One of the most special tracks from the sensational "Sandinista!" album (one of the most important albums ever made, and just listen to it right now or after seeing the
clip), "The Magnificent Seven" was one of the few to have a music video made for it, presenting The Clash making TV performances or walking around the streets of New York
during their 1981 tour. Seeing the group and also the crowd interacting with the camera, NY street scene of the early 1980's is amazingly special to look at.
Considering that music video as a dominating and essential presence in order to sell music and artists was still in its infancy (MTV was launched a couple of months after this shooting), this is a must-see in terms of creating a spectacle and making into a highly memorable fashion. They really evoked the future of video and showed to audiences how performances should be put on the screen. It has great energy, rhythm and movement though the song might not sound like The Clash all that much since on that particular album they made countless changes and mixtures of genres and tune, a little far from the punk rock- yet they created a masterpiece of album.
A solid gold of a video. 10/10.
Considering that music video as a dominating and essential presence in order to sell music and artists was still in its infancy (MTV was launched a couple of months after this shooting), this is a must-see in terms of creating a spectacle and making into a highly memorable fashion. They really evoked the future of video and showed to audiences how performances should be put on the screen. It has great energy, rhythm and movement though the song might not sound like The Clash all that much since on that particular album they made countless changes and mixtures of genres and tune, a little far from the punk rock- yet they created a masterpiece of album.
A solid gold of a video. 10/10.