Fun Boy Three - The More I See

What this video is

Released in December 1982 / January 1983, 'The More I See (The Less I Believe)' was the lead single from Fun Boy Three's second album 'Waiting,' produced by David Byrne of Talking Heads at Wessex Studios in North London. The band — formed from the breakaway of Terry Hall, Lynval Golding, and Neville Staple from The Specials in 1981 — used the single to signal a turn toward darker, more explicitly political…

Why it matters

A key document of the post-2 Tone transition in early-1980s UK pop — demonstrating how former Specials members redirected the socially conscious energy of ska-punk into a more austere, art-pop framework. The video's collaboration with Don Letts further embeds it in the punk-reggae cultural axis…

The director

Don Letts (born 10 January 1956, London) is a British film director, DJ, and musician. He rose to prominence as videographer for The Clash and is credited with bridging London's punk and reggae scenes as resident DJ at The Roxy in 1977. He directed over…