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My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark
Fell down the rabbit hole of youtube videos, but this is the one that just hit me in all the best ways. And dear GOD the way it hits the beats! Apparently it was the vidder's first effort, which I find hard to believe, it's amazingly confident and well-edited (go to youtube and watch it bigger):
Apart from the title, then 'My childhood spat back the monster that you see' is also one of the most Doctor-y lines I have ever come across. Features the 9th, 10th and 11th Doctor. Enjoy.
Apart from the title, then 'My childhood spat back the monster that you see' is also one of the most Doctor-y lines I have ever come across. Features the 9th, 10th and 11th Doctor. Enjoy.
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Hope you are properly better. (And don't worry. RL keeps me plenty busy...)
Ooooh. Can we say… that since Twelve has this whole connection with Pompeii, he *is* earth, because he is dealing with the fallout, and Ten is totally fire because he destroyed it, and they’re like, mirrors and such!
*tilts head* I hadn't thought of it like that...
(I will dig up the thoughts on Twelve's earthiness - they're mostly Proton's, but if you look at The Waste Land all the earth stuff fits beautifully with Twelve & Gallifrey.)
Also, Nine has this whole pronounced rootless element, after the loss of his people, which is quite wind-y. And it takes him quite some time of Rose-therapy to become a bit more grounded (Another point in the Twelve-as-Earth thing, numerous times he stays at a specific place for long).
Just keeps moving...
Yes, I see what you mean. But you know, it’s been only a few months since Christmas. It took me ages after 2013 to find the quintessential Eleven vid and I’m still not sure. Give them some more time.
Very true. Like, Pompeii might be as close as I get. Although I want someone to make one to U2's Cedarwood Road. Somehow it is THE Twelve song. I can't even explain why.
And I don't really have a THE Eleventh Doctor vid, I have a large collection. ;)
Well, yes, obviously, but I mean the 3rd time was when it clicked for me. And like I said, your analysis post probably helped a lot. I think the “Where is your God?” bit won me over. And all the companions!... (cries forever)
It's sooooo good. It's the beginning that does it? Not only the beginning, but that almost silent slow motion of all the Doctor's warriors getting ready to do battle. Ugh, might have to go watch it again.
Oh also, in other news, read Tiny Twelve (TM). It was amazing. Osgood and tiny Basil, the fluffy conspiracy theorist, are henceforth my spirit animals.
:D :D :D It's honestly just SUCH a delight, and so fantastically innovative. ♥
(The book of The Day of the Doctor is out. Written by Steven Moffat. It is... *no words* I think I want to live inside it.)
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(Anonymous) 2018-04-16 09:00 pm (UTC)(link)…INFJs unite (separately-in-your-own-homes-because-duh-introversion)? Also, I blame you, Purplefringe, and Bastille.
I will dig up the thoughts on Twelve's earthiness - they're mostly Proton's, but if you look at The Waste Land all the earth stuff fits beautifully with Twelve & Gallifrey.)
Oh no, it’s cool, I believe you; and I love what you’ve done with the Waste Land.
Very true. Like, Pompeii might be as close as I get.
(points above)
Although I want someone to make one to U2's Cedarwood Road. Somehow it is THE Twelve song. I can't even explain why.
(sighs) Therein lies the beautiful problem that partly inspired the project I call “The Reverse Fantasia (alt!playlist)”. Well, that, and seeing numerous fan playlists online. Anyway, in progress. Oh boy.
And I don't really have a THE Eleventh Doctor vid, I have a large collection.
(Fascinating Eyebrow) …You know, there will most probably be a large degree of overlap; I mean, I have recommended you some in the past, if nothing else. But if you’re not bored, do tell. ;)
:D :D :D It's honestly just SUCH a delight, and so fantastically innovative.
Oh yes. And I’d love to recommend you something in return, if you want. Or if you’re not busy with the DOTD book of course. (Speaking of which, I’m mostly into novels that tell new stories, or like, if there are interesting gaps in an existing one –p.e. Tales of Trenzalore, etc. But I still totally get the appeal of novelizations, especially this one.)
