P.M. Dawn - Norwegian Wood (Original Music Video)

What this video is

Released in 1993, P.M. Dawn's cover of the Beatles' 'Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)' appeared on 'The Bliss Album...?' (Gee Street/Island Records), a landmark record in alternative hip-hop and psychedelic soul that blurred genre boundaries at a moment when hip-hop was asserting its cultural dominance. P.M. Dawn — led by Prince Be — were outliers in the hip-hop world: spiritual, introspective, and openly…

Why it matters

A key artifact of early-90s alternative hip-hop and psychedelic soul, this video documents P.M. Dawn's genre-defying practice of melding Beatles-era pop canon with hip-hop production techniques and new age spiritualism. The cover choice signals cross-generational cultural dialogue rare in…

The director

Roman François Coppola (born April 22, 1965, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, and music video director. Son of Francis Ford Coppola and Eleanor Coppola. He established himself as an influential music video and…