Jan Hammer - Miami Vice Theme (1985)
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Stay up until 6:27 in the morning and you may be surprised, as I just was, to learn there exists a video for the Casio-infused instrumental theme from "Miami Vice." This shit shot to the top of the charts in 1985, due in part to the popularity of the show and in part the brain-grating catchiness of Jan Hammer's synth guitar riff.
I've never laid eyes on Hammer until now, but watching him in his shimmering blue suit and bright red dress shirt, I'm oddly reminded of the "Inconceivable!" guy from The Princess Bride going through a mid-life crisis. Hammer spends the video in the studio with a concentrated, demented look on his face, playing synthesizer along to projected clips from "Miami Vice." Just in case we forget what show we're watching, the MV logo pops onscreen from time to time.
Jan has his regular synthesizer, his drum pattern number board and his synth guitar. He rocks out with the latter while the MV clips are projected across his body. There's really nothing quite like watching an abnormally goofy-looking guy push a bunch of buttons like a rock star for two and a half minutes.
Stay up until 6:27 in the morning and you may be surprised, as I just was, to learn there exists a video for the Casio-infused instrumental theme from "Miami Vice." This shit shot to the top of the charts in 1985, due in part to the popularity of the show and in part the brain-grating catchiness of Jan Hammer's synth guitar riff.
I've never laid eyes on Hammer until now, but watching him in his shimmering blue suit and bright red dress shirt, I'm oddly reminded of the "Inconceivable!" guy from The Princess Bride going through a mid-life crisis. Hammer spends the video in the studio with a concentrated, demented look on his face, playing synthesizer along to projected clips from "Miami Vice." Just in case we forget what show we're watching, the MV logo pops onscreen from time to time.
Jan has his regular synthesizer, his drum pattern number board and his synth guitar. He rocks out with the latter while the MV clips are projected across his body. There's really nothing quite like watching an abnormally goofy-looking guy push a bunch of buttons like a rock star for two and a half minutes.
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