Vid: Tanglewood Tree (The Dead Zone; Johnny/Sarah/Walt)

[butterfly]

I've loved Dave and Tracy's music for years. I only got to see them perform three times before Dave's death, but each time was incredibly memorable. They started out adorable music dorks and got polished up along the way, but never lost that honest glow of love for the music.

I've wanted to vid them since I first learned what vidding was, but I could never find the right fandom. I was thrilled to bits by the recent LotR vids to their music, but that wasn't the right fandom for me to put them in. And then I saw The Dead Zone, and I found a home for one of my favorite songs in existence.

Thank you, cesperanza, for getting me interested in the show. And many thanks for _par_avion for her loan of her dvds of the show (and for hosting my vids on her site). I wouldn't have been able to do this if I'd been netflixing the show.

Tanglewood Tree

Summary:
Three good people, in various kinds of love.

(mpg file; 35.8 MB; zipped
also available as a smaller wmv file here (yousendit link)
if you'd like the link renewed, just comment and let me know)

Love is a light in the sky
and an unspoken lie
and a half-whispered prayer.

Comments

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

Oh, this is beautiful. Perfect song, perfect fandom. :-)

[babel.livejournal.com]

I wish I could see the vid. Am unfortunately on dial-up and even if I had the patience to wait several days for it to DL, yousendit doesn't let me DL anything. BUT, I just wanted to say it is SO NICE to see that someone else is familiar with Dave & Tracy. I can't even get any of my friends to listen to them, because they're style is ... too southern for people? I have no idea. But, yay. Dave & Tracy are the best.

[cesperanza.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow, this is amazing! And you even got the Johnny/Walt in there! It's a great song, really perfect for them! I'm so glad you're vidding in this fandom! We'll have a fandom yet, by God!

[theamusedone.livejournal.com]

I've never seen the show, but the song is a favorite of mine, so I thought I would check out the vid.

I am so glad I did!

You did a wonderful job matching the lyrics to the images, the whole thing was beautifully done.

[sweetvalleyslut.livejournal.com]

God, that was amazing. I loved the moments you chose to show, it was a great representation of the Johnny/Sarah/Walt dynamic.

[ratcreature]

Here from cesperanza's rec. I haven't watched DZ in a while (I think late first or early second season?), but your vid reminded me again why I liked what I've seen of this show, and beautifully highlighted how difficult and sometimes painful this relationship triangle is for them. Thanks for sharing your vid.

[versaphile.livejournal.com]

Wonderful job! Really lovely match of song and visuals.

[lalejandra.livejournal.com]

I love this song, and this is a great great great vid. Wow.

[kallistei.livejournal.com]

This is a completely beautiful vid, to one of my favourite songs. Thank you.

[grey-bard.livejournal.com]

Wow. It just... fits. Lovely vid.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thank you. And I was just so incredibly thrilled when I was watching tDZ and realized that here was finally a kind of love that was complicated and messy and wonderful enough to fit the song.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the advice. I didn't know that they did that.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

They really are. My mom is the person who first introduced me to their music, back when they only had one CD out. They just really did work so wonderfully well together.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I was really hoping that you'd like it.

I really love the way the Johnny/Walt relationship has progressed over time (I remember being so thrilled when Walt just gave him a huge hug at the end of Plague). I pretty much devoured the first three seasons and kept wanting more at the end of every episode, but not at all in the bad 'that felt unfinished' way.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

I'd definitely recommend the show. I managed to watch three seasons in a very short time, because I just kept wanting to see more.

Thank you so much. And it's really nice to know that the vid still works if you don't know the fandom.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

It's definitely one of the parts of the show that has captured my attention. I mean, I came into the show inclined to like Sarah (because she's Dax!) but I was not expecting to actively root for the show to get up the courage to put them in a real threesome relationship. But I totally want all three of them together, because I do think it could work out. I just want all three of them to be as happy as possible.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

Someone loaned me their dvds of the first three seasons and I fell totally in love. It's a smart show, with really neat visual effects.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I really was all kinds of thrilled when I realized that the song fit the relationship. I was beginning to think that the song was too emotionally complicated to vid, but it turns out that I just needed a more emotionally complicated relationship. And tDZ definitely has that.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

And yeah, I really adore the song, too. Dave and Tracy's stuff is so beautiful, and this one song especially.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

And it really is such a completely gorgeous song.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

AWESOME

[johnnysbiotch.livejournal.com]

THIS WAS THE MOST AWESOME THING I'VE SEEN IN AWHILE. It rocked and i love this song. Keep up the good work. I think we have a lot in common.

fire bad, vid pretty

[annaalamode.livejournal.com]

This vid was so pretty. Did you do anything with the colors or intensity because I don't remember TDZ having quite that romantic intensity to its color. (Does that make any sense?)

[ruralstar.livejournal.com]

I am unfamiliar with the artists but this was a lovely song. The Walt/Sarah/John triangle was such an intregal part of seasons 1-3 of TDZ. This was a perfect choice to portray it. I liked the moments you chose and your editing was beautiful. Some wonderful layering and fades to fit the words.

Thank you for sharing. I really hope you will do other DZ videos.

Ruralstar

[deifire]

Oh, wow. This was incredible!