Anyway, I think this song is incredibly haunting and the video just adds another layer to the music and lyrics. The guitar is incredible. For some reason the song reminds me of the television show, Twin Peaks. After some research, I discovered Wicked Game was used for another David Lynch production, a movie, Wild at Heart.
I love how the billowing clouds mimic massive waves crashing on a beach. The video was filmed in black and white on a black sand beach in Hawaii. While I wouldn't mind being Helena Christensen on that beach with Chris Isaak, I wouldn't want to have those black grains of sand all over my face and the rest of my body. I guess that, among other reasons, is why I was never a model or music video star. Ha!
There is definitely an overt sexuality (was Christensen a Victoria's Secret model? Yes, she was.) to the video, but that was par for the course when this video was made. Christensen certainly played her role well; her distracted disinterest in Isaak's advances perfectly reflect the unrequited love the song describes. Apparently there is an "original" video that incorporates scenes from Wild at Heart that is very different than this version, which some feel has the vibe of a Calvin Klein commercial. I don't know . . . I think this one is pretty good.
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