Don't watch this video. Don't you dare watch it. I mean it.

[MelissaB]

This was posted by "europegirl4jfk" a couple of days ago and failed to make it to the greatest. Let's try again...ur...I mean...don't you dare watch it and kick it and nominate it if you like it.

My anti-war music video dedicated to Cindy's son Casey

I created this a while ago and got it finally uploaded to Savefile.com. There are different versions (wmv and mpg, sorry no quicktime) and different sizes for broadband and dial-up. Feel free to share it with friends and/or use it on your website or blog.

http://www.savefile.com/projects.php?pid=488565

Original thread here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4468442

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

1. Recommended because the first time didn't take.

A lot of good work went into this and the message is important.

So whatever you people do, don't watch it and DON'T recommend it!

[TwilightZone]

2. Gotta love reverse psychology.

Recommended!

[MelissaB]

9. LOL

:evilgrin:

[Just Me]

3. Nominated. Thank you, europegirl4jfk!!!

:hi:

[Mnemosyne]

4. I also rcd' it before.. She put her

heart into this, it's obvious. It's nice you are doing this MelissaB, I forgot. Don't understand why it didn't make it either.

Once more.

See it's got the majic # now, great work!

[MelissaB]

5. It is beautifully done!

:cry:

[Mnemosyne]

16. Me too...

:cry: :hug:

There is another one someone made and posted here that had me sobbing as well. I forgot to bookmark it, can you remember it?

Thanks! I pass these on always.

[MelissaB]

17. There have been several lately. I think "soup" did one

and somebody else didn one on the same day. Help!

[Mnemosyne]

21. "soup" was the one. Looking for

bookmarks for any others.
Thanks!

[MelissaB]

22. Found it!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=4406987

Copy and paste:

soup (1000+ posts) Sat Aug-20-05 12:21 PM
Original message
anti-war video
Felt like I needed to do something constructive, so I made a video from a collection of pictures gathered from the internetS, using the song 'Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)' by Melanie.

I need to give credit and thanks to everyone who kindly shared their pics from Crawford and their beautiful vigil pictures this week. Hope I didn't step on anyone's toes by using them.

This is the first time I've tried anything like this, so please be gentle. Hours and hours poured into this little 3min. 55sec. piece. Unfortunately, the darn file is HUGE (11.54mb), and I'm not sure how to make it smaller, or format it to anything other than a WMV (Windows Movie something or other).

Anyway, for what it's worth - it's here for downloading:
http://savefile.com/projects.php?pid=281090

[Mnemosyne]

34. Thank you much MelissaB! It is a

moving one also. Such talent here at the DU! I get to cry regularly, and it does help with the tension most times. I hate that these films ever needed to be made at all.

I imagine there will be more. How tragic and needless. Damn * to hell!

[SammyWinstonJack]

6. Kick

:kick:

[fooj]

7. A must see!

Thanks for sharing this! Recommend!

Peace.

[Fridays Child]

8. Excellent!

Beautifully done.

[soup]

10. #10 recommended

thanks for doing this.

[Lefty48197]

11. VERY WELL DONE

Shocking how much the images of Vietnam and Iraq look alike. And a redundant recommendation #11.

[hwmnbn]

12. Excellent.........

Thank you, europegirl4jfk. Very well done and thought provoking. This one is a keeper.

And thank you MelissaB, I missed it the first time around.

[troubleinwinter]

13. Incredibly powerful.

I don't come easily to tears. I cried painful tears and it infuriated me.

I was unable to play it from the previous thread... evidently a new type of file was added and I could watch it. Thank you.

Oh! And nominated, so that others will not watch this video.

[soup]

14. Your orders didn't include 'Do not kick this thread'.

So I'm going to.

:kick:

[europegirl4jfk]

25. Soup, I just watched your video for the first time!

And it was really, really powerful as well! All these great pictures... so touching! I just couldn't help it and had tears in my eyes. Thanks so much for this one! :cry: :loveya:

[Catfight]

15. My heart is broken, please let's stop the killing....this was really

powerful and beautifully done. Thank you.

[Autumn]

19. Beautiful

I'm bawling like a baby. The song is so beautiful,and so powerful.Who is the singer?

