Nigel Dick: The Director Behind “Wonderwall,” “Welcome to the Jungle” and “Oops!...I Did It Again” | Music Video Mischief | Up+Adam

Sponsored by The Mountain Air | Sponsored by Benny’s Pizza | SLOFreeParking Music video director Nigel Dick joins Adam Montiel on Up+Adam for a wildly entertaining trip through the era when music videos did more than promote songs. They helped define how entire generations remember them. And Nigel’s résumé is almost absurd when you stack it up. Band Aid’s “Do They Know It’s Christmas?,” Oasis’ “Wonderwall,” Cher’s “Believe,” Def Leppard’s “Rocket,” Celine Dion’s “Falling Into You,” Guns N’ Roses’ “Welcome to the Jungle,” Nickelback’s “Photograph,” Ozzy Osbourne’s “Back on Earth,” Britney Spears’ “Oops!...I Did It Again,” and Tears for Fears’ “Everybody Wants to Rule the World.” That is just a slice of a career that spans more than 450 music videos, plus documentaries, feature films, commercials, and a front-row seat to the rise of MTV-era visual culture. His new memoir, Music Video Mischief: Ozzy to Britney, Oasis to Gn’R, McCartney to Cher: A Lifetime of Rock and Chaos, goes behind the camera for the stories, personalities, creative risks, disasters, lucky breaks, and strange moments that came with helping invent the language of the modern music video. In this conversation, Adam and Nigel get into what it was like directing some of the biggest artists on the planet, how a three-minute film can permanently change the way we hear a song, what happens when an artist hates the video, whether MTV’s disappearance changed the art form forever, and whether the music video actually died or simply escaped into YouTube, TikTok, reels, and whatever comes next. The book also reveals a much more human story underneath the fame, from Nigel’s early life and obsession with music to the work ethic and curiosity that kept him going across decades of cultural change. • Nigel Dick Official Website: nigeldick.com • Nigel Dick Music Video Archive: Watch his work • Music Video Mischief: Book details and purchase information • More on Nigel Dick’s career: Official bio ******** *PORTABIDET: UP+ADAM IS AN OFFICIAL AFFILIATE FOR PORTABIDET - USE THIS LINK FOR UP+ADAM LISTENERS TO LEARN MORE AND GET YOURS! Listen to Up+Adam with Adam Montiel:Official Website: adammontiel.com Apple Podcasts: Up+Adam on Apple Podcasts Spotify: Up+Adam on Spotify iHeartRadio: Up+Adam on iHeartRadio YouTube Music: Up+Adam on YouTube Music ******** CHECK OUT OUR WOODS HUMANE PET OF THE WEEK! ******** ADAM’S TEDX VIDEO IS HERE! ******** FOLLOW ADAM ON INSTAGRAM ********* Sincere Thanks to the current supporters of Up + Adam. Please take a moment and visit them and thank them for supporting local broadcasting, and valuing what we do here. Thank you for supporting them! Life Elements City of SLO WoodsHumaneSociety Tin City Distillery Original Music by Dan Curcio and Moonshiner Collective Moonshiner on Spotify HERE Please Rate, Review, and Subscribe to the podcast, and learn more at AdamMontiel.com ©2026 Up+Adam with Adam Montiel / LoBro Studios, All Rights Reserved.