Love and Rockets - Ball Of Confusion. HD

What this video is

Released in 1985 as Love and Rockets' debut single, this cover of the Temptations' 1970 psychedelic soul classic repositioned the track within the UK post-punk milieu. The band — Daniel Ash, David J, and Kevin Haskins, all former members of Bauhaus — used the recording to signal a move away from gothic rock toward a more pop- and dance-inflected sound. The choice of a Motown-era protest song carried latent…

Why it matters

Represents a pivotal early document of the post-Bauhaus post-punk-to-alternative crossover. Love and Rockets' debut single demonstrated that UK gothic rock acts could adapt Motown source material into danceable, MTV-viable product. The video's rapid-cut aesthetic influenced subsequent UK…

The director

Christopher Robin Collins is a music video director active from the mid-1980s onward, credited on IMDb as director of this video (1985) and Five Star's 'Let Me Be the One' (1985). Later work includes Twisted Tales (1996), Little Thief (2011), and Infinity:…