If you told me in the early ’80s that young people would become “nostalgic” for the “Malaise Era” cars of the ’70s that were all around me at the time, I would have a hard time visualizing or comprehending that. In 2019, I’m starting to understand it.
Great work! Music and images synch beautifully which isnt always a given.
I loved my 1987 Plymouth Fury. I miss you Helen. You were the right car at the wrong time…
Fun video. Your band has a 90s sound, that reminds me a bit of a more rock oriented Toad the Wet Sprocket. Thought I recognized Claudia Wells. I remembered her from the ‘Herbie the Love Bug’ TV series in the early 80s.
I almost posted too quickly! Whew!
I enjoyed the video. All the best to the band.
Cool! Definitely a bit of vaporwave influence in there.
Nice that you featured the ’77 Pacer wagon with the original cleanly designed grille, as introduced on the ’75s. A grille design the wagon featured for only that one model year. As the Pacer switched to the unattractive taller, ‘brougham’ style grille for ’78.
The modified grille was done to make room for a V8 and the bigger radiator it needed.
The wagon spiked 1977 Pacer sales and well outsold the hatchback coupe in 1978-80 but Pacer sales fell off sharply, something like 50% year-on-year apart from what the wagon launch did, so narrow-grille wagons aren’t as rare (relatively speaking) as being offered for one year vs. three with the late grille would have you think.
I haven’t seen a Thomas Guide map book in years, essential equipment for anyone living in LA….
And the Dodge wagon was magnificent, good choice!
Really enjoyed that, and I subscribed to the channel.
Nice video. I love how cars from last year’s event were used in the video like that Royal Monaco Wagon. Who could forget that car?!?!
On minor nit with the text… The ‘79 Lincoln featured in the video was a Mark V, not a Mark VIII. The latter came along well after the Malaise Era was over.
Thanks for the shout out and the additional backstory on the Firebird!!