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title: Hospital Beds
song; artist: hosptial beds; cold war kids
length: 3:56
fandom: generation kill
description: Once more into the great good night. Cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of war. [Ensemble vid.]
warnings: spoilers for the entire miniseries
download links: ~24.5Mbs, MP4 [Right-click and save-as.]
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Hospital Beds is really more of an ensemble piece that just serves to highlight some of the best parts of this miniseries. But I thought I'd talk a little bit about why I picked this song.
Generation Kill was not all about the horrors of war, although it definitely has its fair share of that. For me, it was more of a story about the connections
(Wow, that was even cheesier than I thought it was going to be.)
A word on the boring post-vidding technical stuff: So this is the first time I've ever vidded anything that was going to premiere at a vidshow before premiering online. Apart from being super nervous about this fact, I was also completely clueless about the difference between a web-ready vid and a show-ready vid. Any vids of mine that have played in shows have already been web-ready, and I was used to dealing with the show-ready stuff afterward. So that was a bit of an embarrassing learning experience. As for the size/quality of the download? It's not what I hoped it would be. I could not get a blemish-free AVI to render in Sony Vegas. Something to do with codecs, maybe? Eventually I just had to give up on perfection and abandon the whole AVI idea altogether. Which is funny and very unlike me, because I'm usually so stubborn about technical problems. I always find a way. (And if I can't, I find another way.) But as it turns out, even my stubbornness has its limits. I still did my job, vidding-wise, so I'm happy either way. And that's a little bit of a win right there.
Thank you so much to the fabulous
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milly for beta watching. And to gigglemonster and slybrunette for all of the support.there's nothing to do here, some just whine and complain
in bed at the hospital
comin' and goin', asleep and awake
in bed at the hospital
tell me the story of how you ended up here
i've heard it all in the hospital
nurses are fussing, doctor's on tour
somewhere in india
i got one friend layin' across from me
i did not choose him, he did not choose me
we got no chance of recovery
sharing hospital joy and misery
the joy and misery
the joy and misery
put out the fire boys, don't stop, don't stop
put out the fire on us
bring your buckets by the dozen, bring your nieces and your cousins
come put out the fire on us
vietnam, fishing trips, italian opera
vietnam, fishing trips, italian opera
i got one friend layin' across from me
i did not choose him, he did not choose me
we got no chance of recovery
sharing hospital joy and misery
the joy and misery
the joy and misery
the joy, the joy, the joy
misery
put out the fire boys, don't stop, don't stop
put out the fire on us
bring your buckets by the dozens, bring your nieces and your cousin
come put out the fire on us
Enjoy!
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Date: 2012-08-11 09:57 am (UTC)1. Try to render in *.wmv, it has better quality
2. Pacing and timing? Seems that you need to speed up a video a little bit, but it's just IMHO.
It's a good video anyway! Thank you for sharing <3
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Date: 2012-08-11 06:25 pm (UTC)Thank you very much for your feedback! I appreciate it! Thanks for watching. ;)
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Date: 2012-08-11 06:27 pm (UTC)I haven't seen many GK vids, but I get the feeling they're kind of hard to find? (At least ensemble pieces, which is generally what I look for.) I'm going to have to go scour the internet and find some more! If you have any other favorites I'd love to know about them!
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Date: 2012-08-12 03:53 am (UTC)I've always loved this song and of course GK makes it that much better.
I think my fave part is with Ray's emo moment. Great juxtaposition with lyrics in that part of the song (omg I used a big word on teh internets).
Totally saving, thanks for giving us a dl link :D
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Date: 2012-08-13 05:27 pm (UTC)And I have to respectfully disagree with the previous commenter wrt pacing of the vid; it seems fine to me.
Hee! @ Brad with the "nurses are fussing" line.
Excellent work!
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Date: 2012-08-14 02:08 am (UTC)And thank you for saying that about the pacing. Everyone's got different opinions and I definitely appreciate constructive criticism. But it's also good to know the pacing worked for you. :) Always looking to improve!
Haha you're the only one so far that has caught that. Oh, Brad.
Thank you again! I'm so glad that so many GKill fans are digging this vid. Makes me super proud.
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