Well, it is the time of year where ERV rolls out some rare, spooky, and/or atmospheric videos - welcome to our 11th annual All Hallows Even celebration!
First up is Missing Persons' strong 1982 cut, "Destination Unknown." Long time readers may recall that we featured Missing Persons' cool, artsy video for "Surrender Your Heart" back in 2012. That entry also does a good job of providing some background on the band, so we'll politely suggest following the link.
"Destination Unknown" is one of Missing Persons older songs and was originally released on the band's 1980 EP (along with "I Like Boys," "Mental Hopscotch" and a cover of the Doors' "Hello, I Love You.") It was also the second single released from the group's breakout 1982 LP, Spring Session M (unsurprisingly, "Words" was the first single).
From an All Hallows Even point of view, we dig the atmospheric video which feels somewhat dream-like. Bonus points for the broken mirror, which is prominently featured in the clip. The video did manage to go into rotation on MTV for a time, though we don't think that it was featured quite as much as "Words" was.
While we suspected that Missing Persons could be a one hit wonder, they actually never had a top 40 hit. "Words" and "Destination Unknown" both peaked at #42, thought the Spring Session M album (an anagram of the band's name) did better, reaching #17 on the charts.
I've said before that if I was stranded on an island and had a choice for 1 album to have with me (and, of course, something to play it on), it would be Spring Session M. Top to bottom a GREAT album!!! It's too bad they couldn't replicate it with the 2 albums after this gem.
ReplyDeleteIt really is a great album, and you're right their next LPs are not as strong.
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