Picspam: Total Eclipse of the Heart
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dreamer_easyChoirboy seventeen, you are cleared to land!
The music video for Total Eclipse of the Heart, a showstopper written by Jim Steinman and sung by Bonnie Tyler, is the erotic nightmare of a lady teacher at a boy's school. Images of innocence, such as the little boy with the dove, are contrasted with the unavoidable sexual atmosphere of young men fencing, swimming, playing football, etc. It's all a bit romance novel, and the "bright eyes" line has been rather overinterpreted, but it's straightforward enough (plus it's extremely unusual in that men rather than women are placed on MTV display).
Then the Arab ninjas arrive:
(You may not be able to make them out very well. The video-to-DVD transfer I rented is appalling.)
It all gets increasingly overblown after this. A glowing-eyed choirboy flies at us on a Kirby wire. Barbarians in furry pants torment Bonnie with their writhings. Some rather beautiful images get a bit lost in the mix, such as a costume that fuses the dove with the barbarian.
Gasp! She is haunted by her nightmare even in daylight. (That looks like FAP tape to me, the familiar glowing effect from numerous episodes of Doctor Who.)
Youth and beauty: not always synonyms.
(Australia! You're Standing In It did a great parody of this video, in which everyone ends up with the glowing eyes, including the video's insane producer.)
The music video for Total Eclipse of the Heart, a showstopper written by Jim Steinman and sung by Bonnie Tyler, is the erotic nightmare of a lady teacher at a boy's school. Images of innocence, such as the little boy with the dove, are contrasted with the unavoidable sexual atmosphere of young men fencing, swimming, playing football, etc. It's all a bit romance novel, and the "bright eyes" line has been rather overinterpreted, but it's straightforward enough (plus it's extremely unusual in that men rather than women are placed on MTV display).
Then the Arab ninjas arrive:
(You may not be able to make them out very well. The video-to-DVD transfer I rented is appalling.)
It all gets increasingly overblown after this. A glowing-eyed choirboy flies at us on a Kirby wire. Barbarians in furry pants torment Bonnie with their writhings. Some rather beautiful images get a bit lost in the mix, such as a costume that fuses the dove with the barbarian.
Gasp! She is haunted by her nightmare even in daylight. (That looks like FAP tape to me, the familiar glowing effect from numerous episodes of Doctor Who.)
Youth and beauty: not always synonyms.
(Australia! You're Standing In It did a great parody of this video, in which everyone ends up with the glowing eyes, including the video's insane producer.)
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Date: 2006-08-08 12:46 am (UTC)