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Promised STARMAN question
Hello Ladies,
First off I have to say you were spot on with the Location. OMG! The scenery is breathtaking!! The white houses in the background appear like white caps on the ocean as the Drone pulls away.
Mona, your addition of your Blues Harp is Exactly what the song needed (along with the Cajon) it gives it an outer space effect, as if your in the space ship with both of you.
Now for my question. Or Questions ?
At the :47, 1;42, 2:55 – 3:19 and most importantly at the 3:24 second mark, there is what I will call a little bridge in the rocks to the left of you, with a little arch underneath, well behind it appears to be a shadow figure of a person at those times. Is that Papa Rudi? The shadow figure appears to have a hat on at times. Part 2….. Did Mona add in the line, “He has some soul you say?” I watched the original from David Bowie and I don’t remember hearing it.
Part 3… Is there anything else that may have been missed that we can look for, perhaps at a given time if you don’t want to give it away.
By the way I love Mona’s Star Pin or necklace she has on.
Thanks Ladies for a MAGNIFICENT COVER. Please thank Michaela and Rudi for their invaluable help. Beautifully Breathtaking.
All the best and remain Very Specialily Groovy
Rick
P. S. Thanks for the Ride!! ?
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Hi Rick!
Sorry, I’m a bit behind answering these Starman questions but they might still be interesting!
Part 1: Yes, that is indeed Papa Rudi hiding (not very successfully as it turns out) behind his hat and the cave right next to us during the drone shots. Michaela was sat in a different cave that was out of frame during all these sequences, guarding all the equipment, guitar cases, etc.
The weather was extremely windy for all the days of shooting so Dad didn’t want to risk flying the drone from a location too far away where he could only rely on the drone camera with no direct line of sight. That’s why he had to stay close by and risk some sharp eyes spotting him on the footage afterward. 😉 Let’s just call it an Easter Egg!
Part 2: I believe Bowie ad-libs this part differently on various versions but in the official record he seems to sing “lotta soul, he said” which is what I did as well. He just sounds cooler saying it. 😉
Part 3: Anything else you missed in the video? We doubt it’s possible to sneak anything into a video that you wouldn’t notice! 😉 We went into a lot more detail about the video shoot in this photo post.
The most memorable of the three days of filming by far was the time when we got caught in a rainstorm on the way down the mountain. It really was like nothing we’ve ever experienced, you could see a black cloud of doom racing toward the filming spot and once it hit us we couldn’t see a single thing, just rain. It’s a shame we couldn’t capture that moment on video but none of our cameras would have made it out alive if they weren’t packed away securely. A great memory though.
Groovy greetings!
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Hi Mona,
Thank you so much Mona for your very cool and Groovy answers. So many details one could go into on this one.
I love looking for details on your videos that most people would miss. I guess it comes from beong an Art major in college with a Minor in Photography.
When i saw Papa Rudi it was a little strange the first few times i watched it. I wouldnt figure it out. Then right at the end it jumped out at me on about the 6th time watching.
The rain is similar to that of a quick summer pop up storm or from a Hurricane. Lots of wind from those.
No meed to apologise, i know ypu all are very busy, and i knew you would answer when you could.
Thanks again, all the best to each of you.
Rick
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