I think it's going to be hard describing what's going on in this one. It moves a bit fast.
The video takes place in a haunted house. Meg and Jack have classic goth looks. You know, before goth became mainstream and lame. Meg spends the entire video hammering away at whatever gets in her path with what may be actual hammers. Jack walks around with a white cane and I have to say the mustache is working for him. There's another woman in the video who is on six inch heals. A white horse rounds out the cast.
The song starts with an accusation. The singer says that his lover got a reaction. What kind of reaction? We'll find out. He says that she took a white orchid and made it blue. I guess that means she took his affection and left him feeling sad. Which is why he moved into a spooky house. Why do I take music videos so literally?
Redhead high heels leaves the bathroom. The video constantly adopts the freaky sped-up method seen in modern horror flicks, usually when there's a supernatural element. Singer is telling his gal that something is better than nothing, and it's giving up. Uh oh, he's sick of the rut and ready to move on. He even gets angry at her and asks her how dare she! Honeymoons over. He blames it on her maturity. Freaky chick is having problems standing and it's actually adding to how freaky she is. Good job, scary video.
Oh look, it's Meg. And she has a kid behind her. She also has dishes stacked up. Oh, you little devil. Jack sings more about how it's hard to please his girlfriend. While he twirls his cane he skillfully points out that not only is she bad, she's also can't see her own faults. Then Meg finally starts smashing stuff. Who is Jack singing too?
Finally freaky chick gets down the stairs. She eats an apple that has shown up several times in the video. She tries to look sexy doing so but it bleeds black onto her face. Jack decides to put an end to her by turning his cane into a snake that attacks her. What is he, Aaron, Moses's brother? It does has a biblical element to it as Jack sings, "Get behind me." I think I'll try that on a girl I break up, just to see her reaction. I'll bet I get one.
Apparently things aren't going well for freaky chick as she cries around the horse. As the song wraps up with the chorus, Meg eats a plate. See, she's doing stuff! The video suddenly ends with the horse about to stomp on the redhead. This video is not meant to be watched by hippophobics.
This is a good song, but it's the video that is the better of the two. Even though it moves so quickly I can't see a lot of it, I still like it.
The awesome part is how freaky it is. There's something about speeding up things not quite right that works.
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That freaky red head chick? That's Jack's wife.
Let this be a lesson to you Tork: Let a girl get trampled by a horse and she'll marry you.
Excluding Lita.
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