Grave New World the Movie is available on a DVD. It's been transfered from tape and looks absolutely horrible. But quality aside, the film isn't very good.
For whatever reason, The Strawbs decided to reorder the songs, destroying the conceptual flow of the original album. To make things worse, they left off two of the best tracks: "Queen of Dreams" and "Heavy Disguise." What's left isn't very good on its own terms. The songs are OK, but the videos are completely uninspired. Primitive as can be. Some will say that people in 1972 didn't know how to make music videos yet, to which I reply, "A Hard Day's Night? Help?" Some primitive (to reuse a word) green screening is used in several videos; the use of the technique was ill-advised. So was the use of stock footage. And the long sequence of small children kicking a soccer ball back and forth in a park is particularly troubling: did the band really think this went with the music?
"Tomorrow" manages to stand out somewhat, sticking to images of the band as they rock out.
For whatever reason, The Strawbs decided to reorder the songs, destroying the conceptual flow of the original album. To make things worse, they left off two of the best tracks: "Queen of Dreams" and "Heavy Disguise." What's left isn't very good on its own terms. The songs are OK, but the videos are completely uninspired. Primitive as can be. Some will say that people in 1972 didn't know how to make music videos yet, to which I reply, "A Hard Day's Night? Help?" Some primitive (to reuse a word) green screening is used in several videos; the use of the technique was ill-advised. So was the use of stock footage. And the long sequence of small children kicking a soccer ball back and forth in a park is particularly troubling: did the band really think this went with the music?
"Tomorrow" manages to stand out somewhat, sticking to images of the band as they rock out.
