Because Of Video

painkillersinaction · Sat May 14, 2005 10:38 pm

(I browsed through the forum and did a search, and found nothing about it. If there's already a post then i'm sorry)

sooo, have you seen it?it's online at his official site. what do you think about it? I think it does the song and LC justice. he seems relaxed, carrying his whole life not as a burden but more as a gift. a fitting video for a very powerful song.

jurica · Post by **jurica** » Sun May 15, 2005 3:53 pm

it's online? great!

Tom Sakic saw it on a local TV, called me on the phone, but i can't watch that chanel at home! he liked it also.

Tchocolatl · Post by **Tchocolatl** » Sun May 15, 2005 5:38 pm

Wow! Thanks Painkillersinaction, very well done this video. Bravo! I liked it at first glance, but was a little annoyed at the very first by the jamesbondish-femaleshapeonthecircle/target but no. At second tought, it seems to me more as a mirror and or a window (two things dear to Leonard Cohen and that are in many songs and poems along with women) wich gives to see a playfull image as the image of a side of the song itself, is a great symbol and way to show the song. All the colors and the images are purely delightful! Wow again. I give a wow wow to this video.

icecreamtruck · Post by **icecreamtruck** » Sun May 15, 2005 6:58 pm

It's a SPOOF. It's really funny. He's making fun of the "deepness" of it all.

icecreamtruck · Post by **icecreamtruck** » Sun May 15, 2005 7:00 pm

It gets semi serious at the end and is sort of sad.

Post by **jarkko** » Mon May 16, 2005 8:16 am

Here is the link to the video on Sony's site:
http://www.leonardcohen.com/DearHeather ... tion=media
By the way, Lorca Cohen made this marvellous video!

tomsakic · Post by **tomsakic** » Mon May 16, 2005 12:06 pm

I saw it on local TV station on Saturday, I was overwhelmed - I came in when LC danced with Anjani... Sadly, according to Croatian Sony BMG, it will not be aired on nation TV because it doesn't fit into their commercial politics - namely, every video must be accompanied by Realtone / Poliphone melody for cellar phones, and Croatian mobile operators concluded that nobody would buy Leonard Cohen's Because Of for his/her phone

I know at least ten people who would buy it.

painkillersinaction · Mon May 16, 2005 12:16 pm

Tom Sakic wrote:I saw it on local TV station on Saturday, I was overwhelmed - I came in when LC danced with Anjani... Sadly, according to Croatian Sony BMG, it will not be aired on nation TV because it doesn't fit into their commercial politics - namely, every video must be accompanied by Realtone / Poliphone melody for cellar phones, and Croatian mobile operators concluded that nobody would buy Leonard Cohen's Because Of for his/her phone

I know at least ten people who would buy it.

God! there's such a policy?

this is insane! in a few years all albums will have to be approved by the mobile operators for their ringtoneability!

tomsakic · Post by **tomsakic** » Mon May 16, 2005 12:22 pm

They say that more than 6o% of musical industry's money is now made by selling the melodies for cellar phones

Tchocolatl · Post by **Tchocolatl** » Mon May 16, 2005 3:14 pm

jarkko wrote:By the way, Lorca Cohen made this marvellous video!

Thanks Jarkko to broke the news

I thought it was done by someone who really knew the career of the man, I was wrong : it was doe by someone who really knew the man! Wow. Again.

Have a nice day, everybody,

peter danielsen · Post by **peter danielsen** » Tue May 17, 2005 1:27 pm

great video, 10000000000,5 times better than any vid on mtv

peter

jurica · Post by **jurica** » Tue May 17, 2005 2:26 pm

painkillersinaction wrote:this is insane! in a few years all albums will have to be approved by the mobile operators for their ringtoneability!

he he he
the world has gone mad years ago. we just can't tell how much yet!

tomsakic · Post by **tomsakic** » Tue May 17, 2005 3:44 pm

Back to LC, the fact is that in January the same mobile operator, who now supports TV chart, had The Letters very high on its radio charts (which they support for leading national music radio). The Letters were on #12, and they needed video... Because Of, although released for radio stations, didn't get any air time yet ~ you could suggets that LC simply made wrong choice. I'd say that also, if I haven't see this video, and it works perfectly on TV - you became somehow moved, as you were with In My Secret Life.
And really, I think that refrain "Look at my Leonard, Look at me Leonard, one, last, tiiime" would work perfectly on cellar phone

altinkum · Post by **altinkum** » Sat May 21, 2005 7:33 pm

I only just took a look at the video, is my imagination or can you here a dog barking now and again during the first half, and I distinctly heard someone laughing towards the end

Great vid.

Wendy

Young dr. Freud · Post by **Young dr. Freud** » Sat May 21, 2005 9:55 pm

Something for everyone. Leonard in his hipster pose. Bouncing Breasts.

Definitely MTVish. You know...where the men get to do the singing and bragging and the women just jiggle around a lot.

And that is a professional opinion.

YdF