Bonnie and the boys immortalised in LEGO; Cardiff singers in spoof internet video.Byline: Lisa Jones CARDIFF-BASED singing sensation Only Men Aloud! have been immortalised in a video which has hit video sharing See video sharing site. website YouTube. The 18-strong choir's latest single, a re-recorded version of Bonnie Tyler's 1980s power ballad This article may contain original research or unverified claims. Please help Wikipedia by adding references. See the for details. This article has been tagged since September 2007. , Total Eclipse Of The Heart, has been set to a video where they and the Swansea songstress song·stress n. 1. A woman who performs songs, especially ballads or popular songs. 2. A woman who writes songs. See Usage Note at -ess. are portrayed as 3cm-high Lego figures. Music director Tim Rhys-Evans said the choir, who were preparing to promote their new album and rehearsing for their Christmas tour, were hugely honoured at being portrayed in the video. "It's hysterical, " he said. "I always loved Lego as a child. The detail is incredible. "It's very clever and seriously cool." The four-minute-long video was created by an amateur film-maker based in Stuttgart, Germany. And it was all done for the love of the choir. Sound designer Steffen Troeger, 35, and secretary girlfriend Sandra Abele, 29, are fans of the choir, who won the BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. reality show, Last Choir Standing last year. But the creator of the "Brick Film", who spent up to 50 hours making the footage, has received no payment for his work, which took around two weeks to make in his spare time. Steffen said: "We've known of OMA (1) See Object Management Architecture. (2) (Open Mobile Alliance Ltd., La Jolla, CA, www.openmobilealliance.org) An organization formed in June of 2002 by the consolidation of the WAP Forum group and the Open Mobile Architecture Initiative. since they won the BBC programme and I'm a fan. I like their music. I sent Decca an e-mail a few weeks ago, telling them some of my ideas. They gave me the new single and I sent them a few clips (of video) back and we finished it on Sunday. We had a total free hand. We watched the old clips from the 1980s. "The single itself isn't funny. It's more like telling a story. "I hope I can at least get some free tickets to see OMA if they tour in Germany." Choir member Craig Yates said: "I've been spending all day trying to work out who is who in the video. This portrayal in Lego is priceless. "It's a childhood dream." Fellow choir member Wyn Davies added: "It's absolutely fantastic. If anybody feels the need to immortalise Verb 1. immortalise - be or provide a memorial to a person or an event; "This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps"; "We memorialized the Dead" immortalize, memorialise, memorialize, commemorate, record us in Lego, it's positive. The whole thing is brilliant. I had a grin from ear to ear when I saw it. I would like to meet the guy who did it." Bonnie Tyler first joined the 18-strong all-male Welsh choir to perform the ballad in Cardiff as part of their UK tour in April. But she was so impressed at the song's arrangement by choir founder Tim Rhys-Evans, she decided to re-record it. OMA's single is set for release on October 12 to coincide with their second album, Band of Brothers. CLICK ON & watch the OMA lego video WalesOnline.co.uk Lego creations Lego animations which have caused a stir on the internet: Thriller The Simpsons The Apprentice Indiana Jones Darth Vader conducting an orchestra of Stormtroopers The White Stripes' Fell In Love With A Girl video CAPTION(S): Every now and then I fall apart! A clip from the 'hysterical' Only Men Aloud! and Bonnie Tyler video singing Total Eclipse of the Heart and, below, the real thing |
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