At Long Last, A-ha Get Video Justice
Ladies
of the 80s. You know who you are. You know how those asinine songs
of the 80s with the nonsensical and utterly useless lyrics somehow became brilliant when supplemented by the dance moves of you and your too-sexy friends? And you know how literal
choreographic interpretations of those same asinine lyrics somehow — by some bizarre paradox of the universe — somehow infused those lyrics with
meaning enough to make them important to your life forever…? (Tubular examples of good lyrics to interpret literally: "We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks," Total Eclipse of the Heart, Bonnie Tyler; "I reach out from the insiiiide," In Your Eyes, Peter Gabriel; "Everybody look at your hands," Safety Dance, Men Without Hats.)
In an inverse sort of way, this video accomplishes the same thing. Only in this case, the song started good, was made far worse by the video, and now, these many years later,
has become
brilliant
again.
Tags: art from the outside of a woman's power-suit pattern; important hair; the old lady from The Goonies
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