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XTC - Roads Girdle the Globe (1979) (Partridge).
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PLEASE BE AWARE THIS VIDEO HAS FLASHING LIGHTS AND IMAGES. This video is another experiment with software, combined with a labour of love for a band that I have been a fan of over the years. In this case it's the Swindon band, XTC. This song is from the classic (well, they're all classics!) XTC album, 'Drums and Wires' which was released in August of 1979 and is their third album. (Although thi...
Montrose: Rock the Nation (1973) (R. Montrose).
Просмотров 2872 месяца назад
PLEASE BE AWARE THIS VIDEO CONTAINS FLASHING IMAGES. This is a non-profit, fan-made tribute video to the seminal American rock band, 'Montrose'. This track is taken from their classic self-titled debut, which was released in 1973 and it still sounds as fresh and vibrant as it did when it was first released. Featuring guitar-player Ronnie Montrose and the debut of lead vocalist, Sammy Hagar, the...
Iconic Comix: Power of the Panel #2 - Pat Mills, Kevin O'Neill & Marshal Law
Просмотров 9132 месяца назад
This film contains flashing images, adult themes and is non-profit for education and entertainment only. This is the second film in an ongoing series of highly subjective views of some of my favorite comic book panels. This film is about the classic British comic, Marshal Law. Not only is the narrative. 'Fear and Loathing' an important contribution to comics culture in it's own right, but, argu...
Iconic Comix: The Power of the Panel #1 - Steve Ditko and Spider-Man
Просмотров 762 месяца назад
This is a sporadic and highly objective series of short film/essays, which highlight and discuss famous (or significant) examples comic book art. In this film, I look at the work of the enigmatic Marvel writer/artist, Steve Ditko, and add my thoughts to the wealth of online opinion that already exists about the man who arguably gave us some of comicdom's most iconic characters and stories.
Watching the Voices: Examining the Comic Impressionist
Просмотров 293 месяца назад
This is the first in a series of short films which take a critical, academic account of the mainstream media comic impersonator. The concept is covered here with examples and theoretical underpinning, and is set up for a typology of impersonation which will seek to add nuance and details to, what has been, one of the most undervalued and difficult to quantify of the comedic arts. This material ...
Blue Oyster Cult: Astronomy (1974 - Bouchard/Pearlman/Bouchard).
Просмотров 8156 месяцев назад
THIS VIDEO DOES CONTAIN FLASHING IMAGES. This is another one of my all-time favourite tracks from BOC. Like my previous video to this (also posted here on RUclips, 'Career of Evil') it's drawn from the 1974 Columbia album, 'Secret Treaties' and it continues my ongoing re-obsession with Blue Oyster Cult. Along with finding out the different things that Premiere video editing software can do. Thi...
Blue Oyster Cult: Career of Evil (1974, Bouchard/Smith).
Просмотров 1,9 тыс.7 месяцев назад
Career of Evil (1974) (Bouchard/Smith). THIS VIDEO DOES CONTAIN FLASHING IMAGES. The track itself is one of my personal favourites and is is taken from the Columbia album, 'Secret Treaties' and it continues my current re-obsession with Blue Oyster Cult and finding out the different things Premiere software can do. This is a fan-made video, so there's no profit involved. Thematically it's keepin...
Blue Oyster Cult: Teen Archer (1973, Bloom/Roeser/Meltzer).
Просмотров 1 тыс.8 месяцев назад
PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THERE ARE FLASHING IMAGES IN THIS CLIP. This is a fan-made, non-profit tribute video to the legendary US rock band, Blue Oyster Cult. I had such a great time making a Godzilla video recently (also posted on this site), that I really wanted to do another film for one of their songs that is less talked about than the usual big hits, but (to me anyway) is no less brilliant. Th...
The Theme to Goldfinger (1964): an analysis
Просмотров 2378 месяцев назад
