Explain me 80s pop videos: Duran Duran's Wild Boys

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

Forgive me, but somehow I thought to start this on the weekend over on THE OTHER PLACE, rather than here where it might be met with more enjoyment.

Watch on YouTube

hein?

Comments

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

in a dystopian futureworld ruled by the preserved head of Billy Corgan, only the strong survive.

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

they are boys and also they are WILD, ∴ only sensible thing to do with them = TIE TO WINDMILL UNTIL THEY DROWN.

pretty obvious rly...

[nicolars.livejournal.com]

Yes! It makes perfect sense. One of my all time favorite videos.

Resident music video addict writes:

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

WAAAH I cannot watch Youtube! But I am familiar with contents of above BLANK WHITE BOX and declare them

a) not half as mental as China In Yr Hand video seen last night on Hits!TV
b) pretty much standard level of mentalism for its era

Still grebt, though!

[koganbot]

Metropolis combined with Blade Runner?

[zenith.livejournal.com]

Supposedly at the time, they really did intend it as a serious homage to the novel of the same name by William S. Boroughs, which is full of his usual mix of nonsense, druqs, and buggering young boys.