Music Video
The music video was filmed on a moderate budget on a small studio set. The theme has as its influence the film 2001: A Space Odyssey. This fit in with the modern-sounding track and its obvious year of release. In keeping with the promotional videos from the Octopus album, there is no storyline. Only Oakey, Sulley and Catherall appear, all dressed in black against a futuristic white set. As the band's age was a contentious issue, the standard filmmakers' technique of making the band appear younger by the use of bright lighting and high exposure is applied. This worked well for the darker complexions of Oakey and Catherall, but the lighter skin and blonde hair of Sulley made her appear over exposed throughout the video. The overall result however was a modern-looking professional music video which would have been acceptable to the various music television channels. It now appears on the Very Best of the Human League DVD.
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Famous quotes containing the words music and/or video:
“Words move, music moves
Only in time; but that which is only living
Can only die. Words, after speech, reach
Into the silence.”
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)
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—Marie Winn (20th century)