Added: Dec 6, 2006
From: jymdavis
Duration: 2:10
This is my video for Sufjan Stevens song "Concerning The UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois" (the first track on his wonderful "Come On! Feel The Illinoise!" album). The video is primarily shot with a Fisher Price PXL 2000 Pixel-vision (a toy camera made in the '80s). This early digital format helped me achieve the ghostly grainy images. Besides shooting "live" footage with the PXL I also transfered "real" UFO footage to the camera. The sharper images are transfered stop-motion images taken by NASA on the planet Mars. I re-edited, tinted, and zoomed around the images to make them my own. check me out: www.jymdavis.com and www.myspace.com/jymdavis
Channel: Music
Tags: aliens art asthmatic asthmatickitty camer illinoise kitty nature paranormal prank sky stevens strange sufjan ufos video
Rating: 4.79 (388 ratings) Views: 157915' favoriteCount='915 Comments: 25
silvermoogle Says:
Sep 14, 2008 - This video is amazing and matches the song beautifully!!
C0WALCHEMIST Says:
Sep 17, 2008 - Just because you funked with the colors doesn't make the picture yours. Did you take it? No, didn't think so.
undertakr Says:
Sep 18, 2008 - i really think he just feels his way through it. there's no drums. composers of songs like this don't usually write it all out like that, they just feel for that intuitive space that isn't quite on the beat. genius still.
Skydarkangel26 Says:
Sep 23, 2008 - this video really complements the song
Britigan Says:
Sep 25, 2008 - Superb work!
MikaGirliee Says:
Sep 28, 2008 - I LOVE this song. It calms me down and I love the piano.
Scraddie Says:
Sep 30, 2008 - I love this song... And the video is amazing, really does justice to the song. Very well done.
Meatlock Says:
Oct 4, 2008 - Wonderful, Good to see someone finnally put some effort into a fan based music video 5/5
joeneschumi Says:
Oct 4, 2008 - Sufjan's music is so inspiring.
sarahavk Says:
Oct 7, 2008 - This video really works well with the song, nice job!
AtTheIMAX Says:
Oct 8, 2008 - reminds me of the x-files.........this video is incredible
raziusro Says:
Oct 9, 2008 - superb video
mrj32x Says:
Oct 10, 2008 - Nope :D
Argonaut22j Says:
Oct 12, 2008 - I used to play this song over and over again at work too!
mrj32x Says:
Oct 12, 2008 - Right on! :D
jesusolmo Says:
Oct 20, 2008 - brilliant
adultschwim Says:
Oct 23, 2008 - Lol @ all the comments on this page. jajajajaja SL
lostcambion Says:
Oct 25, 2008 - excellent. very well done.
Maximillion666 Says:
Nov 1, 2008 - This song always makes me smile and tear up at the same time. My mother was dieing when i first heard this song. Used to listen to this song and the album on those snowy days going to see her. I smile because she loved UFO and paranormal stuff. Great song :)
TheTreesAndTheGrass Says:
Nov 2, 2008 - beautiful.
CaptiveRiticuli Says:
Nov 6, 2008 - Sorry to hear that maximillion,
FabioPelagatti Says:
Nov 14, 2008 - great song! sounds a bit like gary jules..but better :D
djbethell Says:
Nov 15, 2008 - Very special.
dialacroc Says:
Nov 22, 2008 - All this from a small box of instruments and a home recording studio...genius! Check out the cd Illinoise!
samjosrob Says:
Sep 7, 2008 - Amazing song, and album. But I'm almost positive that aliens have not visited Earth.