A cover of the Pet Shop Boys song, by Keane's Tom Chaplin.
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ABOUT THIS MUSIC VIDEO:
After hearing Tom Chaplin's cover of this song, I heard it in my head as if it were from over 70 years ago, so I remixed and edited it as such. Complete with vinyl noise, skips and scratches. I then took archival, public domain footage from the period of 1935-1940s and tried to find imagery that would be dominant at the time period, with a bittersweet tone.
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"Your Funny Uncle" is a 1989 B-Side to the single "It's Alright" from the 1988 Pet Shop Boys album "Introspective". The original song only appears as a bonus track on the single release. The audio of this video was remixed, by me, taken from a video of Tom Chapin, lead singer of Keane playing the song solo on piano. The original song sung by Tom Chapin and/or Keane, does not exist, and is not available for sale. This was completely inspired and no copyright infringement intended. Download the original song "Your Funny Uncle (2001 Digital Remaster)" by The Pet Shop Boys at:
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YOUR FUNNY UNCLE
Music and Lyrics by The Pet Shop Boys
Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant
A windy day
The cars in slow formation
Not far away
A final destination
One mother's son
His father's distant gaze, regretting
Where they went wrong?
He always found it too upsetting
Me and my friend
We lived our lives completely
From start to end
You and your friend, so sweetly
With strength and pride
In spite of everything, and swimming
Against the tide
To obstinately hope of winning
And at the end
Your funny uncle staring
At all your friends
With military bearing
And stopped to stand
To smile and speak of you directly
Goodbye, shake hands
Like you did everything correctly
To wipe away the tears
No more pain, no fear
No sorrow or dying
No waiting or crying
These former things have passed away
Another life begins today
Vocal and Piano by Tom Chaplin of Keane.
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Keane:
Tom Chaplin was invited to join the band by Rice-Oxley, after he finally convinced the other two, in 1997, when the name 'The Lotus Eaters' was changed to 'Cherry Keane', after a friend of Chaplin's mother. Later 'Cherry' was removed from the name.
In July 1997, Chaplin went to South Africa for his gap year, during which the rest of the band members were preparing themselves for a gig. When Hughes went to collect Chaplin a year later, on 3 July 1998, his first words were, "We've got a gig in ten days." This would be the band's first performance at the Hope & Anchor pub on 13 July 1998. Chaplin then began studying for a degree in art history at the University of Edinburgh, before leaving to pursue his music career in London.
During their stint in London, Chaplin shared a flat with Rice-Oxley in Stoke Newington and they tried to get money for rehearsal time. Chaplin worked at a publishing company where his chief responsibility was to carry boxes.
With Scott in the line-up as the lead guitarist, Chaplin had to play the acoustic guitar. Since Scott left in 2001, he primarily takes lead vocal, but also plays the organ on "Hamburg Song" during some live gigs, as well as a distorted piano for newer songs on their second album. He also took part in Band Aid 20's re-recording of "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in November 2004 doing a solo on the line "feed the world", something that had not been done on previous versions where all artists sang.
A cover of the Pet Shop Boys "Your Funny Uncle", by Keane's Tom Chaplin.
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