With all due respect, this music video totally overshadows the Peter Gabriel song.
Don't get me wrong: The song is actually pretty good, and with a nice catchy melody, but it's nowhere as memorable as the music video, with its weird, yet fun surreal imagery. Even completely divorced from its soundtrack, the video stands perfectly well on its own as a dream-like stop motion animation.
I wonder if the sequence with the dancing chicken was intended as some sort of veiled reference towards David Lynch's Eraserhead. It's probably just a coincidence, but it was the first thing that crossed my mind when I rewatched it recently.
Definately one of the best music videos from all-time.
Don't get me wrong: The song is actually pretty good, and with a nice catchy melody, but it's nowhere as memorable as the music video, with its weird, yet fun surreal imagery. Even completely divorced from its soundtrack, the video stands perfectly well on its own as a dream-like stop motion animation.
I wonder if the sequence with the dancing chicken was intended as some sort of veiled reference towards David Lynch's Eraserhead. It's probably just a coincidence, but it was the first thing that crossed my mind when I rewatched it recently.
Definately one of the best music videos from all-time.
