Club Vivid Premiere: Tightrope (BtVS)

[frayadjacent]

Title: Tightrope
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Song: "Tightrope" by Janelle Monae (edited)
Character: Buffy, Scoobies
Summary: I gotta keep my balance
Content Notes: Covers all 7 seasons, but no real plot spoilers.
Duration: 3:07

Thanks to violace and kiki_miserychic for excellent beta!

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"Tightrope (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)" (Watch on Vimeo)

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Whoaaa
Another day
I take your pain away

Some people talk about ya
Like they know all about ya
When you get down they doubt ya
And when you tippin on the scene
Yeah they talkin' bout it
Cause they can't tip all on the scene with ya
Talk about it
T-t-t-talk bout it
When you get elevated,
They love it or they hate it
You dance up on them haters
Keep getting funky on the scene
While they jumpin' round ya
They trying to take all your dreams
But you can't allow it

Cause baby whether you're high or low
Whether you're high or low
You gotta tip on the tightrope
T-t-t-tip on the tightrope

Whether you're high or low
Baby whether you're high or low
You got to tip on the tightrope
Now let me see you do the tightrope
And I'm still tippin' on it

See I'm not walkin' on it
Or tryin to run around it
This ain't no acrobatics
You either follow or you lead, yeah
I'm talkin' bout you,
I'll keep on blaming the machine, yeah
I'm talkin' bout it,
T-t-t-talkin' bout it
I can't complain about it
I gotta keep my balance
And just keep dancin on it
We gettin funky on the scene
Yeah you know about it
Like a star on the screen
Watch me tip all on it

Then baby whether I'm high or low
Baby whether you're high or low
You gotta tip on the tightrope
Yeah, tip on the tightrope
Baby, baby, baby
Whether you're high or low
Baby whether you're high or low
Tip on the tightrope
Baby let me see you tight rope
And I'm still tippin' on it

Big Boi:

You gotta keep your balance or you fall into the gap
It's a challenge but I manage cause I'm cautious with the strap
Do damage to your canvas that a doctor cannot patch
See boy you don't want no friction like the back of a matchbook
Daddy Fat Stacks will fold you and your MacBook
Close shows, shut you down before we gon' go backwards
Act up, and whether we high or low we gonna get back-up
Like the Dow Jones and Nasdaq
Sorta like a thong in an ass crack
Come on

I tip on alligators and little rattle snakers
But I'm another flavor
Something like a terminator
Ain't no equivocating
I fight for what I believe
Why you talkin' bout it
S-s-she's talkin' bout it
Some callin me a sinner
Some callin me a winner
I'm callin you to dinner
And you know exactly what I mean
Yeah I'm talkin bout you
You can rock or you can leave
Watch me tip without you

N-N-Now whether I'm high or low
Whether I'm high or low
I'm gonna tip on the tightrope
Baby, baby, baby
Whether I'm high or low
High or low
I got to tip on the tightrope
Now baby tip on the tightrope

You can't get too high
I said you can't get too low
Cause you get too high
No you'll surely be low
1, 2, 3, Ho!

Comments

[chaila]

This editing is so SNAPPY. Great, great use of the song!

[calvinahobbes]

Fray! OMG I love this so much. I love how expertly you used the stuttery cuts, and I loved how you managed to blend Buffy-the-girl and Buffy-the-Slayer footage to show how she's both, and I thought the first part had a seriousness to it that somehow wasn't negated by everyone dancing in the end. Gosh, so many Scoobie!feels inside me now!!!

[odessie]

Ohhhh, Buffy feels... Love it, fabulous editing - probably the best vid I've seen to this song.

[cosmic_llin]

This is awesome!

[netgirl_y2k]

Oh, I love this! So much fun, and really made me remember how much I loved Buffy.

[d_generate_girl]

This reminds me how awesome BtVS was, and how much I miss it. Perfect song, awesome editing, and some of my favorite clips.

[frayadjacent]

Thank you! As you know, this is a fun song to vid. :D

[frayadjacent]

Scooby-feels!! Yay! Making this gave them them too. :D I'm glad you liked the Buffy-the-girl and Buffy-the-slayer stuff being put together. Thanks so much for commenting!

[frayadjacent]

Thank you! Yes it is such a commonly-vidded song! Glad you enjoyed it. <3

[frayadjacent]

Thank you! I'm so glad you liked it.

[frayadjacent]

It had a similar effect on me! (Making it, I mean.) Thanks for commenting, and I'm so glad you liked it. :D

[frayadjacent]

Aw, BtVS is so awesome. Thanks for commenting; I'm glad you enjoyed the vid!

[giandujakiss]

That was amazing! I love how you turned so many kinds of movements into dance - really clever!

[yourlibrarian]

Yay for this! Such a simple thing and yet I don't think I've ever seen the credits in a spot like that before, but it went so well with the scenes!

[delwyn_cole]

This is gorgeous. I love that it played with the tension in Buffy (and to a somewhat lesser extent, everyone else) between the duty/calling of being the slayer and the desire to just be a normal girl with a real life, and the balancing act she had to pull off to do that.

Aside from that, the editing was amazing. Every second of it is beautiful.

[grammarwoman]

So many happy Scooby feels! :D

[frayadjacent]

Thank you! BTW, I totally studied "Origin Stories" when I was trying to figure out the speed changes that moved to the music. :D

[frayadjacent]

Thanks, I'm glad you liked the vid and the credits! Heh, your icon is awesome.

[frayadjacent]

Oh, thank you so much! Yep, that is Buffy's dilemma -- or one of them, anyway -- and I'm glad it came through in the vid. :D

[frayadjacent]

\o/ Yay Scooby feels!!

[deird1]

That was awesome.

Scuse me while I watch it a few thousand more times and then go track down the rest of your vids... *scoots off*

[frayadjacent]

Thank you!! Though, huh, I do believe my vidding has improved since my last BtVS or AtS vid...still I'm so glad you liked it, and thanks for commenting!!

[cass404]

Amazing editing!

[violace]

I probably already said everything back when I first saw it, but it still makes me dance! Such great editing, and I really like what you did with the credits.

[frayadjacent]

Thank you! :D