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Jeannette Obstoj
Birth name
Jeannette-Thérèse Obstoj
Born
(1949-06-05)5 June 1949 Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Died
26 March 2015(2015-03-26) (aged 65)
Occupation(s)
Lyricist
video-maker
music video director
poet
graphic artist
Musical artist
Jeannette-Thérèse Obstoj (5 June 1949 – 26 March 2015) was a British lyricist, video-maker, music video director, poet and graphic artist. She is best known for her work as a lyricist, usually working in collaboration with musician Rupert Hine. The Hine/Obstoj team wrote songs for Tina Turner ("I Might Have Been Queen", "Break Every Rule"), Dusty Springfield ("Arrested by You"), and Wilson Phillips ("Eyes Like Twins"), as well as writing all the songs on Hine's solo albums Immunity, Waving Not Drowning and Wildest Wish to Fly, and on the three albums Hine released using the identity Thinkman. Obstoj also occasionally wrote lyrics for songs by The Fixx, including their 1986 hit "Secret Separation", with music for these tracks being credited to the band as a whole.
Obstoj also worked as a video producer/director, lensing several of Hine's video clips, as well as selected videos by The Fixx, including “Less Cities More Moving People”, “Stand or Fall” and “One Thing Leads to Another”.
Obstoj died on 26 March 2015 after a short and sudden illness.
Jeannette-Thérèse Obstoj (5 June 1949 – 26 March 2015) was a British lyricist, video-maker, music video director, poet and graphic artist. She is best...
Wildest Wish to Fly, complemented by the lyrics of poet and artist Jeannette-Thérèse Obstoj, and featuring guest contributions from musicians Robert Palmer...
Terry Britten, Graham Lyle 5:34 2. "Break Every Rule" Rupert Hine, JeannetteObstoj 4:28 3. "I Can't Stand the Rain" Ann Peebles, Don Bryant, Bernard Miller...
sobriety of the subject matter." The video, co-produced and directed by JeannetteObstoj, begins at a science lab where Adam Woods is looking into a microscope...
Turner's story. Following a discussion with Rupert Hine, co-writer JeannetteObstoj spoke with Turner about her life, starting with the cotton fields in...
bonus disc No. Title Writer(s) Producers Length 1. "Bold and Reckless" JeannetteObstoj Hine Hine 3:48 2. "Stronger Than the Wind" Essra Mohawk Tony Sciuto...
Not Waving but Drowning. Music composed by Rupert Hine; lyrics by JeannetteObstoj "Eleven Faces" "The Curious Kind" "The Set Up" "Dark Windows" "The...
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