another grey tinted post-apocalyptic fallout morning. ghost memories of alcohol fuelled neon night life. so full of yearning it physically hurts.
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the sadness of feeling cold on a warm summers day.
…with the future ghost of stevie nicks is in there.
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accepting the dark side in your nature.
this song pretty much made the final scene in true blood 3×04.
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when you feel imprisoned by your beliefs letting them go can be the only way to be truly free.
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the song thats playing in your head as you wake up and realise you’re not dreaming (you really are in the arms of the person you got engaged to the night before).
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the scent of sandalwood incense on your lovers skin.
and if you really feel like a good dance then listen to the original bhangra fusion track here!!
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fallen angels in the making. the influence of Ba‘al Zebûb.
(even though it’s easy to see how some people might see the naive spirit of youth )
i wonder if there is anything the french director/choreographer eva husson (who also directed the short for M83′s Kim and Jessie) is able to get wrong?!
calm before the storm (of violence).
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pastel watercolour dreams. escaping on the american road.
director: frater (benjie davies and jim field)
illustrations/watercolour: sarah larnach
animation: frater, michael zauner, leni kauffman, naweed khan
the amount of rotoscoping involved in this video is incredible :O
touching you burns.
yeah… it may be for a shakira song, but the choreography by Katrin Hall (artistic director for the Iceland Dance Company) and being able to watch the beautiful daniel “cloud” campos more than makes up for it
original 2003 choreography here
respiratory system. operating system. postal system. capitalist system. weather system. solar system. cognitive system.
a beautiful marriage between the yearning in this song and clips from ‘L’amant’ by Jean Jacques Annaud (1992)
dancing in the middle of a warm hurricane. the song breakdown ends/long extro starts and you see your best friend by your side.
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invisible inner demon. mirrors my movements but ultimately controls me.
(danced by josh allan and katee shean for so you think you can dance US)
addiction.
(danced by kayla and kupono for so you think you can dance US)
road tripping through an autumn coloured Tennessee with someone you love.
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sirens tearing strips off you.
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this video for the danish hip hop group have somehow managed to hit the nail on the head about what being a first gen born european’s life looked like in the 1990/2000s. i don’t know where this was shot but it could have been london for me.
the original version of this song (in french/arabic) by Khaled is here. his little face is makes me smile so much!
soulmates.
i’m not sure if it’s because johnny castle was my first love and that character passed away when patrick swayze did or being able to see just how in love with his wife (lisa niemi) he was when dancing with her in this but this clip makes me teary.
wishing, longing, dreaming while dancing with your feet in warm sand.
i’m so obsessed with fred falke it’s silly.
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hiding.
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waking from the most beautiful dream. full of hope.
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inner child telling the truth.
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old soulmates finding each other in this lifetime.
best bollywood movie of all time.
(sung by sonu nigam and alka yagnik)
chorus feels like i’m falling backwards. on a rollercoaster.
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when the person who hurt you the most is the only thing that can make you feel better.
this song meant a lot to me anyway. this dance made it mean even more and is pretty much my favourite.
here is the much tighter but shorter version by josh allan and katee shean
you wrote me a long letter asking me to find what it is that’s worth fighting myself for.
the feeling i got when i heard this song again is the closest i have so far to an answer.
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