new vid: this year's girl, marie antoinette

[schmerica]

New vid! Thanks, as always, to ficbyzee for major hand-holding.

"This Year's Girl" by Elvis Costello
Marie Antoinette (2006)
'Cause you don't really give a damn about this year's girl.

2:57, divx, 20.5mb. Click here to download it from sendspace. Or you can watch it at my imeem page here.

Lyrics

See her picture in a thousand places
'cause she's this year's girl.
You think you all own little pieces
of this year's girl.
Forget your fancy manners,
forget your English grammar,
'cause you don't really give a damn
about this year's girl.

Still you're hoping that she's well spoken
'cause she's this year's girl.
You want her broken with her mouth wide open
'cause she's this year's girl.
Never knowing it's a real attraction,
all these promises of satisfaction,
while she's being bored to distraction
being this year's girl.

Time's running out. She's not happy with the cost.
There'd be no doubt, only she's forgotten
much more than she's lost.

A bright spark might corner the market
in this year's girl.
You see yourself rolling on the carpet
with this year's girl.
Those disco synthesizers,
those daily tranquilizers,
those body building prizes,
those bedroom alibis,
all this, but no surprises for this year's girl.
All this, but no surprises for this year's girl.
All this, but no surprises for this year's girl.

Comments

[kristiinthedark.livejournal.com]

That was really cool! And the perfect song for it, too. :)

[gwynevere1.livejournal.com]

Admittedly, I only clicked on the vid, because it's the title of a Buffy episode. *face/palms*
However, I think it was a great song choice for the character and a fantastic lyric-matching selection of clips. My one complaint is that I wish there were more of a conclusion to the vid. It just...seemed to stop.

[ender24]

cool vid!! I thought the movie was a bit slow, but your vid was perfect!

[dualbunny.livejournal.com]

Very pretty vid. :D

[faith-girl222.livejournal.com]

i enjoyed this.

[sdwolfpup.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen the movie but I thought you did a great job capturing what the reviews said about it, which was the sense of isolation she felt even surrounded by all of that ostentatious wealth. And the visuals are like candy!

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! (The waiting for the first comment is always the *worst*, man, so you were an angel for commenting. Hee.)

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Heh, I am glad you enjoyed it despite the confusion! Thanks for letting me know about your problems with the ending -- I really appreciate knowing what didn't work for people, too.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much!

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It really is an insanely pretty movie, to begin with.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'm really glad to hear that.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

*grins* Thank you for watching and commenting, even without knowing the source -- hearing from you makes me really happy! I'm really pleased that the message still kind of came through, despite not having all the context.

[nebulist.livejournal.com]

Hey, I just watched this, and I really loved it. I've never seen the movie, but now I kinda want to. Really cool song choice.