corianderstem said:I'm going to wait to watch the video on DVD, but this thread only makes me want to watch it more!
Same here.
corianderstem said:I'm going to wait to watch the video on DVD, but this thread only makes me want to watch it more!
chrissybaby said:
Er, I sincerely hope that most people have heard of mining canaries but you never know!
Headache in a Suitcase said:
i honestly think that most people aren't exactly up on their mining history.
coolian2 said:I'm not going to comment on the actual video after one look, but i will say that it must have taken enormous balls to release it to the general public.
brooklynmike said:As a matter of fact, I'd say having this as the lead off or second video for JT would have changed history. They would have dug themselves into an 80's hole they couldn't get out of.
phillyfan26 said:"Alright guys, so here's how this video's going to go down. We want the good looking one .... Larry ... yes, Larry ... you're going to go stand by the poll and hit it with a metal stick .... for how long? ... I guess the whole song. Alright. Then the singing guy, Bono. Yeah, what you're gonna do is walk around the coal mine singing all the lyrics. Just walk around and do things that you think fit with the lyrics. Maybe you should ... hang on those chains there when you say 'I'm hanging on.' Ha. I crack myself up. That's clever. Alright. Sounds like a plan .... oh, there's other band members? Oh. Well have them stand over there .... you want them to do something? For fuck's sake ... well, I'm watching some of my sister-in-law's birds. Yeah, in those cages over there. Maybe they could let them fly around ... I don't know maybe have them in their hands and then release them. I see it in movies sometimes. OK. Let's do this."
phillyfan26 said:"Alright guys, so here's how this video's going to go down. We want the good looking one .... Larry ... yes, Larry ... you're going to go stand by the poll and hit it with a metal stick .... for how long? ... I guess the whole song. Alright. Then the singing guy, Bono. Yeah, what you're gonna do is walk around the coal mine singing all the lyrics. Just walk around and do things that you think fit with the lyrics. Maybe you should ... hang on those chains there when you say 'I'm hanging on.' Ha. I crack myself up. That's clever. Alright. Sounds like a plan .... oh, there's other band members? Oh. Well have them stand over there .... you want them to do something? For fuck's sake ... well, I'm watching some of my sister-in-law's birds. Yeah, in those cages over there. Maybe they could let them fly around ... I don't know maybe have them in their hands and then release them. I see it in movies sometimes. OK. Let's do this."
Utoo said:
As I said before, the general idea is kind of lame, but it's really not awful. Do people really think that the video for ISHFWILF is that much better? "Let's walk down the streets of Vegas singing a gospel song and smile at people!"
Varitek said:I waited until I got the DVD to watch it....which by the way has an awesome opening menu sequence of the boys in the desert that I cut out of in the middle for the video.
HOLY SHIT> this is both the cheesiest and the most homoerotic thing I've ever seen in my life. First I was like "well this opening montage is silly, and very litteral." The litteral cheesiness is a big too much wiht the chains dripping with water, some of Bono's hand motions that match the lyrics. And the birds. My god what the hell were they thinking.
But interspersed with this was the most sexual movement ever. First I just htought it was funny that sweaty heaving Bono kept staring at Larry's ass, but then he kept making thrusting motions while holding onto the chain right behind Larry. And Larry just kept pounding away. Wow. Wow. Wow. (As Bono would say.)
I am going to go over to Pleba now and get some stills for a desktop.
LarryMullen's_POPAngel said:
My eyes are bleeding after reading this post.
And I thought we've already covered the whole "how come there are birds in the video" bit a few posts back.
Varitek said:
Hey, I wasn't being negative. I have no problem with homoeroticism, it greatly enhanced my enjoyment of the video. I don't think it's a great musical video, but I do think it's great. Fun to watch, I love the hot Bono and nonsweaty Larry. And the cheesey literal stuff cracks me up.
And yes, of course I know why there were birds in the video. Like I said, its just cheesily litteral. Especially where the bird rises up from the train track, and when Adam and Edge release the birds.
U2girl said:The thing that doesn't work for me is a) canaries and upon further watching, b) the uberacting from Bono (mining footage could be cut after the start too). It's over the top even for him, especially the chorus. Compare this to Streets, WOWY and I still haven't found... - the other videos from that era, and the only ones worth watching from the 80's - and it doesn't stack up. It's only marginally better from the pre-JT videos due to them getting someone to take care of their wardrobe, but in a way also weaker because they had a little more experience and could afford the money to make something better. Clearly they were capable of that, as other JT videos prove.