Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site mit-eddie.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxj!mhuxn!ihnp4!mit-eddie!nessus From: nessus@mit-eddie.UUCP (Doug Alan) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: Videos, in general Message-ID: <4557@mit-eddie.UUCP> Date: Thu, 27-Jun-85 05:38:44 EDT Article-I.D.: mit-eddi.4557 Posted: Thu Jun 27 05:38:44 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 29-Jun-85 04:22:48 EDT References: <1584@dciem.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: MIT, Cambridge, MA Lines: 44 Keywords: Lip-synching, Gabriel, KT Bush, L Anderson, Floyd ["Hey Marvin, I didn't know you could hum Pink Floyd!"] > From Jeff Richardson (dciem!jeff) > Anyway, the problem is that videos like "Smalltown Boy" are few and > far between. More than 95% of the videos around are, in my opinion, > useless. Most of them have nothing to do with the song, and the > overabundance of lip-synching really annoys me. (There's nothing > wrong with having the artists appear in the video, though even that > isn't necessary, but lip-synching should be kept to a minimum.) I largely agree with you, Jeff, on your opinions about videos, but I don't agree with you about lip-synching. There are lots of awful videos that use no lip-synching, and lots of great videos that do use lip-synching. Whether lip-synching is used or not should be determined by what the video is trying to convey. For example, if is is decided that the song should be presented as a message from the artist (or a character put on by the artist) to you the viewer, then lip-synching seems very appropriate. > (I've never seen any of Peter Gabriel's videos or any from "The > Dreaming".) Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, and Laurie Anderson all lip-synch in most of their videos, and their videos are all very good. The video for Peter Gabriel's "Shock the Monkey" is probably the best video ever made, and he lip-synchs in that. (Actually, the best video ever made, is probably the "The Wall" movie! Especially the animated parts! Wow!!! There's very little lip-synching in it, but you're not going to see any of it on Empty-V, which is oh so concerned about not showing anything with too much sex or violence that might offend someone. Right.) "There's no one driving" Doug Alan nessus@mit-eddie.UUCP (or ARPA) P.S. EMI-America now says the release of Kate Bush's new album has been rescheduled tentatively for September 12! So much for Keyboard magazine saying the long wait is over! This is like having a carrot dangled in front of one's nose. And does anyone know anything about a new album (besides "Birdy") from Peter Gabriel? He's just as overdue for an album as Kate Bush is!