Bye teh way the version from American bandstand to me is the definitive
― | (Latham Green), Thursday, 22 September 2022 20:06 (one year ago) link
yeah but they are miming there aren't they?
― link.exposing.politically (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 22 September 2022 22:52 (one year ago) link
when post-punk and early new wave are described as "dark", "eerie", "cold", "gloomy", "ominous", etc.
...this song is the blueprint. because damn. very classic.
― ミ💙🅟 🅛 🅤 🅡 🅜 🅑💙彡 (Austin), Friday, 23 September 2022 00:42 (one year ago) link
I think I was thinking of this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMZFyaI0Wsw
However, the American Bandstand is definitely the definitive mimed video version.
What is poptones about? A painful human suffering? Or confusion and being dazed? Or the strange juxtaposition of pop music and crime? The singer just sounds annoyed, not really scared.Song about an event is not the same thing as the event. It is a cloud of thoughts, feelings, uncertainties...
"I can't forget the impression you madeYou left a hole in the back of my headI don't like hiding in this foliage and peatIt's wet and I'm losing my body heat"
― | (Latham Green), Friday, 23 September 2022 12:55 (one year ago) link