Hall of Fame by The Script with will.i.am - my new favorite song, and strangely enough, a music vid not by fandom that brings something to the table in interpretation and meaning all on it's own. I expected something a lot more GLAMOUR SUPERSTAR whatever; I got something far, far better.

Special note: I dare you not to get tears in your eyes when she stops, closes her eyes, and touches the speaker so she can feel the rhythm with her body. Just. Awesome.

Its' also, in itself, a fantastic song, in the family of You Gotta Be by Des'ree where they just make you feel like you could save the world before breakfast. I am actually making a playlist for this; sometimes, you just need to hear a lot of songs about how you are awesome.

IF ANYONE VIDS THIS SONG, IN ANY FANDOM, EMAIL ME. I would love to see this one go into common use. Well, and some Des'ree wouldn't hurt either.

I am exhausted from life, hence music to sooth the savage beast. So listening to now.

Let Her Go by passEnger - this didn't work for me until third listen when I got hard hooked by the lyrics. Give it three listens and if you aren't singing along the refrain, I will be very surprised.

Will Someday Change by Our Lady Peace - this is a drink alone in the dark in the rain after your dog got run over kind of song. No, really. I love it, but keep in mind I have a playlist called "cut your wrists". I collect songs like this. Very low key, very gorgeous, and very melancholy.

Be Somebody by Thousand Foot Krutch - I'd almost set this in bookends to Hall of Fame; different genre, different style, relationship-oriented rather than life-oriented, but despite the feel of it at the beginning, this is actually pretty positive. Definitely writing music.

Give Your Heart a Break by Demi Lovato - if the radio hasn't brainwashed you yet, I'd love to know how you escaped. It's freakishly bouncy and lyric automemorization means some people may be singing along in their office or bouncing down along the cubicle to the beat. Not that I know anything about that.

Cumbersome by Seven Mary Three - I originally listened to this and would have sworn it was Collective Soul. It's not, but if you like them, this will really, really work for you.

Hard to Love by Lee Brice - to round this out, country genre, and so freaking addictive I was muttering the chorus in one listen. It's just like that.

Breathe by Angel and Airways - also responsible for the song for the HP Neville video of awesome. Honestly, first listen it was okay but nothing to write home about; second, it worked much better.

Snow White And the Huntsman - five minute extended trailer. No lie, I am watching the hell out of this on midnight opening. There are swords and fighting and Thor (okay, not Thor) and Bella (yes, shut up, I know) and an epic war. And possibly that is a unicorn, right? I don't actually require this to make sense, though strangely, I'm seeing weird signs this may be actually be good, but swords. And Thor--I don't care, he's always Thor to me--does things with an axe that make me really uncomfortable about myself on a fundamental level if had any kind of personal insight; thank God I don't care.

Happy.

This is just a quick test for crossposting.

Um, to make this relevant to anyone's interests, the Atonement library scene.

*whistles*

ETA: And...no. *sad*

From the depths of youtube (circa 2006-2008):

The Greatest Movies Never Made (Why, God, Why):

The Greatest Love Story Involving Million Dollar Fighter Planes: Top Gun Recut: The Romance of Maverick and Iceman by chuck13171 -- the original.

The Greatest Love Story Involving Things With Lots of Extra Teeth Involved: Must Love Jaws: The Men Who Discovered Zoophilic Polyamory With a Great White Shark by vayabobo -- it makes you believe in love.

The Greatest Love Story Involving Boats in the Far Past: Titanic II: Jack Is Back by sonydreamcast- I would watch the fuck out of this movie.

The Sequel To the Greatest Love Story Involving Boats in the Far Past: Titanic III: Leonardo DiCaprio Shoots At Matt Damon And It's Hot by xnightshadex-- yeah. He does. It's hot.

And of course, the One True Star Trek XI: Star Trek XI: The Wrath of Kirk by bethrael- I would fangirl this so hard.

The Greatest Horror Movies Never Made (Wow, So I Didn't Notice This in the Original)

Scary Mary: The Mary Poppins Horror by moviemker - okay, it's not like you didn't suspect.

The Sound of Music: The Horror Cut by chuck13171 - seriously, wtf was that? I want this movie.

The Lion King Recut: Simba Gone Bad, So Bad by LeonSakau - this is a viable AU, is what I'm saying.

