Sunday, July 27, 2008

Dance across the Rio Grande

Last night, as I was drunkenly responding to one of those soul-searching surveys people propagate across the ethers of the interwebz, I was caught up in a storm of cheesy 80s music videos while I cruised YouTube.  I must say that the most arresting and captivating piece of work was the video for Duran Duran's "Rio":



Yes, this video is truly bizarre, and full of that essential, let's-pour-some-mysterious-fluid-on-a-hot-chick, unashamed sexual innuendo.  But at the end of the day, you really have to appreciate this 1982 number as a grandfather to the neon bubble pop avant-gardeness of the 80's.  Plus, doesn't it just make you want to slam back Miami Vices while you get a killer tan in Belize?

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