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bop_radar ([personal profile] bop_radar) wrote2007-11-10 06:39 pm
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Vid: Samson

Title: Samson
Artist: Regina Spektor
Fandom: Smallville
Description: Clark/Lana mood piece, spoilers to episode 7.04
Download: direct download (24 MB) or streaming at BAM or Blip (has been disabled on YouTube)
Credits: I had a lot of help with this one! The original concept is [livejournal.com profile] radioreverie's and huge thanks go to her for creative brainstorming as well. Profuse thanks to [livejournal.com profile] talitha78 for lifting my spirits with her wonderful feedback, and to [livejournal.com profile] supacat and [livejournal.com profile] brokenmnemonic for additional beta comments.
Notes: My aim was to capture the emotional tone of the Clana relationship, rather than take a literal or heavily meta approach, although I couldn't resist sprinkling a little meta in. Although it's in Lana's voice, it's not strictly Lana point-of-view--it was my intention to capture the ship as a whole. I'm passionate about neither the song nor the ship, but it was a satisfying experience vidding them nonetheless and I forced myself to practise transitions. And yes, I squeed crazily when they referenced the Samson/Delilah relationship in the episode last night. (My ep review is late because it spurred me to finish this first!)
Lyrics:

You are my sweetest downfall
I loved you first, I loved you first
Beneath the sheets of paper lies my truth
I have to go, I have to go
Your hair was long when we first met

Samson went back to bed
Not much hair left on his head
He ate a slice of wonder bread and went right back to bed
And history books forgot about us and the bible didnt mention us
The bible didnt mention us, not even once

You are my sweetest downfall
I loved you first , I loved you first
Beneath the stars came falling on our heads
But they're just old light
They're just old light
Your hair was long when we first met

Samson came to my bed
Told me that my hair was red
Told me I was beautiful and came into my bed
I cut his hair myself one night
A pair of dull scissors and the yellow light
He told me that I'd done alright
and kissed me till the morning light the morning light
and he kissed me till the morning light

Samson went back to bed
Not much hair left on his head
Ate a slice of wonder bread
and went right back to bed
We couldn't break the columns down
No, we couldn't destroy a single one
and the history books forgot about us
and the bible didnt mention us
not even once

You are my sweetest downfall
I loved you first

Feedback would be wonderful should any of you care to watch! :)

[identity profile] frelling-tralk.livejournal.com 2007-11-11 12:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Umm I think I've figured out the problem. I was trying to play it from recent documents, but when I went into my SV video folder to check it was only about 1.MB that had d/l. I don't know if it's something to do with sendspace, but I'm trying to download it again and it's got an estimated time of 7-8 hours, and then stalls on the d/l completely, so something's not working for me somewhere

I feel like such a gigantic pain when no one else seems to be having these problems :/ But I was wondering if it would be possible for you to upload to another site like megaupload or yousendit?

[identity profile] bop-radar.livejournal.com 2007-11-12 09:59 am (UTC)(link)
Here you go! http://www.megaupload.com/?d=659VSZBK
Hope you have more luck with this one.

[identity profile] frelling-tralk.livejournal.com 2007-11-12 12:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay, it's working now! Sorry for all the hassle

And really beautiful video! Over 7 seasons the show has inevitably hit the same notes one too many times, so I tired of Clana on the show a while back unfortunately, but I do have a soft spot for season 5 Clana. And your video was perfecet at capturing all the bittersweetness of Clana, and reminding us of what the show is trying to do with them. You chose such sweet moments! :)
Edited 2007-11-12 12:59 (UTC)

[identity profile] bop-radar.livejournal.com 2007-11-12 09:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you for your patience! And yes, I have a soft spot for S5 Clana too--i'm glad they got their moment in the sun. Thanks for the feedback!