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Old 11-09-2005, 12:37 PM
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Just a quick question.. from what i know "Runaway" is about the hookers on some road.. But on the music video theres all this crap about radiation exposures.. Was this just pure 80s-Style-Randomness, Or was it kinda of like a metaphorical thing about the story?

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Old 11-09-2005, 12:47 PM
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I love the Runaway video

I don't think it particularly relates to the song though
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I like it too.. I was just getting it stuck in my head what the radiation was about.

You give love a bad name is still my fav music video.. along with Lay your Hands on Me and If iwas your mother
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I like it too.. I was just getting it stuck in my head what the radiation was about.

You give love a bad name is still my fav music video.. along with Lay your Hands on Me and If iwas your mother
As with pretty much all of their videos with just a few exceptions..the Runaway video has nothing to do with the song. It's just crap that the director pulled out of his ass.

Runaway is about the young prostitutes hanging around Port Authority in Manhattan.
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As with pretty much all of their videos with just a few exceptions..the Runaway video has nothing to do with the song. It's just crap that the director pulled out of his ass.

Runaway is about the young prostitutes hanging around Port Authority in Manhattan.

I like those tight purple leather pants that Jon's wearing)
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Runaway is about the young prostitutes hanging around Port Authority in Manhattan.
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It's just crap that the director pulled out of his ass.
I don't think so. Remember, the 80s was very weird. I don't think it made sense, but i think that was in some way the "trend".
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I saw an interview years ago about this. It was the directors idea, his daughter is in it and when they saw it for the 1st time, Jon said there was stunned silence in the room and he thought - Our career is over already. It had nothing to do with the song.
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I saw an interview years ago about this. It was the directors idea, his daughter is in it and when they saw it for the 1st time, Jon said there was stunned silence in the room and he thought - Our career is over already. It had nothing to do with the song.
I read that somewhere aswell. That video seriously sucks!
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I don't think so. Remember, the 80s was very weird. I don't think it made sense, but i think that was in some way the "trend".

I lived the 80s. Which is why I'm telling you it was something the director pulled out of his ass..and yes....I remember that interview too..from the 80s no less.

Just watch the video again...besides the overall theme....the band doesn't even look like themselves.
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That's what a real rock video looks like!
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