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

I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor from Charmax on Vimeo.

Password: iheartvidz


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

[crickets.livejournal.com]

Eeek! I'm going to have to wait to watch this because I just started this show. *restrains self* Must! Not! Be! Spoiled! But I wanted you to know that I am soooooo excited to watch this, whenever I do finish the series lol.

[rhoboat.livejournal.com]

Eeeeeee!!! This is the first VVC vid to show up on my flist today. This was so much fun. Makes me want to watch LoM and A2A all over again.

[fahrbotdrusilla]

That was great fun! If I wasn't already contemplating a re-watch of both shows this would have had me doing just that.

[wildberry.livejournal.com]

Loved it! The second half was particularly stunning :D I'm not sure why but I feel Lom and a2a are surprisingly difficult to cross-over - you make it look so easy!

[acidpenguin46.livejournal.com]

I really, really liked that. It was just so much fun to watch. Thank you :)

Lighting the fuse might result in a bang, b-b-bang, go!

[kiki-miserychic.livejournal.com]

The energy is so high and it never really lets up. I like the way you matched the visuals between Sam and Alex. Well edited. The mishmash at the end is well edited and is very cool. Cool ending as well. The whole thing is amazingly fun to watch and it totally makes me want to dance.

[saintvic.livejournal.com]

Great fun to watch and a brilliant choice of song. Thanks for this.

[sajee.livejournal.com]

WINWINWIN

[makeanewworld.livejournal.com]

This is wonderful: nicely fast paced to fit the song, with great, sharp editing. I always wanted to see a LoM vid to this song, after someone suggested it in the comm ages ago... the LoM/A2A parallels really work well.

[premierludwig.livejournal.com]

that absoloutely *rocks*!

[jean-geanie.livejournal.com]

brilliant, just brilliant!
(memed!)

[charmax.livejournal.com]

I'm sure you'll love the show, hopefully you will remember to come back and watch the vid. *g*

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Spoil yourself go watch the shows again. ;) I can't wait for the next season of A2A!

Isn't this a fabulous time of year, VVC is like Christmas for vidders.

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Fun was my aim so YAY! The shows should definitely get a re-watch. *approves mightily*

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Thank you. The shows look and feel so different that crossing them over took some thinking about but I think I managed it in the end!

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Thanks, it was great fun to make too. Thanks for commenting.

[vchrusch.livejournal.com]

Great vid! I remember watching "The Sweeney" when I was kid so the intro was a wonderful touch.

[communicator.livejournal.com]

Thanks charmax for posting this, it's a very exciting video

Re: Lighting the fuse might result in a bang, b-b-bang, go!

[charmax.livejournal.com]

I'm glad it made you want to dance because there was some concern as to how danceable it was, with the song being so frantic. Perhaps it made people want to dance and then they did to the next track.

I got a lot of satisfaction out of editing this one particularly getting the overlay sequence to work because that was a bit of a departure for me.

Thanks, Kiki.

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Thank you for watching. :D

Re: Lighting the fuse might result in a bang, b-b-bang, go!

[kiki-miserychic.livejournal.com]

I dance to any and everything and this song was in my regular rotation. I dance like a three-legged donkey slipping on a banana though.

Very cool vid. :)

Re: Lighting the fuse might result in a bang, b-b-bang, go!

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Hahaha I think the three-legged donkey dance is the best approach to take to this song.

Re: Lighting the fuse might result in a bang, b-b-bang, go!

[kiki-miserychic.livejournal.com]

That's good because I rock it and that's the only way i know how to dance. :)

[prieel.livejournal.com]

O My! That was amazing! I really love how at the beginning it looks as if Alex is screaming and running down those stairs because Sam jumped of the roof. And i love how Annie sneaked her way through.
Thanks!

[aworldinside.livejournal.com]

Awesome. The editing was great, and you made the song really work with both shows. And I think the contrasting worked really well.

This vid also convinced me that need to go and buy the LoM DVDs.