Total Eclipse of the Heart: Literal Video Version
T-SHIRTS AVAILABLE!
Ever wish songs just sang what was happening in the music video? Well now they do, in my sixth take on Dust Films’ “literal video” concept! Lyrics: DASjr / Singing: PersephoneMaewyn & DASjr 5/25/09
T-SHIRTS, ETC:
http://www.printfection.com/dasjr/Literal-Total-Eclipse/_s_287428
Facebook fan group (by Bryan Schmidt):
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=104701591982
#1 Literal Video of All Time???:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/03/the-7-best-literal-music_n_249976.html
1,009,331 VIEWS IN TEN DAYS!
2,001,171 VIEWS IN THREE WEEKS!
3 MILLION VIEWS IN TWO MONTHS!
3.5 MILLION VIEWS IN THREE MONTHS!
4 MILLION VIEWS IN FOUR MONTHS!
THANK YOU!!!!!
Featured on Entertainment Weekly site!!! 5/28/09:
http://music-mix.ew.com/2009/05/new-literal-vid.html
Featured on the Wall Street Journal site!!!:
http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2009/05/29/daily-procrastinator-total-eclipse-of-the-heart-literal-video-version/?mod=rss_WSJBlog?mod=
Featured in Metro (UK print mag) 6/01/09:
http://theridiculant.metro.co.uk/2009/05/total-eclipse-of-the-heart-literally.html
Featured on POPTUB 6/01/09:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQNtjwHG32Y&feature=channel_page
Featured in the New Yorker site!!! 6/02/09:
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/goingson/2009/06/watch-and-learn.html
Featured on NPR website!!! 6/04/09:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2009/06/the_really_weird_total_eclipse.html?ft=1&f=93568166
Featured on TIME Magazine website!!! 6/15/09:
http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1904508,00.html
Bloggasm Interview 6/18/09:
http://bloggasm.com/david-scott-and-the-art-of-the-literal-music-video
Featured on “Tosh.0″ website 9/21/09:
http://www.comedycentral.com/tosh.0/2009/09/21/tosh-0-idol-6/
Aired on CNN’s AC360 6/08/09:
http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2009/06/09/the-shot-literal-videos-rock/
Aired on E!’s Daily 10!!! 6/09/09:
http://www.eonline.com/on/shows/daily10/index.jsp
Aired on Dr. Blogstein’s Radio Happy Hour 6/10/09:
http://www.drblogstein.com/category/bonnie-tyler
Aired on Good Day L.A.!!! 6/16/09:
http://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/entertainment/surf_the_web/On_the_Web_Total_Eclipse_of_the_Heart_20090616
WIRED Magazine!!! 7/20/09 (August issue):
http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/multimedia/2009/07/pl_playlist?slide=9&slideView=3
Aired on ABC’s “Nightline”!!! 08/18/09:
http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerindex?id=8360092
Aired on “iReport for CNN” 08/22/09:
http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/ireports/2009/08/22/levs.viral.videos.your.pick.cnn
Twitter linked by Ashton Kutcher 5/31/09:
http://twitter.com/APlusK
Twitter linked by Rock of Ages cast 5/31 & 6/23/09:
http://twitter.com/ROCKOFAGES
Twitter linked by Greg “Opie” Hughes 6/01/09:
http://twitter.com/OpieRadio
Twitter linked by Kelly Osbourne 6/01/09:
http://twitter.com/MissKellyO
Twitter linked by Dita Von Teese 6/02/09:
http://twitter.com/DitaVonTeese
Twitter linked by Douglas Coupland 6/02/09:
http://twitter.com/DougCoupland
Site linked by Perez Hilton 6/02/09:
http://perezhilton.com/2009-06-02-total-eclipse
Twitter linked by Tony Hawk 6/03/09:
http://twitter.com/TonyHawk
Twitter linked by Jane Wiedlin 6/03/09:
http://twitter.com/janewiedlin
Twitter linked by Felicia Day 6/04/09:
http://twitter.com/feliciaday
Twitter linked by Chelsea Staub 6/08/09:
http://twitter.com/itschelseastaub
Emailed by Moby to ABC News 6/09/09:
http://a.abcnews.com/m/blogscreen?id=7861681&sid=75&pid=7158658
Twitter linked by Natalie Tran 6/10/09:
http://twitter.com/natalietran
http://www.youtube.com/communitychannel
Twitter linked by Richard Roeper 6/10/09:
http://twitter.com/richardroeper
Twitter linked by Robot Chicken 6/16/09:
http://twitter.com/cyborgturkey
Linked by Andrea Bennett (The Onion) 6/16/09:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Andrea-Bennett-Onion-News-Anchor/38257616045
Twitter linked by Michael Seater 6/24/09:
http://twitter.com/michaelseater
Twitter linked by Lee Unkrich (Pixar) 7/01/09:
http://twitter.com/leeunkrich
Butterfly Boucher liked it!!! 8/10/09 (comments):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqsCPgumu-o
Ken Levine (writer: Mash, Simpsons, etc) 8/21/09:
http://kenlevine.blogspot.com/2009/08/funniest-literal-music-video.html
Twitter linked- Jaime King/Selma Blair 08/24/09:
http://twitter.com/Jaime_King
Facebook linked by Bob Rivers 09/19/09:
