Pet Shop Boys, “Domino Dancing.” Directed by Eric Watson. Parlophone, 1988.

A typical, somewhat fatuous love triangle made somehow hypnotic, probably because of the loose walking-through given by what are presumably professional dancers and a generous serving of Old San Juan scenery. YouTube’s timing is a little off (as you can see in the close-ups of Neil Tennant), but synchronization of the gaits with the beat and generally exaggeratedly expressive gestures are telling. The structure is peculiar for a music video, with an array of dimly-defined characters and a staunchly linear plot, but the editing and comfortable use of metaphorical passages flatters this otherwise plaintively cheesy dancefloor burner. In a kind of bridging the dance-music diaspora, the Pet Shop Boys engaged Miami-based Lewis Martinée (who was behind the classic freestyle group Exposé) to collaborate on the track.