Of the two clip versions released to promote both the main theme from Walter Hill's cult "Street of Fire", this one is the most well-known
as it got more airplay (at least here), if compared with the other one that uses the images of this one on a TV in the background as Dan Hartman
appears performing.
It's basically the actual performance of "I Can Dream About You" that appears in the film, with the "fake" group The Sorels acting and singing instead of Hartman. A black rock/pop group with the touches of the 1960's style dubbing a white guy, and lots of folks (myself included) were really fooled because of the video as Hartman does not appear in it. I won't say it's just the scene being played out, it was greatly edited and probably the whole performance and dance routine goes different than the actual sequence shown in Hill's film, or at least it gives the impression of providing more images (if you seen "Streets of Fire" you'll notice that there's a whole other action, dialogues as the climax with the song takes place).
Yet, besides being the better known music video it's also the better as it greatly sells the whole atmosphere and strong energy from the action/musical picture, the dance choreography, the acting/dubbing of the song were all amazingly done and you get all the great memories from the film. Plus: this main theme is one of the easiest and strongest smash hits of the 1980's, a theme that most people like hearing, know it's from a movie yet they never seen it.
A true classic in all possible ways. 9/10.
It's basically the actual performance of "I Can Dream About You" that appears in the film, with the "fake" group The Sorels acting and singing instead of Hartman. A black rock/pop group with the touches of the 1960's style dubbing a white guy, and lots of folks (myself included) were really fooled because of the video as Hartman does not appear in it. I won't say it's just the scene being played out, it was greatly edited and probably the whole performance and dance routine goes different than the actual sequence shown in Hill's film, or at least it gives the impression of providing more images (if you seen "Streets of Fire" you'll notice that there's a whole other action, dialogues as the climax with the song takes place).
Yet, besides being the better known music video it's also the better as it greatly sells the whole atmosphere and strong energy from the action/musical picture, the dance choreography, the acting/dubbing of the song were all amazingly done and you get all the great memories from the film. Plus: this main theme is one of the easiest and strongest smash hits of the 1980's, a theme that most people like hearing, know it's from a movie yet they never seen it.
A true classic in all possible ways. 9/10.