First of all WOW, thank you so much for your mind-blowing comment. Seriously. Second for all my doubts if I could capture, why this was the perfect Dean song, you sure think that I did a convincing job.
Choosing this song was a strange experience, because as a vidder you always listen with half an ear for characters you want to vid. This song on repeat was one of the few were I couldn’t associate any character and listened just for the brilliance of the lyrics. It was a perfect writing song for me. Till that mocking voice teased me with the ‘pretty face’ and suddenly I couldn’t stop seeing connections to Dean and how the words relate to the developments in his life.
The song rapidly took on an entirely new meaning and I’m happy you agree with my conclusions there. One of my biggest fears was that I wouldn’t do the song justice, because it is so clever and multilayered. The different use of Jesus Christ alone and how the name feels like it changes from an expletive to a denomination and then proper noun, when the dialog gets more intimate and feels like a confession? That was the stuff that made me nervous beforehand. Understanding the song for myself and translating that into Dean and then back to the audience? Well, it was an intimidating task to say at least. Plus I knew that I needed to pull back on the emotions and do an understated version of Dean in context of the lyrics, because him bawling his pretty eyes out, would entirely destroy the mood I was aiming for.
I babble and someone should stop me. But I enjoyed your feedback so much. Thank you again.
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Choosing this song was a strange experience, because as a vidder you always listen with half an ear for characters you want to vid. This song on repeat was one of the few were I couldn’t associate any character and listened just for the brilliance of the lyrics. It was a perfect writing song for me. Till that mocking voice teased me with the ‘pretty face’ and suddenly I couldn’t stop seeing connections to Dean and how the words relate to the developments in his life.
The song rapidly took on an entirely new meaning and I’m happy you agree with my conclusions there. One of my biggest fears was that I wouldn’t do the song justice, because it is so clever and multilayered. The different use of Jesus Christ alone and how the name feels like it changes from an expletive to a denomination and then proper noun, when the dialog gets more intimate and feels like a confession? That was the stuff that made me nervous beforehand. Understanding the song for myself and translating that into Dean and then back to the audience? Well, it was an intimidating task to say at least. Plus I knew that I needed to pull back on the emotions and do an understated version of Dean in context of the lyrics, because him bawling his pretty eyes out, would entirely destroy the mood I was aiming for.
I babble and someone should stop me. But I enjoyed your feedback so much. Thank you again.