>The music video for the song featured early computer animation

>>94706006
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEycLWrxsnw

>>94706006
Both the song and video.

>>94706031
RIP they didn't get their MTV.

>>94706006
>Does it still hold up?
Sure, the song is legitimately pretty good and while it's dated as hell the animation gives it a cool sort of vintage charm. I like it.

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>>94706006
As a piece of high quality animation? No, people can pop out better animated stuff in a few days with Source Film-maker

It's a pretty great music video though, and the low quality actually helps keep it distinct and memorable. The crappiness of the animation matches the mundane work of the character singing, compared to them guys on the MTV

>>94706046
The sentiment of the song hasn't died out, and has probably grown stronger. Replace rock and roll with being a youtube celebrity, or a startup company creator and it only gets a little more relevant.

That little Clampett got his own ce-ment pond. That little Clampett? He's a million-aire.

Looka' them yo-yos.

>>94706006
both characters look pretty stylized for the era. those exact same models could still work today, wonder if they still have them.

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>>94706006
>the album version is 8 minutes long

>>94706274
you have a strange way of sitting down on your chair, surprised anon

>>94706183
Most of the lyrics came from Mark Knopfler overhearing a guy in a TV store and just noting down his ramblings to a co-worker whilst one of his own songs was playing on MTV. So it's pretty grounded in real people's sentiment.

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>>94706006
This is Sal now. Feel old yet?

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>tfw listening to the rest of Dire Strait's discography

>>94706006
So which little faggot were they singing about anyway?

>>94706006
"See the little faggot with the earring and the make up?"
"That little faggot got his own jet airplane"
"That little faggot he's a millionaire"

>>94706183
It was made in an era when the animators could not actually see their work. They just entered in some numbers for the models to move on an x y z plane. Sent them to Los Angeles and in three weeks got the video mailed to them so see where they fucked up and what they got right.

>>94707179
the song is about a conversation the guy who wrote the song overheard between some blue collar workers

>>94706228
Honestly, these are the only lyrics that I actually know. The damn Weird Al version

>>94707179
Elton John

>>94706691

Mötley Crüe

>>94707250
>>94707179

Meant to respond to that woops

>>94706006
Some of the Nickelodeon bumpers were some of the earliest CGI animations too

>>94707179
In the 80's it is damn impossible to tell. Every singer had $800 permed hair, pink tights, bare midriffs, loads of fluorescent makeup, glitter, and designer boots.

>>94707179
themselves

>>94707179

I remember being told it was Boy George... or was it George Michael? who the fuck knows

>>94707388
both in retrospect

>>94707179
Me. I'm very short for my age and I'm a guy.

>>94706228

I love that Knopfler's condition for letting Weird Al parody that song was Mark being allowed to play on it.

>>94706006
Post Berserk in /a/

>>94706691
I was ready to sleep, but after entering this thread I've decided to listen Alchemy yet another time

>>94706006
I like the """controversial""" lyrics.