November 27, 2007

My first video to receive a musical edit @YouTube.
Originally, the music used in this video was by Genesis.
YouTube got me for "copyright infringement"....(so long, public domain)..They gave me a choice of music to replace. I chose the "we'll pick it" option. They went classical.

November 25, 2007

Just having some fun with collage
and images here. I love this song, by Genesis.



~X~ShortbusNormal.

November 24, 2007 :

In the musical, "Fiddler On The Roof," (A favorite of mine) the young man who is lead towards marriage, sings a song of love and the wonder of love.

This "miracle" ~~oh, so, shortbusnormally presented!~~arrives, sometimes, with a spank and a tickle. Family, and Fiddler's are just
a blip, just a beginning, and just .....

...tolerated~~at times. This is for everyman who suffered the slings and arrows of "Great Expectations." This is for you & yours & the damsel you love.
Spank on..They damn well deserve it.

November 23, 2007 :

This video says "nothing."
(Then, again, it may just say everything: Art and culture and society crashing up against each other; music to our collective ears, masking our fears; brainless politics bumping and grinding to a halt; and, the freedom ~~says, ShortbusNormal~~to be sexually frustrated & express it with loud, blaring, punk-rock music..oh Yeah!)

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I take that back: It's about nothing..Nothing at all.
:)

November 18, 2007 :

I wrote a short poem entitled, "Super Hero" on this day. Afterwards, I was thinking of the whole Super Hero idea, (over-done, of course, these days) and it occurred to me that this little poem would be a good one to accompany a video.

The poem eventually ended up in "The Wind Shall Hear My Words."

The Music & lyrics in the video are by, Ani DiFranco (A favorite, always, of mind. Talk about blunt & New York Poetry..super heroine, she is.)

November 16, 2007 :

Okay. This one is entitled, "Blue Move-e." What you'll lean into the speaker to hear is the song "O'deed on Life itself" [totally, mis-spelled,aye!]. It's a crappy, recorded-through-the-telephone-podcast version.

What can I tell you? I love Blue Oyster Cult. My band, when I was in a Band, played this song. Hail, Canada...and, thank you.

The movie...is "blue"

November 17, 2007:

Because it is only proper, there will be some long notes for this one.
This video was originally created by TV2Guy (my first YouTube Channel.)
It's probably the most rewarding video I've ever put together, regardless of YouTube's Copyright Violation it earned.
The ShortbusNormal version now, today, has different music attached to it.
This video, appearing on THIS blog, still stands at YouTube..the Original.

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Anyone who loses someone they love. This video is for you.

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I've been gratified, and happy, knowing that this video, among the hundreds I've uploaded, is still the most popular, the most viewed, and the most "clicked."

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Here, in a Eulogy I gave on 09/24/2005, lie the origins of "Hold On...":

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"A few days ago, my Sister, B, asked me if I'd like to say a few words for our Mother.
I told her I'd be happy to do so; and, then thought to myself: What an honor this is, to be able to stand before family & friends, young & old, and share with you all, what a very special person our Mother was.

"Many of you here today have stories, remembrances, and instances, wherein Dorothy had touched your life in ways big & small...but, always, with a huge heart attached. Whether in times of laughter, or times of tears, you could always count on her to be completely present:

"For a hug, a kind word, story of her own..to bring a chuckle..if the chips were down. She was just that kind of person; a person of kindness, who managed, even in the thick of her own illnesses, to carry herself with a grace & dignity few but the Saints could only muster.

"There was Strength in this. Whatever strengths I have, were seemingly passed down to me from my Mother. I'm sure my Sister, B & my Brother J, could tell you the same as I.

"Our Mother lead an exemplary life. You could count on her. She would talk to anyone~~Complete strangers, in the Supermarket!~~and, not just talk, but listen.

"As a Child, I'd stand, stupefied, holding her hand in mine, as some total stranger, (who "kinda" resembled my Mom, but was definitely NOT a relative) unburdened her life story, with all the particulars. I'd gaze up at my Mother, and there she'd be, listening; intently, listening. And, nodding her head in all the right places. The thing is:

"My mom, Our Mom, everyone Mom for today, really WAS paying attention; really was listening. Like I said, she was just that kind of person.

"My Father & Mother recently celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary. All of the family gathered for a party. It was not soon after that, she'd gone into St Francis Hospital, for her last stay....

"....When Dorothy passed away, she looked beautiful. She was no longer suffering. She looked peaceful, angelic. We know she is with the Lord, in Heaven, surrounded by the people who have loved her, and have missed her..as do we all, today.

"In conclusion, I'd like to paraphrase some lyrics by Phil Collins, written while he was in the band, Genesis:

"We'll hold onto our hearts, because she'll always be there."

*Fin*




~x~shortbusnormal/tv2guy/Billy B.