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fredthe3rd


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Wouldn't it be great if someone did a video for Wickerman which showed the locations mentioned in the song? It wouldn't have to feature any actors... in that would spoil it; just a series of moving images would be sweet.

Or is there already such a thing out there?



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I think it's a good idea and would be more than happy to be involved in such a project. I already live in Sheffield and know where the locations are, in fact this video for Wickerman plays in my head everytime I listen to it.

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I unfortunately don't live in Sheffield and know nothing about film making.

Just wanted to put the idea out there.

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and happy birthday!

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Ta very much. Yes, but if anyone on else on here reads this we might get the project up and running!



-- Edited by saw119 on Sunday 11th of September 2011 06:39:58 PM

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Mayhaps.

I have a friend in Surrey who's good at video editing - his arm may be twisted - although he's not a Pulp fan (never forgave him for the BRIT awards...)

He's also made some short films with a colleague as well but I very much doubt he could be talked into making the trip to Sheffield. I'm sure people on this forum have these skills as well though...

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Your 25th must have been shit!

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Is it wrong to feel pissed off that my birthday has been ruined in perpetuity?

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It's human...

I've got an even shallower related story. I was in New York a few years before 2001. Saw a documentary a while back and they showed the barely damaged shopping centre underneath the World Trade, including a video-game shop with all the games still perfectly stacked on the shelves.

To my eternal shame, my first thought was 'oh I missed that!'

Please don't judge me too harshly.

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You'd have to laugh if it wasn't so tragic. And I try not to judge anyone...except people who deserve it.

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Happy Birthday Stephen! I don't live in Sheffield either but I have decent video editing skills if needed. Either way, I'd be very interested in seeing what these places look like!

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Well, if people are just interested in photos to begin with that'll be no problem?

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The joy of being an editor is the jobs can come to you right?

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I always thought Pulp should have made videos for the epic/monologue-driven songs like Sheffield:Sex City, Deep Fried In Kelvin and Wickerman. The amount/description of places and Jarvis & Steve's film-making chops could have made for some fascinating little films.

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True but doesn't it actually remove the mystique of the lyric if the video is chock full of the actual places. For example, Wickerman is a very beautiful romantic lyrical view of Sheffield but geograohically inaccurate in many ways. Never let the truth spoil a good song!

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there's a couple of photo's on pulpwiki.

I certainly wouldn't want the magical-ness of the lyrics to be detracted from...

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For example, check out this short film of Kelvin flats https://s19.photobucket.com/albums/b171/sheffieldarchives/videos%20of%20sheffield/?action=view&current=kelvinvideolowestquality.mp4

They were knocked down in the 90's. I used to walk past them fairly regularly when a child as we didn't live too far away. There really was trouble with people taking pot shots from air rifles at passing cars and motorists.

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My parents moved to Yorkshire recently and I've been planning to do exactly this... Not that it took much research but I've located the Forge Dam cafe, the concrete channel and traffic island from the opening lines, the flyover from the ending, and I'm pretty sure that I've narrowed down the viaduct to one of two along the River Don. One of them has a pub rather close by.

Doubt I'll be up there for a couple of months, but I had been planning to put a map together of the route and post it here... if anyone would be willing to share locations/information, help would be gratefully received!

As for spoiling the magic... good point and perhaps a viable threat. Like everyone, I've formed clear images to accompany the song - but I think they've been part of my mental furniture for long enough to withstand whatever Sheffield has to throw. As a Pulp pilgrimage, I don't think there's anything to come close...

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That's an interesting vid. Is ethereal the right word? I think it's possible to do without detracting from the song but there is the risk. And the lyrics and music paint a rather vivid picture in my head anyway... plus how would you do the drowning in mud section? Just lots of shots of mud and the bridge for a full minute?

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It's a good idea to do for a bit of a laugh. That song plays out as a motion picture in my head every time I play it. That film of Kelvin flats is really cool. Where did it come from?

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It came from this really interesting website about brutalist living in Sheffield http://streetsinthesky.webs.com/. Sheffield is widely considered to be the apogee of the brutalist movement in architecture. I've become even more interested in this kind of thing. One of the problems you have in Sheffield is virtually nothing is the same now as it is in Jarvis songs. He is singing about a Sheffield that no longer exists. If anyone is up in Sheffield sometime I'd love to show you guys around. If you're interested superchob we could work on this together?

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You could start a Pulp walking tour!

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As long as I don't have to do walk based around Catcliffe Shakedown!

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JumP to the left, jump to the right. Sounds fun.

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I was more worried about the just come over here and your face in we'll smash.

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