Planet P Project (named after a planet from Robert A. Heinlein's book Starship Troopers) was an experimental band comprised of keyboardist Tony Carey and producer Peter Hauke. Carey had previously played in Rainbow from 1976-77, and was working on his solo career in the early 1980s. While Carey's solo work was relatively straight ahead rock, Planet P Project provided an outlet for his avant-garde side.
Amazingly, "Why Me?" caught somebody's eye at MTV and the video went into moderate rotation for a while. It was definitely among the stranger things being played on the channel at the time, both musically and visually. While "Why Me?" did not break the top 40, it did chart -- hitting #64, and helped the self-titled album reach #42 on the charts. When the follow up album, 1984's Pink World only reached #121, Carey dropped Plant P, although he did reform the concept in 2005 and has released three albums in recent years.
Who is that fascinating girl in the video ? She looks like she is from the *early* 1960's in terms of her hair and earrings ?
ReplyDeleteI think the model is intentionally dressed to look as if she is from the 1960s, but the video was obviously shot in 1983. I do not know who she is, but will leave this up for reader comments - perhaps someone out there knows.
ReplyDeleteLooks like Betty Cooper driving a night.
ReplyDeleteLooks similar to Stella Stevens but prettier
ReplyDeleteYes, who is that blonde beauty?
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