About the video: Oh my, yes, really over the top, but fabulous. My interpretation of it is pretty epic (and my friends thought I had spent WAY too much time thinking about it) as I tied it in with the "Arena" video with Milo O'Shea as Dr. Duran in it.
In a nutshell, Dr. Duran is angered with the guys for taking his name. So he comes down from space and invades one of their arena concerts (remember this is during their '80's prime) and sets traps for each member to capture each one. The "Wild Boys" video shows what happens after their capture. Each is being tortured by the denizens of a post-apocalyptic society. Simon, the perceived "leader", is subjected to aggressive water torture. John, the perceived "empath", is chained to a car in front of a t.v. constantly flashing images of him and things that I associate with his vanity at the time, thus subjecting him to mental torture. Nick, as the perceived "brains", is essentially caged and forced to work on projects for Dr. Duran (one of the creatures tentatively hands him something through the bars). Andy, the perceived "muscle", is left hanging from a wall, fighting off the creatures with his guitar then collapsing from exhaustion. Roger, the perceived "navigator", is meanwhile teased by them, as he is stuck in a hanging flight device and they keep grabbing at his legs. Simon finally frees himself, fights a water monster, locates each of the band members and frees them (I thought the first hand he sees reaching for him is Nick's). Then they all leave victoriously in a car via ticker tape parade. See? Way too much time spent on this. :)
About the video: Oh my, yes, really over the top, but fabulous. My interpretation of it is pretty epic (and my friends thought I had spent WAY too much time thinking about it) as I tied it in with the "Arena" video with Milo O'Shea as Dr. Duran in it.
In a nutshell, Dr. Duran is angered with the guys for taking his name. So he comes down from space and invades one of their arena concerts (remember this is during their '80's prime) and sets traps for each member to capture each one. The "Wild Boys" video shows what happens after their capture. Each is being tortured by the denizens of a post-apocalyptic society. Simon, the perceived "leader", is subjected to aggressive water torture. John, the perceived "empath", is chained to a car in front of a t.v. constantly flashing images of him and things that I associate with his vanity at the time, thus subjecting him to mental torture. Nick, as the perceived "brains", is essentially caged and forced to work on projects for Dr. Duran (one of the creatures tentatively hands him something through the bars). Andy, the perceived "muscle", is left hanging from a wall, fighting off the creatures with his guitar then collapsing from exhaustion. Roger, the perceived "navigator", is meanwhile teased by them, as he is stuck in a hanging flight device and they keep grabbing at his legs. Simon finally frees himself, fights a water monster, locates each of the band members and frees them (I thought the first hand he sees reaching for him is Nick's). Then they all leave victoriously in a car via ticker tape parade. See? Way too much time spent on this. :)