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Great 80's Videos ... Poison - Fallen Angel

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Poison - Fallen Angel - 1988

RANDOM THOUGHTS ... I love this song. I've been a fan of Poison for 25 years now. I used to watch MTV all the time when this song came out in 1988, and I mean all the time. Yet I had never seen this video until today. How the hell is that even possible? It seems impossible, right? ... I like the little 30-second intro video with the family at the dinner table. Kind of explains the meaning of the song, and tells us what we're about to see. I don't think Poison did a lot of those. Then again, "Talk Dirty to Me" is pretty straight forward. ... I almost didn't recognize Bret Michaels in this vid without his trademark bandana and trademark three girls on each arm. Instead, at times, he's got a red hat that barely fits over hair that's bigger than C.C.'s (not really). It's not a bad look. I wonder when he started going exclusively bandana in public? I'll have to do some research. ... I've said for years that C.C. DeVille is my favorite 80's guitarist, and I consider the lead lines in this song his best work. He plays some flashy stuff, sure, but everything he plays is tasteful and he doesn't go over the top. The outro guitar line (starts at the 3:40 mark and continues til the end) is my favorite part of the song. ... C.C. is seen playing an amazing selection of axes in this video. My personal fave is the multi-colored "snakeskin" paint job (check out the close-up at 2:49), but they're all pretty badass. ... And if you thought I'd make it through this entire post without mentioning the wickedly awesome, super-slow-mo, synchronized Pete Townshend-esque windmills by Bret and Bobby Dall, well... you were wrong. 
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