New X-Men Vid!
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seekingferretTitle: Mayn Kindershe yorn
Song: "Beltz, Mayn Shtetele" by Jewdyssee
Vidder: seekingferret
Fandom: X-Men Series
Content Notes: Holocaust!
Length: 2:35
Responsible for the lack of consistent title block from vid to vid: seekingferret
Summary: Erik Lehnsherr, Survivor, Mutant, and Yid
(Download of the vid at Critical commons, free account needed)
I've tried a number of times to vid Magneto, and this one is not quite a success either, but it's close enough! I originally thought that since Jewdyssee's cover of "Beltz, Mayn Shtetele" is a dance song, I could submit this for Club Vivid, but as soon as I actually started vidding it became clear that this is not a vid you want to dance to. Wayyyyy too much Holocaust.
But somewhere a few layers of meaning down, I think there's something interesting in this combination of music and image. When you try to add Erik's Jewishness as a specific, concrete element of his identity, you get a version of Erik that I don't think we see much of in fandom. Sometimes it reveals a method to the madness. Some of his mustache twirling becomes deeper than villainy for the sake of villainy. Sometimes you even understand and sympathize with his goals.
You get a Magneto who has never forgotten his childhood lessons, for whom the act of using his powers is among all the other things it is, an act of memory. I think that's why this song works, because it is a song about memory, performed in a dying language. And because Jewdyssee gives it a couple of extra layers of emotion beyond just mournfulness, it becomes responsive to the memories instead of just being about the memories.
Beltz, Mayn Shtetele
Music: Alexander Olshanetsky, Jacob Jacobs Lyrics: Burstein, Lith-Frey, Roman
When I recall my childhood,
I feel like I am having a dream.
how does the little house look,
which used to sparkle with lights?
Does the little tree grow which I planted long ago?
Beltz, my little town!
The little house where I spent my childhood!
The poor little room
Where I used to laugh with other children!
Every Shabes I would run to the river bank to play with
Other children under a little green tree.
Belz, my little town!
My little town where I had so many fine dreams!
Song: "Beltz, Mayn Shtetele" by Jewdyssee
Vidder: seekingferret
Fandom: X-Men Series
Content Notes: Holocaust!
Length: 2:35
Responsible for the lack of consistent title block from vid to vid: seekingferret
Summary: Erik Lehnsherr, Survivor, Mutant, and Yid
(Download of the vid at Critical commons, free account needed)
I've tried a number of times to vid Magneto, and this one is not quite a success either, but it's close enough! I originally thought that since Jewdyssee's cover of "Beltz, Mayn Shtetele" is a dance song, I could submit this for Club Vivid, but as soon as I actually started vidding it became clear that this is not a vid you want to dance to. Wayyyyy too much Holocaust.
But somewhere a few layers of meaning down, I think there's something interesting in this combination of music and image. When you try to add Erik's Jewishness as a specific, concrete element of his identity, you get a version of Erik that I don't think we see much of in fandom. Sometimes it reveals a method to the madness. Some of his mustache twirling becomes deeper than villainy for the sake of villainy. Sometimes you even understand and sympathize with his goals.
You get a Magneto who has never forgotten his childhood lessons, for whom the act of using his powers is among all the other things it is, an act of memory. I think that's why this song works, because it is a song about memory, performed in a dying language. And because Jewdyssee gives it a couple of extra layers of emotion beyond just mournfulness, it becomes responsive to the memories instead of just being about the memories.
Beltz, Mayn Shtetele
Music: Alexander Olshanetsky, Jacob Jacobs Lyrics: Burstein, Lith-Frey, Roman
When I recall my childhood,
I feel like I am having a dream.
how does the little house look,
which used to sparkle with lights?
Does the little tree grow which I planted long ago?
Beltz, my little town!
The little house where I spent my childhood!
The poor little room
Where I used to laugh with other children!
Every Shabes I would run to the river bank to play with
Other children under a little green tree.
Belz, my little town!
My little town where I had so many fine dreams!
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Date: 2018-07-02 06:21 pm (UTC)And yes, Jewdyssee is awesome for dance music. I actually discovered them about two weeks after I was too committed to change my music for my first CVV vid, or I think I'd have used their song "Maccabi Chai" instead of what I did use. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzPJrRCaCM8