Just having a browse on a blog I really enjoy reading - Wild Blackberries - I don't know the author (blogger?), but came across it one way or another, & just adore the way she writes! Anyways. This video was on a post, & I felt like I wanted to share it too! The Boy said it was his favorite song by Marling, & I think having seen the awesome video, I'd probably agree...
Over on WB, she's said that it is one of her reasons for wanting to go brunette & I totally agree! Have a feeling my hair will end up something like this when the weather cools down a bit. Hopefully something like this;
Before I got completely off track, I was going to mention the birds in the video - it's shot in Brighton, but the starlings do the exact same thing around the pier at home (Eastbourne) too!
Pretty amazing to watch, but definitely better 'in the flesh', as it were. (By the way...not too sure who the randoms filming it with added commentary are. The price you pay for getting a video from youtube I suppose!)
I don't think I've liked an advert so much in ages. Only seen it on TV once though, which seems odd. Has anyone else spotted it more than me?
I'm really liking the music too. I thought it sounded a little bit like the American Beauty music, & it seems I wasn't the only one! After a bit of a search, it turns out it is from the soundtrack from the film. It's track 2 - 'Arose', by Thomas Newman. Actually, listening to it is really making me want to watch the film! But music aside, I really really love the ad. Partly because who hasn't had one of those moments - when lost in a book/your phone screen/whatever you're doing, only to look up & realise you've been in your own world for a bit? Plus I personally find it pretty aesthetically* pleasing, which is always nice. Coincidentally, whilst looking for the youtube address for the above advert, I came across a previous Samsung ad, but this was for their 3D TV. I've seen it before, thought it was pretty cool, but never really given it much thought past that. However, I then found some more information about it here, which made the whole thing ahellofalot more interesting! Basically;
"The £8m campaign will include TV, press, outdoor and online advertising over a three-month period.
In the TV campaign, which has been created by the ad agency CHI, a city grinds to a halt as giant Samsung 3D TV screens "blur the boundaries of reality".
The ad took eight months to produce, required 81 crew members and used 1,256 TV sets to create effects including a three-storey-high cat and what appears to be South America's Iguazu Falls plunging into a city centre.
Samsung's campaign has been masterminded by the electronics manufacturer's marketing director, Mikah Martin-Cruz, the executive behind the famous "Paint" and "Play-Doh" commercials for Sony's Bravia TV.
"The campaign really captures the spirit of 3D TV and brings to life the amazing experience the technology can deliver," said Martin-Cruz. "The launch of the first 3D TV in the UK is such a culturally significant event, we needed to do it justice with a visually exciting campaign that captures the audience's imagination and feel we have done exactly that. Creatively it's a new direction for Samsung and one that's close to my own heart.""
I had no idea that they had actually planted the TV screens all over this city in real life! Which, I think, makes it pretty impressive...
xo
*Fully had to use Google as a spellchecker just then! But then, it's nice to also find out a proper definition of a word you think you know.
On facebook earlier, I happened to come across www.formspring.me - from what I can gather, it's just a website that asks you questions at random, & allows your answers to be seen by others. It also lets other people (friends, or strangers) to ask you questions anonymously. I reckon it could be quite fun, especially as the questions it generates are so random. So, for funsies, I thought I'd do a few on here;
Q. What was your favorite movie as a child? A.Lady and the Tramp - hands down! Aside from the fact you can't beat a good Disney film (& the collection was extensive), Lady & the Tramp is just so lovely...But it seems so odd it's so old now!
Q. What TV show do you wish would go off-air for good? A. Erm...I guess it's too late to say Big Brother, so I think I'd have to go with the latest Kerry Katona TV 'thing'. I can't say I saw it, but the adverts & everything written about it seemed horrible. It really is car-crash telly. I think that the saddest part is watching someone go through such personal issues/problems/whatever, while being followed by a camera crew, in some misguided attempt to revive a career. The whole thing just makes me feel sad.
Q. Do you believe there's intelligent life on other planets? A. I think it'd be pretty arrogant to believe that we (on earth) are the only things in the universe. I mean, the amazing & diverse range of living organisms we have on such a tiny planet does make you think that surely there must be some pretty amazing stuff elsewhere.
Q. Are you more of a talker, or more of a listener? A. Wowee. Well...I think that it really depends on the person/situation. I guess I find it easier when I don't know someone very well to just ask them questions about themselves & listen to the answers - because everyone likes to talk about themselves, & it's the easiest way of making small talk! But when I really get to know people or just feel more at ease, I guess I do tend to chatter a bit more...
That's all I'm gonna do for now because dinner's ready! But it was pretty fun, I'd recommend :]
Wow, not blogged in ages! But to be honest, it's because I either haven't had time (which leads to making notes of things to blog about on my phone...many, many lists!) & also because I've been a touch lazy on-line-wise recently. Been doing too much reading of other blogs & not enough maintenance of my own! Tsk. Anyway.
