Kevin Godley, specifically his music videos - c/d?

"Cry" was nice (proto-morphing and all).

Didn't they (for it was himself and Lol Creme) do the vid for U2's "Numb" as well? If so, classic for that. I'm fairly sure they did the vids for "Stuck In A Moment..." and "Even Better Than The Real Thing". I'd be more inclined towards picking dud status for their vid for "Don't Stand So Close To Me '86", but I suppose it does its job as an advert for a Police greatest hits album. The G&C vid for "Every Breath You Take" somehow stayed with me even though I don't recall it as being particularly special.

Yes, they did do Numb, and since then he's done dozens (checks CV) - recent ones have been for Bryan Adams, Will Young, The Corrs, U2, The Rapture, Zucchero, Ronan Keating, Sting, etc. etc. So we're not talking credible, but presumably we are talking pompous and glossy.

Question is - do you think he'd make a good feature filmmaker?

Possibly so, possibly gimmicky with it.

Didn't they turn down "Purple Rain" the movie? I remember Lol Creme being gutted after it was successful...

They also did "Two Tribes" for Frankie with the Chernyenko/Reagan wrestling match — that was pretty "credible."

as Godley & Creme:

1998 Tea in the Sahara [live] the Police
1998 King of pain [version 2: live in Atlanta] the Police
1996-mar Real love the Beatles
1988-feb When we was fab George Harrison
1988 A little piece of Heaven Godley & Creme
1988 10,000 angels Godley & Creme
1987-nov Biko [version 2: film] Peter Gabriel
1987-may I want to hear it from you Go West
1986-nov All fall down Ultravox
1986-nov Don't give up [version 1] Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush
1986-oct Don't stand so close to me '86 the Police
1986-oct Hip to be square Huey Lewis & the News
1986-sep Everybody have fun tonight Wang Chung
1986-aug Oh people Patti LaBelle
1986-jun No money down Lou Reed
1986 Don't you hear me screaming? Jana Pope
1986 Boystown Rob Jungklas
1985-aug Don't mess with Doctor Dream [version 1] Thompson Twins
1985-jun If you love somebody (set them free) Sting
1985-may A view to a kill Duran Duran
1985-mar Cry Godley & Creme
1985-mar Forever man Eric Clapton
1985-feb We close our eyes Go West
1985 Sun City Artists United Against Apartheid
1984-dec Everything must change Paul Young
1984-nov The power of love [version 1] Frankie Goes to Hollywood
1984-jun Two tribes Frankie Goes to Hollywood
1984-mar Leave it Yes
1984-feb Relax [version 3: lasers] Frankie Goes to Hollywood
1983-dec Victims Culture Club
1983-oct Autodrive Herbie Hancock
1983-aug Kiss the bride Elton John
1983-jul Wrapped around your finger the Police
1983-jul Rockit Herbie Hancock
1983-jun Every breath you take the Police
1983-apr Forbidden colours David Sylvian & Ryuichi Sakamoto
1983 Save me a mountain Godley & Creme
1983 Feel the love 10cc
1982-nov Synchronicity II the Police
1982-jul Only time will tell Asia
1982-apr Heat of the moment Asia
1982-mar Temporary beauty Graham Parker
1982 When I get it right Joan Armatrading
1982 The weakness in me Joan Armatrading
1981-nov Wedding bells Godley & Creme
1981-oct Thunder in the mountains Toyah
1981-sep Under your thumb Godley & Creme
1981-aug Girls on film Duran Duran
1981-may I want to be free Toyah
1981-mar Mind of a toy Visage
1981-feb Something 'bout you baby I like Status Quo
1981 The cooler Ringo Starr
1980-dec Fade to grey [version 1: 1980] Visage
1979 An Englishman in New York Godley & Creme
Attention Ringo Starr
Touch and go Any Trouble

Solo:

2004-dec Father and son Ronan Keating, featuring Yusuf
2004-may Summer sunshine [version 1] the Corrs
2004-may Cry Kealer
2004-feb Wouldn't change a thing Haven
2003-oct Leave right now Will Young
2003-oct Sister saviour the Rapture
2002-dec Until the end of the world [version 2] U2
2002-oct We've got tonight Ronan Keating & Lulu
2002-apr If tomorrow never comes Ronan Keating
2001-oct A man needs to be told the Charlatans
2001-sep I'm in trouble Zucchero
2001-jun Baila Zucchero
2001-may Pretending Him
2001-apr Out of reach Gabrielle
2001-mar Close to you Marti Pellow
2001-jan Stuck in a moment you can't get out of [version 1] U2
2000-sep After the rain has fallen (part 2) Sting
2000-jun After the rain has fallen Sting
2000-may Subliminal punk Helicopter Girl
2000-feb Rise Gabrielle
2000-jan Woke up this morning Alabama 3
1999-sep New day [version 2] Wyclef Jean, featuring Bono
1999-aug Forever the Charlatans
1999-apr You'll be in my heart Phil Collins
1999-apr You needed me Boyzone
1999-feb By your side the Black Crowes
1999-jan When the going gets tough Boyzone
1998-dec My love Kele LeRoc
1998-dec My love the Black Crowes
1998-oct The sweetest thing U2
1998-apr My father's eyes Eric Clapton
1997-oct Soldier's daughter Tonic
1997-aug Dream Forest for the Trees
1996-sep Dance into the light Phil Collins
1996-apr Mission: Impossible Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen
1996 You, me & World War III Gavin Friday
1995-jul I'll do ya Whale
1995-jun Hold me, thrill me, kiss me, kill me U2
1994-apr In the name of the Father Gavin Friday & Bono
1994-mar Girls and boys Blur
1993-dec I've got you under my skin Frank Sinatra & Bono
1993-jul Numb [version 1] U2
1993-may Fields of gold Sting
1993-mar C'mon people Paul McCartney
1993 Lemon [version 2] U2
1992-jun Even better than the real thing [version 1] U2
1992-jun All I want is you Bryan Adams
1992-feb Thought I'd died and gone to Heaven Bryan Adams
1991-aug Can't stop this thing we started Bryan Ad

as such, of the ones I've seen:

Classic:

Duran Duran - "A View to a Kill" (my personal favorite), "Girls on Film"
Godley & Creme - "Cry"
Frankie Goes to Hollywood - "Relax" (to an extent, anyway)
Herbie Hancock - "Rockit"
The Police - "Wrapped Around Your Finger," "Synchronicity II," "Every Breath You Take"
Asia - "Heat of the Moment"
Forest for the Trees - "Dream"
Blur - "Girls & Boys"
U2 - "Numb," "Lemon," "Even Better Than the Real Thing"

Dud:

Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush - "Don't Give Up"
Huey Lewis & the News - "Hip to Be Square"
Wang Chung - "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" (personal nominee for bottom 10 video of all-time)
U2 - "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of," "The Sweetest Thing," "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me"
Sting - "Fields of Gold"

They were going to do a film of "Consequences".

Until that record umm did not sell. At all.

"Girls On Film" and "Two Tribes"? I wonder if Lol and Kev' sit down to watch WWF on Saturday mornings, too...

Also, totally forgot they did "Rockit" — in tow w/ "Only Time Will Tell" by Asia, it seems their early vids all had this raw 8mm thing going on...

And to be clear, the X-rated version of the "Relax" video was by Bernard Rose, not them.