such_heights | VID: Night At The Opera [Merlin]

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VID: Night At The Opera [Merlin]

Night At The Opera

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such_heights
fandom: Merlin
characters: ensemble
music: Queen
spoilers: through 1x13
summary: Camelot: the rock opera. Or; the first series of Merlin, to a soundtrack of some of Queen's greatest hits, coming soon to a theatre near you!
download: here [.divx, 45MB] [recommended] eta: 15/01 new megaupload link here if mediafire's playing up
stream: here on imeem or below.

notes: Audio editing is a bitch. I could have guessed at that before I started this little endeavour, but I know for sure. This all came about when I realised that Merlin needed, desperately, to be vidded to Queen, and why pick one song when you can mash up seven? We've got a snippet of We Will Rock You, Under Pressure for Uther, Another One Bites The Dust for Arthur, Seven Seas Of Rhye for Gwen, Killer Queen for Morgana, A Kind Of Magic for Merlin, Somebody To Love for the Dragon, and One Vision for this whole crazy programme that we love. My favourite thing about this fandom is how we all know that it is sparkly, sparkly crack, and yet it somehow springs up these moments of gravitas and we are all entirely compelled by the spectacle anyway. Hence: rock opera. I am beset with streaming woes, so I really do recommend the download for good quality.

Night At The Opera - such heights

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This is totally amazing - your clips are spot-on, so well chosen for the lyrics and you matched the songs perfectly to each character - a wonderful video and am off to now rec it to any of my flist who haven't seen it yet. Thanks so much for sharing =)

Thanks so much, I'm delighted you enjoyed it! :D

You are a *genius*. And this is *awesome*. :D

Haha, thank you very much indeed!

I can't even stand how awesome this is. LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE!!! Fabulous job!!

I'm so pleased you enjoyed it, thank you!

Brilliant! Really enjoyed watching it!

Glad to hear it, thank you very much! :D

This video is all kinds of awesome. Gah I love it.

I'm so glad you enjoyed it, thanks so much!

I watched this a couple of days ago and only now have stopped laughing and am sober enough to post a comment. Fab job!

Haha, thank you so very much!

I LOVE this! Hahahahaha it's hilarious and truly inspired. I love all the songs for the characters but Arthur being all macho and kickass for Another One Bites the Dust and Merlin to A Kind of Magic (PERFECT) were my favorites. Absolutely love the beginning and the supercuteness of Merlin's hat at the end. Thanks for making!

I'm so pleased you enjoyed it, thank you very much!

Fried chicken. XDDDD

Perfection. Merlin + Queen = cheesy cracky over-the-top rock opera love. Oh the Arthur pwnage montage and the Slash Dragon's epic lament of Woe and Loneliness and "golden glance" and the HAT. YES. <3 <3 <3

(except now Gaius demands his own Queen theme song. Hmph.)

Hee, thank you very much indeed! And oh Gaius, I am sorry! You did not quite make the cut, but I love you anyway.

Most perfect choice of music ever? I think so.

Hahaha, thank you very much!

Hee! Love it! So much fun, from start to finish.

I'm so glad you enjoyed it, thank you!

*glee* You are so right about hence: rock opera. That was fabulous.

So glad you agree! :D Thank you very much.

Aaahhh this makes me want to watch the series! I think my favorite section was Merlin's. I would watch an entire vid set of him to that song.

Thanks so much! I'm very fond of that song for Merlin, too. :D

THE DRAGON WANTS SOMEBODY TO LOVE.

OMG.

YOU ARE A GENIUS.

HE DOES. HE REALLY DOES.

*g* Thank you so much!

oops, I, uh, recced it and totally forgot to actually comment! *facepalm*

I love every single one of the segments and also on a technical note that each one is this perfect bite-size thing so you don't end up overstretching the limited source we currently have.

also: THE DRAGON ♥

Thanks so much - both for the comment and the rec, much appreciated!

DRAGON. I'm very glad that I now know he has fingerpuppets to keep him company down there, hee.

OMG! this is GREAT!

:D Thanks so much!

This is fabulous. Arthur to "Another One Bites the Dust" and Merlin with "A Kind of Magic" were particularly wonderful and I adored the the dragon. Thanks so much.

I'm so pleased you enjoyed it, thank you!

As fabulously nuts as the show! Brilliant!

Haha, thank you! :D Glad I caught a bit of the shiny crack for you.

A Merlin rock opera set to Queen cannot be anything but awesome. You've done a really amazing job with the vid. ♥

I'm glad you enjoyed it, thank you!

Dude. Awesome :D

\o/ Thank you very much!

Oh. My. God! I especially love seeing Uther get his rock god-ness recognized, and I could watch an entire Killer Queen Morgana vid! Two thumbs way up!

I'm so pleased you enjoyed it, thank you! And, well. Anthony Head brings the rockstar to any character, slightly maniac king or not. :D

I want Camelot: The Rock Opera! See, any of these could have been a complete vid.

...Also, Gwen is startlingly hot. They all are. *sniffle* Even the Slash Dragon.

'Cept that hat is damn silly.

Hee, I'm so glad you enjoyed it! And I don't know what you're talking about, I think the hat is very alluring. *g*

This sounds so good, but I can't seem to download it (and the streaming version is too jerky to watch.) Do you know if there's a problem with the file, or is it me?

Ah, no, Mediafire's screwing with me too - I've reuploaded to Megaupload here, thanks for the heads-up!

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THE MUSIC. THE MUSIC. ♥ QUEEN!!! And so fitting for each character.
Rock opera: I AM IN AWE OF THE BRILLIANCE OF THIS IDEA.

Particularly love the beginning and the end. Totally agree about the whole sparkly-cutesy-yet-dramatic-gravitas bit!

Haha, thank you so very much! I'm glad you enjoyed it. :D

OMG THIS WAS PRICELESS, the ENDING. Brb loling forever ♥!

Hee, thanks so much, I'm glad it entertained!

This is the best Merlin vid I have seen. My side hurts from laughing, which is completely appropriate for the cracktasticness that is this show. Thanks so much for sharing.

I'm thrilled it made you laugh, thank you very much!

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