Raul Seixas Cowboy Fora da Lei

I didn't know they had a clip for this one neither that legendary Raul Seixas actually a music video, so this came as a shocker and what a helluva shocker this one was. The man had gone the year before MTV Brazil was launched, and even though the special "Fantástico" was the main source for the development and presentation of music videos it usually followed a certain format: group/artists performance, which can be very boring or awfully dated depending on the quality material (but the music was always great). This one is incredibly special since it actually has a concept, a sort of storyline where Seixas appears next to veteran character actor Wilson Grey, and the video reflects that western quality of its story.

As the song tells the humored story a man who doesn't want to be a town's sheriff due to fear of violence, typical of a western situation, the story featured in the video presents a western scenario inside of a salloon where the men keep fighting each other, drinking and all as Seixas performs the song. Mr. Grey appears as a tough guy character who even engages in some fighting with Raul at a given moment. It's a hilarious chaotic scenario typical of those John Wayne movies but played out in an over-the-top version, but not in a corny poor way. Everything works and even the song, which wasn't a favorite of mine and I got to know in my childhood thanks to TV host Marcelo Costa in the mid 1990's, the more I keep hearing it in Raul's voice the more I like it, it's a very Bob Dylanesque song the way everything is phrased and sung.

Considering that at that time music videos didn't had that cinematic quality or stories being presented, this is a must-see for those curious in 1980's Brazilian music videos.

Truly remarkable. 9/10.