In Tua Nua 'All I Wanted' video - In Tua Nua 'All I Wanted' video

What this video is

Released in May 1988, 'All I Wanted' represented In Tua Nua's sole UK chart entry and their most significant international breakthrough. The band occupied a distinctive niche in the late-80s Celtic rock wave, blending uilleann pipes, electronic violin, and glistening pop production — a sound born of their roots in the Howth, Dublin music scene and their early signing to U2's Mother Records in 1984. By 1988 they…

Why it matters

A key document of the late-1980s Celtic alternative crossover moment, 'All I Wanted' illustrates how Irish post-punk bands synthesised traditional folk instrumentation with contemporary mainstream pop production to compete in the UK and US markets. The video, directed by John Scarlett-Davis at the…

The director

British artist, director, writer, and editor born July 1950. Pioneer of the UK Scratch Video movement in the early 1980s, with early video art shown at MoMA's 1983 survey and Tate Britain. Transitioned into commercial music video and documentary directing,…