I really, really dislike the standard video for music from movie soundtracks. The crass, commercial element of "splice in random scenes from the film" undercuts the song, and then dates the video badly once the movie is no longer in the theater. It's especially annoying when the song in question comes from a concert scene, in which the entire performance is available, yet the video producers still insist on carving it up to insert meaningless imagery in hopes of convincing people to go see the film. Here's a hint: A great concert performance will do a lot more to draw viewers that a melange of random scenes lacking context.
That said, The Commitments is a movie that kicks all sorts of musical ass, and the video for "Mustang Sally" is smokin' cool despite the above mentioned annoyances. Enjoy.
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