Vid! "Born Too Late," DS9 ensemble, historical roleplay theme
I was going to wait to post this until after the holiday / start of the new academic year, since few people are likely to be interested to begin with, but patience, I don't have much. Here we go!
Title: Born Too Late
Fandom: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Characters: Ensemble, gen, with background pairings
Length: 3:17
Music: The Clarks
Summary: Life in the 24th century has its perks, but that doesn't mean its citizens don't yearn for the days of lounge singing, princesses, pulp SF and… Vikings?
Physical/content warnings: None I can think of.
A/N: For my Kink Bingo "historical roleplay" square. Because boy, does Star Trek love playing dress-up from bygone eras of Western culture. Including pasts that occur in our own future. It's part compliment and part self-referential affection. One day there'll be a trans-Trek vid like this, complete with TOS reenacting ancient Greece and Rome and gangsters and Shakespeare and hanging out in '80s San Francisco, and TNG with its Robin Hoods and noir detectives and Westerns and Sherlock Holmes and HMS Enterprise and...
Credit: Anyway, thanks to my f-listers who tried to help me find the perfect historical roleplay song-it exists somewhere, I know it-and to
kuwdora for suggesting how to deinterlace the footage.
Streaming at YouTube and Vimeo | Download MP4 (20 MB)
The YouTube version has captions. Here are the lyrics:
Vincent, will you teach me how to paint?
Teresa, will I ever be a saint?
John, I really think your songs are great
I was born too late
William, will you teach me how to write?
And Cassius, will you show me how to fight?
Thomas A., I think I see the light
I was born tonight
I've had a hard time leaving this town
I've been losing everything that I've found
I'm gonna search the sky, kiss the ground
Build it up and tear it back down
I've had a hard time leaving this place
I've been counting all the lines on my face
I'm gonna curse the sky, hit the ground
What goes up comes tumbling down
Tumbling down
Jimi, show me how you play that thing
And Elvis, will I ever be a king?
And Jerry, all the joy and love you bring
I was born to sing
Martin Luther King, show me the way
Jesus, Buddha, teach me how to pray
Christopher, I think I see the bay
I was born today
I was born today
I was born too late
I was born too late
I was born too late…
ETA: Winner of an Arbitrary Mod Prize at Kink Bingo! Hurrah!
Comments and concrit are always welcome.
This vid has shown at: Vidukon 2015 (Tropes vid show), Nine Worlds 2015 (Vid Long and Prosper vid show)
x-posted to vidding
Title: Born Too Late
Fandom: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Characters: Ensemble, gen, with background pairings
Length: 3:17
Music: The Clarks
Summary: Life in the 24th century has its perks, but that doesn't mean its citizens don't yearn for the days of lounge singing, princesses, pulp SF and… Vikings?
Physical/content warnings: None I can think of.
A/N: For my Kink Bingo "historical roleplay" square. Because boy, does Star Trek love playing dress-up from bygone eras of Western culture. Including pasts that occur in our own future. It's part compliment and part self-referential affection. One day there'll be a trans-Trek vid like this, complete with TOS reenacting ancient Greece and Rome and gangsters and Shakespeare and hanging out in '80s San Francisco, and TNG with its Robin Hoods and noir detectives and Westerns and Sherlock Holmes and HMS Enterprise and...
Credit: Anyway, thanks to my f-listers who tried to help me find the perfect historical roleplay song-it exists somewhere, I know it-and to
kuwdora for suggesting how to deinterlace the footage.
Streaming at YouTube and Vimeo | Download MP4 (20 MB)
You can watch this video on www.livejournal.com
The YouTube version has captions. Here are the lyrics:
Vincent, will you teach me how to paint?
Teresa, will I ever be a saint?
John, I really think your songs are great
I was born too late
William, will you teach me how to write?
And Cassius, will you show me how to fight?
Thomas A., I think I see the light
I was born tonight
I've had a hard time leaving this town
I've been losing everything that I've found
I'm gonna search the sky, kiss the ground
Build it up and tear it back down
I've had a hard time leaving this place
I've been counting all the lines on my face
I'm gonna curse the sky, hit the ground
What goes up comes tumbling down
Tumbling down
Jimi, show me how you play that thing
And Elvis, will I ever be a king?
And Jerry, all the joy and love you bring
I was born to sing
Martin Luther King, show me the way
Jesus, Buddha, teach me how to pray
Christopher, I think I see the bay
I was born today
I was born today
I was born too late
I was born too late
I was born too late…
ETA: Winner of an Arbitrary Mod Prize at Kink Bingo! Hurrah!
Comments and concrit are always welcome.
This vid has shown at: Vidukon 2015 (Tropes vid show), Nine Worlds 2015 (Vid Long and Prosper vid show)
x-posted to vidding