Though I hardly deal in heartwarming delights, they should call me the Oncoming Nope. But I certainly still have some.
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Thank you.
Oh no, it’s cool, I believe you; and I love what you’ve done with the Waste Land.
Earthiness throughout, especially in the finales.
(sighs) Therein lies the beautiful problem that partly inspired the project I call “The Reverse Fantasia (alt!playlist)”. Well, that, and seeing numerous fan playlists online. Anyway, in progress. Oh boy.
See I don't really have play lists (although I like other people's, and have some amazing Master ones that I snagged back in the day).
(Fascinating Eyebrow) …You know, there will most probably be a large degree of overlap; I mean, I have recommended you some in the past, if nothing else. But if you’re not bored, do tell. ;)
Um. *looks folders* That could take a while. Not sure how many are even available on youtube... There are multitudes.
Or if you’re not busy with the DOTD book of course.
I already finished it, and am reading it for the second time. Already know that once I've finished it again I will then read it for a third time. It's magical. In the episode we watched what happened. This is a chance to look inside the people (many different people) - and inside the DOCTOR (who is also many different people) - what he thought, what he felt, a hundred, a thousand details that we never saw. Told out of sequence (it's very timey-wimey), usually having to try to figure out who the narrator is... I can't describe it. I've never read a book like it.
Also, it's incredibly funny.
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(Anonymous) 2018-04-21 07:25 pm (UTC)(link)See, it’s not exactly a playlist –though it draws inspiration from many– but I really didn’t know what else to call it. It began thusly:
Hm, if I were to make a music video for each Doctor, what music/song would I choose for each one?... I mean, I’m not going to, but damn, just hypothetically! Some songs fit so well!
Then I was like:
Damn, this is impossible, one cannot possibly COMPLETELY sum up an entire complex character with a single piece of music!... What if… a song for every series?
Which quickly became:
Fuck it, I’ll do every episode, the laws of list-making are mine and they will obey me.
To simplify matters (because serials and parts and what is episode), I’ve confined myself to New!Who. And it has to be music I already possess, I mustn’t go looking for it. Which still left me with about 8 gigabytes to work with, so.
A piece of music has to capture the feel of the episode, or what happens in it, or there must be a reference, or *something* when I listen to the song must remind me of it, but it’s not strict. It can also refer to the general story arc. It can be humorous. It can be “If I was feeling blasphemous and wanted to remove Murray Gold from the soundtrack, what would I use?” I can use two songs if I think that just one isn’t cutting it or the episode is very inspiring, etc. Film and images converted to music, hence “The Reverse Fantasia”.
(Basically, it’s very INFJ.)
Other vague rules have gradually emerged. Good villains usually steal the song selection. Chameleon Circuit songs are excluded. Songs featured on the show are excluded. Minisodes are fair game. A chosen piece of music must exist on youtube so that people can listen to it if recommended, etc.
It’s a way to show people the weird way I think, share amazing music, and give vid-makers ideas all in one.
I’d give you an example, but it’s almost complete (I won’t do after Series 10, there has to be an end), and I’d rather share it then.
But you know, think of how perfect Handlebars is for The Waters of Mars, that kind of thing. Or that board game where the ghost has to tell you who the murderer is through random pictures –but with music!
Um. *looks folders* That could take a while. Not sure how many are even available on youtube... There are multitudes.
Eh, I may just trace your pimp!tag. Plus, even if it is a bit more inconvenient, not being available on youtube has turned out to not be a problem.
And while we’re on the subject, how AMAZING was that Fox On The Run one? (flails) I now consider it the ultimate River/Doctor song and video.
In the episode we watched what happened. This is a chance to look inside the people (many different people) - and inside the DOCTOR (who is also many different people) - what he thought, what he felt, a hundred, a thousand details that we never saw.
Huh. So it’s basically like my fics lately :) I’d probably like it a lot too.
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Sounds like a hell of a thing. Good luck with it, and looking forward to seeing it when it's done!
But you know, think of how perfect Handlebars is for The Waters of Mars, that kind of thing. Or that board game where the ghost has to tell you who the murderer is through random pictures –but with music!
