Videos, Guadalcanal Diary

[Michael Fischer <MFISCHER%SBCCVM.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu>]

   I'm afraid I'm going to have to disagree with most people about the
Kate videos. I really think the "artsy" ones like _Wuthering_Heights_
and _The_Man_With_etc... are better videos than the "story" ones like
_Hounds_Of_Love_ and _Cloudbusting_. I find that these story ones are
too visually distracting. When watching them, my brain automatically
concentrates more on the complex video, while the song is more of a
background accompanyment. The "artsy" ones seem to enhance the song.
They *are* the song, not an *explanation* of the song, as the story
ones seem to be. It depends on what your idea is of what a video should
be. I think the WH and TMWTCIHE videos add to the music. The others
seem to give the song a lower importance than the visual representation.
I don't know if I'm making any sense, but this is the best way I can
explain it.
   Oh, I really love the video for _The_Big_Sky_ though. I'm not really
sure why... and _Army_Dreamers_. And _Sat_In_Your_Lap_. They seem to be
neither "story" videos OR "artsy" ones. Kate looks like she was having
fun making _Sat_In_Your_Lap_. I really think she enjoyed making that one!

   Anyway, any Guadalcanal Diary fans out there?


  -Mike

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