Loading ...Of the oodles of vintage music videos on YouTube, why pick this one? Just watch it until the 1:42 mark:
Holy moly! Who convinced Weller that getting all shirtless and huggy with his bandmates was a good idea? We don’t mean this as a judgement call–we’re just impressed that someone as famous as Weller would have no qualms about making such a homoerotic pop video in the mid-’80s.
Style Council – Long Hot Summer [YouTube]
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I am too young to know the 80s, so correct me if I’m wrong, but wasn’t EVERYTHING from the 80’s vaguely homoerotic?
I love that, even as he lounges in the sun, shirt open and half-pulled up, he still has his sweater around his shoulders.
Great song though
this was much-discussed in the UK music press at the time and when Our Favorite Shop was released and there were some magazines of similar content pictured on the sleeve, the media had a field day with it. but weller was already dating DC Lee by then, which helped it all subside.
All Style Council videos are ridiculous, try sitting through JerUSAlem.
It’s a great tune and anything that annoys the homophobic press was a bonus.
ack! song ruined. I couldn’t even make it all the way to the end of the video. I feel dirty.