The Correspondents are back (for the third time this year) with "Fear & Delight", a title that seems appropriate as we gear up for Halloween! This tune is part swing, part techo, and all fun! The video is a kaleidoscopic festival of trick photography, and other exuberantly creative bit of filmmaking. We hope the color sequence near the middle doesn't shock your senses too much!
Fear & Delight (2013)
Starring: Ian Bruce and Abigail O'Neill
Director: Naren Wilks
Rating: Ten of Ten Stars
On this Musical Monday, The Correspondents & Friends are here to entertain us Coronavirus shut-ins with their 2009 song "Washington Square"
This music video also presents an educational opportunity, as well as a way to keep yourselves busy well beyond its running time. As you watch the video, make note of how many times the characters violate the best practices of Social Distancing and write a 200 - 300 word essay on how you're going to stop from making the same mistakes.
Share your essays via email with your friends and family, along with a link to this post. Let's entertain and educate the world!
L.L. Hundal (of NUELOW Games): So you're posting a music video every Monday. Cool. Steve Miller (of Shades of Gray): I think so. There are lots of great black-and-white music vids to spotlight! Hundal: You still do that 'The Unifying Theme' bit with pics? Miller: Yep. Hundal: I wonder if there's a 'Unifying Theme' video out there. Miller: … The Correspondents: Hold our tray of tiny masked dancers and watch this.
The Correspondents is British music duo consisting of front-man Ian Bruce and keyboardist/DJ Tim Cole. They have a sound all their own that's best described as a cross between electronica, blues, jazz, funk, and whatever else happens to strike their fancy at any given moment. Their first appearance here at Shades of Gray has them performing their 2016 song "Inexplicable", with a video directed and produced by Christina Hardinge. The entire package that mixes old and modern and weird sums up this blog perfectly... and we hope this bit of supreme weirdness gets your work-week off to a fun and funky start!
The Correspondents will be filing other reports here at Shades of Gray on future Musical Mondays, so stay tuned!
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