Mmm. It's funny because it's sort of the opposite of what I look for? I want something that pulls together lots of different pieces into a coherent whole. Guess it's just two sides of the same coin.
Eh, I may just trace your pimp!tag. Plus, even if it is a bit more inconvenient, not being available on youtube has turned out to not be a problem.
I'd say pretty much everything by purplefringe, such_heights, di_br, humansrsuperior, hollywoodgrrl (you ARE familiar with Marble House, yes?) - oh and What We Had by cherryice. (Also Lands End for the Ponds.) See, it's already starting. SO MANY GOOD THINGS.
And while we’re on the subject, how AMAZING was that Fox On The Run one? (flails) I now consider it the ultimate River/Doctor song and video.
I had completely forgotten that that existed. It's great fun, but it'd not get near my Top 10. Possibly not my Top 50.
Right, looking at my folders here's a quick selection (this is Doctor/River only and extremely random):
The World is not Enough by niyalune (I'm biased, I suggested the song, because all Bond songs are perfect for River)
Matches to Paper Dolls (no idea who made it)
'Poison' and 'Kiss Me' by calapine
Booty Call (again, from somewhere on youtube)
Run With Me by chaila43 (this should probably be top of the list. If I did lists. I have no idea how often I have watched this, hundreds probably. The song is top of my iTunes most played. It just captures something essential about them.) There is also You Only Disappear from the same vidder. More heartbreaking.
Nobody Does It Better - from somewhere. Again, Bond songs are perfect.
I have three vids saved by katoelizabeth, all good
OK, am going to stop this could take all day. And I am only scratching the surface...
Huh. So it’s basically like my fics lately :) I’d probably like it a lot too.
I am on my third reading now. :)
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(Anonymous) 2018-04-25 01:41 am (UTC)(link)I’ll let you know! ;)
It's funny because it's sort of the opposite of what I look for? I want something that pulls together lots of different pieces into a coherent whole. Guess it's just two sides of the same coin.
Oh, I also do totally look for something that connects many different pieces into a whole usually, just not for this project. Or, you know, you can see this as an excuse to use a bunch of songs instead of one for a character, because it totally is.
And aww, you really didn’t have to, but thanks!
See, the reason why I liked Fox On The Run so much was mostly because it was made last year, so EVERYTHING River/Doctor could be included.
But I still went on a vid-watching spree, don’t worry.
Matches to Paper Dolls was very good indeed, objectively, though not one I’d *personally* go crazy over.
I had already seen Poison! And my reaction to it had mostly been “fucking FINALLY, fandom, took you long enough”.
You have every right to be biased; The World Is Not Enough is absolutely amazing. And now the damn song is stuck in my head and I don’t even really like James Bond and thank you!
When it comes to purplefringe and such_heights, there *were* a few I hadn’t seen before and which I really enjoyed now that I went looking: Blank Space –it seems easy to make a video about the Master but apparently it isn’t, so kudos, and Suzanne was beautiful and how did I miss this song, give it to me.
Finally, Love Is Cool is a prime candidate for the Most Adorable Thing Ever, and moved me to almost Graveyard Near the House levels, though without simultaneously destroying my soul in the process (I think you’ve seen that one, right?) Much clapping.
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I’ll let you know! ;)
Cool cool cool.
Oh, I also do totally look for something that connects many different pieces into a whole usually, just not for this project. Or, you know, you can see this as an excuse to use a bunch of songs instead of one for a character, because it totally is.
There have been similar vidding projects...
There's such_height's Month of Ponds (scroll down a bit): individual vids for the first four episodes of S7 (you may be familiar), and moreso
See, the reason why I liked Fox On The Run so much was mostly because it was made last year, so EVERYTHING River/Doctor could be included.
Oh I definitely get that. (Even if I'm still so-so on THoRS. As you may - or may not - have noticed I never wrote anything about it. And still don't know if I ever will.)
Matches to Paper Dolls was very good indeed, objectively, though not one I’d *personally* go crazy over.
Yeah, tastes differ. :)
I had already seen Poison! And my reaction to it had mostly been “fucking FINALLY, fandom, took you long enough”.
