This video is entirely in black and white, so it's arty or something. We first see Bunny Breckinridge taking off his glasses. He is a conductor who introduces us to a band and a woman dressed as a little girl. Behind her is a large monitor that shows an image of lines forming into a P logo. This fades away as the screen shows a row of singers disappearing into infinity.
The screen shows a close up of her. I take it back, it's a young girl lip-syncing. She starts singing about white clouds and bright stars. I bet she's singing about what she drew, and the next line is about red house and trees shaped like green cotton over a brown stick. Don't forget unicorns and rainbows! No, she sings about a person who's smile makes her want to hold him. Ick. Since we have a little girl singing, I think I can guess accurately that things didn't go so well.
This is confirmed when she tells her boyfriend that he must be all hers. Look, I don't know much about your relationship but you're in trouble once you start demanding things. Second verse starts and she talks about how things used to be really happy. This didn't last, and she uses metaphors to talk about how bad things declined. Now she's telling her guy that he can't leave her because she said so. Yeah, I can see why they gave the video a slight creepy tone now.
While the song is taking a break the video is doing a take on the horror anthologies from the sixties. There's this hallway shaped like a hexagon with lamps on each side. The man from the beginning of the video stands in the hallway across from the girl. They swap places and it's just all weird. I doubt it means anything more than being strange.
The girl wraps up the song in front of the large monitor again. She insists that her guy has to be her until death. She needs help. The monitor shows the same effect of having several of her but now there's a lot less and her dopplegangers seem lonely. We pull out to see the band again while the P logo plays a couple more times. It's a subliminal message for urinating.
This song is about a woman who won't grow up and let her failed relationship go. She's going to dangerous lengths to prevent herself from facing the inevitable.
I didn't really like the song. I didn't really care for the video either, but I guess it's haunting tone is appropriate for the song.
The awesome thing is the big screen tv. I'll take it even if it's not a color one.
1 comment:
Totally agree there. Anybody who who wants a monogamous relationship with one person, through the good times and the bad, for the rest of their lives should be seen by a shrink. I don't know anybody in a relationship like that!
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