TIMES SQUARE (1980) Soundtrack Promo Video

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Apparently in 1980, RSO sent this videotape to record retailers to play in-store to promote the soundtrack to TIMES SQUARE. It features the two songs performed in the film, "Your Daughter Is One" and "Damn Dog." The fact that the lyrics to "Your Daughter Is One" consist primarily of curse words and racial slurs guaranteed that it would never be played in any store for more than thirty seconds. The fact that nobody at RSO, from the tape's conception to its distribution, realized that would happen, boggles the mind.

The middle portion of the tape is an edit of the dance the girls do along 42nd Street to "Life During Wartime" by Talking Heads. Much of this sequence is made up of shots that do not actually appear in the film; unfortunately here they're only four or five frames long.

This video was originally digitized and uploaded on February 24 2012 by PsychoticNorman. I've offered to buy or borrow the tape to make a higher quality transfer, but have not received a reply. I have fixed the aspect ratio and brightened and sharpened the image a little. You can see PsychoticNorman's original upload here: https://youtu.be/S38UzHtkmeA