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===Music video=== | ===Music video=== | ||
The music video was directed by Howard Greenhalgh and relies heavily on computer-generated imagery, like all of his videos for the Very singles. It begins with a red Statue of Liberty, and then depicts a grey city where the communist domination is evident on the basis of Soviet imagery (such as red stars and red flags, Yuri Gagarin Monument and Monument to the Conquerors of Space). Troops of identical Soviet men march up a staircase stretching into the clouds, seemingly toward a Western society, with the Statue of Liberty, now appearing as a black diva looming in the distance (played by backing-vocalist Sylvia Mason-James). Tennant and Lowe appear throughout; Tennant carries a blue-and-yellow striped arrow staff, and Lowe travels on a flying surfboard. Occasional live action shots of Soviet iconography appear; in one Tennant and Lowe appear in their costumes, walking across Red Square. | The music video was directed by Howard Greenhalgh and relies heavily on computer-generated imagery, like all of his videos for the Very singles. It begins with a red Statue of Liberty, and then depicts a grey city where the communist domination is evident on the basis of Soviet imagery (such as red stars and red flags, Yuri Gagarin Monument and Monument to the Conquerors of Space). Troops of identical Soviet men march up a staircase stretching into the clouds, seemingly toward a Western society, with the Statue of Liberty, now appearing as a black diva looming in the distance (played by backing-vocalist Sylvia Mason-James). Tennant and Lowe appear throughout; Tennant carries a blue-and-yellow striped arrow staff, and Lowe travels on a flying surfboard. Occasional live action shots of Soviet iconography appear; in one Tennant and Lowe appear in their costumes, walking across Red Square. | ||
==Use by Westarctica== | |||
In early 2013, [[Grand Duke Travis]] was getting a pedicure at a Sunset Boulevard nail salon with [[Marquise of Walgreen|Grand Duchess Cathryn]] when he noticed the music video for the Pet Shop Boys version of "Go West" on the television. He found himself mesmerized by the video, which, in his words, "Looks like a Stalinist propaganda film produced by a Korean boy band." | |||
Two years later, he found a choral version of the song performed by The Brythoniaid Male Voice Choir, a Welsh men's choir, made to celebrate the Pet Shop Boys appearance at Festival No. 6, an annual art and music festival in Wales. This version sounded stately enough to serve as a national anthem, and considering the relevance of the lyrics to [[Westarctica]]'s goals, ambitions, and overall culture, the Grand Duke promptly declared it the nation's second national anthem. The title, "Go West," also became Westarctica's [[Go West (slogan)|official slogan]]. | |||
==External Links== | |||
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLr4WM9Io18/ Link to The Brythoniaid Male Voice Choir version] | |||
[[Category:Music of Westarctica]] | [[Category:Music of Westarctica]] | ||
[[Category:Symbols of Westarctica]] | [[Category:Symbols of Westarctica]] | ||
[[Category:Anthems of Westarctica]] | [[Category:Anthems of Westarctica]] | ||