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Because Of Video
Posted: Sat May 14, 2005 10:38 pm
by painkillersinaction
(I browsed through the forum and did a search, and found nothing about it. If there's already a post then i'm sorry)
sooo, have you seen it?it's online at his official site. what do you think about it? I think it does the song and LC justice. he seems relaxed, carrying his whole life not as a burden but more as a gift. a fitting video for a very powerful song.
Posted: Sun May 15, 2005 3:53 pm
by jurica
it's online? great!
Tom Sakic saw it on a local TV, called me on the phone, but i can't watch that chanel at home! he liked it also.
Posted: Sun May 15, 2005 5:38 pm
by Tchocolatl
Wow! Thanks Painkillersinaction, very well done this video. Bravo! I liked it at first glance, but was a little annoyed at the very first by the jamesbondish-femaleshapeonthecircle/target but no. At second tought, it seems to me more as a mirror and or a window (two things dear to Leonard Cohen and that are in many songs and poems along with women) wich gives to see a playfull image as the image of a side of the song itself, is a great symbol and way to show the song. All the colors and the images are purely delightful! Wow again. I give a wow wow to this video.
Posted: Sun May 15, 2005 6:58 pm
by icecreamtruck
It's a SPOOF. It's really funny. He's making fun of the "deepness" of it all.
Posted: Sun May 15, 2005 7:00 pm
by icecreamtruck
It gets semi serious at the end and is sort of sad.
Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 8:16 am
by jarkko
Here is the link to the video on Sony's site:
http://www.leonardcohen.com/DearHeather ... tion=media
By the way, Lorca Cohen made this marvellous video!
Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 12:06 pm
by tomsakic
I saw it on local TV station on Saturday, I was overwhelmed - I came in when LC danced with Anjani... Sadly, according to Croatian Sony BMG, it will not be aired on nation TV because it doesn't fit into their commercial politics - namely, every video must be accompanied by Realtone / Poliphone melody for cellar phones, and Croatian mobile operators concluded that nobody would buy Leonard Cohen's Because Of for his/her phone
I know at least ten people who would buy it.
Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 12:16 pm
by painkillersinaction
Tom Sakic wrote:I saw it on local TV station on Saturday, I was overwhelmed - I came in when LC danced with Anjani... Sadly, according to Croatian Sony BMG, it will not be aired on nation TV because it doesn't fit into their commercial politics - namely, every video must be accompanied by Realtone / Poliphone melody for cellar phones, and Croatian mobile operators concluded that nobody would buy Leonard Cohen's Because Of for his/her phone
I know at least ten people who would buy it.
God! there's such a policy?

this is insane! in a few years all albums will have to be approved by the mobile operators for their ringtoneability!
Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 12:22 pm
by tomsakic
They say that more than 6o% of musical industry's money is now made by selling the melodies for cellar phones

Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 3:14 pm
by Tchocolatl
jarkko wrote:By the way, Lorca Cohen made this marvellous video!
Thanks Jarkko to broke the news

I thought it was done by someone who really knew the career of the man, I was wrong : it was doe by someone who really knew the man! Wow. Again.
Have a nice day, everybody,

Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 1:27 pm
by peter danielsen
great video, 10000000000,5 times better than any vid on mtv
peter
Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 2:26 pm
by jurica
painkillersinaction wrote:this is insane! in a few years all albums will have to be approved by the mobile operators for their ringtoneability!
he he he
the world has gone mad years ago. we just can't tell how much yet!
Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 3:44 pm
by tomsakic
Back to LC, the fact is that in January the same mobile operator, who now supports TV chart, had The Letters very high on its radio charts (which they support for leading national music radio). The Letters were on #12, and they needed video... Because Of, although released for radio stations, didn't get any air time yet ~ you could suggets that LC simply made wrong choice. I'd say that also, if I haven't see this video, and it works perfectly on TV - you became somehow moved, as you were with In My Secret Life.
And really, I think that refrain "Look at my Leonard, Look at me Leonard, one, last, tiiime" would work perfectly on cellar phone

Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 7:33 pm
by altinkum
I only just took a look at the video, is my imagination or can you here a dog barking now and again during the first half, and I distinctly heard someone laughing towards the end

Great vid.
Wendy
Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 9:55 pm
by Young dr. Freud
Something for everyone. Leonard in his hipster pose. Bouncing Breasts.
Definitely MTVish. You know...where the men get to do the singing and bragging and the women just jiggle around a lot.
And that is a professional opinion.
YdF