The Fixx - Red Skies (Version 2)

Source: TV File Info: Video: MPEG-2 video , 720x480, 29.97 fps, VBR (Constant quality), Maximum 6124 Kb/s Audio: Dolby Digital, 48000 Hz, Stereo, 448 kbps The Fixx are an English new wave band. They are one of the few bands to have enjoyed significant success outside their country of origin, notably in the United States and Canada, yet remain almost unknown in their home land. The band is best known for their song "One Thing Leads to Another", from their most successful album Reach the Beach in 1983. Their other hits include "Red Skies", "Stand or Fall", "Saved by Zero", "Sign of Fire", "Are We Ourselves?", "Secret Separation", "Driven Out", "How Much Is Enough?" and "Deeper and Deeper", which was featured on the soundtrack of Streets of Fire. "A Letter to Both Sides" appears on the Fletch soundtrack. This is a song and video by the musical group The Fixx which was first released in 1982 and then again as an entirely new video in 1987. The 1987 video appears to be brimming with metaphorical allusions to the dangers of atomic weapons proliferation and the near-inevitability of a nuclear holocaust in the not-so-distant future. The title itself may originate in the old adage, "Red skies at night - Sailors' delight*****Red skies at morning - Sailors take warning". But now the meaning is inverted to imply that "red skies at night" means an imminent nuclear attack from a Communist country like the Soviet Union or even the actual detonation of atomic and hydrogen weapons within the target countries. The keyboardist, for openers, is wearing a representation of flash-blindness goggles as seen in quasi-documentary films like Atomic Cafe. It seems no coincidence that at the very peak of the song's refrain he moves his head into optimal "viewing" position of a simulated nuclear detonation. Much more immediately striking, however, is the image of the bass guitarist in the way he is attired from top to bottom in somber shades of black. He is photographed in ways which only serve to further reinforce the impression of a supernatural Matador-figure or even the Angel of Death Itself. He wears a wide-brimmed black hat which always conceals the eyes from every possible angle. This may refer back to stories of the Angel of Death claiming that anyone unfortunate enough to receive Its gaze do not survive to speak of it. The figure is also clad in a long, black flowing cape which furls gently about him as he appears to pivot or turn through the camera's point-of-view. This apparent turning motion is directly reminiscent of a matador or even of another personification of death known as The Grim Reaper. The Grim Reaper is popularly depicted as a hooded skeleton in a long, black, loose-fitting robe who carries a long-handled, razor-sharp scythe with which he "harvests" human souls whose allotted time on earth has elapsed. The harvesting of wheat by a scythe-wielding human being usually involves a degree of twisting or turning or pivoting of the upper body as the reaper swings the long curved blade through its arc of travel. The lyrics of course are more obviously explicit on the theme of impending doom and only serve to underscore rather than contradict the eidetic insinuations listed above. My Videos: http://thepiratebay.se/user/2nafish/

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 SgtRlee (2008-11-17)

What a great song, i've always loved the bass on this hit from them, yet have never found more than a 320x240 low quality versions, some were even in mono '.'
Thanks 2nafish for yet another awesome post :)

worldostuff (2008-11-17)

awesome!!!!!!!!!! thanx 2na!! :)

kvestantin (2008-11-17)

All I've said about The Outfield is the same in here. MANY THANKS! If you have other videos of Fixx, Outfiled and (why not to dream a little bit more?) Bad English, House Of Lords, Treat, Slaughter, Cheap Trick (...well, not a little, OK :)) I would be very grateful.
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kvestantin (2008-11-17)

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info-line (2008-11-19)

Thanks a million!