Swafford was apparently unhappy about the presence of Margaret Oldstead, a local woman who starred in the video. We're down here in New Orleans; we don't have any other ideas.
Let's just go do this. Oldstead, a student at nearby Tulane University, was oblivious to the drama surrounding her. She had answered an open audition on a whim. That was a lot of money at the time for a student like me. So, I was now the girl in the Journey video, still clueless. Suddenly, a large boat arrived from the U. And when the British naval band came out to play for the arrival, they interrupted our video shoot, and all the people on the ship started shouting, 'We want Journey!
Then there was a very late night. They explained they were out all night because normal cities close bars and let everyone know that they are closing. But this was New Orleans and Mardi Gras. Watch Journey's Video for 'Separate Ways'. Things were just as interesting during the filming.
At work on a largely autonomous set, Buckholtz was free to experiment. Many of the clip's most obvious fashion missteps — Oldstead's white leather jacket, Perry's checkerboard sleeveless shirt — could be understood, if not forgiven. Same goes for the band's general lack of self awareness.
It was, after all, the early '80s. But for some reason, someone came up on the idea of playing air guitar. And air drums and air bass and air synths. At this point, there weren't any rules in place. And the manager should be shot for allowing his band to be put in this position.
But this is my point, there really wasn't a music-video aesthetic yet. Pressed on who exactly hatched this air-instrument plan, Buckholtz sighed before finally telling Golden Age of Music Video , "That was me. Buckholtz, who also helmed clips for Journey's " After the Fall " and " Chain Reaction " during this same whirlwind week, admitted that inexperience played a role in any missteps. In fact, he described himself back then as "a hick director. If I had to do it over again, I wouldn't have done it any different — well, yes I would, but my wife laughs every time it comes on TV.
I'd never done one before, and maybe that shows. Schon acknowledges now that the video for "Separate Ways" is far more infamous than beloved. Dad with quarantine face stubble worked the pained expressions of lead singer Steve Perry while Mom, among other roles, turned over a storage bin to bang out the drums Steve Smith-style.
Sons Jackson, 14, and Asher, 12, along with daughters Lily, 15, and Violet, 9, joined the band, with Lily doing most of the camera work. The family garage became the New Orleans Louisa Street Wharf setting and Violet relished her role as the video's mysterious leather-skirt-wearing blond. She practiced that walk and that fierce look. She was made for that role," says Heller. The famband members did their best to mimic each movement and shot.
He edited the video the next day and posted on the family Vimeo account, Raising Heller. He assumed the usual close friends and family would view it.
He concedes that some of the views are from his own thrilled family members. Right now the family is enjoying the success with no plans of putting the band back together for a new video.
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