Never been like this before

[gwyn]

or, So It's Come to This Part 2

After trying to talk myself out of making a vid from a crappy cam copy of Winter Soldier, I caved and made the thing. I don't even know myself anymore: I grew up in the VCR vidding era, and cam copies are way too much like vidding on copies of copies of copies of tapes, but they have the added bonus of people not being in frame or being squeezed on the sides of the frame because of the curvature of the screen. I apologize for crappy visuals. Last year I was so consumed with feels that I wanted to vid a cam copy of Pacific Rim, and when I mentioned it on the plane to VVC to killa and rache, they smiled indulgently, but I managed to allay that need until the discs came out. I have no such fortitude this time.

And yet I couldn't not, I don't know if anyone else will enjoy this song, but it spoke to me so much. My Steve + everyone feeeeeeels, let me show you them. I will absolutely be remastering this when I get the DVDs. I'm not going to post to my vid site, I think, until then (or I might, who knows).

It's a little tough to hear the rain sounds at the beginning if you don't have it turned up, but I also loved that this talks about a storm of epic proportions (it's from the movie Take Shelter, which you should all watch), because that's so much the theme of the movie.

Shelter
Artist: Ben Nichols
Fandom: Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Summary: All I know is to keep you close.

"" (Watch on YouTube)

Shelter

See those storm clouds rollin' in
Just like I knew it would begin
Midnight sky at noon today
Shelter's still so far away

And I don't know just what we'll do
I don't know just where we'll go
All I know is we've got to move
All I know is to keep you close

Never been like this before
Stormin' match a paler horse
Water's red and the sky is black
Take my hand and don't look back

I don't know just what we'll do
I don't know just where we'll go
All I know is we've got to move
All I know is to keep you close

All I know is to keep you close
All I know is to keep you close

I don't know just what we'll do
I don't know just where we'll go
All I know is we've got to move
All I know is to keep you close, close

Comments

[mackiemesser.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed that--it was an interesting mix of melancholy and hopeful.

[gwyn-r.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank you! Yeah, you know, it's that single key of a piano, I think, that creates that wonderful melancholy. It's just so effective (cf. all the awesome Springsteen songs that use it) in creating a mood. And then you have the hope of the friendships Steve builds in the movie, and of Bucky making a decision to save him instead of finishing the mission…yay. Hope.

[mackiemesser.livejournal.com]

And the storm metaphor doesn't hurt. :)

What's so great is that all those beats are in the movie--it's not often that you get an action film with that depth and field of emotion, and you were able to pull that through clearly.

[gwyn-r.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I am SO glad I decided to rewatch Take Shelter the other night. Because I'd forgotten that I wanted to look up that song on the end credits until, well, the end credits rolled around, and then I was like, oh yeah, I remember I wanted that song for vidding purposes. Listening to it again, though, I just was like, holy shit, this is perfect for Cap 2. The universe was taking care of me for once.

[mackiemesser.livejournal.com]

Sometimes things just wait around until you find the right fit for them. :)