I used this clip as a piece of side information on my undergraduate module, which featured a week on mainstream film soundtrack music. Much of the information presented here is collated from my own writings, plus a number of very well-regarded names in the academic field. (The bibliography is included at the end of the clip). Don't worry if the quotes whizz by a bit quickly, the great thing is,...
The Xenomorph and I (2024) A Withnail and I/Alien Trailer
Просмотров 3948 месяцев назад
What if Ridley Scott had directed Withnail and I? Maybe even better, what would have happened if Bruce Robinson had directed Alien?
WTF?!? 6 of the weirdest moments from 6 of the weirdest television comedy shows.
Просмотров 7849 месяцев назад
This is a highly subjective list (in no particular order) of some of my favourite bizarre moments in some of the most unusual comedy shows from UK and Us television past. Please be aware, this contains truly odd material!
Reading the Phantom: A textual analysis of Brian De Palma's 'Phantom of the Paradise' (1974).
Просмотров 1469 месяцев назад
A short film by Dr. Van Norris. Often, I get asked, how would you analyse a piece of primary evidence, i.e. a film sequence, clip or maybe a formal element within a scene? As a response, I thought I’d supply an example on how I would approach this task myself. This model leans on Barthes' semiotic ideas on reading imagery, mainly as a starting point, and it uses extant, accessible primary and s...
James Bond: Image to Icon. Key visual moments from the James Bond Eon film series
Просмотров 6019 месяцев назад
A short film by Dr. Van Norris, looking at the way specific images are presented within the Eon/James Bond franchise. (All clips are protected under fair usage clauses as teaching materials).
Dr Van Norris talking on British TV animation and Third Wave Animation
Просмотров 279 месяцев назад
A brief overview of the Palgrave book: British Television Animation 1997-2010: Drawing Comic Tradition.
Stop Getting Blofeld Wrong!: A look at the cinematic journey of James Bond's arch villain.
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Stop Getting Blofeld Wrong!: A look at the cinematic journey of James Bond's arch villain.
Desperately Seeking Marsha: The Story of a Lost Icon
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Desperately Seeking Marsha: The Story of a Lost Icon
Doctor Who Xmas Special Review 2023: 5 things I liked, 5 things I didn't!
Просмотров 1359 месяцев назад
Doctor Who Xmas Special Review 2023: 5 things I liked, 5 things I didn't!
Research Skills: What should go in your undergraduate essay or presentation?
Просмотров 69 месяцев назад
Research Skills: What should go in your undergraduate essay or presentation?
Everything Has a History Part 4: 'Using R.P.I. - 'I' for 'Institutions'.
Просмотров 89 месяцев назад
Everything Has a History Part 4: 'Using R.P.I. - 'I' for 'Institutions'.
Everything Has a History Part 3: Using R.P.I. - 'P' for 'People'.
Просмотров 189 месяцев назад
Everything Has a History Part 3: Using R.P.I. - 'P' for 'People'.
Everything Has a History Part 2: R.P.I - R for Reviews
Просмотров 99 месяцев назад
Everything Has a History Part 2: R.P.I - R for Reviews
Everything Has a History Part 1: Finding the context - an overview
Просмотров 279 месяцев назад
Everything Has a History Part 1: Finding the context - an overview
Dr. Van Norris' Introduction to Semiotics - a beginner's guide.
Просмотров 339 месяцев назад
Dr. Van Norris' Introduction to Semiotics - a beginner's guide.
Hail to the Chief: Joe Biden Best in Show
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Hail to the Chief: Joe Biden Best in Show
The Swanyo Project: 2022
Просмотров 1322 года назад
The Swanyo Project: 2022
WTF: A Gerry Anderson Science-Fiction Dystopian Drama set in 2021 - main titles.
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WTF: A Gerry Anderson Science-Fiction Dystopian Drama set in 2021 - main titles.
Mark from Peep Show watches Boris Johnson
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Mark from Peep Show watches Boris Johnson

