- The black and white music video for "Don't Look Down" features Lindsey Buckingham and his band performing on a sound stage, interspersed with concert footage.
- Don't Look Down is the fourth single and music video from Lindsey Buckingham's 1992 solo studio album Out of the Cradle.
The music video is shot in black and white and features Lindsey and his solo band, performing on a bare sound stage, juxtaposed with behind the scenes footage and concert performances.
The video begins with Lindsey playing a 30-second instrumental acoustic introduction to Don't Look Down. The scene is a montage of Lindsey performing the song while standing alone on the sound stage, with close-ups of him playing the guitar, and scenes of him and his band on their tour bus.
As the full band version of the song begins to play, the visual is of the band performing on the sound stage, rocking in time to the music. The row of five guitarists and a bassist (known as Lindsey's guitar army) are standing in front of a raised platform occupied by a drummer, two percussionists and keyboards. This band configuration is referred to as orchestral style, with the phalanx of guitarists providing a rich, layered sound. Many of the musicians also sing back up to Lindsey's vocals.
Interspersed with the performance portion of the video are shots of Lindsey alone atop a long extension ladder "looking down" then switching to a shot with the rest of the band joining him on and around the ladder.
There is also footage of the band backstage and on the tour bus, shot from a hand-held camera, often by Lindsey. The overall mood is relaxed and happy with the band smiling and laughing together.
The Out of the Cradle album was the first Lindsey Buckingham release since he left Fleetwood Mac in 1987 and the supporting tour is the first solo tour ever done by Lindsey. The video showcases Lindsey's feeling of freedom in being able to play his music how he wants to play it, in the company of musicians who share his sensibilities. The overall feeling of the performance is one of joy, the obvious camaraderie and shared love of music among the band giving an infectious quality to the performance.
At the end of the song, the last version of the chorus changes to "Get out of town" and the video shows Lindsey getting back on the tour bus to move on to the next venue.
The band includes guitarists Neale Heywood (long-time collaborator on Lindsey's solo music and with Fleetwood Mac), Janet Robin, Liza Carbe, Steve Ross and bassist Kevin Wyatt. The drummer is John Wackerman, the percussionists Scott Breadman and Michael Tempo and the keyboardist is Dan Garfield.
This music video was released in 1993 by Reprise Records and was the final video release from the Out of the Cradle album.
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