The Blues - Music Video (fan made)

[themovieaddict.com]

I spent a lot of time putting this together, let me know what you think of it if you get a chance:

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=85587AEB13688B1F

And if this is the wrong section to post videos, I apologize - I was going to post it in Appetite for Collection, but I'm not even sure it qualifies as a "download" per se. Feel free to move this topic, mods, if it's not the right place for it.

YouTube: (very bad quality, audio out of sync) http://youtube.com/watch?v=eUXo174fDqA

[mr. moustache]

old members in new gnr vid = lame as fuck

if slash was in the band I'd say cool, but seriosuly, don't put thos guys in there lol

[themovieaddict.com]

old members in new gnr vid = lame as fuck

if slash was in the band I'd say cool, but seriosuly, don't put thos guys in there lol

The point of putting in flashback clips was not to make it seem as if Slash and Duff et al were actually performing the song, it was to fit in with the theme of the song. If you pay attention to the lyrics it should make more sense. You'll notice I put all clips of old bandmembers in black and white and at specific points (e.g. when Axl says "Only memory" at the end it goes through a whole series of clips from old performances). Another example is when he says "It hurts so much to see you and how you left yourself behind" - it fades from a 2006 video clip of Izzy to a clip from the Sweet Child music video.

That was the reason I put them in. Also, there is so little pro shot stuff from 2006 and 2002 - and I wanted to use as little as possible from '02 since the band's image then was...well...less desirable, to say the least.

[Mr.Intensity]

"Only Memories" isn't about the old band.. it's about a past relationship with a woman, but I guess you can make the song out to be about anything ya want.....

[themovieaddict.com]

I know, but like many of the new songs, it seems it can be interpreted various ways. I think the lyrics to "Oh My God" and "Madagascar" also contain references to the old band (especially the verse in Oh My God about "liars that crawl through your veins like millions of spiders and seek out their victims and ruin the wiser").

[EFISH]

very very good work!

must have taken a while

i know why u put the old band in there for those parts ... and just imagine if those clips were of the new band, like slash walking slow motion black/white... that kind of stuff would be cool..


oh, and does the sound start to get bad for everybody after like 2 minutes or so, or is it my crappy speakers!


then at the 3 minute mark about it gets better

ugh now bad again! lol im watching while writing this.. but anyway.. good work... and try and fix the audio. 

[themovieaddict.com]

very very good work!

must have taken a while

i know why u put the old band in there for those parts ... and just imagine if those clips were of the new band, like slash walking slow motion black/white... that kind of stuff would be cool..


oh, and does the sound start to get bad for everybody after like 2 minutes or so, or is it my crappy speakers!


then at the 3 minute mark about it gets better

ugh now bad again! lol im watching while writing this.. but anyway.. good work... and try and fix the audio. 

Thanks! It did take a long time...the hardest part is actually just trying to find clips from other videos. I used a lot of stuff from Yesterdays, but then I had to chop some of the bits together to make it look right, or I had to add effects so it wouldn't look like an awkward transition...I also messed around with blurs and color effects (transitions into blue a lot with the color clips, like at the end) which takes a while trying to get right.

Anyway, about the audio - is it on the .mov file or on YouTube? YouTube is sucky but the .mov file is playing fine on my PC... 

[EFISH]

oh, i didnt even see you had a youtube link

yeah, i was looking at the mov file.. oh well

maybe my computer was just being retarded again!? ill try it again later.. but again.. it was very good, liked it a lot!

[Steel_Angel]

i only saw the first 10 seconds and i gotta say.. its good lol?

edit: slash duff??1 WTFIZZLE?!

[themovieaddict.com]

i only saw the first 10 seconds and i gotta say.. its good lol 

edit: slash duff??1 WTFIZZLE?!

The point of putting in flashback clips was not to make it seem as if Slash and Duff et al were actually performing the song, it was to fit in with the theme of the song. If you pay attention to the lyrics it should make more sense. You'll notice I put all clips of old bandmembers in black and white and at specific points (e.g. when Axl says "Only memory" at the end it goes through a whole series of clips from old performances). Another example is when he says "It hurts so much to see you and how you left yourself behind" - it fades from a 2006 video clip of Izzy to a clip from the Sweet Child music video.