This weekend just gone (the 2nd/3rd/4th) I went to Hop Farm Festival with The Boy, & a group of his friends. It was amazing! Although we only got tickets for the Saturday + camping, as opposed to Friday & Saturday, it didn't feel like we were missing out on anything! My trip of joy started on Thursday, when I went to Andover to see The Boy, and generally hang out slash be cooked for by his mum! Which was lush. I also discovered that although I'm shockingly shite at video games, Red Dead Redemption. is actually pretty fun!
According to The Boy, it's a "sandbox game", which means the type of game where you just run around shooting things & doing missions - like playing in a sandbox, I suppose. Although I didn't do any of the missions (aka couldn't, & didn't want to risk a temper tantrum by trying), it was pretty fun just riding around on the horse shooting people & finding different parts of the map, etc.
And it looks pretty amazing.
But anyways! Back to my trip.
So on Friday we went to the station & met everyone with all the bits & pieces, and got group-saver tickets to Paddock Wood which turned out to be a bargain! *Mental note - travel with four, or groups of four people in future! After a couple of hours traveling (car, train, train, bus) we arrived at the camp site & pitched the tents...another mental note is to never go camping ever again without one of these (although maybe not green...);
After a night of strongbow-fulled fun times, it was was time for the music & shizz! The lineup for the Saturday was (in reverse order); BOB DYLAN
RAY DAVIES
MUMFORD & SONS
SEASICK STEVE
PETER DOHERTY
LAURA MARLING
JOHNNY FLYNN
THE MAGIC NUMBERS
FOY VANCE
Foy Vance - Didn't see...Don't really know...not a lot to say! The Magic Numbers - Saw the second half of their set, was really good! Really nice & chilled, bit of a sing-along going on in the crowd, was pretty nice yet mellow.
Johnny Flynn - Erm...Didn't see...& honestly can't remember why! I have a feeling we were getting food. Which was pretty amazing, to be fair :] Laura Marling - A lot better than I expected. I suppose this is because I thought that although I like a lot of her songs, I couldn't really imagine her performing live. She was really sweet though! Tried chatting with the audience a little, but seemed pretty awkward. Bless her. But I like that she tried. & the music was really good in that it really seemed to fit the summer-festival mood. Really nice way to warm up the day.
Peter Doherty - I personally didn't see, as the sun was getting to me a bit & came over all funny...what a weeny. But from what I gather, he played some tunes & was generally okay. Seasick Steve - Highlight of the day. Absolutely amazing!! There aren't really words, apart from I think I'd like to marry him a little. Especially when during Mumford & Sons, the stage camera spotted his little head poking around the side of the stage, watching them! Too cute for words. And! His backdrop on stage was a blue flag, with a silhouette of himself, doing pretty much this pose (legend);
Mumford & Sons - Were really good, as expected. Played some real tunes that had pretty much everyone having a bit of a dance around, loving life! Great to sing along to at points as well.
Ray Davies - Only saw the last couple of songs (due to more food-getting - fatties), but he seemed to be a really good live performer! When we were making our way back into the midst of the crowd, he really had everyone going which was really fun. He also had a couple of laughs with the crowd, & just put everyone in a really great mood! Which was almost a shame, seeing that he was followed by...
Bob Dylan - a bit of a disappointment. I think an article The Grandmother saved me from The Telegraph summed it up pretty well - "if attend expecting to hear the young man of Blonde on Blonde or Bringing it All Back Home, his powers undiminished by cigarettes & time, then you will leave disappointed...The encore - the almost inevitable Like a Rolling Stone - was the one song where Dylan's discipline slipped & he strained to sing like his younger self...Both old & young fans were happy to assist as his voice was left horribly exposed by the rousing melody". I think that the change in the way he sang his old songs, combined with his complete lack of 'performance', and coupled with all the hype surrounding his set was what made it fall a little short of expectations. Which was a shame, but at the same time it was pretty interesting to have seen him live, as it were.& not forgetting, he is 69!
The rest of my trip consisted of another night in the tent(!), the train back to Waterloo & a mini trip along the South Bank where The London Literature Festival was taking place! A lovely surprise. The boys had some drinks & I purchased a second hand book (A Million Little Pieces in case you were wondering - a book I had previously bought a couple of years ago, read, loved, lent out to a friend & haven't seen since! Highly recommend it).
I then returned home & had the longest & possibly best shower I've had in ages! & to top it off, someone at work said I looked tanned today! Which, if you know me, is quite an achievement! Ha. All in all, a laaavely weekend!
Now to start making plans for Camp Bestival over my birthday weekend! But more on that in another post. xo
