Simon Owens writes:
Hey Jonco,
I remember seeing your post a few weeks ago embedding the video of the literal version of Total Eclipse of the Heart. I actually got a chance to interview the creator of that video, David Scott, and write an article about what goes into making his literal videos and how he chooses 80s bands he plans to satirize:
His literal version of “Total Eclipse of the Heart” has received over 2 million views. But how does he choose which videos to satirize?
David Scott couldn’t quite put his finger on what it is about 80s music videos that makes them ripe for satire, but he said it has something to do with the fact that the 80s witnessed the birth of the medium and artists suddenly found themselves overwhelmed with three to four minutes to provide visual acrobatic interpretations of their lyrics.
“This is when it stops becoming just a performance clip and goes on to become this whole audio visual extravaganza,” he told me. “So everyone would be throwing everything and the kitchen sink into these visuals, whether they made sense or not. They could go for this grand metaphor that nobody gets or something else entirely.”
Thanks Simon
