There’s something about the ocean that is dark and mysterious. So much so that men like Jacques Cousteau devoted their entire lives on discovering its secrets. If there’s one explorer (of romantic pop songs, not sea urchins) that knows the appeal of the deep blue sea, it’s Brandon Flowers. Case in point, in the newly offered video for “Only The Young”, the second single off Flamingo, Flowers takes us on a dive through the craziest ocean since the formation of the Atlantic.
At the surface, the slow start to the song is mirrored by the whimsical movements of ballet dancers that, like our friends at Some Kind of Awesome noted, do resemble jellyfish. From that peaceful, almost ethereal plane comes the onslaught of Cirque Du Soleil Le Reve dancing and acrobatics as Flowers is blasted by a tempest, nay, a typhoon of water that clearly represents some deep emotional occurrence. That’s right, that minor in English lit is finally paying off for once.
Enjoy the clip below. And if you’re truly lucky, you may just get a a taste of the waterworks during the remainder of Flowers’ tour schedule.
Brandon Flowers 2010 Tour Dates:
10/08 – Barcelona, ES @ Razzmatazz
10/09 – Madrid, ES @ La Riviera
10/12 – Glasgow, UK @ Academy
10/13 – Leeds, UK @ Academy
10/14 – Liverpool, UK @ O2 Academy
10/16 – Manchester, UK @ Academy
10/17 – London, UK @ HMV Forum
10/18 – Birmingham, UK @ Academy
10/19 – London, UK @ O2 Academy
11/10 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
11/11 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater
11/13 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
11/14 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo
11/15 – Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
11/17 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot
11/18 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
11/21 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
11/24 – Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre
11/26 – Boston, MA @ House of Blues
11/28 – Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory
11/29 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
12/02 – New York, NY @ Hammerstein Ballroom
12/04 – Toronto, ON @ Sound Academy