Rescue Me - Angie Handley and Steve Lintern

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Another collaboration with a great singer, lucky for me. This is a very personal pharma injury story, which we tried to couch in a Seventies (maybe Eighties) rock singalong. To get the story across. Hope you like it.

RESCUE ME

Alone at last
The pain comes fast
Shaking and dizzy

And now I'm floored
In the emergency ward
Experts surrounding me

I'm trying to stay pure
Dying from the cure
Waking in agony

Locked up in a tower
I'm fading by the hour
Yearning for some company

Will someone come and rescue me?

A nervous game
A surge again
Another emergency

I'm playing symptom bingo
Now I'm in a window
Broken heart surgery

I'm in a wave
I'm in a rage
Falling, for eternity

The terrors not forgotten
When I hit the bottom
It's the only end I can see

Will someone come and rescue me?
Will someone come and rescue me?

Teeth that grind
A revving mind
High anxiety

Weird sensations
Hallucinations
Don't sound like a good deal to me

Did I mention the torture, the tension?
It's inhumane
They call me insane
Gaslight sensitivity

Will someone come and rescue me?
Will someone come and rescue me?

Oh I'm taking a chance
Just one more romance
There's always something left for me?

I can no longer hide
The answers inside
The key to my recovery

I'm the one who's gonna rescue me
I'm the one who's gonna rescue me
I'm the one.
 
👏 👏 Loved it. Great job on the vocals; performance and production. Captivating lyrics/ Very creative!:thumbs up:
 
With the exception of the closeup on the singing mouth, the video is way less effective than the audio, which is awesome. A girl in a nightie on the rocks in some crashing surf? C'mon. Or do we only comment on the audio here?
 
dobro said:
With the exception of the closeup on the singing mouth, the video is way less effective than the audio, which is awesome. A girl in a nightie on the rocks in some crashing surf? C'mon. Or do we only comment on the audio here?
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The video is just a generic backing to get YouTube viewers viewing all the way through. This is a songwriting and mixing site, so that's why I post here. Thanks for liking the song.
 
Here's an idea to consider. I've seen this before from all sorts of music makers - 'a generic backing to get YT viewers viewing all the way through'. I think it's a faulty direction, because of the mismatch between the music and the video, and because of the message it sends to the viewer. What mismatch? Well, for example, in your song, it's obvious that you've put in the time and chops to assemble a decent song and record and mix it well enough to come up with something really listenable. (Also, in your case, I know you've been around here for a while now, and that you put time into this stuff and care about it.) It's a mismatch because the video isn't on the same level of creativity as the audio. And the message that sends is not an intentional one, but on some level the viewer/listener knows they're being fed 'just a generic backing', and that demeans the music. It says: 'This is just some free stuff I cobbled together to distract you while the tune plays.' The reason I know it says that is because that's how I felt while I watched it. Like I say, I've seen this happen before on amateur videos - the person posts placeholder material for the video because it's YT and you gotta post something, right? Am I a grumpy old man? Sure. Am I wrong about the video thing? I don't think so. The tune rocks, and she sings wonderfully. How you gonna match that achievement with the video? Dunno. Question: I liked the closeup of the mouth, because it was mouthing the words of the actual song. How did you do that? Could you do that for the whole song? I could watch that easily.
 
dobro said:
Here's an idea to consider. I've seen this before from all sorts of music makers - 'a generic backing to get YT viewers viewing all the way through'. I think it's a faulty direction, because of the mismatch between the music and the video, and because of the message it sends to the viewer. What mismatch? Well, for example, in your song, it's obvious that you've put in the time and chops to assemble a decent song and record and mix it well enough to come up with something really listenable. (Also, in your case, I know you've been around here for a while now, and that you put time into this stuff and care about it.) It's a mismatch because the video isn't on the same level of creativity as the audio. And the message that sends is not an intentional one, but on some level the viewer/listener knows they're being fed 'just a generic backing', and that demeans the music. It says: 'This is just some free stuff I cobbled together to distract you while the tune plays.' The reason I know it says that is because that's how I felt while I watched it. Like I say, I've seen this happen before on amateur videos - the person posts placeholder material for the video because it's YT and you gotta post something, right? Am I a grumpy old man? Sure. Am I wrong about the video thing? I don't think so. The tune rocks, and she sings wonderfully. How you gonna match that achievement with the video? Dunno. Question: I liked the closeup of the mouth, because it was mouthing the words of the actual song. How did you do that? Could you do that for the whole song? I could watch that easily.
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You're too fixated on the video. But thanks for the few words you've said about the song.
 
