DW Vid: (Boulevard of) Broken Songs
Song: Boulevard of Broken Songs
Artist: Party Ben
Spoilers: Series 1-3
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Summary: If Rose, Martha, Donna, and the Doctor all went to a pub together, these are the stories they each would tell after a couple rounds of the good stuff. ;)
Notes: This is a remix of four (technically five as there is a tiny bit of Eminem in the Aerosmith) popular tunes, mashed up and seamlessly edited into one fluid and thematically cohesive song. It's made up of "Boulevard of Broken Deams" by Green Day, "Wonderwall" by Oasis, "Writing to Reach You" by Travis, and "Dream On" by Aerosmith.
When thinking of this in terms of vidding, it all just broke up so mathematically perfect that it practically constructed itself on the timeline. I literally went with the notion that each companion tells her version of her story, and in the end, the Doctor jumps in and tells his. If they seem selfish, focused on their own, well that is exactly the point, because in their position, who wouldn't be? Egoism is the thematic undercurrent here.
~ Vid pic made by the ever wonderful and uber talented animotus.
~ To download this song (and many other awesome mash-ups) visit Party Ben's site.
Boulevard of Broken Dreams = Martha
Wonderwall = Rose
Writing to Reach You = Donna
Dream On = The Doctor
Password: Time Lord
BOULEVARD OF BROKEN SONGS
I walk a lonely road
The only one that I have ever known
Don't know where it goes
But It's home me and I walk alone
Today is gonna be the day
That they're gonna throw it back to you
I walk this empty street
On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Where the city sleeps
And I'm the only one and I walk alone
By now you should've somehow
Realized what you gotta do
(I walk alone
I walk alone)
I don't believe that anybody
Feels the way I do about you now
(I walk alone
I walk a...)
My shadow's only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
Til then I walk alone
Every day I wake up and it's Sunday
Whatever's in my eye won't go away
The radio is playing all the usual
And what's a Wonderwall anyway?
Backbeat, the word is on the street
That the fire in your heart is out
I'm sure you've heard it all before
But you never really had a doubt
I don't believe that anybody
Feels the way I do about you now
(Ah-ah Ah-ah Ah-ah Aaah-ah
Ah-ah Ah-ah Ah-ah)
I'm walking down the line
That divides me somewhere in my mind
On the border line of the edge
And where I walk alone
Today is gonna be the day
That they're gonna throw it back to you
Read between the lines what's
Fucked up and everything's all right
Check my vital signs to know I'm still alive
And I walk alone
Today is gonna be the day
That they're gonna throw it back to you
I walk alone
I walk alone
By now you should've somehow
Realized what you gotta do
I walk alone
I walk a...
And all the roads we have to walk are winding
And all the lights that lead us there are blinding
There are many things that I would
Like to say to you
But I don't know how
I walk this empty street
On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Today is gonna be the day
That they're gonna throw it back to you
I walk this empty street
On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
By now you should've somehow
Realized what you gotta do
When the city sleeps
And I'm the only one and I walk a...
Because maybe
My shadow's only one that walks beside me
(You're gonna be the one that saves me)
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
(You're gonna be the one that saves me)
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
(You're gonna be the one that saves me)
Til then I walk alone
Sing with me
(Sing)
Sing for the year
(Sing it)
Sing for the laughter, sing for the tear
Sing with me, if it's just for today
Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away
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