Shock To The System - Music

Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Shock to the System

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A Music Video Was Created For The Song And Was Set In A Dystopian Future Controlled By Cyber-Cops Referred To As Such By Director Brett Leonard. It Depicted An Individual Who Records The Cyber-Cops Beating A Man Only To Be Noticed And Attacked Himself. His Camera Is Destroyed And The Cyber-Cops Leave Him Unconscious On The Ground As They Are Busy Trying To Put Down A Riot Elsewhere In The City. Alone His Camera Equipment Lands On Him And Is Absorbed Into His Body Causing Him To Dramatically Morph Into A Cyborg. The Cyborg Then Joins The Riot Leading The Rebels To Victory. Idol Explained That He Was Trying To Capture The Political And Economic Conflict That Had Created The LA Riots And That The Camcorder – As Displayed In The Witnessing Of The Rodney King Beating – Was A "potent Way Of Conveying Ideas" And An Important Metaphor For Technology Used In Rebellion. The Make-Up Effects Were Achieved Through Stop Motion With Billy Idol Moving In Slow Stages During Points Of The Filming. Stan Winston Who Had Previously Worked On The Terminator Series And Jurassic Park Supervised And Created The Special Effects For The Video. The Music Video For "Shock To The System" Was Nominated For "Best Special Effects In A Video" And "Best Editing In A Video" At The 1993 MTV Video Music Awards Losing Both Times To Peter Gabriel's Video For "Steam".