Moonlight Official Video - Page 7

deribish · #91 10-14-2011, 08:49 AM

i think we are forgetting that Stevie has a long history of putting people in her videos (often her friends and loved ones) doing odd things... things that at first viewing (or maybe forever) that makes us go "wtf?"
Dave, dancing weirdly, by himself, with little relation to the rest of the video in "Moonlight" is SO SIMILAR to Mick, dancing weirdly, by himself, with little relation to the rest of the video in "I Cant Wait"

Travis · #92 10-14-2011, 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by deribish

i think we are forgetting that Stevie has a long history of putting people in her videos (often her friends and loved ones) doing odd things... things that at first viewing (or maybe forever) that makes us go "wtf?"
Dave, dancing weirdly, by himself, with little relation to the rest of the video in "Moonlight" is SO SIMILAR to Mick, dancing weirdly, by himself, with little relation to the rest of the video in "I Cant Wait"

Hi Derek :-)

I agree - I’m not really bothered by anything in the video, I think its fine, but like John L pointed out, it's kind of a drag to keep releasing mid tempo song after mid temp song. Spice it up Stevie. IYD would have been my next single and video choice.

p.s. – got another surprise coming to you soon ;-)

greendaze5 · #93 10-14-2011, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by deribish

i think we are forgetting that Stevie has a long history of putting people in her videos (often her friends and loved ones) doing odd things... things that at first viewing (or maybe forever) that makes us go "wtf?"
Dave, dancing weirdly, by himself, with little relation to the rest of the video in "Moonlight" is SO SIMILAR to Mick, dancing weirdly, by himself, with little relation to the rest of the video in "I Cant Wait"

Also, the oddball bit where Lindsey walks in front of Stevie in the 'Seven Wonders' video!

ragrsrocalot · #94 10-14-2011, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Travis

Awww, you mean this one? http://youtu.be/YOuKL8W2Cuo

Yes.

Fantastic job. BITS of the doc. AND an incredible LIVE performance make this video awesome.

SapphireSister · #95 10-14-2011, 11:34 AM

Not impressed and I'm not shy about saying it. First of all, I love Waddy and all but he should definitely not be making appearances in videos unless they are live performances. Although now that I think about it he does mesh well with the "scary" theme.

I agree with what someone said about this just being re-cycled footage. Didn't we see these same scenes in the sizzle reel and other things? Her house and all? This is nothing new. Sure, they added some new shots and things but overall I feel like I've seen all of this before. Obviously they didn't have a huge budget.

The group shots are soooo cheezy to me! What is the point? What are they trying to impress upon us in this video? Does this video have any kind of message as opposed to being a bunch of choppy shots edited together? I know this sounds harsh but being that I'm not a big fan of IYD in general this just adds insult to injury.

That being said however, I am absolutely thrilled that Stevie is still putting out videos and gracing us with her presence in such a consistant fashion these days. This in no way takes away from Stevie being the Queen. You go girl!!

fringed n fab · #96 10-14-2011, 11:36 AM

I have to say my favorite albums are from the Jimmy Iovine years. But I'm glad she's still making records and performing. But I do like some of OSOTM and TISL and also think that the Sorcerer video was pretty good and she looked so flawless in it. I probably liked the (Sorcerer) video more than that song. Just something about her outfits and makeup and the boots throughout it. The visuals were cool too. Am I the only one who wishes she still had her Phoenix home over this one?

Richard B · #97 10-14-2011, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Buddy

I love the song, love the owl and I love the vampire girl with the violin. Stevie looks stunning in the video. I'm just trying to figure it all out. Imagery? Why is Dave laying on the piano? Why is he dancing? Who are all these people?

I'm happy to have another video from Stevie, I just need someone to explain it all to me.

Strange
Ooh it’s so strange

fringed n fab · #98 10-14-2011, 11:47 AM

I can't help but love Waddy and don't see why people knock the guy. He's been with Stevie and her camp and a fixture onstage for ages and they share so much history together so why not include him in things I think. I think his and Stevie's longstanding friendship is precious really. These people aren't 20 anymore and have been so loyal to one another.

SapphireSister · #99 10-14-2011, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by fringed n fab

I can't help but love Waddy and don't see why people knock the guy. He's been with Stevie and her camp and a fixture onstage for ages and they share so much history together so why not include him in things I think. I think his and Stevie's longstanding friendship is precious really. These people aren't 20 anymore and have been so loyal to one another.

I agree but I'm talking about from a visual standpoint from people who see the video and have no clue about their relationship. He looks like some weird, creepy guy lol.

UndoingTheLaces · #**100** 10-14-2011, 12:22 PM

I think a lot of us were more used to videos as they were in the 80's and really, nobody makes videos like that anymore. It seems that they did a lot of videos for this album and since videos don't really sell albums like they used to I think it was a labor of love for the fans. And if you do a video for almost every song you're not going to have a huge budget to spend on actors and sets and big name directors for any one song. And since this song was really going to be the one to appeal to a much younger generation who could very well be a major crossover fan base to be exposed to Stevie's music, the video style is much closer to what the Twilight crowd would get into.

And after the live clip videos from Say You Will, I'm thrilled Stevie and company decided to get all dressed up for us and have some fun with this. I love it.

fringed n fab · #**101** 10-14-2011, 12:38 PM

Speaking of videos and play, I was up this morning flipping through channels and got to thinking about the music business today and was kind of pissed off stations won't play someone as legendary as Stevie who's paid her dues, but they'll play Marc Anthony? Who's been absent the better part of a decade as far as I know and not done near as much as Stevie has in career, and Palladia channel will play him but stations wont play Stevie? It seriously makes me mad.

gldstwmn · #**102** 10-14-2011, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by JohnL

I have played the CD for a couple of very casual fans who are friends of mine. None had anything to say about Moonlight at all....neither good nor bad. It was just kind of "there" in their opinion. She needs to stop releasing mid tempo song after mid tempo song. Lets get some Stevie out there who is rockin the place. Thus...my suggestion for WSS.

She should have done Wide Sargasso Sea on Dancing With The Stars. It would have been a great song for the dancers to dance to and packed a lot of punch for her performance. You're right about the mid tempo songs.

Jondalar · #**103** 10-14-2011, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by gldstwmn

She should have done Wide Sargasso Sea on Dancing With The Stars. It would have been a great song for the dancers to dance to and packed a lot of punch for her performance. You're right about the mid tempo songs.

I agree Wide was the perfect song for Dancing with the Stars. The song is very sexual.

Johnny Stew · #**104** 10-14-2011, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Eugene

Total Eclipse Of The Heart-worldwide smash for Bonnie Tyler.

Hi Eugene... I actually knew the song (BIG Bonnie Tyler fan here). The "Turn Around Bright Eyes" thing is just a joke between jwd and myself.

Back in the old days of Napster and peer-to-peer file-sharing services, folks would constantly mislabel songs & artists on the mp3s they shared. There were mp3s for "Bette Davis Eyes" (Kim Carnes' huge hit) circulating with Bonnie's name on them, and files for "Total Eclipse" with Stevie's name on them.

Johnny Stew · #**105** 10-14-2011, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

Did you review each and every frame of this video?

I totally love that Stevie has that hanging on the wall. It's not Christine, it's... Joni Mitchell - Wild Things Run Fast

For some reason (on only my second viewing, I swear!

), that photo caught my eye -- so I went back & paused it to look closer. I'd never seen a photo of Christine in that pose before, but it looked so much like her. Plus I figured that if anyone would have "unseen" photos of Chris, it would be her bandmates!

Really cool to know it's actually Joni Mitchell. Thanks for the info!