Gift for Jetpack Monkey by terajk (Hausu - 1977)

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Title of vid: A Happy Song Where Everybody Dies
Recipient: Jetpack Monkey
Vidder: terajk
Fandom: Hausu (1977)
Music: The Irish Rover by Djazia Satour
Summary: Seven girls, one killer house party.
Content notes: Physical triggers (e.g., epilepsy or migraine: strobe lights, bright lights, "stuttery" cuts between 2-3 stills), nudity+ surreal violence+ spoilers
Signed length: 01:59
Signed URL: http://terajk.dreamwidth.org/137892.html

Lyrics
On the fourth of July, eighteen hundred and six,

we set sail from the sweet cove of Cork.

We were sailing away with a cargo of bricks

for the grand city hall in New York.

'Twas a wonderful craft, she was rigged fore-and-aft

and oh, how the wild winds drove her.

She'd got several blasts, she'd twenty-seven masts

and we called her the Irish Rover.



We had one million bales of the best Sligo rags

we had two million barrels of stones.

We had three million sides of old blind horses hides,

we had four million barrels of bones.

We had five million hogs, we had six million dogs,

seven million barrels of porter.

We had eight million bails of old nanny goats' tails,

in the hold of the Irish Rover.



We had sailed seven years when the measles broke out

and the ship lost its way in a fog.

And that whale of the crew was reduced down to two,

just myself and the captain's old dog.

Then the ship struck a rock, oh Lord what a shock

the bulkhead was turned right over.

Turned nine times around, and the poor dog was drowned

I'm the last of the Irish Rover.

I'm the last of the Irish Rover.

I'm the last of the Irish Rover.

Comments

[jetpack_monkey]

Ah-ha! You were paying attention to my music notes! What a wonderfully bizarre mix of song and source, yet oddly appropriate!. It's exactly what it says on the tin, but also super-fun and weird! You totally get me, vidder. *fistbumps*

[cupidsbow]

It's hard to believe this source is real, because it's just so visually bizarre, and I love that you play that up with the song choice here. Super surreal, completely odd, and quite compelling.

[streussal]

I like how the visuals and the song both start out kinda normal (though bright and cheery), and then turn just. Completely bizarre. Very neat vid.

[aris_tgd]

Oh fantastic work finding a song the perfect mix of cheery and macabre for this AMAZING movie. This is great fun!

[hollywoodgrrl]

It's great that there are three Hausu vids and they're all so different. I love how you had a slightly different focus than the others, using a bunch of footage they didn't use. What a crazy source!!!

[jetpack_monkey]

Just re-watched and I wanted to note some favorite moments that made me grin:

0:18 - This whole "sailing along" bit
0:38 - Clapping along to the beat!
1:08 - Spirals on Rooooover
1:39 - Flailing skeleton!
1:41 - Oh lord!

[sanguinity]

Happy surrealistic murder! I have no idea what the original source is like -- is it this joyous? -- but your treatment here worked beautifully. Such a lovely (and happy) descent into bloody body-horror madness!

[minim_calibre]

!!! THIS WAS AWESOME, VIDDER!!!