[europegirl4jfk]

26. The singer is British

Here name is Charlie Dore. I think she isn't really known outside the UK, but she wrote songs for Celine Dion, Tina Turner and others. This song is from her 1995 album "Things change". You can check her website and listen to some of her songs there online: http://www.charliedore.com

[in_cog_ni_to]

18. Wow. THAT is a very powerful video!

The song....:cry: The deaths...:cry: The pictures of the Iraqi babies, soldiers, women and men. :cry: My g-d, that was amazing. Thanks for posting it. I missed it the first time.

[hiley]

20. excellent video

thank you europegirl4jfk and MelissaB.
Recommend
:cry:

[IndyOp]

23. Soup's amazing video was mentioned above...

Here is the link to "Lay Down" --
<http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=4406987>

P.S. I don't use the term 'amazing' I just don't.

[peekaloo]

33. a big kick for MelissaB, europegirl4jfk and soup

I'd kick soup's thang of beauty but it is archived. :-(

[europegirl4jfk]

24. Wow, Melissa! :-)

Thank you so much for reposting it! :loveya: I'm so glad you all like it. I had this song in my mind since the Iraq war started and wished so much that someone would add the pictures to the words. Another DUer finally inspired me to give it a try and it turned out to be not as difficult as I thought.

[MelissaB]

31. You did a heck of a job!

:hi:

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

27. kick

[BamaBecky]

28. Thanks,,,,,,It was really GOOD

Bama

[nicknameless]

29. Why can't I download it? Anybody?

I can download video files on C&Ls okay (wmv files), but here it tells me: "Cannot play back the file. The file format is invalid."
Anybody know?

(I have a Mac & dial-up.) :shrug:

[MelissaB]

30. kicking for help for nicknameless

I'm MelissaClueless when it comes to technology like this.

[nicknameless]

32. Thanks Melissa :-)

FWIW to any techies, the format lists as "Untyped Binary Data" as opposed to a "Text File" for C&L wmps. :shrug:

[europegirl4jfk]

35. I don't know why it isn't working for you but...

... a have a RealPlayer version. Do you think you could watch this one? I could upload it for you. But it's unfortunately very low quality and you have to watch it in a small window. Let me know if you want it and I will put it on Savefile.com.

[nicknameless]

37. I really want to see it, but all of Savefile.com's downloads seem to

show up on my computer as "Untyped Binary Data" files. Maybe it's because my setup isn't typical (Mac + dial-up rather than PC + DSL)
I couldn't get soup's file either for the same reason. :(

Maybe there’s a techie on DU who can tell us why this is happening.

I'll keep this thread bookmarked so that I can watch your video when this gets worked out.
(I took MelissaB's very reliable word and recommended it anyway :) )

[europegirl4jfk]

39. For nicknameless: try this site!

I've uploaded the first version of the video to YouSendIt.com. These are still wmv and rm versions, but small files and perfect for dial-up. Only the quality is low, I'm sorry, but with video files around 3 or 4 MB you can't get a better quality.

http://s31.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0IFYWJECDYUN62S5YH6BDYWUCI
http://s31.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2CFIQ1R5R3N0R1KIJSQXII8V1E

[nicknameless]

42. Thank you so much for uploading those, europegirl4jfk!

The .rm worked this time!

What a heart-wrenching video -- and a beautiful tribute to Casey Sheehan! Cindy should see it!

(Kicking through tears)

:kick:

[europegirl4jfk]

44. I'm glad it worked this time! :-)

And I hope Cindy will see it. I sent Cindy a CD with the video during the first days of her Camp Casey movement, along with some money I'd left over from my last US trip. I sent it to the Peace House in Crawford and hope she got it by now.

[Jokinomx]

36. Thanks for Sharing

An Awesome song... right from the heart.

:toast:

[FreedomAngel82]

38. This is the most beautiful video

I love it very much. It's so beautiful and touching. Very emotional.

[Helga Scow Stern]

40. Thanks for posting this again.

[madokie]

41. Listening, Tears flowing

Everyone I know will be seeing this.

[blue northern]

43. what a moving video

powerful images and the song fits them perfectly
very well done europegirl4jfk
and thank you MelissaB for posting it again

[ElsewheresDaughter]

45. omg i'm crying again....dear god ...WHY do we NEVER learn???