{"product_id":"erasure-london-may-1992-abba-esque-video-shoot","title":"Erasure","description":"\u003ch2 class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eErasure\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMay 1992   Black Island Studios, London W3\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eThe music video for Erasure's cover of ABBA’s ‘Take A Chance On Me’ was filmed at \u003cb\u003eBlack Island Studios\u003c\/b\u003e in London W3 and I was there to record it in stills.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eThe Philippe Gautier, shot-for-shot parody of the original 1978 video featured Andy Bell as Frida and Vince Clark as Agnetha, ‘The Girls’ from ABBA.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eHere’s Andy Bell being interviewed some years later about it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat was it like doing the ABBA-esque videos?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBell:\u003c\/b\u003e I loved doing them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe one for Take A Chance On Me, where you dress up as the ABBA girls was great.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBell:\u003c\/b\u003e Yup, very nice. Very camp. I think even to this day, for some people, it made us a bit too camp!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eHow much coaxing did Vince need to ‘go female’ and wear the glam outfit?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBell:\u003c\/b\u003e None at all! He totally wanted to be a blond. We’d done DJ tours in the US already in drag, in these clubs, so it wasn’t anything new.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDid you argue about who would be Agnetha and who would be Frida?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBell:\u003c\/b\u003e A little bit, but in the end, I think Vince looked much better as the blond. I think he made a much better Agnetha. So we made the right choice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Steve Double","offers":[{"title":"30cm x 30cm, 11.7inches x 11.7inches \/ Print only","offer_id":59761449304398,"sku":"9984849-4198811","price":230.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"42cm x 42cm, 16.5inches x 16.5inches \/ Print only","offer_id":59761449271630,"sku":"9984849-4198810","price":330.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"59cm x 59cm, 23.4inches x 23.4inches \/ Print only","offer_id":59761449238862,"sku":"9984849-4198809","price":480.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"84cm x 84cm, 33.1inches x 33.1inches \/ Print only","offer_id":59761449206094,"sku":"9984849-4198808","price":700.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1025\/7426\/0558\/files\/6836915e8198473994616712ed8d2845.jpg?v=1780029052","url":"https:\/\/www.double-whammy.com\/products\/erasure-london-may-1992-abba-esque-video-shoot","provider":"Steve Double Photos","version":"1.0","type":"link"}