Monday, August 20, 2012

Planet P Project - Why Me?

Long time reader Krista requested this, and we have to say that it is an excellent pick, even if it did take us a minute to even remember the song.

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.



Note that Tony Carey's 1982 single, "I Won't Be Home Tonight" was posted on ERV in July 2014.

6 comments:

  1. 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 ?

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  2. I 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.

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  3. Looks like Betty Cooper driving a night.

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  4. Looks similar to Stella Stevens but prettier

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  5. Yes, who is that blonde beauty?

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  6. What does everyone think happened to the girl when she vanished from her car?

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