Brian and a bevy of bovine backing singers are riding Xavier from the X Men’s flying mobility scooter across an ocean on one of Saturn’s moons. They are glammed up to the nines in figure hugging lamé, glitter, feathers, massive collars, winking control panels and so on. When the backing singers perform their parts they split into two groups, one on either side of Brian. All camply mime actions to the lines “now we’re on the telephone/making final arrangements – ding ding!” As they sing “looking for a certain ratio”, they shield their eyes sailor-style and look to the horizon.
When the ‘snake guitar’ kicks in, it provides an auxiliary energy surge to the mobi-scoot, represented by magenta lightwaves and a jelly-fading screen effect. As light-speed is reached, the surroundings whizz past Star Wars-style with a focal point directly ahead. The small craft is buffeted by gaseous eruptions. The rattling percussion is played by bizarre little figurine ornaments of the Modern Lovers and nosy neighbours, including a net-curtain harridan and a thick-set old man with a scowl who is equipped with a pair of secateurs as a drumstick.
The lines “certain streets have certain corners/sooner or later we’ll turn yours” prove prescient as the vid concludes with them swooping down a deserted road full of sedate bungalows, the rush of air from the mobi-scoot tearing up roses from their beds and pansies from their hanging baskets.
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