Комментарии

  • @RoyTelega
    @RoyTelega 17 часов назад

    GLL Says GO GO GODZILLA. SPONGEMAN💛💙

    • @RoyTelega
      @RoyTelega 17 часов назад

      Said it me 2. Spongeman💜

  • @RoyTelega
    @RoyTelega 3 дня назад

    GO GO GODZILLA. SPONGEMAN

  • @janejohnson8143
    @janejohnson8143 4 дня назад

    BOC opening act for Black Sabbath -1977 Kemper Arena - 10th row - Black-n-Blue Tour! Imagine✌️& ❤ is all you need!

  • @brianspangenberg9598
    @brianspangenberg9598 4 дня назад

    When this song came out I thought it was Black Sabbath. Of course I was thirteen at the time. And yes I watched the movies when I was a kid.

  • @mikehicks724
    @mikehicks724 5 дней назад

    Wow

  • @giocowie8009
    @giocowie8009 6 дней назад

    What is the guitar Buck is playing that looks like a cross between an explorer and a firebird?

  • @wandydeoli5780
    @wandydeoli5780 8 дней назад

    Power rangers song

  • @bobestus7039
    @bobestus7039 9 дней назад

    Top job! really well done!

  • @DrTomoculus
    @DrTomoculus 10 дней назад

    Sorry for adding another comment. I keep coming back to this one, because I love the song, but I also love that you incorporated comic book graphics and design into this. I was very fortunate to strike up a friendship with Marvel Comics writer David Anthony Kraft before his passing away. It began because I had contacted him about his work in the 1970s on the comic book THE DEFENDERS (The Hulk / Dr. Strange / Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner in its beginnings). What he had done was incorporated songs by Blue Öyster Cult into a story arc that spanned a few issues. And he had done it really well! Because he took a bunch of songs that weren't necessarily connected, and gave them a mythos. Which funnily enough, addressed my problem with Blue Öyster Cult. That they weren't an actual cult!!! I remember buying SPECTRES back in the 70s when I was a kid. Because GODZILLA. I was a Godzilla fanatic (still am, the new Godzilla Minus One IS A MASTERPIECE.) but when I listened to the rest of the album, nothing really struck me. And even though I was a kid, I wasn't like, a singles buyer, or flash in the pan. If I liked something, I'd usually buy everything that something did. I had a paper route!!! I was rolling in cash. You could buy 2 or 3 albums for $10.00!!!! (please see cut out bins). I never bought another Blue Öyster Cult album. It disappointed me, I think subconsciously that they weren't this cult! Their songs didn't seem to be about it. But I'm the kind of person who imagines the potential KISS had with their characters to explore the Primal, Erotic, Cosmic and Demonic. But they never did. The potential!!!! They just talked about Love Guns!!! (Ace Frehley will ALWAYS BE COOL.) Decades later, cowbell aside, I'm delving into their history and their catalog. To understand them a bit better. And what I understood was these were just 5 guys from Long Island, and only one of them went with the original concept Sandy Pearlman had for them BEING this cult. And that was Donald Roeser becoming Buck Dharma. Ya know? It's such a cool concept to go with, and in my opinion, they have the best name a band could ever have. Blue Öyster Cult or The Blue Öyster Cult. It's so friggin mysterious. And I'd see these song titles like The Red and The Black. 7 Screaming Diz-Busters. Flaming Telepaths. And think, it's there!!! But it's not there on all the songs. And what David Anthony Kraft did with some of those songs with wonderful titles was give them connection and a mythos. The Revenge of Vera Gemini. I had contacted him because I was writing a blog about these issues, and how "on the mark" some of its "origins" were to actual history or esoteric religions. Whether accidental or purposeful on part of Kraft. And he had said he got a lot of flak for doing this from his editor, who just did not get what it was all about. Or thought Kraft was "cashing in", but I could tell he was a real fan of the band. And that observation, and the friendship, truly got me past my Long Island disappointment, and to just hear them as a band. And they are a great band. They're punk. They're gothic. They're boogie. They're psychedelic. They're metal. And I was a major fan of the Elric of Melniboné books by Michael Moorcock when I was a teenager. I hadn't realised until many years later his involvement with them. But as said, I never bought anything past SPECTRES. But I was around for HEAVY METAL!!! Anyway, sorry for the length, I just wanted to add you are definitely adding to my appreciation of this band. Your videos compliment their music very well.

