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The premise behind the Love Song video was probably thought up by a five year old. And like most things
dreamt up by five year olds, this one was (a) ridiculously simple and (b) a lot of fun. And so the director's
brief was written: "Because the song's called Love Song, the band should get in lots of fights. 'Cause that
would be cool. And there should be loads of violence. And it should be in a club. And stuff."
So, Office Jim gets in the lift and changes clothes to become
DJ Jim, which upsets the girl who’s already in there;
Charlie interrupts a particularly tense game of backgammon (yes, backgammon, this establishment
is very alternative) and gets a brutal kicking;
Derek drugs a guy so he can move in on the girlfriend
and gets beaten up for his troubles;
Kenny upsets someone (probably with his dancing) and is seen being
thrown across the dance floor; and
Mick basically just ASKS for it by rubbing an unspecified flat fish in the
face of the guy eating it.
It’s complete carnage, with most of the band unconscious on the floor before the three minutes is up. However,
the other angry patrons can’t even leave until
Jim’s finished playing the track and gives them a quizzical
look as he leads the battered Simple Minds outside.
Great fun. Great video.
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Australian music show All The Rage showed a mirrored version of the video (vertical bi-axial if you want
absolute specifics) which rendered the whole video absolutely meaningless. It was basically reduced to
loads of merged heads and disembodied limbs pulsating around the screen.
This visual scrambling was
probably an attempt to censor
Derek drugging people’s drinks. Nowadays this should be shown as an educational
video that you should never take your eye off your pint and take it to the toilet with you.
Interestingly, this video accommpanies the longer album version of the track. Many scenes are repeated, or slowed down, to
cater for its extended length.
This version is still circulating through collectors' circles.
trivia
Jim right eye was swollen during the shoot.
the kids said:
"It's really cool 'cause it's called Love Song but they get in loads of fights. And stuff."
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