Music Videos in My Head

I've worked with children for 22 years. It's my calling. My other callings are photography, writing, and, I've finally realized, music video directing.

When I hear certain songs, I see images, as if I were watching a video. Sometimes they're brief, sometimes they last the whole song. I wish I could make the video the way I saw it in my head. I think about putting an ad on Craig's List to students who are learning video or movie making. They could get experience in making videos, and I could tell them my visions.

For example, I've been listening to Enya lately, her CD entitled, "A Day Without Rain." The last song is called "Lazy Days", and every time I hear that song, I see a woman and a man's faces, close up, and they're in slow motion. She's laughing, and they're in some kind of embrace. They're in love, and it's a very happy song. They're at the beach. They're celebrating something. I see it every time I hear that song. I don't have any other videos for any other Enya songs.

I have a couple of videos for Prince songs. One is for the song, "How Come You Don't Call Me Anymore." In the song, Prince is wondering why a woman stopped calling him. He remembers their time together, and longs for her. It's a bluesy ballad.

I put a different twist on it. I made it so that the reason why she didn't call him anymore was that she lost his number (I wrote this video back in the days before cell phones). He had written it on a napkin, and she wiped her mouth on it and threw it away. Maybe today she plugs it into her cell phone, and her phone drops in the toilet or something.

The whole video is about her trying to contact Prince to let him know she's still out there, but none of his bodyguards give her access to him, because she's an ordinary person, and of course, he's Prince. While he's lamenting, she's putting on disguises, trying to sneak in, calling his agent, and not getting anywhere. Prince thinks she doesn't care. They get together at the end, of course, and for a second he pretends that he doesn't know who she is, but finally she gets into his car and explains the whole thing. I went so far with this video I wrote it all down, line by line.

I have another Prince one for "Black Sweat" about a working woman who comes home, tired at the end of the day, and goes through her mail with her trenchcoat on, and suddenly her foyer turns into a striptease joint and she does a striptease, complete with pole dancing. Hey, I can't help what I see. I just do.

If anyone knows someone who wants to be the cameraperson for my videos, let me know.