How I think the brainstorming session went...
Bono: I know, why don't we do a clip that doesn't have a performance element? No guitars, just us down a mineshaft...
Larry: I joined this band to hit things.
Bono: Okay, okay, Larry can hit something.
Edge & Adam: And what are we supposed to do?
Bono: Uhm... you can throw birds in the air?
Edge:
Adam: All right, but only if I can stay in my pyjamas.
Bono: Deal!
Joking aside... My first impression is: it's not brilliant. It is hawt if you're a Bono/Larry girl, but not brilliant. The Edge/canary bit was cool, as was the footage at the start.
I don't remember many '80s clips in much detail (aside from U2, obviously), so I don't really know if this is typical '80s cheese, or just special U2 '80s cheese.
Bono certainly seemed very impassioned about the social consequences of the miners' strike...