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:

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Twitter linked by Dita Von Teese 6/02/09:

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Twitter linked by Douglas Coupland 6/02/09:

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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:

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Twitter linked by Felicia Day 6/04/09:

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Twitter linked by Chelsea Staub 6/08/09:

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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):

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:

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6/08/09:
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7/24/09:
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THANK YOU ALL!!!

My first literal video with a female lead vocal. Posted on Memorial Day. Respect your heroes.

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25 Responses to Total Eclipse of the Heart: Literal Video Version

  1. bmxlover12 says:

    Mullet with …
    Mullet with headlights, over surprised guy!!!!!!!! HAHAHAHA so funny. Good Job!

  2. cHoKoLatPYE says:

    ok this version is …
    ok this version is way better then the original!!

  3. darca777 says:

    her hair looks …
    her hair looks really soft. i wanna pet it!!!!

  4. funnygal14 says:

    LMFAOOOOOOOO!!
    LMFAOOOOOOOO!!

  5. the12345mh says:

    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

  6. ianerick says:

    ahaha it almost has …
    ahaha it almost has as many views as the official video XD

  7. runswithscissors86 says:

    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!!!

  8. aceairmfg says:

    Genius!
    Very, very …

    Genius!
    Very, very funny!

  9. ringrosehouse07 says:

    Great stuff made me …
    Great stuff made me LOL

  10. mcduckling says:

    All the other …
    All the other literal versions are no way near as good

  11. rollingmonolith says:

    great i laughed my …
    great i laughed my head off!!

  12. BillytheFlash says:

    Thanks for taking …
    Thanks for taking the time! Great.

  13. NoImportista says:

    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

  14. TheHldvdsn says:

    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.

  15. exlova says:

    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 :)

  16. hgms2387 says:

    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!

  17. jumpyjedi says:

    stop trolling …
    stop trolling assclown…..sheesh

  18. MrVegy says:

    Video with Nirvana, …
    Video with Nirvana, A-HA, James Morrison was crap but this is genius!

  19. LaughingWith1 says:

    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!

  20. dascottjr says:

    Thanks for the tip. …
    Thanks for the tip. XD

  21. skankyskanks69 says:

    sarah palin is an …
    sarah palin is an evil whore

  22. dascottjr says:

    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”. :-D

  23. MaarkW says:

    CLASSIC!!!!!
    CLASSIC!!!!!

  24. Bonkoz says:

    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!! :-D

  25. franvi30 says:

    arthur Fonzarelli’s …
    arthur Fonzarelli’s got an army of ClonS!!!! brilliant