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supersmashtv:

SMASH TV presents MEMOREX

 

STARRING RONALD McDONALD

 

Memorex is the advertising industry’s collective wet dream. The sequel to Smash TV’s critically acclaimed “Skinemax”, Memorex is a 50 minute VJ odyssey, a tribute to an entire generation who grew up with only a TV and a VCR for a babysitter.

 

Sourced from over forty hours of 80s commercials pulled from warped VHS tapes, Memorex is a deep exploration of nostalgia and the fading cultural values of an era of excess. It’s a re-contextualization of ads - cultural detritus, the lowest of the low - into something altogether more profound, humorous, and at times, even beautiful.

 

Digging up long forgotten memories for a generation who spent their formative years glued to the boob tube, Memorex is a veritable nostalgia nuke for children of the 80s. Endless beach parties, Saturday morning cartoons, claymation everything, sleek cars, sexy babes, toys you forgot existed, station idents, primitive computer animation, all your favorite sugary cereal mascots, and so much more. An ode to the hyper consumerism and sleek veneer of a simpler time.

 

The audio provides a perfect accompaniment to the warped and weirdly nostalgic footage, like finding your favorite cassette from childhood after it’s been baking in the sun for 25 years. An authentic audio/visual package, Memorex was designed to look and feel like the real deal.

The ultimate VHS tape.

 

Is it a lost cultural relic, melted to the dash of an ‘83 Nissan Sentra?

Is it a sinister government experiment, designed to brainwash children into becoming consumer slaves?

Is it the pinnacle of blipverts, sent back in time from 20 minutes into the future?

Is it the holy grail of unlabeled VHS tapes, tucked away in the back room of an abandoned Blockbuster?

Is it live, or is it Memorex?

 

We didn’t create your childhood, we just organized it for you. How to brainwash an entire generation. 

 

OBEY. CONSUME. THIS IS YOUR GOD.

 

This video is protected under fair use copyright law. It is presented for the purposes of entertainment, education, and criticism/commentary only. No infringement is intended.

 

Tracklist:

Memorex Intro

VHS Head - Ident

Boxcutter - TV Troubles

Cuticle - Towel

Leyland Kirby - Neon Lit Atoms

Peaking Lights - Synthy

Hype Williams - Mitsubishi

Boards Of Canada - On A Rolling Sea

LA Vampires Featuring Matrix Metals - So Unreal

Rene Hell - Bordes Of Heaven

Laurie Anderson - O Superman (Smash TV Rewind)

VHS Head - Seen Enough

Outer Limits Recordings - Julie

Boards Of Canada - Dave (I’m A Real Traditionalist)

Ford & Lopatin - Rock Center Paranoia

Hype Williams - Businessline

LA Vampires Goes Ital - Tons Of Love

Boards Of Canada - Iraq Says / Nine-Rubber Wisdom

Niggas With Guitars - Milky White

Loverboy - When It’s Over (Brian E Remix / Smash TV Rewind)

Thompson Twins - If You Were Here (Smash TV Rewind)

Memorex Outro

 

Download the higher quality MP3 here

 

Please support the original artists.

 

Also, please check out the following two Youtube channels, where much of this footage was sourced from. 

You have our endless thanks for archiving our childhood.

80s Commercial Vault

Vintage Computer Graphics

 

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