International Day Of Femslash, Multifandom vid: I'm your Man

[charmax]

Video Title: I'm your Man
Song Title/Artist: I'm your Man - Patricia O Callaghan

Source: Victor/Victoria, Tipping the Velvet, Twelfth Night, Sylvia Scarlett, Just One Of the Guys, Morocco, Star Trek Voyager, Xena, She's The Man, Queen Christina, Portrait Of A Marriage, Bound, Thelma & Louise, Buffy, Bionic Woman, Lost, Battlestar Galactica, Calamity Jane, Deadwood, Cagney & Lacey, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, DEBS, Women's Murder Club, Fried Green Tomatoes, Bend It Like Beckham, Charlie's Angels old skool, Gia, If These Walls could Talk 2, Birds Of Prey, Rebecca, Lost & Delirious, Children's Hour, Hex, Nina's Heavenly Delights, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Dark Angel, Saving Face, Bad Girls, Alias, At Home With The Braithwaites, Rent, Fingersmith, Imagine Me And You, Color Purple, Alien Resurrection, Girl Interrupted, Queer As Folk US, The L Word, Sugar Rush, Ellen.

Summary: A celebration of media clichés.
Length/Format: 3.13, (Xvid, Stream)
Notes: Made for the International Day Of Femslash. As it's a celebration of clichés I've allowed myself some truly spectacular literalism, I remain unrepentant.

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ETA: Vimeo are having server problems so I've embedded Imeem instead.


I'm your Man

If you want a lover
I'll do anything you ask me to
And if you want another kind of love
I'll wear a mask for you
If you want a partner
Take my hand
Or if you want to strike me down in anger
Here I stand
I'm your man
If you want a boxer
I will step into the ring for you
And if you want a doctor
I'll examine every inch of you
If you want a driver
Climb inside
Or if you want to take me for a ride
You know you can
I'm your man

Ah, the moon's too bright
The chain's too tight
The beast won't go to sleep
I've been running through these promises to you
That I made and I could not keep
Ah but a man never got a woman back
Not by begging on his knees
Or I'd crawl to you baby
And I'd fall at your feet
And I'd howl at your beauty
Like a dog in heat
And I'd claw at your heart
And I'd tear at your sheet
I'd say please, please
I'm your man

And if you've got to sleep
A moment on the road
I will steer for you
And if you want to work the street alone
I'll disappear for you
If you want a father for your child
Or only want to walk with me a while
Across the sand
I'm your man

Feedback loved.

Comments

[eula-tequila.livejournal.com]

That was really wonderful! And what a great song, what.

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Thank you. It's funny how a cover version can make you see a song in a whole new light.

[kseenaa.livejournal.com]

Oh.

My.

Gawd.

*dies*

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Never killed anyone with a vid before. *g*

[justabi.livejournal.com]

Holy freaking hotness, Batman! *faints*

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[nargynargy.livejournal.com]

such a lovely video! Gorgeous music and some seriously good editing. Thanks!

[charmax.livejournal.com]

I'm pleased that you enjoyed it. I'm so glad I stumbled across this version of the song.

[waverly.livejournal.com]

Wow, I love it! Thank you for this.

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Thank you for commenting.

[dendritejungle.livejournal.com]

I LOVE YOU. SO MUCH. RIGHT NOW.

Dude, that was fabulous! Such wonderful selection of clips for each line (and such a perfect song!). And BLESS YOU for listing ALL the source shows/movies: now I want to go check them out myself!

(Also, loved the knife shots! *squeals happily into fists*

[charmax.livejournal.com]

*grins madly*

I was so spoilt for clip choices and it was great being able to grab the very best scenes from a movie/show.

The list of sources is a bit daunting when you see it written down like that. There's bound to be something in there you haven't seen but will enjoy.

[black-samvara.livejournal.com]

So gorgeous!

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Glad you think so. Thanks!

[copracat]

This is so wonderful. It feels like my history of loving women on screen. And joy.