Thekesslerboy said:
You're too fixated on the video. But thanks for the few words you've said about the song.
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I critiqued the video and gave my reasons. You're unreceptive to that critique, or unresponsive at least.

But I'll ask a previous question again, and anybody can answer: Does this forum limit itself only to feedback on the music, or does it include the video?
 
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dobro said:
I critiqued the video and gave my reasons. You're unreceptive to that critique, or unresponsive at least.

But I'll ask a previous question again, and anybody can answer: Does this forum limit itself only to feedback on the music, or does it include the video?
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Good grief, dude! You're like a dog a with a bone in its mouth who refuses to let go.
If Thekesslerboy was interested in solely receiving a critique of the video itself he would have posted the tune and the video in the Music Video Production forum section.
 
Love the song, the vocal performance is beautiful!

I would like to tweak a couple of stuff in the mix, especially the volumes. The drums are way to quiet.

But a great composition! :)
 
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Good grief, dude! You're like a dog a with a bone in its mouth who refuses to let go.
If Thekesslerboy was interested in solely receiving a critique of the video itself he would have posted the tune and the video in the Music Video Production forum section.
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Dog with a bone? Hardly. That's an exaggeration. I thought it was something interesting to talk about, but it looks like this isn't the place. Peace and out.
 
dobro said:
Dog with a bone? Hardly. That's an exaggeration. I thought it was something interesting to talk about, but it looks like this isn't the place. Peace and out.
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Nah Dobie I think you were totally cool in offering your opinion and advice on the video...no one should be getting upset over it.
IMO if you post a video not just an mp3 you've opened the door to praise and or criticism to both the music and the video...

Take away from that critique what you wish, disregard the rest.

You did nothing wrong and praised the music...Keep on keeping on brother!

Cool to see you showing up here...I still remember your crazy cicada dilemma a million years ago...
we could go back and read through it if there was still a cave to go back to :laughings:

BUT I'M NOT BITTER!
 
If the video is taking away from the song, it seems to me that is a fair critique. Now whether it matters to the OP? I would want to know, but that is why I hardly do a video.
 
TAE said:
Nah Dobie I think you were totally cool in offering your opinion and advice on the video...no one should be getting upset over it.
IMO if you post a video not just an mp3 you've opened the door to praise and or criticism to both the music and the video...

Take away from that critique what you wish, disregard the rest.

You did nothing wrong and praised the music...Keep on keeping on brother!

Cool to see you showing up here...I still remember your crazy cicada dilemma a million years ago...
we could go back and read through it if there was still a cave to go back to :laughings:

BUT I'M NOT BITTER!
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Any thoughts on the song?
 
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If the video is taking away from the song, it seems to me that is a fair critique. Now whether it matters to the OP? I would want to know, but that is why I hardly do a video.
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Any thoughts on the song?
 
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Any thoughts on the song?
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I think the video detracts from the song...... :laughings: Just kidding. I totally get throwing some kind of eye candy for being able to post an audio recording on Youtube.

It's a good track...it didn't blow me away with wow I have to share this with everyone I know but it is a quality recording and Angie has great pipes.

The lyrics are good and share a good message of self reliance and recognizing the only person that can fix you is you.

I googled Angie and she has a good lot of songs out there...

She covered Martika's Toy soldiers....great job A friend of mine is a friend of Martika and played guitar on that track A lot of people don't know she and Fergie were child singer / performers on the pre Disney owned "kids incorparated"
 
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This is a fair point - if people post audio files, we give comment on the audio - that is all we have. I watched the video and what distracted me was I was trying in my head to make the link between the images and the song, and what happened was I spent more and more time on the visuals. I can still remember some of the images, but I cannot even remember the style of the song - it's gone, but the images are still in my head.

Forum wise, if you post a video, of course comments will mention what they see. They were posted. They were watched and listened to. You cannot separate sound and vision if delivered together. You can try - you could say please ignore the images, just listen to the song, but your youtube viewers judge on the whole thing and how it is perceived.
 
Video aside this sounds like one of your earlier composition - pumped up with a Woman singer.
 
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