Comments on: Shop Vac Video

By: The Almighty Charles

The Almighty Charles — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 05:02:21 +0000

I have nothing to say that hasn’t been said… and I have even less effort, so I’m just gonna file myself under “satisfied enough”.

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 19:08:40 +0000

Well, V, I for one LIKE the solo - hope that’s some comfort.

I agree that sometimes the pictures don’t really go along with the lyrics. Maybe a re-edit could be considered. Ya know there have to be about 50 million miles of footage out there, if not in Creative Commons then at least in the public domain.

Watching this made me think of another potential project - using old Civil Defense footage for a Cold War satire song. Or perhaps it’s been done.

By: V

Thu, 09 Feb 2006 10:20:28 +0000

Why does everyone use the version without the solo? I’m gonna develop a complex…

By: Garrick Van Buren

Garrick Van Buren — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 05:59:38 +0000

Josh, Wilson,

Thanks for watching it. I see the beauty of it far more in that it could be done. Without archive.org and JC’s creative commons licensing - this wouldn’t even have existed. Now it does, just like that monkey/pony thing in my garage.

Even better - the original video is 20 minutes long. There’s probably a better cut in there - maybe one with more of the military footage. But I’ll leave that effort for someone else.

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 20:40:57 +0000

Ya, I agree. Not much relation to the song. They sinc.ed part of it, but aside from that, not exactly what I was think about when listening to the song.

By: Wilson Fowlie (aka CuriousMind)

Wilson Fowlie (aka CuriousMind) — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 18:52:38 +0000

Interesting video. It was a little hard to watch, as the resolution wasn’t great, but I liked the way it was put together.

I’m not sure that the video quite captured the sense of … what did you call it? … “funny tragic suburban angst power pop ennui, etc” that the song itself has. Except for maybe the ’suburban’ part.