The sound is highly pleasurable. Can hardly imagine it better.
I like his presence during the intro.
I also like her presence during the intro.
However her on the horse and dock seems a sudden and unexplained change of setting, from him inside the rooms of (?)his home.
When the setting changes again, to the both of them, but with her as a video on a TV screen, on a wall in his home; that surprised me. She seems separated, disconnected, and almost diminished.
To balance that out, I'd need to see him, as a video, on a TV screen, on the dock or horse. Maybe an Ipad would do.
Then the scene switches back and forth between him in nice rooms or stairs inside, and her outside on the horse or beach or dock. That works pretty well.
There is more motion and soft fluidity in her setting, withe rippling water in the background, the wind blowing her clothing, etc. His setting inside the building is quiet and stable with flat surfaces, he's the only thing moving, except for her on the screen on the wall.
Wow, as I look thru this, there are a LOT of levels of things going on. The more I look, the more I see.
Shades of gray change to color.
Stable surfaces change to motion surfaces.
The two performers start apart, but come together.
He's inside, but joins her outside.
I'm just beginning to scratch the surface of all that was designed into this video.
It's not John Derek. It's very different. But it might be even better in multiple ways.
For most of my life, I've remembered the sound and visuals of something that stirred my soul.
It was just a commercial. But I LOVED it.
A video of sparkling, rippling, intense blue water, just before sundown, along a shore of deep green, almost black pine trees; and the melody to go with these lyrics:
FROM the land of sky blue wa-a-ters!
FROM the land of pines,
lofty balsams,
COMES the beer refreshing.
HAMMS, the beer refreshing.
(exclammatory drumming end)
Some parts of that setting have been captured and used in this Richie Twain video song.
Other parts are created new, or borrowed from elsewhere, and used in ways that carry the effect wider and deeper, in concept and feeling and enjoyment.
This is very impressive. I have no idea whether it will be commercially successful, among all the hip-hop, and drag ladies out there, who appeal to the younger folks. But it's enjoyability to folks aged 40 or more, and to those under 40 who are fans of Shania or similar music; might make the niche big enough to reach lofty goals.
And it should help pave the way for Shania's return to live performing, due to start in Vegas in less than 9 months.
All I lack, is for Judit to pin my ears back, for the audacity to compare Shania to a beer commercial. Don't I know that comparisons are immoral, illegal, impractical, and the ultimate in poor taste?
Naw! Growing up on the farm, and being socially illiterate, allows me greater conceptual and literary freedom. I'm not stuck in the straight jacket of what is politically or socially or artistically correct.
Well, that covers my impressions up to 2:51 of the 4:23 song.
I better stop and catch my breath, before I dive into the rest of it.
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