Gift for Barkley by Anoel (RPF - Soccer German NT)

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Title of vid: Us Against The World
Recipient: Barkley
Vidder: Anoel
Fandom: RPF - Soccer (German NT)
Music: Marching Band by Joe Brooks
Summary: Try stopping us now.
Content notes: No standardized notes apply
Signed length: 03:31
Signed URL:

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Lyrics
Crashing through a deeper ocean

Drowned in waves of pure emotion

Tears they're rolling from each others eyes

Its you and me against the world now

Take my hand, lets find a marching band

That beats the rhythm of our hearts



We're the fire the flames

They cant put out

A faith like oxygen

So breathe it in

Be with me now

Its us against the world

Its us against the world

Try stopping us now



I can promise you all that life brings

Lies to pain such a sweeter ending

How am I to know if this is our last embrace



Oh we're the fire the flames

They can't put out

A faith like oxygen

So breathe it in

Be with me now

Its us against the world

Its us against the world

The world

So try stopping us now

Try stopping us now.



Try stopping us now

Its us against the world

The world

Try stopping us now

Take my hand

Let's find a marching band

Comments

[barkley.livejournal.com]

OMG! Will be back for more after many, many more viewings, but you know how when you imagine what your ideal festivid would be!?!?! THIS IS IT. I Love it!!!! Thank you! Thank you!

[barkley.livejournal.com]

So now, I have watched a few hundred more times, and it's better and better each time. I love the song. I love the pace and the cutting and flow. And I am just going to ramble on about more of my favorite parts:

The Opening: setting it with the iconic Brazilian image to let us know where we are and what this is about.
Then color shift to the historic! The deeper ocean. All is not just what is here, there is a past! There is sad Basti, and awww, Mertesacker and Bierhoff being all sad on the bench got me.

But then there is the future! The team! Take my hand. Jogi looks at Hansi. :)

Faith like Oxygen. The absolute belief they will get that fourth star with Rio Jesus in the middle between Poldi and the fan-sign. Lovely imagery.


Try stopping us now, and the music upswing and Miro's somersaults and Schweinsteiger assuring Lahm on I promise you.

Last embrace with Klose and Lahm and Mertesacker. Sniff.

And then, we're the fire the flames they can't put out. Schweinsteiger was totally that fire that just kept going in that last game. Wonderful imagery here.
And then the transfer of the flame from Miro to Mario.

Lionel Messi as the face of the challenger.

And then that whole try stopping us now beautifully timed build up to Götze's final goal. And Basti's big crying hug,
And then the picture in the locker room with Reus's jersey. SNIFF SNIFF.
And then EVERYONE all gathered around. This is beautiful.

[idella]

Aw, this is a fun vid!

[runawaynun]

I LOVE SPORTS VIDS. And I love sports vids even more when they capture the truly global nature of the competition. And there's just so much joy and celebration (and a little bit of sadness with Klose and "last embrace" lyric) and so much of why I love sports.

[trelkez]

I just got REALLY EMOTIONAL about German soccer? This is so well crafted, all of my hats are off to you.

[sakana17]

Awww! This really pulled me in with the emotion and drama and how the small moments add up to the epic world spectacle. Great vid! I know nothing about soccer, and this moved me.

[toft]

This is SO GREAT.

[isis]

What a joyous vid! I especially loved the different images you chose for "us against the world" (the flags were my favorite!) and all the hugging and cheering!

[bingeling]

THIS IS THE GREATEST! I was *yearning* for exactly this vid. EXACTLY THIS VID! You captured everything that's great about the World Cup and this team. It's so uplifting and so celebratory and I AM SO VERY VERY HAPPY RIGHT NOW!

I liked how you set the scene with the images from Brazil and the history of the team. And that you celebrated them without putting down the others.

Gosh, and the feelings assault with "last embrace" and the Reus jersey! ;_________; ALL THOSE SUPER GREAT HUGS! Schweinsteiger powering through!

I'm so glad this vid exists. <3

[purplefringe]

Awww, I found this emotional and epic and uplifting and I do not even REMOTELY care about soccer, so great job! :-D

[aldanise]

Lovely, wonderful vid! They're not my team and yet you made me so happy they won.

[were_duck]

This is so full of feeeeels and the timing is so crisp! Awesome!

[sanguinity]

...you know, I very nearly resent that you just made me have Very Big Feelings about the German NT, but in truth, I am too busy being impressed with how deftly you executed that. Perfect dramatic timing -- the slow build and big crashing wave of triumph -- and a very sure hand for interpreting the lyrics in a way that was both very clear and sometimes very subtle. And an excellent eye for picking and combining your visuals from what was surely a hodgepodge of mismatched and variable-quality source.

Just, very nicely done.

[revolutionaryjo]

Oh noooooooooo it's too goooooooood! I'm definitely not pawing at screen when Schweinsteiger gets hurt. I'm also totally not tearing up when Götze scores. Nope. Everything is a-okay over here. I'll just be over here laying down until all my WC feelings simmer down again. /o\

But seriously, this is so INTENSELY WELL DONE. Particularly for a sports fandom where quality source footage is difficult to come by and even more difficult to make it look consistent. Just fantastic. I'm stunned.

[sweetestdrain]

Awwwww! This is so awesomely done -- such a great encapsulation of their World Cup adventures with a big heaping pile of FEELINGS. I'm into it.

[deirdre_c]

Super fun!

[kuwdora]

daaaaaaaaamnnnnnn SO MANY FEELINGS OMGGGGGGG

[franzeska]

I'm impressed at how clean and beautiful you made this look. Sports RPF is tricky, and you did a great job.

[felis]

Aw, yeah, nostalgiaaa! This is wonderful, and there are so many brilliant lyric ties - marching band, last embrace, faith like oxygen, etc etc - and the 'try stopping us now' moments are epic. :D