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Music Video - Mötley Crüe - Looks That Kill [1983]
Michigander1911:
Okay so I'm getting into this convo a little late. 1st off I want to correct you on one point. You can't talk about Devo being cool and then trash any metal band no matter how pussified they are.
On another note the Crew fucking rocks. I'm not sure why it took you so long to see this vid, did you not watch MTV back in the day?
Adam Dravian:
--- Quote from: Rijst on September 26, 2014, 04:15:52 AM ---It obviously has hidden layers too deep for me to understand.
Perhaps we should play it backward, in good satanic tradition, for it to make sense:
Mötley Crüe, using spooky powers, summon the Warrior Babe, who is at first confused and skittish. After she regains her composure she uses her shield to put a pentagram spell on the guitarist, which allows him to play a solo. The Warrior babe then transforms herself into a statue. This allows the babes of fantasy-wasteland to moon-walk/run out of the cage, freeing them.
The take-home message would be that, in order to do good (play guitar solos, free the caged babes) we sometimes need to resort to evil measures (spooky powers, pentagram-shooting). According to Mötley Crüe, the ends justify the means. This was also the viewpoint of Niccolò Machiavelli, whose name was shortened to "Old Nick" and became a synonym for the devil. The video makes much more sense this way.
The question remains why they wanted to transmit this message. It is, after all, not a new one. Perhaps they meant to tell us something about our society. The fantasy wasteland is really the world we're living in, and our rulers frequently resort to questionable measures. This is cool though, as the results can still be good.
How comforting that Mötley Crüe simply tells us it's ok to turn a blind eye to occasional evil, it makes life much easier.
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I meant to say this earlier, but this may possibly be my favorite forum post.
--- Quote from: Michigander1911 on September 29, 2014, 03:10:00 PM ---I'm not sure why it took you so long to see this vid, did you not watch MTV back in the day?
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In my earliest memories, MTV was on constantly since I had a lot of teenage babysitters. I'm sure I saw the video, but I didn't remember it. Also, it didn't get nearly as much airplay as stuff from their later albums.
Rijst:
--- Quote from: Adam Dravian on September 30, 2014, 02:51:01 AM ---I meant to say this earlier, but this may possibly be my favorite forum post.
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I'm honored.
I just noticed I'm designated "Rad Ninja" by the forum on account of having posted 100+ messages. Cool! Although it also means I clearly spend too much time procrastinating..
Adam Dravian:
No, the only thing it means is that you are a Rad Ninja! The first and therefor the raddest!
Rijst:
--- Quote from: Adam Dravian on October 02, 2014, 06:34:42 PM ---No, the only thing it means is that you are a Rad Ninja! The first and therefor the raddest!
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There'll be slightly less procrastination soon though. I had a job interview in Cambridge yesterday and I've been offered the job, I'm hugely excited!
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