Oh gods, the 80s.... with that sportcoat and the way he keeps flapping his arms, you'd think he was trying to fly......and he's lucky he didn't dislocate something with all the thrusting.
Absolute murder of a band, though
Tony also uses a lot of compression on that tune too-- it's what holds the octaved sound tight and doesn't let it get boomy. I've read in a couple of places (which may or may not be right) that he has one compressor before the octave and a second one after.
I used to hate this song because they played it so much on the radio, but once I could hear the bass better I very much liked it. Most big pop songs of the time had a pretty conservative bass sound, but this was pretty creative.
