Re: Don't Give Up Videos

["Ronald W. Garrison" <rwgarr@intrex.net>]

ANGLTRED@aol.com wrote:

> << >From what I've read, there are also two videos to "Don't Give Up"
> (the
> << > duet with Peter Gabriel). I've only seen the "hug" version",
> though. >>
>
> The "hug" version is, in my opinion, one of the best video's ever made
> and
> the most phenomenal of all the videos in which Kate appears.  The use
> of the
> few simple, yet quite bold, colors is transcendentally beautiful.
> This video
> is the epitome of simplicity in art and yet it somehow moves the
> viewer in a
> deep and powerful way.

...What I always found particularly interesting (BTW I haven't seen any
of Peter Gabriel's videos since about 1987) is the contrast between
"Don't Give Up" and "Sledgehammer". The songs themselves have moods
almost 180 degrees apart--and I'm sure that was intentional; likewise,
the videos are almost 180 apart in style. The "hug" video was beautiful
in its minimalist simplicity (note, however, one thematic
difference--the video finishes on a note of hope, as the eclipse passes,
while this is not necessarily true of the song); "Sledgehammer" was a
big hit precisely because it was anything *but* minimalist.

--Ron

http://www.intrex.net/rwgarr/