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Happy birthday to Tim Pope, born this day in 1956, director of the first 3 Strawberry Switchblade videos! His birthday is the day after Jill's & they had a joint party in 1985. 🧵

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Tim directed the iconic Since Yesterday video with its stop-motion animation & hand coloured film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SToFI4wBp90
Strawberry Switchblade - Since Yesterday [High Quality]

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He also directed the follow up, Let Her Go, released in March 1985
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfjvyjlPnuc
Strawberry Switchblade - Let Her Go [High Quality]

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And then they all went outdoors for the video for the proto-dreampop single Who Knows What Love Is, released in May 1985
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-WwKeT3Pvw
Strawberry Switchblade - Who Knows What Love Is [High Quality]

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'I thought there was something quite sinister & dark underneath the apparent fluffiness, there was something that drew me to it'
- Tim talking to us back in 2006. It's one of the exclusive interviews with the band & their collaborators on the fansite
https://strawberryswitchblade.net/tim-pope-interview
Tim Pope interview - Strawberry Switchblade

Tim Pope talks about directing videos for Strawberry Switchblade's singles Since Yesterday, Let Her Go & Who Knows What Love Is, 22 June 2006

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