Accordions - 'Good Evening, Major' - music video

In April of 2010, the band Accordions wrote a song about Eadweard Muybridge's murder of his wife's lover in 1874. Shortly after the song was written, NPR publicized the first ever retrospective of Muybridge's work in Washington D.C. at the Corcoran. They also announced a contest for videos or photos that bring Muybridge into the twenty-first century. Accordions went into the recording studio and contacted a long-time friend and collaborator Brent Aldrich, who is a video artist and photographer. This music video for the song 'Good Evening, Major' is the result.

For downloads and other information, visit Accordions' website at http://www.WeTookToTheSkies.com


Lyrics:

And in a dream
you were an island
waves crashing just out of reach
I watched you sleep.

And in your sleep
I heard you sighing
crying a name that did not
belong to me.

Sparkling dew,
flora and fauna--
you're vaster than views of the West.
I held you best.

And when I came to,
thoughts of nirvana,
and keeping your form in a frame,
I held my breath.

Pictures bled with light,
projecting my love with a scream--
I'll watch him fall.

And I won't feel a thing
or speak his name--
some major you met in the ranks,
I'll make him see

("Good evening, Major, my name is Muybridge,
and here is the answer to the letter you sent to my wife")

Pictures bled with light,
projecting my love with a scream--
I'll watch him fall.

And I won't feel a thing
or speak his name,
some major you met in the ranks--
I'll make him bleed.

("Good evening, Major, my name is Muybridge,
and here is the answer to the letter you sent to my wife")

And I won't feel a thing.



A very special thanks to these delightful people without whom this project would not have been nearly as much fun:

Jennifer Hutchinson Kilbourn
Ather Ahmed
Kayla Dwelle
Elyce Elder
Spencer Hooks!
Paul Baumgarten & Mamie.

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• Eadweard Muybridge
• Eadweard
• Muybridge
• Good Evening Major
• Indianapolis
• band
• stop motion
• music video
• NPRMuybridge

[womaninashed]

Awesome video!

[miscellaneousmisc]

Wow. This made my day.

I love all of the references to Muybridge's life & his work in the lyrics and the visuals.

[alexpederful]

An absolute delight.

[aestheteblue]

Loved it and especially loved the music!

[ChickNorton]

You guys Rock!

[cbaralis92]

amazing song.

[EnglewoodReview]

Love it!!!

Great work...y'all...