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From: nessus@mit-eddie.UUCP (Doug Alan)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: Videos, in general
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Date: Thu, 27-Jun-85 05:38:44 EDT
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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!