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Animated lyrics in a video: was Prince the first to use this technique? Hi guys! On an Italian music channel I’ve seen the Loose Ends’ video for their 1985 hit Hangin’ On A String. In this video images are alternated with lyrics, using the same animated graphics that are in Sign “O” The Times. Do U know anythin’ about it?
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Sign o The Times came out in 1987, so no. Chili Sauce. | |
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Although it's often dismissed, Sign is my favourite Prince video. Fits the tone of the song perfectly; it offers no solutions, just a bleak commentary. Sign is without doubt Prince's most hopeless, despondent lyric. don't play me...i'm over 30 and i DO smoke weed.... | |
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Did someone else ever see this “lyrics version” of Loose Ends’ video I’m talkin’ about?
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Well, I would’ve expected a li’l more talkin’ by castin’ a doubt on one of Prince’s landmarks… A greeting 2 sinobscene.
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robertgeorgeakabob said: Although it's often dismissed, Sign is my favourite Prince video. Fits the tone of the song perfectly; it offers no solutions, just a bleak commentary. Sign is without doubt Prince's most hopeless, despondent lyric. There are no solutions, ESPECIALLY religion. As for the video, I understand what you're saying, but it doesn't strike me as interesting at all. Perhaps the idea is cool but the execution seems a little lacking. That's just how it strikes me. There is no good or bad, just personal taste. | |
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steakfinger said: robertgeorgeakabob said: Although it's often dismissed, Sign is my favourite Prince video. Fits the tone of the song perfectly; it offers no solutions, just a bleak commentary. Sign is without doubt Prince's most hopeless, despondent lyric. There are no solutions, ESPECIALLY religion. As for the video, I understand what you're saying, but it doesn't strike me as interesting at all. Perhaps the idea is cool but the execution seems a little lacking. That's just how it strikes me. There is no good or bad, just personal taste. Yep. I love it for it's starkness, just like the song. Saying that I'm really not a fan of music videos at all, so maybe it's just me. Lol When people try to slag Prince off to me I just laugh and tell them that all the reasons they hate him are the very reasons I love him. That goes for image and music...well not so much these days sadly. don't play me...i'm over 30 and i DO smoke weed.... | |
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The video is unworthy of the song, in my opinion.
I didn't even know there was a video for SotT until I bought the video collection back in the 90s, and I was rather bummed out by it. A pale imitation of 'Money for Nothing', in my opinion. |
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There's a certain cold, mechanical-ness about the video that I like. I agree with robert. It suits the song well. Toejam @ Peach & Black Podcast: http://peachandblack.podbean.com
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toejam said: There's a certain cold, mechanical-ness about the video that I like. I agree with robert. It suits the song well. Yeah, I couldn't imagine a storyboard video, scenes of war and destruction etc. I like the way you're just hit with the lyric. Simple Minds did that with their cover and the video (and cover) is effing awful. don't play me...i'm over 30 and i DO smoke weed.... | |
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MinneapolisGenious said: Well, I would’ve expected a li’l more talkin’ by castin’ a doubt on one of Prince’s landmarks… A greeting 2 sinobscene.
Hi everybody! Well...we were just struggling to understand if the purple one was or not the first to use animated texts technique in videoclips, since recently we have discovered on tv a Loose Ends video which is very similar to SotT, and we are not able to date it. So the question is: who stole from whom??? | |
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You could trace the idea back to Bob Dylan's Subterranean Homesick Blues video? don't play me...i'm over 30 and i DO smoke weed.... | |
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AFAIK WB made this video, since Prince was not willing to do one. It was also released after the single had already been out for a while. You should google the director, Bill Konersman. © Bart Van Hemelen
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That certainly sounds right. In my opinion, the video always had a certain 'un-Princely' odour to it... |
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Have a word with yourself 3121 | |
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© Bart Van Hemelen
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I see that you and I disagree... isn't that crazy??? |
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Dylan’s video (actually a clip from the documentary film Dont Look Back) is considered 2 be 1 of the forerunners of the proper music video. And probably it could be somehow an ancestor of Sign “O” The Times. However the Wikipedia page about Dylan’s video reports a long list of other videos that have imitated or have been influenced by it, but Prince is not mentioned.
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Hi guys! At last I’ve managed 2 come 2 a conclusion!!! I can prove that Prince’s video Sign “O” The Times is NOT the first lyrics music video, though it’s probably the most well-known. And besides the solution to my doubt has nothin’ 2 do with Loose Ends!... Starting from dualboot’s suggestion I’ve come across this video which dates back to 1981! It’s a video for a song by Brian Eno and David Byrne, Moonlight In Glory, from their album My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts. U can see it here http://www.youtube.com/wa...P9R9b7uHu4 Thank u ev’ryboby and may u live 2 see the dawn!
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Oh, I was 4gettin’… The Wikipedia page on Music video states the influence of Subterranean Homesick Blues on Sign “O” The Times.
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as well as on "wonedfull ass" "Keep on shilling for Big Pharm!" |
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