Just
Directed by Jamie Thraves
Filmed in a flat near the Liverpool St Station in London, England. |
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Now this one has got to be
the greatest music video ever made. If there's one question asked more than anything
else, it's "what the hell does that guy say at the end of the video for 'Just'?" The
answer: nobody but the band knows, and they're not budging.
The video focusses on the subtitles of this bloke who decides he'd like to lie flat
in the middle of the pavement for no apparent reason. Towards the end, the subtitles
are cut as the bloke lets his secret loose... but just what does he say?
Nobody knows what the mans says at the end, and there is no use asking as the band
have said that they are never going to reveal the answer. Jamie Thraves, the director,
has said, "To tell you would deaden the impact, and would probably make you want to
lie down in the road too."
The band play in a flat located in London near Liverpool Street Station (the location
for the whole video).
Review by Karen Hands:
This video has two story lines that eventually meet. One is of a man who decides to
lie down in the middle of the pavement, the other is of the band who are playing in
a room. With the first story, a man trips over the man lying down on the pavement
and starts talking to him. The subtitles are up on the screen. It keeps flicking backwards
and forwards between this conversation and the band. There are many great 'Thom moments',
but some where you can imagine him thinking now: "What the hell was I doing?" Now
there is a crowd gathering around the man and they all want to know why he's lying
in the middle of the pavement. Eventually he decides to tell them, but at that point
the subtitles are turned off and you have try and lip read. I haven't worked it out
yet. But whatever it is he says, makes everybody in the crowd lie down too. At this
point the band come and look out of the window to see what's going on. |
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