ONE OF THE highlights of our neighborhood tree lighting last week was the big-screen premiere of Atwater Village's new anthem and video, created by a group of talented neighbors including Seth Freeman and Tom Bishel.
They had contacted me for permission to use my Flickr photos (The Roost, Tam O'Shanter, the chapel) in the video, so keep an eye out for them. And here are the lyrics (my fave: "you can sing and dance or get a short term loan") to your new neighborhood anthem:
"Atwater Village" by Seth Freeman and Tom Bishel
Sesame Chorus These are the people in your neighborhood In your little nook of town It used to be called Atwater But the Village gives it such a sweet sound
Verse woman named Toni who can bake a sweet surprise a mechanic, a butcher, lots of stuff to buy in the Atwater Village neighborhood a golfer, a grocer, a yoga instructor an officer of the law, a gallery director in the Atwater Village neighborhood
Bridge Sometimes you'll see a happy person waving to you from their door Could be you need to borrow some sugar or a basket with an Atwater neighbor all your life you can ask it Until the day you end up in a casket That you picked out at the coffin store
Chorus These are the people that you meet when you are walking down the street in the Atwater Village neighborhood
Verse Dogs, kids, horses, playing in the stable Friendly people cooking and waiting on your table pampered birds, and stickers and labels in the Atwater Village neighborhood accordion teachers, all kinds of preachers we've even got the best school teachers in the Atwater Village neighborhood
Bridge Here we have lots of dentists, keepin teeth clean and cavity free and over here see Garcetti cleaning up graffiti and Gina Shivon, our officer friendly
Chorus
Verse Have a drink at Tam O’Shanter, 55 Degrees Or The Griffin, Bigfoot, The Roost, or the Tee Gee In the Atwater Village neighborhood you can go to the farmers market and get yourself an apple hit the convenience store and drink yourself a Snapple visit the big box store then go to the chapel in the Atwater Village neighborhood
Bridge you can get your nails done and wax your bikini line then go and buy a paint brush, and end up pouring some wine
Chorus
Bridge why even get in your car everything is here a book a stamp a roll of yarn a dress a toy a bra a beer a cut of meat a tennis racquet a doggie treat a vintage jacket a tile a sneaker, a book with your pho, a rug a rubdown and a cup of joe a beauty salon a wireless phone you can sing and dance or get a short term loan an exotic home furnishing a dvd a pot for you to plant a tree a foodstuff from the grocery a veritable plethora a potpourri everything is here we think you’ll agree
Chorus | |
6 comments:
Awesome! I think that video alone boosted property values 15%.
Awesome indeed. Hard to watch with tears in my eyes!
Greg Brouwer worked tirelessly long hours to Edit this wonderful video
as well....all of the work was done for free
with additional photography by Lorena David, Mylissa Grieve and Luis Lopez
.....wonderful neighbors all
thanks!
Catherine
I really could have gone for another 2 minutes of verse/chorus on this. Quite genius, although, I'm a little sad to see Crispy Crust didn't make the list.
My favorite line:
Until the day you end up in a casket
That you picked out at the coffin store
Thanks to Catherine and Greg and Seth and all who worked so hard on this fabu vid.
- Leonora Pitts, your friendly Neighborhood Council co-chair
It's great to see this video posted here on your blog, Newbie! I love living in this neighborhood in spite of, and actually even because of, the now highly publicized rift mentioned in a more recent blog post. I'd much rather live in an interesting place among a diverse group of people with differing opinions than in a boring place with a bunch of people who share my exact views. How else can the people of the world overcome their differences!
I want to echo what Catherine added about the credits, with the one addition of Catherine Dent - producer. In fact the "until the day you end up in a casket" portion of the lyric was one of the many witty lines suggested by her.
There was so much footage and so many photos and many lyrics that were not used in the video, maybe some day we'll put out a collector's edition DVD - heh :)
I know they're in the end credits roll, but it was certainly a highly collaborative (and fun!) project which we worked on literally up until the 11th hour so I think it's appropriate to mention the rest of the folks involved again, so I will: Catherine Dent, Producer (hands-on in a great way), Greg Brouwer (editor), Lorena David (videography), Mylissa Grieve (photos), Luis Lopez (photos), Atwater Village Newbie (photos). A great bunch of people that I would gladly work with again.
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