It is one of the most memorable songs by Camisa de Vênus and one that it took me some time to finally like it. It's lack of deeper poetry or interesting rhythm didn't appeal to me
in younger years if compared to the works of Legião Urbana, Capital Inicial, Titãs or Paralamas, to me Camisa worked best while making fun scolded songs, and their serious mode with
this one was a little strange. But I changed my views over it and I quite like it, and it also goes with a nostalgic memory during my early years watching MTV and there was one
program that made fun of this video and it was when Penélope Nova was a famous VJ there and her early on-screen appearance on this clip during her childhood was mocked by the other
VJ's.
Here, her dad (also the lead singer) appears walking around in some desert place and that's it. He doesn't sing, he doesn't act, he just walks around in some lost state of mind.
Sometimes, there are some small sequences with Penélope being sad. What gets the attention from viewers are archive images from political leaders like Thatcher, Reagan and Gorbachev, Cold War clips, terrorism attacks and soldier children around the world. "It's Just the End" the song says, a moment of affliction and despair where children were being trained to fight for adult world leaders and no hope at all in the world. The idea alone sells the song in a great manner - if only Legião's "Canção do Senhor da Guerra" track had a clip it'd be something quite similar but that was an obscure track used in one TV show back in 1985 that only got a wide release in 1992 and ressurrected with full effect in 2003 when the Iraq began (there's a non-official clip which reflects this exact feeling about that war).
It's not a corny video as the ones made by Fantástico but this is also pré-MTV era so it has some dated aspects which might lose some appeal to viewers. Nonetheless, it's a fine moment for the group in making of a song relevant for its time and even for today with the war and chaos of everyday. It didn't end there, it was only beginning. 8/10.
Here, her dad (also the lead singer) appears walking around in some desert place and that's it. He doesn't sing, he doesn't act, he just walks around in some lost state of mind.
Sometimes, there are some small sequences with Penélope being sad. What gets the attention from viewers are archive images from political leaders like Thatcher, Reagan and Gorbachev, Cold War clips, terrorism attacks and soldier children around the world. "It's Just the End" the song says, a moment of affliction and despair where children were being trained to fight for adult world leaders and no hope at all in the world. The idea alone sells the song in a great manner - if only Legião's "Canção do Senhor da Guerra" track had a clip it'd be something quite similar but that was an obscure track used in one TV show back in 1985 that only got a wide release in 1992 and ressurrected with full effect in 2003 when the Iraq began (there's a non-official clip which reflects this exact feeling about that war).
It's not a corny video as the ones made by Fantástico but this is also pré-MTV era so it has some dated aspects which might lose some appeal to viewers. Nonetheless, it's a fine moment for the group in making of a song relevant for its time and even for today with the war and chaos of everyday. It didn't end there, it was only beginning. 8/10.