http://www.bobrivers.com/
6/08/09:
#1 – Top Rated (This Month)
#1 – Top Rated (This Month) – Entertainment
#1 – Top Rated (All Time)
#1 – Top Rated (All Time) – Entertainment
6/11-25/09:
#1 – Top Favorited (This Month) – Entertainment
#74 Most Viewed Channel
7/01/09:
#8 – Top Rated (All Time)
#3 – Top Rated (All Time) – Entertainment
7/24/09:
#13 – Top Rated (All Time)
#3 – Top Rated (All Time) – Comedy
THANK YOU ALL!!!
My first literal video with a female lead vocal. Posted on Memorial Day. Respect your heroes.
Duration : 0:5:33
[youtube lj-x9ygQEGA]
October 7th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
Mullet with …
Mullet with headlights, over surprised guy!!!!!!!! HAHAHAHA so funny. Good Job!
October 7th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
ok this version is …
ok this version is way better then the original!!
October 7th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
her hair looks …
her hair looks really soft. i wanna pet it!!!!
October 7th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
LMFAOOOOOOOO!!
LMFAOOOOOOOO!!
October 7th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
this is by far my …
this is by far my favorite youtube vid ive watched so far. i basically peed my pants laughing so hard. best part: 4:37
October 7th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
ahaha it almost has …
ahaha it almost has as many views as the official video XD
October 7th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
I always thought …
I always thought the original music video was one of the weirdest things I’d ever watched, even in the glory days of MTV. This is absolutely PRICELESS. Well done!!!
October 7th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
Genius!
Very, very …
Genius!
Very, very funny!
October 7th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
Great stuff made me …
Great stuff made me LOL
October 7th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
All the other …
All the other literal versions are no way near as good
October 7th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
great i laughed my …
great i laughed my head off!!
October 7th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
Thanks for taking …
Thanks for taking the time! Great.
October 7th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
hahahahahahahahaha
…
hahahahahahahahaha
man, this video made is one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen!! I was about to cry because of the laugh!! xD
October 7th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
Great video! I …
Great video! I totally appreciate the humor and creativity. The “mullet with headlights” just landed the video perfectly! Thanks for posting this. I needed the laugh today.
October 7th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
This is the …
This is the funniest thing i have seen on youtube in a long time. Very creative writing and the voice was an amazing match. Keep up the great work
October 7th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
this is some funny …
this is some funny rofl! but c’mon, this video is really up hahahaha…i’m pretty sure the director was on an acid trip when he did this!
October 7th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
stop trolling …
stop trolling assclown…..sheesh
October 7th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
Video with Nirvana, …
Video with Nirvana, A-HA, James Morrison was crap but this is genius!
October 7th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
This was soo funny. …
This was soo funny. I loved the mullet with headlights, over-surprised guy – it was hilarious. I can’t wait to tell all my friends about this!
October 7th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
Thanks for the tip. …
Thanks for the tip. XD
October 7th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
sarah palin is an …
sarah palin is an evil whore
October 7th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
Thanks! I hope you …
Thanks! I hope you like my Meat Loaf and Air Supply versions, too. They’re the first and third of my Jim Steinman “literal trilogy”.
October 7th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
CLASSIC!!!!!
CLASSIC!!!!!
October 7th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
OMFG! I’m a HUGE …
OMFG! I’m a HUGE fan of Jim Steinman (songwriter) and “Total Eclipse of the Heart” in all of its versions…but this is just F-ing HILARIOUS! This totally qualifies as genius!!
October 7th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
arthur Fonzarelli’s …
arthur Fonzarelli’s got an army of ClonS!!!! brilliant