That was the reason I put them in. Also, there is so little pro shot stuff from 2006 and 2002 - and I wanted to use as little as possible from '02 since the band's image then was...well...less desirable, to say the least.

 

[cotis]

Its really good man, really get the point you're trying to get across about the memories with the ex-gunners. Good stuff man, good stuff.

[14 Yrs Of Silence]

Its very well edited, I can see you spent a great deal of time to make this.? I get why you put clips of the old band to provide an image of the memories, however I feel like there are too many of them (eg. showing slash playing during the guitar solo, etc.) and furthormore actually makes me upset watching because you see that there is such a disconnect between the old and new GN'R.? This is obvious of course, but when you see clips of the old band set to the music of the new band you realize that there is no true history there and that sense of falseness makes me a little sad.   

[Voodoochild]

There's a lot of proshot stuff from RIR-Lisboa. Dunno why you didn't use it...

Also, you put Slash just when Robin shines, on the solo. IMO, that was a bit wrong... But the edition was pretty good, with some nice transitions.

[themovieaddict.com]

There's a lot of proshot stuff from RIR-Lisboa. Dunno why you didn't use it...

Also, you put Slash just when Robin shines, on the solo. IMO, that was a bit wrong... But the edition was pretty good, with some nice transitions.

The problem with using RIR stuff: quality I've seen so far is too low and when you stretch it to fit the same aspect ratio of the other clips the difference is very noticeable, but most importantly - all the RIR clips have that damn logo in the bottom right corner. As far as I know there aren't any clips online without the logos. I didn't want to mix clips with logos into clips without them.

[RKD]

well done.... great editing, and kinda made me feel sad that the era is over but kinda happy because we can still rely on axl to be the hot headed pissed of kid from Indiana who don't really give a shit lol i agree however that the using of slash during the solo didn't quite seem right but i enjoyed the overall video. great job 

[FlashFlood]

using the old clips is fine but i dont think you should make it look as if the old band is actually performing the song. instead, i would recommend using like still images, or non-performance clips like the ones used in sweet child and paradise city videos. you especially should not use their likeness during robins solo, it just doesnt fit. it would be like using axl singing on a fan made velvet revolver video. awkward huh?

[Shirell]

I liked the video I thought it was well put together but (sorry there's always one of those isn't there), I would have prefered to see the new band members instead of the old ones.  Before you say it, I understand the concept of 'memories' your using to relay the 'past and gone' theme but, as most fans already know this is about a woman (Stephanie Seymour) it doesn't sit quite right.  I liked your work though, it was very entertaining.

[themovieaddict.com]

using the old clips is fine but i dont think you should make it look as if the old band is actually performing the song. instead, i would recommend using like still images, or non-performance clips like the ones used in sweet child and paradise city videos. you especially should not use their likeness during robins solo, it just doesnt fit. it would be like using axl singing on a fan made velvet revolver video. awkward huh?

True. I guess I can always go back once more pro-shot footage from 2006 appears and re-edit it.

[FlashFlood]

sorry i forgot to mention that the editing was really well done and the clips moved seemlessly. very good work.

[Voodoochild]

There's a lot of proshot stuff from RIR-Lisboa. Dunno why you didn't use it...

Also, you put Slash just when Robin shines, on the solo. IMO, that was a bit wrong... But the edition was pretty good, with some nice transitions.

The problem with using RIR stuff: quality I've seen so far is too low and when you stretch it to fit the same aspect ratio of the other clips the difference is very noticeable, but most importantly - all the RIR clips have that damn logo in the bottom right corner. As far as I know there aren't any clips online without the logos. I didn't want to mix clips with logos into clips without them.

There is the SIC TV broadcast, awesome quality (there is a dvd out there, on DIME, I guess), and the logo isn't so big and could be easily removed or hide.