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raqs, we sat down and watched this tape that keiko_kirin had sent me a while ago, which among other things contained 7 SG songvids. Now, songvids are not something I'd allowed myself to get into before; for a while there, my computer just wasn't cooperating with the format that many people used (me in the Mac ghetto, AGAIN), and so on. But the ones that Keiko sent me were pretty darned awesome.* (See list behind cut.)
A little while ago, just after that vid-oriented con when everybody was talking about vids they liked and stuff, Raqs, in her usual more-proactive-than-me-sometimes fashion, went out and acquired a good number of them. So after we watched the tape, I glommed on her computer and watched what she'd collected thus far. This resulted in the following thoughts: ( Hidden behind a cut because, ehn, there could be spoilers. )
Finally -- the challenge that Raqs mentioned earlier. Okay, so this has been in my head for a while now. I keep meaning to ask all you folks out there who have viewed SG vids widely: has anybody done a Sam/Jack 'ship vid to XTC's "Mayor of Simpleton"? I've liked the song ever since it first came out, and have it on my iPod, and since getting into SG fandom, I can't hear it without snippets of Sam/Jack clips running in my head.
If nobody has essayed this so far, I'd love to see somebody do it. (Do not accept the recent remake by The Engine Room, on the "Welcome to Mooseport" soundtrack, as a substitute; it's okay, but the original is better.) I feel as if it would need an ironic touch -- as if it should be not only a S/J vid but also one that pokes fun at the idea of Dumb!Jack, rather than supporting it. But I'd probably view any attempt ironically anyway, so that's okay.
Also, Maroon 5's "Sweetest Goodbye", which would have to be a J/D vid, of course. Raqs mentioned it to me in this context while she was writing "Rough Trade", and now, dammit, whenever I hear it, I can't help but think of it that way. Which isn't such a bad thing. I suppose.
Oh, and -- for recommendations, it doesn't have to be limited to Stargate. I'll watch any vid for any show I'm familiar with; in many cases, I would probably even watch really great vids for shows I'm *not* familiar with. One that I *did* successfully go and track down back in April was Sica's "Good Ol' Fashioned Lawyerboy", an Angel/Lindsey vid. So feel free to suggest anything.
raqs, we sat down and watched this tape that keiko_kirin had sent me a while ago, which among other things contained 7 SG songvids. Now, songvids are not something I'd allowed myself to get into before; for a while there, my computer just wasn't cooperating with the format that many people used (me in the Mac ghetto, AGAIN), and so on. But the ones that Keiko sent me were pretty darned awesome.* (See list behind cut.)A little while ago, just after that vid-oriented con when everybody was talking about vids they liked and stuff, Raqs, in her usual more-proactive-than-me-sometimes fashion, went out and acquired a good number of them. So after we watched the tape, I glommed on her computer and watched what she'd collected thus far. This resulted in the following thoughts: ( Hidden behind a cut because, ehn, there could be spoilers. )
Finally -- the challenge that Raqs mentioned earlier. Okay, so this has been in my head for a while now. I keep meaning to ask all you folks out there who have viewed SG vids widely: has anybody done a Sam/Jack 'ship vid to XTC's "Mayor of Simpleton"? I've liked the song ever since it first came out, and have it on my iPod, and since getting into SG fandom, I can't hear it without snippets of Sam/Jack clips running in my head.
If nobody has essayed this so far, I'd love to see somebody do it. (Do not accept the recent remake by The Engine Room, on the "Welcome to Mooseport" soundtrack, as a substitute; it's okay, but the original is better.) I feel as if it would need an ironic touch -- as if it should be not only a S/J vid but also one that pokes fun at the idea of Dumb!Jack, rather than supporting it. But I'd probably view any attempt ironically anyway, so that's okay.
Also, Maroon 5's "Sweetest Goodbye", which would have to be a J/D vid, of course. Raqs mentioned it to me in this context while she was writing "Rough Trade", and now, dammit, whenever I hear it, I can't help but think of it that way. Which isn't such a bad thing. I suppose.
Oh, and -- for recommendations, it doesn't have to be limited to Stargate. I'll watch any vid for any show I'm familiar with; in many cases, I would probably even watch really great vids for shows I'm *not* familiar with. One that I *did* successfully go and track down back in April was Sica's "Good Ol' Fashioned Lawyerboy", an Angel/Lindsey vid. So feel free to suggest anything.
