80s Video Friday: In the Air Tonight

In honor of The Hangover (if you haven’t seen that movie yet, go this weekend, seriously), I’d like to dedicate this week’s 80s Video Friday to a song featured in the movie, Phil Collins’ In the Air Tonight.



What’s great about this song is how closely it’s tied to the 80’s pastel-laden hit series Miami Vice. The song was originally used for the pilot episode, one of the first instances a hit song was featured in a network television series. After watching that, I totally want to rent a black Ferrari and drive around South Beach at 4:00am (shotgun-toting sidekick optional).



And while we’re on the topic of Miami Vice, how disappointing was the recent remake a few years ago? From the trailer alone, it seemed like it would be a killer movie but then when you actually sat down and watched it? Ugh. “Ok, Michael Mann, I get it, Miami has some nice skylines. Please let’s get on with the movie already.” No lie, I fell asleep twice (twice!) during that goddamn movie.