#93 - Election Day

Artist: Arcadia
Album: So Red The Rose
Video: In all its glory.

When MTV was born, one of the bands that took the greatest advantage of the new medium was Duran Duran. "Rio" and "Hungry Like The Wolf" were early classic videos. In 1985, at the height of its popularity, they splintered into two new groups. While John Taylor and Andy Taylor joined The Power Station, Simon LeBon, Nick Rhodes and Roger Taylor became Arcadia.

Arcadia recorded only a single album, "So Red The Rose", and "Election Day" was their biggest hit. Their sound and image was darker and seemed more mysterious than Duran Duran. The video is stylish, lots of undulating women in skin tight outfits, with lots of meaningful staring into the camera by the band. There seems to be some bizarro dinner party going on, which sometimes moves into tunnels and caves.

For the life of me, I can't follow the plot of the video. I love this song, it has a great groove and interesting lyrics, but like the video, I have no idea what it means.

Birthday: Happy Birthday to Billy Joel! The Piano Man is 63 today.