40 years ago next month, Glen Campbell released "Rhinestone Cowboy", a cover of a 1974 song by its author, Larry Weiss, which failed to raise a ripple for Weiss, but topped the pop & country charts for Campbell.
Seems to me that Campbell's label, Capitol, was ahead of the curve by producing music videos well before it became fashionable. Judge for yourself.
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Always loved this song and I even have a Glen Campbell greatest hits collection on CD.
The video is a bit prescient (then again, The Monkees beat him by 9 years!) but very meandering and repetitive. Even then Campbell could have done a bit more with it if they'd tried.
Yeah, but then, the Monkees' videos were part of their show. I'll see if I can find more Campbell classic clips.
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