And returning to the present:

Videos

Period Drama: Breathe Again by KatSw3 - she also made two other favorites of mine, but I have a weakness for period like whoa. Tell me you're shocked.

I Shall Be Free by charmax76, Shawshank Redemption - gorgeous vid for a fantastic movie.

Strange Infatuation by silverautumn - Heroes, Sylar/Mohinder, because honest to God, there can't be enough faintly creepy videos about them.

Creepin' Up On You by wafflesnbrains - Heroes, Sylar/Mohinder, like I said, never can be too many.

* Must Love Jaws link fixed!

My lack of shame about this is telling; I seriously love vids made on super popular music. Yes, I know that leads to five billion My Heart Will Go On's, but the thing is, even at the cheesiest level, if they work, I'm so there. Then there's shame, but that's after you're finished crying about the love that never dies.

However, then there are the ones that do really, really, really well. Gakked from fail_fandomanon that always brings the most interesting recs to the yard, because my weakness is vids made to the Fray, and also, Fullmetal Alchemist, which always breaks my heart and never bothers to fix it after.

How to Save a Life, Fullmetal Alchemist

The entire reason I started watching--and perhaps buying the manga--was a fourteen second bit before a commercial on cartoon network or something; no idea now. This is one of the things I'm super fannish about and never want to talk about, because I will cut you if you are negative about one little thing. The first step to not becoming scary is self-awareness; I could be scary for this show. Like, sockpuppet army of righteous defense scary. And I'd also be really bad at it, but you know, I'd try.

(This is one of the many useful things about having a son. No one even blinks if you utilize him at Barnes and Noble to explain why you're carrying a small fortune in anime and give the cashier rueful looks like, what can you do? Yeah, he's getting tired of that. I may need another plan.)

Anyway, the vid isn't everything that ever broke my heart. But it's really, really close. Good timing, good scene choice, fantastic escalation, and more than that, brilliant use of the song as it is and as it could be.

If you don't cry by the second section, you have no soul, okay? Just, I will judge, oh, and how.

I almost feel bad for laughing so hard.



This movie would be epic. And very, very, very wrong.

(Hint: Kathryn Howard does not end well, either.)

( henry viii is weird, okay )

Also of note and joy:

The End of the Story, more period romance! Many period romances! And a metatextual examination of why we love them.

The worst time I can possibly get into a period drama mood is right before VVC; I want vids that are All BBC All The Time and also, you know, good, and I can't find any. My standards slowly but surely raise during the month pre-VVC, because I'm rewatching Premiere or hitting my vid collection and re-reading my old vid recs and you don't watch youtube period drama montages set to music for consistent theme, point of view, or meaning--you watch them to see Darcy, Thornton (holy God), Bertram, and every Austen and BBC period drama hero ever walk around being hot and brooding. Except this is pre-VVC, and I want more out of my goddamn romantic montages. Cutting on the goddamn beat, okay, I'll settle for five hundred My Heart Will Go On if they cut on the beat.

(And have wonderful moments of dissonance playing British Actor Bingo cross-referencing BBC period drama and Dr. Who; it's the most awesome thing in the world.)

Then there's the--other ones. That I love like stupid and everything, and objectively I know maybe they aren't magical but then there's a three second clip of Richard Armitage brooding in a window wearing a cravat and come the fuck on; I'm so in.

I'm super stupid for these.

Period Romance Montage to Run, performed by Leona Lewis (also includes the Titanic and Anne of Green Gables. Seriously!) I may have bought this song just now.

How Six Period Drama Collides, music performed by Norwegian Recycling, I think?

Period Romance Drama to Life After You, performed by Daughtry (I love this one like you have no idea; I sing along to this one while sniffling. That bit with Thornton staring broodingly out of the window; my God. And Edmund running after Fanny!)

You Wait for Rain - period drama all in the rain. *hands* Seriously. It's All Wet, All Rain, All Period, All the Time. Hello, welcome to my kinks. This one has a theme.

All the Right Moves - period drama dancing! This is the porn of period drama--oh, don't look at me like that. Obviously you haven't seen Pride and Prejudice. Or Emma. Or--well, what did you think the dancing was supposed to symbolize?

Hungry Eyes - ..okay, this is the porn of the period drama. Yeah. Go now. I mean, right now.

Note on this one: find this vidder, someone. This one could be kind of amazing; watch her scene choice and her cuts. I need to look at the rest of her stuff.

