Stop me if you think you've seen something like this before and it also came by The Smiths themselves, also in 1987. Same idea, same concept but this time there
was something else that rattled in my brain as for such repetition of idea used on a video - though I cannot confirm if "Stop Me if..." came before this one
(same year of release and both singles from the group's final album "Strangeways, Here We Come").
Morrissey commands a youth gang where everyone, boys and girls, looks exactly like him: same haircut, same clothing, wearing glasses and they ride on bicycles through
several locations. No murder is committed by the gang except taking over the space and no one else different from them is allowed - though a small girl
appears spotting them in one certain moment. Morrissey clones are everywhere and in charge of everything which means just having fun while riding their bicycles.
Vanity of vanities but it seems a correlated idea with him being in charge of everything on that particular album, and I guess even in the visual terms as
well since his band mates never appear on the video, unlike the other videos of theirs which consists of their stage performance. The three videos from that final
album is all about Morrissey - the following year after this he became a solo artist. And as mentioned in my other review about the "clone" clip it feels as if
he's seeing a perfect world where everyone is exactly like him. In cinematic terms it's a cool concept worked on both videos but it's getting a symbolic small
note because the "Stop Me If..." video is the one I got see first, so the idea is worn out on this one...except that they use girls as Moz look-a-like figures
and younger boys than the previous clip.
Oh and the track...amazing by all accounts which also includes an audible goof of Morrissey asking record producer Stephen Street if he should another take of
his performance. 8/10.
