Just saw the Rock the Casbah video for the first time and it’s… really literal in that second-generation music video way where...
Just saw the Rock the Casbah video for the first time and it’s… really literal in that second-generation music video way where they’re like “we need something more than just a filmed stage performance, let’s act out the lyrical themes in the most obvious way”
Like it’s an Arab sheikh and a Hasidic Jew driving a convertible around Texas, going to the gas station and dancing their way to the concert, intercut with the band in camo performing the song in front of a nodding donkey, when they get to the “jet fighters” bit they just have footage of like Dassault warplanes cruising around
I like music videos where they painfully act out the lyrics and it’s cringey as fuck, gives me a warm glowy feeling
I never yven noticed the bit at the end with the Ark of the Covenant