Well, after Nelly the Elephant packed his trunk, and said goodbye to the circus.
He decided, for some strange reason, that it would be a great idea to spend the next month stuck in front of a PC creating a 3 minute picture show of last New Year’s hoedown at Ewen Palace.
After hours of cutting people’s heads off, making them jingle, sticking them in buckets and popping out of Paul Ewen’s stomach. (Tell me Di, what was it like in there? No, on second thoughts, I’d rather not know!) one finished song was completed.
I’d had plans to do about three tunes, but I’ve got to be honest, I think I’ve developed a touch of RSI…….
I’ll try and get a DVD made for everyone for Christmas, so you can watch it at home in Hi-Definition, digital surround sound, Technicolor, or you can just use the disc as a coaster.
Steve has provided a link to a web version, so you can cringe at it while at work:
http://www.deepmilk.co.uk/usmedia/us_nursery.html
Be warned though, you’ll be singing the song all day if you do. I’ve had it going round my head for the past month and I’ve only just got rid of Cocacabaña from last year.
Any chance that this year’s party can be held in a room with plain white walls? It would make editing soooooo much easier. A blue screen background would be even better. That way I can superimpose us all say, on the Bridge of the Titanic? Just before Di asks if it’s at all possible to get some ice for her brandy and diet coke!
Enjoy
11/12/2007 at 03:48 pm
Wasn’t Nelly a lady elephant!
11/12/2007 at 04:01 pm
Neil you are so right about the song getting into your head. I was only working on it for a couple of hours and it got me. What’s worse is I keep wanting to to do the bit where it goes Woooooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhh…Nellie the Elephant da da da etc!
11/12/2007 at 04:46 pm
Tell me about it. Can you imagine if i’d done the second song, which was going to be “We All Stand Together”, you’d have frog noises going around your head as well.
Oh NO ! I’ve got them now.
BOM bom bom bi e ah.
Jen, yes Nellie is a girlie, but in the context of the blog, Nellie is me. And last time I looked, I would definately say I was of the male gender. Surely my fetish for powere tools should have given you a clue
(That’s woodworking power tools before anyone suggest other possible types)
12/12/2007 at 12:31 am
It was well worth the effort, Neil - it’s still hilarious even when you’ve watched it loads of times. Louie loved his bit!
20/12/2007 at 07:26 pm
Well done Steve, I didn’t expect the video to be on the web so quickly.
A big thank you and well done to the master of magic who put it all together, you never know we may even paint our walls blue prior to New Years Eve..
trev
01/01/2008 at 03:27 pm
Just seen the DVD on NYD - excellent! Nice to see an example of Jen’s boot-licking technique as well - at least we THINK it was a boot. Neil’s a lucky man…..