Factory Girl
THERE really are some talented folks contributing to the cultural and archival gem that is YouTube. One thing I like doing is searching for old songs - produced well prior to the advent of MTV or which weren't thought worthy of a promotional video - and seeing what fans have done with them, visually. Below, one of the better examples I've come across. This one's called "Factory Girl", a Celtic-Appalachian country number by the Rolling Stones. From the band's famous 1968 classic, Beggar's Banquet, the song is now unknown, except to enthusiasts.
This video - by matthiasheuermann - begins with some pub dialogue sampled from the 1960 film, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning - a then avant-guard working class manners and morality tale. The fellow quizzing factory girl Doreen is Arthur, played by a very young Albert Finney. The song commences, as scenes from that British work mix with vision of women factory workers taken from Vertov's legendary kino-apparatom. The result is a creative and sweet 2 min and 35 secs. Makes me feel like chatting up a Doreen over a Friday night pint.
This video - by matthiasheuermann - begins with some pub dialogue sampled from the 1960 film, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning - a then avant-guard working class manners and morality tale. The fellow quizzing factory girl Doreen is Arthur, played by a very young Albert Finney. The song commences, as scenes from that British work mix with vision of women factory workers taken from Vertov's legendary kino-apparatom. The result is a creative and sweet 2 min and 35 secs. Makes me feel like chatting up a Doreen over a Friday night pint.
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