18,838
edits
The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn): Difference between revisions
The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn) (view source)
Revision as of 23:54, 8 October 2021
, 8 October 2021→Music video: Warren Miller apparently didn't direct the vid himself
m (→Writing process: I structured this sentence poorly) |
m (→Music video: Warren Miller apparently didn't direct the vid himself) |
||
| Line 115: | Line 115: | ||
|} | |} | ||
==Music video== | ==Music video== | ||
In late [[2008]], it was reported that a music video for "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived" was planned with director [[Spike Jonze]]<ref>Freedman, Pete. "How To Piss Off A Member Of Weezer: Brian Bell isn't so hot on comparisons between past Weezer records and the latest" ''Dallas Observer''. 15 October 2008. Archived by ''Wayback Machine''. 12 November 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081112083152/http://www.dallasobserver.com/2008-10-16/music/how-to-piss-off-a-member-of-weezer/</ref> (who previously directed music videos for "[[Undone - The Sweater Song]]," "[[Buddy Holly]]," and "[[Island in the Sun]]"). Ultimately, an official video never materialized. | In late [[2008]], it was reported that a music video for "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived" was planned with director [[Spike Jonze]]<ref>Freedman, Pete. "How To Piss Off A Member Of Weezer: Brian Bell isn't so hot on comparisons between past Weezer records and the latest" ''Dallas Observer''. 15 October 2008. Archived by ''Wayback Machine''. 12 November 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081112083152/http://www.dallasobserver.com/2008-10-16/music/how-to-piss-off-a-member-of-weezer/</ref> (who previously directed music videos for "[[Undone - The Sweater Song]]," "[[Buddy Holly]]," and "[[Island in the Sun]]"). Ultimately, an official video never materialized. The song was used in the [[Wikipedia:Warren Miller (director)|Warren Miller]] documentary ''Children of Winter'', from which a segment was released as a music video on Weezer's official YouTube channel in late 2008.<ref>Weezer. "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived - Weezer & Warren Miller" ''YouTube''. 29 November 2008. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLvR5NiCPb0</ref> A low-budget video, featuring the band lip-syncing the song with a boom-box, was filmed when the band was selected as MTV's Artist of the Week: | ||
<youtube>3bOjU4kyAc0</youtube> | <youtube>3bOjU4kyAc0</youtube> | ||
==Personnel== | ==Personnel== | ||
*[[Rivers Cuomo]] – lead guitar, lead vocals, keyboard | *[[Rivers Cuomo]] – lead guitar, lead vocals, keyboard | ||