[charmax.livejournal.com]

It's a history that needed to be vidded. We're generally under represented and unappreciated which needs to be changed! Many thanks for the lovely comment and the fantabulous rec!

[innerbrat]

Trackback.

Yeah, I love the video.

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the comment and the rec.

[bell]

This? Is love. Thank you so much for making this vid, it rocks. ♥

[charmax.livejournal.com]

wow! I'm pleased you liked it so much.

This ? FTW!

[ragazzaazzurra.livejournal.com]

Wow.

This is one of the best fandom videos I have seen online, any genre, any subcategory. Your editing is outstanding - a perfect blend of old and new, with scenes that match the words perfectly. :) I love the fact you have incorporated two of my favorite pairings (Janeway/Seven and Xena/Gabrielle), plus added a good dose of Kathryn Hepburn. And Cagney and Lacey. And... well, pretty much all of it... :) All in all, you rock! :)

PS: I have also realized that I am definitely too femslash subtext/maintext obsessed, since I am familiar with 95% of the material you used. There were only two scenes that stumped me. :)

Re: This ? FTW!

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Wow, that really is high praise. I loved mixing together new and older sources. Xena/Gabrielle and Janeway/Seven are two of my favourite pairings too. It's no coincidence that they make several appearances in the vid. *g*

Being able to recognise so much of the source is definitely a sign of an obsession. Which two didn't you get?

[qe2.livejournal.com]

Here via laurashapiro's rec in the comments on an entry in astolat's LJ, and very much looking forward to this. Mille grazie.

[charmax.livejournal.com]

I hope you enjoy it.

[tabaqui]

Oh, now, *that* is just too, too fun.
:)

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Thanks. It's always good to bring fun to fandom. :)

[no-detective.livejournal.com]

This is INCREDIBLY GOOD. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

*saves*

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for the lovely feedback.

[meteordust.livejournal.com]

This was gorgeous. So much joy!

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much. :)

[astolat]

eee! that is totally full of fun and win. ♥ heaps and heaps.

[charmax.livejournal.com]

YAY! I am seriously happy that you loved the vid. \o/

[fialka.livejournal.com]

Absolutely brilliant. I'm sitting here grinning like a grinning thing. I think I may have to put this on the pod and watch it every morning on the way to work -- that'll get me through the (otherwise very frustrating) days. So many wonderful trips down memory lane -- I especially loved the clips from Portrait of a Marriage -- I taped that when it first aired in the UK and wore the poor video out :)

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I love the idea of my vid helping to kick-start your day. I remembered Portrait of a Marriage from back in the day. I was quite surprised to find it available on DVD it was great fun watching it again.

[wistful-fever.livejournal.com]

This is fricken heart-thumping awesome. I was riveted.

[charmax.livejournal.com]

That sums it up very nicely, cheers!

[theoret.livejournal.com]

That was awesome! *g* Thanks for sharing!

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[cirroco-desade.livejournal.com]

Faboo! I don't know where some of the clips come from, but I loved the way you stitched this all together. It is great. :) Seamless integration of one theme to the next. Thanks for this.

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much. I'm particularly pleased that you enjoyed the flow between themes.

[grand-sophy.livejournal.com]

Absolutely charming, and an eye-opener for me. I'm going to have to research some of those images. Thanks so much for sharing yor work.

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it. I hope you find something of interest when you've tracked down the footage.

[not-sally.livejournal.com]

great vid.

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[rivrea.livejournal.com]

Brilliant!

Although I am probably familiar with less than a third of the source material, I love this vid a whole lot. It's such a wonderful celebration of relationships between women, friendship and romantic love and sexual passion, that it left me with a huge smile on my face.

Thank you for making this.

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Thank you for such lovely feedback. I love that this vid is having such an uplifting effect.

[missyjack.livejournal.com]

Absolutely brilliant! Made me yearn for more woman lovin' on TV - cliched or otherwise!

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much! There is always room for more women on TV (or at least you'd think so.) *shakes fist at TPTB*

[femmenerd.livejournal.com]

This is fabulous!

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Thank you!