It's from 2012... However, as far as I have been able to ascertain, there does NOT exist a Doctor/River vid to 'Tomorrow Never Dies' which is just criminal. (Yes there is one to 'Nobody Does It Better'.)
You have every right to be biased; The World Is Not Enough is absolutely amazing. And now the damn song is stuck in my head and I don’t even really like James Bond and thank you!
My pleasure! It's damn near perfect. :)
I must also recommend EVERYTHING by
there *were* a few I hadn’t seen before and which I really enjoyed now that I went looking
There are always gems. I think my favourite of theirs (well apart from Never Look Away) might be Blue Caravan.
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(Anonymous) 2018-05-01 01:16 am (UTC)(link)No worries :)
There have been similar vidding projects...
Oh yes, I’ve seen those. But even though I greatly admire such dedication, I don’t think that such a thing is for me. See, I don’t believe that most episodes contain enough by themselves to *actually* make such videos. Okay, yes, some do, but not all of them. So mine is in a purely theoretical level. Well, if I give anyone a cool idea to try out, cool, that’s beside the point, go ahead, people.
Although you may want to avoid them until your own list is finished?
Not to worry, a few stubborn, difficult episodes, and many songs to choose from are all that remains, I won’t get influenced or anything.
Even if I'm still so-so on THoRS.
You seemed very excited when it had come out. Care to elaborate? Is it just that, as you had put it, you prefer the whole relationship-building with Eleven and you saw this as more of an epilogue? Like, it’s good but others are better?
Not that I love it to pieces or anything. Though I think that some particular scenes, the music, and the magnificent meta make it totally worth it overall.
I must also recommend EVERYTHING
Thank you, I’ll check them out. Can’t seem to find much DW-stuff going through there, but maybe a more careful look is needed.
There are always gems.
Well, at least there are many. The most frustrating thing is when you find an AMAZING video –see the aforementioned Graveyard Near The House for example, which yes, I have recommended and I hope you liked– and the artist has no other videos for that fandom! The horror!
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Oh good, that was my main worry. I just find this stuff interesting. :)
You seemed very excited when it had come out. Care to elaborate? Is it just that, as you had put it, you prefer the whole relationship-building with Eleven and you saw this as more of an epilogue? Like, it’s good but others are better?
It's sort of a lot of things. Like, it has River, which is automatically wonderful. But... River is a Pond. She belongs with Ponds - her parents, Eleven. Twelve is not a Pond. He's OK, I quite like Twelve (well, S10!Twelve. S8 and S9 are... less appealing). But the juxtaposition is just jarring. It's not *my* ship, and although I can appreciate how it ties everything up, and how Twelve might have enough distance to deal with all the issues that had built up in the Doctor/River relationship, that simultaneously makes it less compelling. It ties things up nicely, most of the loose ends gathered up with a bow. It just doesn't do much for me.
F.ex. my favourite bit of the S9 soundtrack (apart from Breaking the Wall - which yes, is apparently called The Shepherd's Boy) is "A Restaurant with a View" because it's a re-working of The Enigma of River Song from the S6 soundtrack. <3
(There is more to it, but it's late & I'm sleepy now... I may write a post.)
Thank you, I’ll check them out. Can’t seem to find much DW-stuff going through there, but maybe a more careful look is needed.
No, it was very difficult to find even the one I linked to. :( But World Into Motion is quite exquisite just on its own. I have rarely seen a vid like it.
and the artist has no other videos for that fandom! The horror!
Oh this. :(
see the aforementioned Graveyard Near The House for example
PONDS! Ponds Ponds Ponds OH MY HEART!
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(Anonymous) 2018-05-05 12:54 pm (UTC)(link)Aww, I see. It might just also be an intrinsic character/chemistry/dynamic thing. Like, yes, River and His Fluffiness *are* cute, but it’s how I prefer Rose and Jack with Nine instead of Ten, and Clara with Twelve instead of Eleven, for instance.
That being said, I think we can all appreciate it as a “River Song episode with a Doctor guest appearance” as you had put it :)
My favourite bit of the S9 soundtrack (apart from Breaking the Wall - which yes, is apparently called The Shepherd's Boy) is “A Restaurant With A View” because it's a re-working of The Enigma of River Song from the S6 soundtrack.
