Friday, March 14, 2025
Life is a Video
Have you ever been out walking, or maybe driving in a car, when a favorite song comes on the radio or your iTunes, and suddenly the scenery around you seems to meld with the music? My girlfriend in high school used to describe that feeling by saying, "Life is a video!" And that's exactly what it's like -- as if you're watching a captivating music video with your very own eyes. You're living the video.
I had that sensation yesterday morning, walking to work. The sun was shining and the music was perfect and I thought, "I wish I could capture this somehow."
I decided to try. On my walk home in the afternoon, I took video of passing scenery, and later edited it together with the song I was enjoying through my AirPods at the time. I started out walking in sunshine and wound up in a hailstorm! (Well, just graupel, but still...) I took more than ten minutes of video, cut it down to three minutes, and voila! You get to experience my walk home, with the musical accompaniment of singer/songwriter Matt Berry.
I think it turned out well, except for me getting my fingers into the frame at the very end. Also, even though I walk quite fast, I never think I'm getting very vigorous exercise -- but as you'll hear I am breathing heavily by the time I get home, so perhaps I really am doing my cardiovascular system some good.
Life is a video!
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GREAT video!
ReplyDeleteIt's a good little watch. Girlfriend in high school, lol.
ReplyDeleteBrilliant. Love that video, and you're right about the music and the journey.
ReplyDeleteThe contrast between all the different styles of flats from different times...and an interesting walk doesn't have to be in countryside.
I enjoyed the video. Great but simple idea that worked so well. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great commute you have! Loved the video, it was very well done.
ReplyDeleteGood video, so many interesting buildings on your walk and the blossom and magnolia is way ahead of here
ReplyDeleteGreat video. Was that a magnolia I saw? I haven't noticed any of the local ones here being in flower yet! Love the casual way Olga gets off the sofa to greet you. I guess she has to get her old bones working gradually....I know the feeling!!
ReplyDeleteYes, a magnolia. Olga has always stretched her back legs like that when getting off the sofa, even when she was young. We call it the "slow dismount."
DeleteThe video is wonderful. You do such a great job. (I love your doormat.) And, yes, I do often feel like I’m living a video.
ReplyDeleteGreat video Steve! Well done putting that together. You are becoming more adept. Maybe one day you will put out your own full length film: "The Librarian's Revenge".
ReplyDeleteGreat stuff, Steve. Excellent and very enjoyable.
ReplyDeleteIt adds to an already wonderful tour!
ReplyDeleteCool idea. It's nice to see your route, too.
ReplyDeleteVery nicely done!
ReplyDeleteYou walk at a very good pace and that's got to be beneficial to your cardio health.
I loved seeing the Magnolia almost in full bloom and Olga giving you a heartfelt welcome home greeting,
Nice video. I'll be back in London in about 10 days time, so I'll be enjoying my happy time walking around the city.
ReplyDeleteTo answer the question you posed, I did have one very perfect moment where music and action were perfectly matched. I was in Los Angeles on business. Since my family was joining me at the end of the work week and we were going to drive up to Big Sur, I had hired a Mustang Convertible to get around town. As I was driving (top down, of course, a gorgeous sunny day) to a meeting down Santa Monica Boulevard, lovely Sheryl Crow comes on the radio singing "All I Wanna Do." Serendipity in the song's chorus.
"All I wanna do is have some fun
I got a feelin' I'm not the only one
All I wanna do is have some fun
I got a feelin' I'm not the only one
All I wanna do is have some fun
Until the sun comes up over Santa Monica Boulevard"
Had to throw back my head and laugh. Perfect timing.
Just beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThat was enjoyable and I'm impressed by how quickly you move along, Steve!
ReplyDeleteThat was great. I love the way it was a little bouncy from your walking gait and that it seemed to correspond with the beat of the music.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your video. You are a fast walker. I also have Don Camilo on my play list. I listen to a lot of Austrian folk music. I also listen to south African folk music.
ReplyDeleteThank you for taking us along! So much concrete and glass, but there are some great blocks of flats there, too, looking very much like straight out of "Poirot". And I can't believe how far the magnolia tree is, and some of the other trees!
ReplyDeleteYes, Life is a Video, even though I never listen to music when I'm out walking. I prefer to hear what's going on (traffic, other people coming up behind me, dogs, and of course bird song when I'm in the right place at the right time).
Thank you.
ReplyDeleteI love the video, too! So many blossoms and daffodils already!
ReplyDeleteDynamite!!!! Well Done
ReplyDeleteCheers
Well done Steve! I had to chuckle because our old girl gets off the couch the same way. Perhaps you have another career in you. Youtuber? Videographer? Maker of music videos?
ReplyDeleteCertain songs certainly elicit memories of walks, trips or experiences. Our lives have a soundtrack!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great video! Well done! You even included that building that looks like a bunker with the sloping staircases so often seen in movies on Britbox. Olga was sure glad to see you.
ReplyDeleteI do love the buildings at 1:16. Britbox police procedurals film there a lot. They are so interesting with those angles. Excellent video, thank!
ReplyDelete"Oh NO, not you again"...Standing ovation, sir, fabulous video -with desert! OLGA!! that is how I get out of bed, too!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite thing to do in London is walk the amazing streets so I LOVED this video. You held the camera so steadily, that is very impressive. And, you are so right, that music fit perfectly. The only catch is now I'm longing for a London walk!
ReplyDeleteI loved that and what a perfect ending!!! I 💙 Olga. I liked learning a new word, too. (graupel) This made me think about a meme I participated in once called "movie of my life".
ReplyDeleteNice video. Your post title reminded me of MTV for some reason. Happy Friday.
ReplyDeleteCan't say I've had real life meld with the music I'm listening too but I have heard a good song come up on the radio, especially when driving, and I get a great feeling about life in general as I cruise through the streets to where ever I'm going. Perhaps if I was more artistic, I could meld it someway into my reality.
ReplyDeleteDoes Amazing Grace count? 😎
ReplyDeleteWonderful video, Steve. Well done!
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie
Nice to see some of the sights along your walk and extra nice to see Olga and you greeting each other!
ReplyDeleteI don't know the song so can't see how it fits the video and I had to stop it at the daffodils because it was too fast for my eyes to focus. Nice to see some of the buildings etc though.
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