Theme: The Avengers

The Avengers was wry, intelligent, slick, stylish and exceedingly British. The show also inspired two very charming videos.

Don't Get Me Wrong
This Pretenders tune may have gone well with any imagery, but it works unusually well here -- the underlying sexual tension from the Avengers suits the lyrics quite well.




The Mayor of Simpleton
XTC riff on the Avengers in the style of a title sequence. This too is very appropriate as the lyrics confess stupidity with great cleverness: "...I don't know how many pounds make up a ton of all the Nobel prizes that I've never won..." For all it's affectations, it is clear Andy, Colin, Dave and a beautiful model are playing with props and horsing around.