Boy Drives Classic Tune to Top of Charts (Video)
A classic tune is back in the charts after a boost from film-maker Taika Waititi’s latest film and his own video remake of the eighties hit. Patea MÄori Club’s original version of Poi E – which blitzed the New Zealand charts for 22 weeks in 1984 – has been revived in Waititi’s 2010 coming-of-age film Boy. The director Waititi has since released a video mashup of new and original material for the popular song.
The result is a loving tongue-in-cheek clip of Poi E that splices shots from the original Patea MÄori Club video with scenes from Boy, and the now-older band. The video was put together in just one day.
“It’s hard to do something with limited material but I think it captures the soul of the film and it’s pretty fun to watch. It’s great to see a NZ classic get another chance in the charts,” says Waititi.
And here is the video:
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This piece of video is very extraordinary – Ive never seen anything similar to it before.
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I don’t know about that, but it is a lot of fun.
It is something particularly new – thanks, it was interesting to watch it here.
I loved this movie. His ‘Michael Jackson dance moves’ had me in stitches. Great to see this song up the charts too.
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Very funny video! Great vid!
Cathy tune: nice video.