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From the great "Flesh + Blood" comes this funky and awesome track "Same Old Scene", one of Roxy Music's finest moments both as a song and also as a music video as it captured the essence of what would music videos would become in the decade. This pre-MTV clip presents a frtantic and aggitated performance by Bryan Ferry and troupe inside a studio set, cameras moving all the time, fast editing showcasing each member playing their instruments with some slow motion bits and quick cuts.

Usually those kinds of performance clips don't offer much to viewers and the main focus is always about selling the song; however, with this one I felt something different, something special that I couldn't take my eyes off. Maybe it's the notion that in the early 1980's, most videos were far too quiet and calm rather than being those highly elaborated visual creations, it was something that was crawling, directors were experiment with techniques and slowly approaching to more cinematic techniques. "Same Old Scene" has that kind of approach, rare then but perfect later on. Plus, the song is a killer, very catchy; pity it wasn't a hit here but the group only get really known when they were ending with the masterful "Avalon". But the fans know everything and love it all. 9/10.

Unpopular opinion but I prefer this rhythmic ska version of "Suspicious Minds" by Fine Young Cannibals than the classic version by Elvis Presley (it's good too). Besides being a cool song for dancing, as evidenced by the uusual yet humored dance moves from the bass player and the guitarist, this one is favored as it has a memorable music video, one of the best ever conceived for the Brit trio. It consists of a dance/singing performance from the band, filmed in a somber black-and-white with a dark background behind everything, only popping with a glimpse of gold in Roland Gift's shiny tuxedo when the costumes suddenly change at a certain point of the video. It's one of those curious editing/cinematography tricks that were quite popular in the day ("Rumble Fish", anyone?), difficult to be made but today it's done very easily.

But it's the ultimate jealousy song that becomes the main spectacle of such clip, the rhythm of it all, Gift's voice echoing in a magnificent way and the rest is part of the great music history of the 1980's, a real treat. And always the lovely dance moves from the guys. 8/10.

My introduction to the sound of the spectacular Talking Heads was with this very song "Wild Wild Life" and from then on I was hooked and in love with everything they did (1977-1991). The music video for this particular single was a spectacle to the senses in such a way that I always keep coming back whenever I feel like it, and it never fails to amaze me, to bring a smile and even make me sing - I'm also a big fan of David Byrne's "True Stories", one of the coolest films of the 1980's.

Countless things happening at the same time, which makes of this visual delirium one of those experiences that should be seen several times so you can get all the details possible. It's set in a nightclub where patrons can perform a song in front of an enthusiastic audience.

Who are the performers? A group of eccentric characters, all dressed as characters or rock/pop impersonations, and the Talking Heads members appear disguised - David Byrne appears several times and in one of those he plays a Latin lover type; Tina Weymouth appears as a punk rocker; Jerry Harrison as a ninja type; Chris Frantz as a cowboy dressed in black; from the "True Stories" film cast we have John Goodman playing a charismatic performer who makes some dance moves. On the stage's background, a wall of televisions with non-stop colorful images that sometimes flash bigger on the screen with some descriptions from the song.

"Wild Wild Life" giving us a colorful and frantic society that always aspires for bigger, better, faster and more, the excesses of capitalism and the multicultural clashes and intertwining of the America of the 1980's, modernity at its brighest, sometimes at its most critical as well. On stage the eccentricity and peculiarities of each performer creates a humored, amusing and entertaining view of a very diverse group of people just having the time of their lives. Watch it on full volume, cause this is a masterful classic that was not surpassed.

Heads at their greatest! 10/10.