Morts Musings

I have to start this post by stating quite clearly that I am not a fan of Ms Tyler or her body of works, not that I hate it either, it just has a rather high reading on my meh-ometer.

In anycase, if you’re not familar with the concept of “literal video” it’s basically where somebody takes an artists music video and re-writes the lyrics to describe the action that’s taking place in the video itself; Given some of the drug, or ego, fuelled concepts which musicians have come up with for their videos over the years this really offers an abundance of potential comedy gold.

There are loads of these things floating around youtube and other video hosting sites, and to some extent the concept has suffered from the freedom which the ‘net gives just about anybody to have a go at being creative; Or, to put it less politely, some of the literal videos out there are utter crap!

Still, amongst all the chaff there are, if you look, some real gems; productions which you can tell somebody has put a lot of work into, in terms of watching the video and composing an alternate set of lyrics which describe the action, while still scanning, and following the pattern of the original artist’s lyrics. It may not be as impressive as coming up with a complete song from scratch, but it’s a form of artistic creativity which I respect none the less.

Anyway, I’ll stop waffling and let you get on with watching the video; This is definitely one of the best literal videos I’ve seen so far! So, without further ado, I give you the Literal Video version of Bonnie Tylers Total Eclipse of the Heart

Literal Video: Total Eclipse of the Heart