Hmm, yes, but the thing is I *already* have The Enigma of River Song :) So gimme new, Murray Gold. Of course, I am still cross that the magnificent bit from The Witch’s Familiar where Twelve is going “I’m going to count to ten, and then I expect to be presented with one Clara, or I start busting motherfuckers” while poor Clara and Missy are listening from the sewers wasn’t included, and I’m pretty sure that *is* a re-working of a thing, so what do I know.
(Speaking of unreleased re-workings, check out the cool western version of Ten’s theme from Hell Bent called “Unarmed” by DoctorWhoUnreleased2015, it’s damn near perfect.)
New personal favourites –so yes, The Shepherd’s Boy and The Singing Towers are out– include but are not limited to, the very Beethoven-y “A Fly On A Painting”, “Two Events In Life”, “One Confession Away” and “Break Free”. I used to joke that Gold secretly has a TARDIS, so he grabbed the soundtrack from Barry Lyndon, went to our old friend Ludwig van and was like “Amaze me!” And that the Doctor was trying to give us a covert message in Before The Flood.
Oh, and “Harmony and Redemption” is pretty good too.
PONDS! Ponds Ponds Ponds OH MY HEART!
Awww! (hugs) See, I just wanted to make sure.
My reaction was a shout of “Who gave you the right?!” and a bunch of incoherent, inarticulate cries while clutching my heart.
I don’t know what’s more frustrating, that like I said, this person hasn’t got any more DW videos, or that this masterpiece has less than 700 views –and about a third of those are mine.
Still though. (cries forever)
I need to go watch Love Is Cool or some Doctor Puppet again, it’ll cheer me up :)
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Yup that's it. And I much prefer Clara with Eleven - I'm not saying her arc with Twelve isn't fascinating, but Clara & Eleven are just adorable and fluffy, and Clara & Twelve are complicated and difficult. I have almost completed a S8-S9 re-watch (only have the final three episodes of S9 to watch and just can't get myself to watch, even though they're excellent), and yeah, just SUCH HARD WORK. :( I appreciate what those seasons do, but they're not easy viewing.
That being said, I think we can all appreciate it as a “River Song episode with a Doctor guest appearance” as you had put it :)
Aye.
Hmm, yes, but the thing is I *already* have The Enigma of River Song :)
Ah see from my POV, it's a link back to all the stuff I like (a bit like when the Gallifrey theme plays around Prof Yana), tying it all together.
Of course, I am still cross that the magnificent bit from The Witch’s Familiar where Twelve is going “I’m going to count to ten, and then I expect to be presented with one Clara, or I start busting motherfuckers” while poor Clara and Missy are listening from the sewers wasn’t included, and I’m pretty sure that *is* a re-working of a thing, so what do I know.
I'll have to listen out for that. And hey, they never included the best bits of the Waters of Mars that I listened to a fanmade version of for AGES.
Speaking of unreleased re-workings, check out
Will try to find them all!
My reaction was a shout of “Who gave you the right?!” and a bunch of incoherent, inarticulate cries while clutching my heart.
What struck me is that it seems so LONG? There are some vids that seem to go on forever, (and I wish they would), and this is one of them. Like, 'Keep giving me more'.
I need to go watch Love Is Cool or some Doctor Puppet again, it’ll cheer me up :)
Or Moves Like Jagger...
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(Anonymous) 2018-05-05 02:34 pm (UTC)(link)See, I love complicated and difficult that is textually acknowledged that it’s complicated and difficult! But I get where you’re coming from, not an easy viewing indeed, it *is* hard work.
I'll have to listen out for that. And hey, they never included the best bits of the Waters of Mars that I listened to a fanmade version of for AGES.
I KNOW! Yes! That one. (Sigh)
There are some vids that seem to go on forever, (and I wish they would), and this is one of them. Like, 'Keep giving me more'.
Oh yes. Well, it’s a big, beautiful song, so.
Also, I take it that you must have really enjoyed “The First Question” then, the final version is over eight minutes long!
Or Moves Like Jagger
(does the Drunk Giraffe)