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January 28, 2009
Retrohump: Belated Visual
Comsat Angels - "Independence Day"
A few years back, upon discovery of this little lost post-punk classic, I scoured the internet in search of footage that would either confirm its makers as dark and serious lads, or completely undermine their moodiness with early 80s goofiness. The video above has a bit of both. There's some terrible, Wayne's World "Camera one. Camera two" jump cuts., and some uber serious stock footage of missiles launching and such. I also like the heavy symbolism of Stephen Fellows, crippled by the world's problems, in a room lined with newspapers. "The wall says there's nuclear buildup! I will watch this television until the problem is resolved." Still, a good song...
Comsat Angels - "Independence Day"
Posted by Jeff Klingman at January 28, 2009 01:15 PM
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I feel like U2 may have stole that opening riff. Can someone back that up?
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at January 29, 2009 04:39 PM
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