Flash And The Pan - Down Among The Dead Men (1979) w/Lyrics [720p HD]

[NothingnessLove]

Unique and well done film flip... and of course very good song

[daydreams4rock]

this was the time of greatest exhileration in music - huge changes and still stands up as finest rock. i like your video's very much and see them as artisitic tribute to the greatest semi obsurce songs - everytime i drop in here it is so hard to choose which video to watch they are all songs i miss and want to hear again. thnx MGURUMessiah

[nonnamadonna]

LOVE this song .... one of my all time faves. :-)

[MetalGuruMessiah]

@nonnamadonna

Thank you so much for checking it out and commenting!

[ind347]

That was great and well done, but lighten up folks. The orriginal video is classic Australiana from the late 70's. It is a fantasic clip and the boys were just having fun.

[MetalGuruMessiah]

@ind347

Agree that the original video is classic and a perfect representation of it's time. My version is not meant to take away from it in any way, but rather as an alternate, a little more focused on the actual tragedy of the subject of the song, the sinking of the Titanic.

I just hope my little tribute can be seen for what it was intended, to respectfully re-imagine one of my favorite tunes and see how it plays with more dramatic images behind it?

Thank you for a thoughtful comment!

[tjhoenecke]

Nice work -- definitely an improvement on the original video, lol! "Man in the Middle" was also my favorite song after this one from this album. I especially like the use of footage from "A Night to Remember" -- you've really managed to bring the tragic tone inherent in this tune out with the visuals.

[MetalGuruMessiah]

@tjhoenecke

Yeah, the original video definitely didn't do the song justice in my opinion, as I mentioned in my description.....far too silly, but hey, that was the time....and of course I'm sure the band didn't want a "downer" video...even though their song, no matter you cut it....was.

I have played with some elements for "Man in the Middle" but it's never gotten past the incipient stages....lyrically very tough. I might have another go at it in the future...I love to see it work. THANKS!

[Johnnywhamo]

@MetalGuruMessiah Excellent work on the videos bud! you did a great job with this and as the other person mentioned the original indeed blew! LOL. Mind you there were a LOt cheesy videos in the early 80's but in a way that's what made some of them so good.

[MetalGuruMessiah]

@Johnnywhamo

Thanks for checking it out!  There was definitely alot of cheese in some of those 80's vids and yeah, I agree...some were quite tasty! LOL!

Thanks again for watching....and for commenting.

[Johnnywhamo]

@MetalGuruMessiah Hey no problem man, I see you have We Are The Dead off Diamond dogs. I'm a HUGE Bowie fan. That whole album was greatly under-appreciated in general. Sweet Thing Candidate Sweet thing Reprise has to be my favorite off that album.

Anyway, keep the music alive. PEACE:)

[MetalGuruMessiah]

@Johnnywhamo

Yeah, Bowie is a favorite of mine as well. Cool that we're in agreement about Diamond Dogs being underrated, I think the tone was too down and the subject matter too bleak for the album to find greater acceptance...and Sweet Thing is an awesome tune!

Thanks for staying in touch!