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“Yuppie Rap“ has finally been transferred to HD in all of its 16mm grainy goodness! Yuppie Rap is the classic music video from 1989 that parodies the “have-it-all“ lifestyle. Mike Saad wrote the lyrics and I wrote the music and played the lead character. (I posted Mike's lyrics below.) The video played on several music video shows including Night Flight which was a show that respected the art of music videos rather than the junky promotional tools they became for bands. We shot Yuppie Rap in and around the Santa Monica Beach where Mike and I resided with a bunch of other extras. Mike played the “Kamikaze Sushi guy“ and various friends filled in the other roles. There was record company interest in Yuppie Rap, but they didn't know what to do with a parody song. MTV never aired it because it didn't come from a record label. While we may not call them yuppies anymore, Yuppie Rap seems to still connect with younger fans who yearn for 80’s nostalgia.
