The car is the star

ellevie · Post by **ellevie** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 5:34 pm

I never knew we had such talent in our midst.

I like the Vivaldi "winter" opening --- exactly describes what we've got going on here at the moment --- it was minus seven this morning !
I love that repetitive thing going on underneath --- kind of reminds me of Duane Eddy's theme from Peter Gunn later covered by Art of Noise.
Nice lyrics too !.
Well done.

Kitch · Post by **Kitch** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 11:05 pm

If I'm honest, I approached this with caution, because being a younger kind of bloke on here, I'm a bit bedazzled as to some of the other stuff some of these guys listen to (French stuff on youtube...dodgey, classic.....dodgey, pop.....dodgey) and so on, and being a bit of a rocker/alternative type I didn't expect to like the song much but would see the vid to see what you'd done etc.

But I really liked the song! It's gonna be in my head for days now. And a cool subtle vid too. Will be downloading the album.

Cheers!

toddao · Post by **toddao** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 11:16 pm

Kitch is

a bit of a rocker/alternative type

Status Quo?

MULLEY · Post by **MULLEY** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 11:18 pm

Nah, i reckon Twisted Sister

Post by **mat_fenwick** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 11:26 pm

Finally got round to watching it, definately grows on you, I wasn't sure to start with but I played it again for SWMBO and I'm liking it...

Must say New Moon is my favourite though.

PS She says you have a great voice!

maxgreenwood · Post by **maxgreenwood** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 11:29 pm

thanks guys

glad you're enjoying it.

maxgreenwood · Post by **maxgreenwood** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 12:33 am

I was originally liked the idea of singing the whole thing in the car shot from the passanger's seat with just the background changing to the rhythm of the song - but i couldn't get a camera far enough back, would have to have some special rig with it mounted outside the window or a wide angle lens. And cut away shots of the car in action of course.

Heres an idea - members of the forum singing different lines of one song, cutting to each different person for each line like the BBC Perfect Day ad a few years ago, all in a BX, or their BX, and of course cutting to outside shots of everyone's car to show them off.

To encourage those of you that don't feel you can sing, it could be a silly song or a piss take or something. We'd probably have to be

, but that wouldn't go down to well with the law.

Maybe during the BXagon challange in France - a french song!..

Maybe i should write a song in french and english about Citroens. Have to brush up on my french first.

Chuffed you all like it!

BX Bandit · Post by **BX Bandit** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 9:47 am

OMG - you mean the BXC will release a single.........and be on Top Of The Pops??!!!

maxgreenwood · Post by **maxgreenwood** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 9:58 am

now theres a thought

we need to find an 80s record producer whos into the BX. Pete Waterman has a restored a few steam engines. He might be mad enough.

toddao · Post by **toddao** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 1:41 pm

I thought I'd never post this but it's now or never after Max has shown the way. This is a bit of self produced 'Eurotrash' we made in 2003 - it does not represent really what I did then or now but it was a couple of days' of fun.
It was also pre-BX days so my vehicle was a tricycle. I sing in bad German and Dom sings in bad English. We still work together though our last effort - the concept EP ' Your Mum is Still Gay' was surprisingly ignored by most of the the world

Got some comment from a 14yr old girl on Youtube there too : Shit!

If anyone's got any expletives to add to that profound comment, please explete.

M · Post by M » Wed Jan 07, 2009 1:52 pm

Can we get Pans People to dance for the TOTP appearance?

jonathan_dyane · Post by **jonathan_dyane** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:01 pm

That was splendid Max (and your car is the twin of mine...)

You *must* bring the collapsible piano to the CCC National, the CCC will be stuned; their entertainment usually consists of sitting in the caravans and moaning/watching TV, and an empty marquee...

Philip Chidlow · Post by **Philip Chidlow** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:06 pm

toddao wrote:I thought I'd never post this...

...not sure if it was wise to do so

No, hats off to you. It's kind of hard to know what to say. You need to confirm which is your good lady before I comment on the girl in the black and white stripy top

M · Post by M » Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:26 pm

If there was a way I could post up an MP3 then i would post up the "Venture Rap", me, Daz Moss and Nick Kay ( who went on to much bigger and better things) doing a quite rude and totally nonsense rap for a venture scout disco.

8 mins 23 seconds of pure aural abuse.

Now you see why I became a nurse.

toddao · Post by **toddao** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 6:58 pm

Chidders wrote

It's kind of hard to know what to say. You need to confirm which is your good lady before I comment on the girl in the black and white stripy top

well 'shit' seems to fit! I didn't want to piss on Max's parade but I thought there was no comparison really! None of those ladies are my wife. They were 'friends' of my 'proper' band at that time and we dragged them in on a Sunday afternoon for the vid, sober and complaining but didn't they do well? That's Polly in the black and white - a very talented young lady!