I fucking love Katie’s accent.
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House
Lovely. Where the hell did they find that old Sabel, though? It sounds great.
Wilhelmine – Solange du dich bewegst
My brain is too tired to German tonight, but I like how cheerful the song is and Wilhelmine’s performance.
Rose Colored Boy
Hayley’s acting performance there is just as good as her vocals (both great).
Old Newman
Her French pronunciation is very bad, but the rendition is still great and just what a cute personality. Tracy Newman is still alive, too.
Stranger
I know a million people have written about this scene, but that’s because it’s perfect. The composition, music, lighting, blocking, photography — it’s all just spot on. Stranger Things never lived up to its first season and only felt like the 1980s to those who didn’t live through that time, but Sadie Sink’s acting is just so wonderful here.
What I particularly love about is that even if you watch it a dozen times, it’s still suspenseful. It feels like you don’t know if she’ll get away. That is impressive. And if that is what depression feels like, I want no part of it.
Yvonne Catterfeld – Was bleibt
Sie hat eine so schöne Stimme.
Whole Lotta Little
Such a cute country song. Love it.
Clearest Blue
My favorite live CHVRCHES performance. Lauren is so much more physical than usual and she sounds great. It must take a damn long time to put on all that ornamentation and dazzle around her eyes, though. I’d blind myself doing that I think. Looks great but seems a lot of work.
Bama
I love Katie’s Alabama accent. This is what country music should have evolved into but it was taken over by bro country. Which is horrible.
Dog Days
Really excellent cover.
GGG
This is better than the album version of the song, despite the poor audio quality of the VHS rip. And speaking of outfits, I think Hope’s simple velvet skirt, high boots and sheer long-sleeve top over a medium-strap tank seen here is my favorite goth girl getup of all time*.
I like how forward the bass is in this version a lot. And this is also the rare song with a great outro.
*And by that, yeah, I mean she looks great in it, but just about any girl would look damn good in an outfit like this.
Old Tuneage
I’d be a lyre if I told you this was anything other than pretty great.
Right Back To It
Great song and beautiful swamp; swamps are my natural habitat. I like Katie’s outfit too. It looks practical and comfortable.
Two Wood(s)
I wish it were higher res on the ‘tube, but this is such a beautiful, heartbreaking, perfect vignette. All show and no tell. Extremely hard to do. And Across the Universe is such a great, underrated film — probably because it was a musical.
Evan Rachel Wood and Carol Woods (the lead female singer) were just perfect in this bit, and Evan gave (IMO) her career-best performance in the film in toto. Also, the line that Carol Woods’ sings starting at 2:43 might be the best single phrase in music history. Just brilliant direction by Julie Taymor and editing by Françoise Bonnot.