Behold the music video for “In Speaking Like Thunder.” It completely
eradicates the distance between Jazzpunk and Horror, leaving us stranded in a world
that crosses rural sectarianism with discordant Middle Ages topographies. With
music by Joy on Fire, lyrics and vocals by your humble blogger, and video by
Daphne Bacon and Cody Snyder, “In Speaking Like Thunder” will have you reaching
for a talisman and a baggie of shrooms alike.
The main character and his fellow townsfolk attempt to
confront a series of omens in the form of moonlit disturbances, grisly discoveries
in the woods, puzzling iconography, and dizzying isolations. A proliferation of
period weapons — scythe, axe, pitchfork — accompany the period garb of a
transcendent era. Viewers will hardly doubt the extensive lubrication proffered
by meads, wines, and grogs; surely, there must be some greenery in that phat
pipe!
After a torch-wielding posse melts away, the main character confronts
a bipedal forest beast who has fostered all the mayhem. The man bows down
before the beast. He embraces the beast. The two even dance together. Then, the
clouds part and the full moon confers some sobriety on what will surely be a gruesome
conclusion. The lines “At night / I am the night” may apply to the powerful
beast, or they may apply broadly to the moon-force, or the presence that speaks
“like thunder.”
The music veers between an up-register drone and crunching
narrative; between free jazz outrage and gnawing synthesis. Indeed, all these
sounds congeal at once as the instruments stretch toward the denouement of the
final, mad dance. As for the lyrics, this is the second time I wrote a song in French,
before bringing it over to English. (Also see “Unknown City.”) My French is
hardly perfect, but in the translation, cometh the jaggedness.
The lyrics in both languages follow below. May they inspire
new thoughts and images. May you play the song loud, pour yourself something mildly
intoxicating, and jump around in the usual manner. Oi.
In Speaking Like Thunder
In speaking
The thunder
In speaking
Like thunder
In speaking
The thunder
In speaking
Like thunder
My word
As crazy as
My word
As crazy as the mouth
My word as crazy as
The mouth of God
My word as crazy as
The Mouth of God
At night
I am the night
At night
I am the night
At night
I am the night
At night
I am the night
At night
In speaking
I am the night
Like thunder
At night
In speaking
I am the night
Like thunder
En Parlant Comme le Tonnere
En parlant
Le tonnere
En parlant
Comme le tonnere
En parlant
Le tonnere
En parlant
Comme le tonnere
Ma parole
Aussi fou que
Ma parole
Aussi fou que la bouche
Ma parole aussi fou que
La
bouche de dieu
Ma parole aussi fou que
La
bouche de dieu
A nuit
Je suis la nuit
A nuit
Je suis la nuit
A nuit
Je suis la nuit
A nuit
Je suis la nuit
A nuit
En parlant
Je suis la nuit
Comme le tonnere
A nuit
En parlant
Je suis la nuit
Comme le tonnere
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Monday, March 20, 2023
AT NIGHT, I AM THE NIGHT: THE GRISLY MASHUP BETWEEN JAZZPUNK & HORROR IN THE MUSIC VIDEO FOR JOY ON FIRE'S "IN SPEAKING LIKE THUNDER"
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
THE HAND.
Cast:
Dan Gutstein as Dan Gutstein
The Hand as The Hand
Running Time:
59 seconds
Shot on Location:
Penn Line #520
Advance Praise:
“What Gutstein accomplishes in 59 seconds that I could not
accomplish in 6,240 seconds. No, that’s a question. What did he actually
accomplish?” —Oliver Stone
“It’s like Oliver Stone, but with a twist, but not like Oliver
Twist, more like Twisted Sister, but not like Twisted Sister, in fact, there’s
no sister at all.” —The Rock
“I headed for the Exitus halfway through, and
stepped into another world, where Moses (played by The Rock) was twisting a stone to get
water.” —Billy Crystal
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