One day, I am going to buy a vidder at VVC, hand them a pile of BBC period drama, all the music I don't admit I own, and look really hopeful. Sure, they might kill me later, but oh my God. So worth it.

I have very specialized vid shame. It involves cravats, petticoats, and, um, running in the rain. Bring your judgment. (Or possibly, bring me your recs; going through youtube like this is killing brain cells that could be used admiring men in cravats.)

Adding:

Here With Me, The Young Victoria, performed by Sarah Brightman - just, IDK, the music and the effects seriously work for me. And the speed. I like things with fast cuts.

Tanglewood Tree from Fingersmith, performed by Chris and Meredith Thompson - I wrote a lot of fic after watching this vid. This makes me want to read the book. A lot.

From Comments

mardia recs I've Been to a Marvelous Party here. Also located at youtube here

meretricula recs Just a Girl from Much to Do About Nothing here.

serrico recs Lacrymosa, period and not period, here - I just watched this one and it is utterly, utterly gorgeous.

I am spending an inordinate amount of time on youtube watching period drama vids. Not even like, technically superior ones, either--I am talking, I want to see every single British romance set with corsets and set to the most romantic music on earth. God, I want Evanescence right now.

Actually, I want good BBC Emma 2009 vidness because Johnny Miller, been crushing on him since Hackers, y'know? And God does he do a cravat justice. And knee-breeches. That's not happening so far. Well, there were two cuteish ones? But not like, what I want.

A Period Drama Romance - I know about one third of the source, and also, I think I recognize a lot of these people from Dr. Who. Is this like spot the Canadian actor? I seriously think Persuasion and Mansfield Park are my favorites. Persuasion is just so--and then! I want to melt, trufax. Then Edmund. Running. After Rose Fanny. Just. Gah.

How Six Period Dramas Collide - I like that music remix.

Notes from the edge:

1.) People in British period romance run a lot. Often, after someone else. Sometimes, in the rain. Maybe, crying. If you are lucky, all three at once. I approve.

2.) I like I can tell who is Heathcliff by the most brooding male on the screen. Don't even need to check the list. Except sometimes, I mix him up with Jane Eyre, because let's face it, Heathcliff and Edward really really really were separated at birth, and then one went psychotic. I leave your judgment to decide which is which.

3.) ...I really am picking up a cravat kink. This cannot be healthy.

If you want me to remain sane, you will rec me vids so I can melt quietly into a happy crinoline and knee-breeches puddle for a bit.

...and Star Trek just arrived. You know. I have a bad feeling how Pride and Prejudice could collide with Star Trek. Let's all hope I don't go there.

sf_drama is doing an OTT on what makes you cry with links to youtube vids. Which of course, led me to go look for the scene that will make me cry every. damn. time. no matter what.

Armageddon, Harry and AJ at the end.

And comments there have some as well. I need tea, chocolate, and industrial strength porn now.

...oh AJ. Oh Harry. Their love is so right and yet such an impossibly bad idea even by my extraordinarily low standards. And I don't even care. Oh boys!

sutlers totally has made the win.

...I seriously have no clue how to describe it, but I feel that maybe the Goa'uld came to earth before. I don't know. I only know that I didn't realize the lyric "Bright eyes" was oh so literal.

Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler.

I don't even know what to do with the ninjas. I just know my life could not have been complete until this moment.

You so want to know about the ninjas. Hell, I want to know about the ninjas.

So I put in "power ballads" in ITunes store search. I--don't know why.

...oh my God I own half these songs. And some by men who always had creepily well-conditioned hair. IT IS LIKE THE EIGHTIES AND NINETIES HAVE THROWN UP UPON ME!

(This is honestly the strangest--the strangest combination of songs. Wow.)

...Skid Row!!!!!

ETA: AHHH! HEAVEN BY WARRANT!!!!!

ETA 2: When the Children Cry by White Lion. *chews lip* Could be just me. But did it--back then--the video, did it just seem. Very. Creepy?

ETA 3: Illustration

When the Children Cry by White Lion. It's--really this slowly growing horror of the way it--I mean, it's--it wasn't ironic. It was earnest. And the framing...

2:14 to 2:17 -- the entire earnestly speaking of God I saw this video when it premiered (I think) while well below the ages of drinking and just....

I mean--these are guys who likely were snorting coke off hooker's bellies in between takes, you know? Irony. They should have gone for irony.