Morrissey Central "IT’S HARD TO WALK TALL WHEN YOU’RE SMALL" (December 7, 2024)

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Thread 'It's Hard To Walk Tall When You're Small (unofficial video)'

Dec 7, 2024

• smiler
• Replies: 10
• Forum: General Discussion

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[nothing]

tho I might be nothing but an amateur butter sculptor, I refuse to go on working with the idea of your praising being my reward – like what are your credentials anyway? Except for talking about all us butter sculptors, what else do you do? Do you know what it feels like to make some butter sculpture? Do you know what it feels like to actually ooze that butter around & create something of worth? You said that my last work “The Kings Odor” was great & now you say I haven’t done anything as great since – just who the hell are you talking to anyway? You must have something to do in your real life – I understand that you praised the piece you saw yesterday entitled “The Taster” about which you said meant “a nice work of butter carved into the shape of a young man who likes only African women” you are an idiot – it doesn’t mean that at all…I hereby want nothing to do with your hang-ups-I really don’t care what you think of my work as I now know you don’t understand it anyway…I must go now-I have this new hunk of margarine waiting in the bathtub – yes I said MARGARINE & next week I just might decide to use cream cheese - & I really don’t care what you think of my experimenting – you take yourself too seriously – you’re going to get an ulcer and go to the hospital-they’ll put you in a ward where you can’t have any visitors-you’ll go right off your nut-I really don’t care anymore-I am so bored with your rules and regulations that I might not even talk to you again-just remember tho, when you evaluate a piece of butter, you are talking about yourself, so you’d better sign your name…see you if you’re lucky at Mrs. Keelers cake festival.
Yours, Smiler.

Ha, you've broadened my horizons twice today!

 

[lutewhine]

why not? Is there some art guidelines & rules book you’re referring to?


Tim Broad must have been an amateur

In Girlfriend … he gets round most of the moving mouths by stopping clips with a freeze frame - plus Moz is in the foreground and the focus for the most part.

In Everyday … this was apparently the original edit and sound mix, complete with the actual dialogue they’re saying in the more commonly-seen version …

Thread '"Everyday is Like Sunday" 1988 promotional film ~ alternate location sound mix'

Jun 29, 2020

Apologies if this is generally known about, but í certainly wasn't aware of it, and can find no mention in the relevant 'literature'.




This appears to be a version of Tim Broad's promotional film for "Everyday is Like Sunday" with seaside location sound mixed in throughout the film, as well as Sunday afternoon chit-chat from Billie & Cheryl. And a brief Hawtrey duet with Morrissey at the end.

Previously excerpted as a stand-alone amongst the odds and sods on the "Hulmerist" collection, í assume this early sound mix was rejected for full-on Moz-a-rama.
Or ~...

• joe frady
• Replies: 25
• Forum: General Discussion archive 2020 (read-only)

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[lutewhine]

tho I might be nothing but an amateur butter sculptor, I refuse to go on working with the idea of your praising being my reward – like what are your credentials anyway? Except for talking about all us butter sculptors, what else do you do? Do you know what it feels like to make some butter sculpture? Do you know what it feels like to actually ooze that butter around & create something of worth? You said that my last work “The Kings Odor” was great & now you say I haven’t done anything as great since – just who the hell are you talking to anyway? You must have something to do in your real life – I understand that you praised the piece you saw yesterday entitled “The Taster” about which you said meant “a nice work of butter carved into the shape of a young man who likes only African women” you are an idiot – it doesn’t mean that at all…I hereby want nothing to do with your hang-ups-I really don’t care what you think of my work as I now know you don’t understand it anyway…I must go now-I have this new hunk of margarine waiting in the bathtub – yes I said MARGARINE & next week I just might decide to use cream cheese - & I really don’t care what you think of my experimenting – you take yourself too seriously – you’re going to get an ulcer and go to the hospital-they’ll put you in a ward where you can’t have any visitors-you’ll go right off your nut-I really don’t care anymore-I am so bored with your rules and regulations that I might not even talk to you again-just remember tho, when you evaluate a piece of butter, you are talking about yourself, so you’d better sign your name…see you if you’re lucky at Mrs. Keelers cake festival.
Yours, Smiler.

I’m someone who has seen many, many examples of such things done well and I’m pointing out why this won’t be among future cited examples.

You think the footage has been well-chosen and I strongly disagree.

Good day.

 

[ShyShy_Flower]

I enjoyed the video very much.
The duel at the beginning and the drama following the characters playing out with the lyrics "I attack from the back..." with the main character turned away from a love interest, the song melts into the visual. I especially liked the sly shot of moz expressive look watching along with us as it all unfolds. I appreciate your work.

 

[gashonthenail]

Any footage like this with dialogue, so mouths are moving throughout but with no relevance to the words heard, doesn’t work in music videos. I have no problem with fan videos per se but this is a common mistake amateur makers make. Look at more or less any music video that’s tied to a film - in 99% of cases the film footage used is dialogue-free. The exception: bad music videos

Only one response to a post like this. So let's see one of your videos then?

 

[lutewhine]

Only one response to a post like this. So let's see one of your videos then?

That’s like saying you can’t comment on a song without popping up a song of your own. Moz may like to trot that kind of shite out, but that’s not how the world works, sugar.

If you can’t understand why it’s not best practice to have people mouthing lines of dialogue silently under music that has nothing to do with them, then I really can’t help you.

 

[TheSmiths_1985]