Friday, November 25, 2016

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: You Got Lucky

Image result for Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers: You Got LuckyTom Petty and the Heartbreakers: You Got Lucky
Song released October 22, 1982
Music Video
DVD
B+

This is what I mean by "videos as we think of them."  You've got an actual story here, one influenced by Mad Max (released the previous year).  OK, so the story seemingly has nothing to do with the lyrics, except that they're both about finding treasure.  Anyway, the song is great, the visuals are solid (including the purple sky), and there's a puckish sense of humor about the whole proceedings, including the treatment of cutting-edge-in-'82 technology.  (You think Tom is going to put one of the slot machine quarters in the videogame, but he instead topples that machine over.)

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