Cher Uss Missouri
Music video by cher performing if i could turn back time.
Cher uss missouri. The uss missouri has a long and storied history. She earned numerous battle stars for her service in three american wars. The if i could turn back time music video was filmed on board the uss missouri while it was stationed at the former long beach naval shipyard at pier d along with the crew. Missouri was last homeported in long beach calif and is now a floating museum in pearl harbor hi.
There was a whole story i climbed up stuff i was running away. Navy reviewed the story line and the song lyrics to ensure the projects good taste before it gave cher permission to film her video in long beach aboard the venerable battleship missouri. Missouri was the last battleship commissioned by the united states and is best remembered as the site of the surrender of the empire of japan which ended world war ii. It depicts cher and her band performing a concert for the ships crew.
She was the site where japan signed its formal surrender ending world war ii. The last battleship produced by the united states she was decommissioned in 1955 and reactivated in 1984 to support the gulf war. Cher recalled to q magazine. Uss missouri was the third ship in the iowa class and the last battleship commissioned by the united states navy.
Uss missouri bb 63 mighty mo or big mo is an iowa class battleship and was the third ship of the united states navy to be named after the us. The if i could turn back time video we shot for days. The music video for if i could turn back time directed by american television director marty callner takes place on board the battleship uss missouri. C 1989 geffen records.
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