VID REC: Starsky & Hutch - The Sound of Silence

[nickygabriel]

Vidder: A T. M. Production
Musical artist: Simon & Garfunkel
Pairing: none
Vidder on LJ: shfan
Vidder's website: here
Why this vid kicks ass:

This one rec was the most difficult to write because there are so many great and gifted artists and even more wonderful fanvids I would like to recommend, but I had to choose just one for this month. So I was thinking and thinking and then I just asked myself which vid I really liked the most and suddenly I had no problem with picking up the right one.
For me it's very important to know whose POV it is in the vid but more important is the tale the video tells. Almost anyone today can put some scenes together but to tell a story fitting in with the lyrics is not that easy.
This one masterpiece is about Hutch's investigation taking place during the episode "Bloodbath". It's a black and white video, with only hints of color; you just know that in this episode there are no grays – it's all about good and bad. Hutch is the White Knight fighting the forces of the Dark – all in his world is either black or white. While watching this video you can FEEL his desperation, his struggle to find Starsky, and more – to find him in time. And everything that accompanies him is just a silence. And this silence in the end is the only thing that has a meaning in Hutch's life. In the end you realize that this strange Silence was actually Starsky; Starsky was with his friend all the time and together they won. As they always do.

The Sound of Silence

Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence

In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
I turn my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence

And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never shared
No one dared
Disturb the sound of silence

"Fools," said I, "you do not know
Silence like a cancer grows
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you"
But my words like silent raindrops fell
And echoed in the wells of silence

And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls
And whispered in the sound of silence

The Sound of Silence
(there is also an acoustic version available)

Comments

[nancys-soul.livejournal.com]

Nicky G thanks for reccing this vid of Shfans. This is one of my favorites of hers, I love the sadness and angst that Hutch feels and the way she uses spurts of color and light throughout the vid is so subtle but powerful. Good morning.

[nickygabriel]

This is not my absolute favorite vid of her (my favorite is "All That I Am"), but this one is the most important for me, so I decided to rec it here.
And in Poland it's "Good evening". :)

[lauramcewan.livejournal.com]

you picked WELL, my goodness. That is such a beautiful vid.

[nickygabriel]

Yes, it is :)