VVC 08 Club Vivid Vid: I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor

[charmax]

Video Title:I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
Song Title/Artist: I Bet You Look Good On the Dancefloor - Arctic Monkeys
Show: Life On Mars/Ashes To Ashes
Summary: The Gene Genie gets his groove on.
Length/Format: 2.53, (Xvid, Stream)
Notes: Premiered at Club Vivid, Vividcon 08.
What struck me most about the differences between LoM and A2A wasn't so much the difference between 70s and 80s but more the socio-economic and regional differences. My 1980s childhood looked much more like LoM than A2A. I went out of my way to make comparisons between Alex's Middle class 80s London and Sam's working class Manchester. In case anyone was wondering the title sequence was heavily influenced by "The Sweeney."

Links: Download Xvid (720x400 - 50MB) | Download Xvid (416x240 - 22MB) | Stream@Imeem | Stream@Youtube

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I Bet You Look good On The Dancefloor

Stop making the eyes at me, I'll stop making the eyes at you
And what it is that surprises me is that I don't really want you to
And your shoulders are frozen (cold as the night)
Oh, but you're an explosion (you're dynamite)
Your name isn't Rio, but I don't care for sand
And lighting the fuse might result in a bang, b-b-bang, go!

I bet that you look good on the dancefloor
I don't know if you're looking for romance or
I don't know what you're looking for
I said*, I bet that you look good on the dancefloor
Dancing to electro-pop like a robot from 1984
From 1984!

I wish you'd stop ignoring me, because it's sending me to despair
Without a sound, yeah, you're calling me, and I don't think it's very fair
That your shoulders are frozen (cold as the night)
Oh, but you're an explosion (you're dynamite)
Your name isn't Rio, but I don't care for sand
Lighting the fuse might result in a bang, b-b-bang, go!

I bet that you look good on the dancefloor
I don't know if you're looking for romance or
I don't know what you're looking for
I said*, I bet that you look good on the dancefloor
Dancing to electro-pop like a robot from 1984
From 1984!

Oh, there ain't no love, no Montagues or Capulets
Are just banging tunes and DJ sets and...
Dirty dancefloors, and dreams of naughtiness!

Well, I bet that you look good on the dancefloor
I don't know if you're looking for romance or
I don't know what you're looking for
I said, I bet that you look good on the dancefloor
Dancing to electro-pop like a robot from 1984
From 1984!


Feedback loved.

Comments

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :D

[charmax.livejournal.com]

It is the perfect song for the show. I'm glad I was able to have a bash at it. I really appreciate the feedback, thank you!

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Cheers!

[charmax.livejournal.com]

*grins* Thank you.

[charmax.livejournal.com]

I wasn't sure anyone would even remember The Sweeney it's good to know I didn't waste my time. :D

Thanks kindly.

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Exciting? Awesome! Thanks for commenting. *g*

[jean-geanie.livejournal.com]

haha awesome icon btw;)

[charmax.livejournal.com]

It is kinda shiny, isn't it? That scene always makes me LOL.

[mranderson71.livejournal.com]

You rocked my socks, girlfriend!

[prettyquotable.livejournal.com]

Holy crap, that was INCREDIBLE. Bookmarking and will definitely be reccing to the flist at some point.

[hollywoodgrrl.livejournal.com]

Finally I had a chance to watch this! Now please allow me a moment to throw myself at your feet and thank you THANK YOU for vidding LoM/A2A!!!!!!!!! Srsly, leprechauns are doing cartwheels because I'm so happy watching this. I love the rhythm, I love the car transition from 1:08-1:10, the ending, and 1:42 is pure lawlz. Gah I srsly love you right now.

[charmax.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you felt that Sam and Alex were part of the same scene at the beginning because I felt it looked that way but wasn't sure. I had to have some Annie she gets overlooked so often.

Thank you.

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Contrasts and comparisons are always fun to work with. Thanks for commenting.

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Cheers, Mr A!

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much, recs are always appreciated.

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Wow, Thank you. Cartwheeling leprechauns, really?!

I love these shows so much and A2A got such a bashing I had to put them together to show their equal but very different charms.

I do love the car transition but that's definitely the last one I'm doing for a while. I've become far too reliant on car chase sequences and need to find a new way to use a musical bridge.

[talitha78.livejournal.com]

This was one of my absolute favorites from Club Vivid. As I was dancing and watching, I had this litany of "damn, how does she do that? how does she create such perfection?" running through my head. HAHA. I'm a dweeb. Still, it knocked my socks off, especially the way you shifted the object of the lyrics: it was always someone different "looking good on the dancefloor."

Brilliant work!!

[sajee.livejournal.com]

(I know I'm running late to the party.)

I love it. It is so awesome!
I watched it streaming the other day and then spent the rest of the day raving about it to people so I'm downloading it so I can actually show people.

[meelie.livejournal.com]

Wow, awesome vid!

[charmax.livejournal.com]

It's great to hear a comment from someone who was actually at Club Vivid and it's brilliant to know that people actually danced to it. It almost makes me feel like I was there by proxy.

Thank you so much for saying such lovely things about the vid.

[charmax.livejournal.com]

It's good to hear that you're so impressed with the vid. I hope the people you show it to enjoy it.

Thanks for commenting.

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[naye]

I haven't even seen A2A, but I love this vid! It is truly fantastic. The pacing is quite addictive - there's no way I could start watching this, and not watch it all the way through, and then preferably do it all over again.

[charmax.livejournal.com]

It's great that it held your interest even though you haven't seen Ashes to Ashes, I guess I must've got it right! *g*

[renquise.livejournal.com]

Ooh, this was awesome! I absolutely love the pacing of the vid, and the overlapping part at the end was so, so well done. (And I LOVE that title sequence.)

Here via someone's VVC rec list! Hope you don't mind.