It’s official. I’m in love with “Literal Videos.”

It started with Bryan Dondero’s post last week, which featured a literal video version of Billy Idol’s “White Wedding.” That prompted me to check out a few more. And then a few more. And a few more. The tipping point came yesterday, when 7D staff writer Ken Picard sent around this literal version of Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” which I somehow missed previously and is, without the question, my favorite of the bunch. Enjoy.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=lj-x9ygQEGA%26hl%3Den%26fs%3D1%26

Dan Bolles is a culture coeditor at Seven Days. He joined the paper in 2007 as its music editor, covering Vermont's robust music, comedy and nightlife scenes for a decade before deciding he was too old to be going to the Monkey House on weeknights to see rock shows for a living. He became assistant arts editor in 2017 and culture coeditor in 2021. Bolles has received numerous local and national awards for his writing on Vermont arts, sports and the occasional celebrity canine murder mystery. He loves...

3 replies on “Love, Literally”

  1. UNBELIEVABLE.By the way, I’ve been meaning to tell you the story of me and my friend Amanda singing that song at karaoke. We went to the local biker bar (check it: http://www.bentleyssaloon.com/) and got heckled! This woman kept calling us bitches!

  2. That is effing hilarious. Not to mention epic. What would life be without classic rock?

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