It turned out to be the elephant's mating call, which led the elephant carrying Roger Taylor to charge downhill and attempt to mount the female. One of the crew had recorded it, and found it funny enough to play back. ĭuring the filming of the scene where the band members were riding elephants, a female elephant made a strange sound. Along the way they were struck by the poverty they witnessed.
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The driver who met them in a flatbed lorry informed them it would be several hours' driving time to Kandy in the centre of the country, where the band were lodged. Taylor reassured him they would be in their hotel soon and could relax. When they arrived in Colombo, it was very hot, and Rhodes was uncomfortable in his clothing. They had almost no time after that was done to change clothes before catching their flight, and Rhodes wore the same leather jacket and trousers he had been wearing against the London chill. Simon Le Bon and Roger and John Taylor went ahead to the location while Andy Taylor and Nick Rhodes were in London finishing mixes for the Rio album and B sides. The shoot was a difficult but memorable experience for the band. Scenes were filmed atop the ancient rock fortress of Sigiriya, among the ruins of a Buddhist temple at Polonnaruwa and the island's southern coastline, with Simon Le Bon appearing in Speedos. The video was filmed by director Russell Mulcahy among the jungles, beaches, and temples of Sri Lanka in April 1982. He wrote: "The music maintains the stormily romantic quality of the lyric by combining meditative verses with an aching chorus that swells and ebbs in a way that perfectly captures the song's heartbreak." Music video Guarisco described the song in a retrospective review, as being "a lilting epic". It opens with an arpeggiated delay-treated synthesizer riff which plays in the background throughout the song.ĪllMusic journalist Donald A. The verses of the song are in D minor, while the chorus is in B minor. According to Le Bon, the chorus of the song was based on Gordon Lightfoot's folk song "If You Could Read My Mind". Le Bon has described the lyrics as "realistic, and not romantic". The lyrics are about a chance meeting between two people that turns into a one-night stand. Simon Le Bon wrote the lyrics to the song while the band was on tour.
While it didn't initially get a release in the US, it later reached number 16 in early 1985.The song began with Andy Taylor and Nick Rhodes picking out chords together, and was then built around the sequencer track. It reached number two in the UK, and was kept off the top by Survivor's 'Eye of the Tiger'. He accidentally swallowed some of the water, and had to be hospitalized during their Australian tour due to a tropical virus. While sitting on a branch over a lagoon and miming his guitar, a rather sozzled Andy Taylor fell into the water.
"It was funny as hell, but quite hairy for a moment," said Rhodes later. This turned out to be the elephant's mating call, leading the elephant carrying Roger Taylor to charge downhill in order to mount the female. The latter pair had zero time after completing the record to change clothes before catching their flight, and Rhodes had to wear the same leather jacket and trousers he had been wearing in the cold of London.ĭuring the filming of the scene where the band were riding elephants, a female elephant made a bizarre sound. Simon Le Bon and Roger and John Taylor travelled to the location, while Andy Taylor and Nick Rhodes stayed in London finishing mixes for the Rio album. The video shoot was a difficult experience for the band.
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