    • @theborisflats
      @theborisflats 8 дней назад

      No problem at all, I'm just pleased my efforts are helping in some small way to keep their back catalogue in the frame. As I get older, I love all of the 'cult' aspect of it all because it is so funny and shows what a clever, knowing band they were. You sense that behind the songs & the musicianship, there was a keen sense of irony in there that didn't overpower the music. A cool story about Kraft too! I do remember that Defenders run. Steve Gerber used to reference Brian de Palma films during the same period in Howard the Duck. Marvel was a very cool, countercultural place in the 70s! (By coincidence I got to see Albert Bouchard last weekend, playing Imaginos and assorted hits and passing on some great stories about BOC. He was selling issues of the Imaginos comic too, so that link has always been there.) But thanks for the complement - it's really appreciated 👍🙏

  • @timothyadams7933
    @timothyadams7933 10 дней назад

    💯😎‼️ GODZILLA GOTTA GO GO

  • @Scott-t3u
    @Scott-t3u 11 дней назад

    Godzilla, Godzilla, Godzilla, Godzilla!!!!!!

  • @Gentile108
    @Gentile108 11 дней назад

    Tony Iommi said “god damn!” When he heard this riff 🐉

  • @danielsee1
    @danielsee1 12 дней назад

    This ain't the summer of love,

  • @danielsee1
    @danielsee1 12 дней назад

    Feelin funny on the inside.

  • @lqr824
    @lqr824 12 дней назад

    Fact check: subways in Tokyo are underground. You cannot see invading sea monsters from a subway, and vice versa. The lyricist probably meant to mention the Yamanote loop line, which is in fact an elevated train. Tokyo doesn't have a "center of town" but is instead a ring of important areas. It's not clear if the lyricist means to describe the Tokyo station area, "Otemachi," where the biggest Japanese firms are headquartered; the imperial palace grounds, the transport hub of Shinagawa, the shopping meccas of Ginza, Shibuya, or Omotesando, or the skyscrapers of Shinjuku around the metropolitan offices. The announcement that Godzilla is moving from Ginza to Hibiya actually shows he's NOT headed for the center of Tokyo: nothing really major lies along that vector.

  • @daze023
    @daze023 13 дней назад

    Seriously, if your town is being stomped to pieces by an angry dinosaur, TURN IT UP!!!!!

  • @jimkilleen9130
    @jimkilleen9130 13 дней назад

    My late friend played Godzilla for over 3 hours straight after pulling some amazing criminal act. I awoke to stereo speakers hiting my skull in the back seat. Total 3 systems and at least 1000 records. My dorm ugh.

  • @lracegroeg7990
    @lracegroeg7990 13 дней назад

    My grandson jams to this he sings this going into church 😂

  • @ciabattatom521
    @ciabattatom521 13 дней назад

    I couldn't imagine possibly liking this song even more until I found this video compilation to back it.

  • @vanmann8347
    @vanmann8347 19 дней назад

    Long live Godzilla

  • @stephenbrady6788
    @stephenbrady6788 20 дней назад

    the most underrated band in history!

  • @alexmstein
    @alexmstein 23 дня назад

    This is so great!

  • @kieronbowker9983
    @kieronbowker9983 23 дня назад

    Great song. Great Video. Thanks!! (Favourite Band too!)

