Heroes is back and so are Wendy & Lisa

Well, Heroes is back tonight in the US – we in the UK will officially have to wait until next Monday before the Beeb starts to air season three, thus creating a whole new usage of the word “simulcast’ that we previously hadn’t been aware of.

Anyway, in preparation for that magic moment, I thought I’d give you a couple of vids from the show’s composers, Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman, who back in the day were Wendy & Lisa. After working with Prince for a while, they went solo and released a few albums before heading off into the world of film and TV score composition, notably doing the music for Toys and Dangerous Minds. So here are a few 80s music vids of theirs. Enjoy the hair.

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