  • @DrTomoculus
    @DrTomoculus 24 дня назад

    Your Blue Oyster Cult videos are great! I hope you find time to do more :D

    • @theborisflats
      @theborisflats 18 дней назад

      I hope so too! Cheers for the comment too 👍

  • @DrTomoculus
    @DrTomoculus 24 дня назад

    Very cool :)

  • @DrTomoculus
    @DrTomoculus 24 дня назад

    Great job!! 😁

  • @wandydeoli5780
    @wandydeoli5780 24 дня назад

    Like a power ranger opening

  • @angelhunterwolf3384
    @angelhunterwolf3384 25 дней назад

    🤙💯🔥

  • @AlanEmmons-qw6bg
    @AlanEmmons-qw6bg 28 дней назад

    Go go Godzilla it wasn't their favorite tune but it was one of mine!!😁🖖😯

  • @wandydeoli5780
    @wandydeoli5780 Месяц назад

    Ohbgreat ĺllllll

  • @craighurley8031
    @craighurley8031 Месяц назад

    The Zilla god !

  • @rolandroushias3473
    @rolandroushias3473 Месяц назад

    My fav song off an incredible Drums and Wires LP.

  • @Fletcher-Boy
    @Fletcher-Boy Месяц назад

    Opened for Lynyrd Skynyrd in Nashville, they had the laser.. was tripping!

  • @ermocito
    @ermocito Месяц назад

    This is really well done, and I hope you find time to do more! It would be great to have entire album playlists with fan built content.

    • @theborisflats
      @theborisflats Месяц назад

      Thank you! I'm thinking of making another couple of tracks at the moment, but it's just a matter of time, really. But, yes, more XTC fan content is always welcome 👍

  • @WardiePalmer
    @WardiePalmer Месяц назад

    Hell yes!!!.small towns.big city's!! USA.!!!!.

  • @CletusT-j3z
    @CletusT-j3z Месяц назад

    I hear this song every day. And it gets me jumping. I could kick Godzilla's ass. Walk on theme

  • @socoman99
    @socoman99 Месяц назад

    Where's Raymond Burr? lol!🤣

  • @thrashjona3246
    @thrashjona3246 Месяц назад

    And decades later some twat thought we'd get into it more. Filmmaker fans are like that one who came because they have money and it's a night out. Piss off this ain't for you

  • @jamesgasik3424
    @jamesgasik3424 Месяц назад

    love the bass on this one

  • @Royalle_with_Cheese
    @Royalle_with_Cheese Месяц назад

    I saw BOC in the late 70s. After their killer set, the encores consisted of all of them trading instruments with each other and all of them playing very adept on their exchanged gear and, to top it all off, the finale was all 5 of them on lead guitars jamming away all at the same time. Fantastic band! More cowbell!!

  • @kevinshulhan5602
    @kevinshulhan5602 Месяц назад

    "There goes Tokyo".....I saw them in the eighties.

  • @kevinshulhan5602
    @kevinshulhan5602 Месяц назад

    .57 Jeff Lynne, from ELO. Yep.

  • @jaimesheridan3056
    @jaimesheridan3056 Месяц назад

    M night shamelone

  • @danr1920
    @danr1920 Месяц назад

    This just good on so many levels. Plus it's just fun.

  • @MadScientyst
    @MadScientyst Месяц назад

    Anybody came here after Eminem's Godzilla?! 🤣🤣🤣

  • @PC4USE1
    @PC4USE1 Месяц назад

    To actually see the announcer from the movie and have it subtitled is well worth a viewing, Great job.

  • @chrysantha9769
    @chrysantha9769 Месяц назад

    BOC forever...........................😍

  • @BlackHoleSkimmers
    @BlackHoleSkimmers Месяц назад

    Awesome. Thanks. So good that I am hoping to see more fan videos like this. 🤩

  • @jtenaz
    @jtenaz Месяц назад

    Great song and video

  • @BobbyRauch-ml5qz
    @BobbyRauch-ml5qz Месяц назад

    Dam rite bad ass song