Ivy and
friends all gathered at B.B. King's restaurant on 42nd Street in New York
City on September 30, 2000 early in the morning -- and Adam spent the day
directing Dominique ("act bored!") and Andy and himself playing in front
of two novice trumpet players and two "backup" singers in go-go boots.
The high concept? Dominique's a diva who doesn't want to come out and sing
-- and so she doesn't, throughout the whole song she just stands there
in front of the mic doing everything but sing, except for one line. Peter
Buckley, Ivy Viner of the First Degree was there bright and early to watch
the proceedings, and here was his take on what went down:
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 17:08:49 -0400
From: "Peter Buckley"
Subject: Video Shoot for "Lucy Doesn't Love You"
Well, it looks like apart from Randee,
I was the only other Ivy Viner to make it to the shoot. I did bring my
wife and 2 friends visiting from France. It was a great time. We arrived
right at 8:00 AM as requested and found the stage hands busy setting up
the stage.
The shoot was in BB Kings club on
W. 42nd street in Times Square. A beautiful club, very big, with great
acoustics. We settled into a booth and watched as they put up sparkly things
and set up the drum kit. I pointed out the Ivy band members to my companions.
At one point Andy and Dominique were off by themselves so I approached
and said hello. Dominique recognized me and I asked them to say hello to
my friends, which they did immediately. They were quite gracious. I asked
about the Paco CD and Dominique went and got 2 copies which they gave to
me for free! Andy said it was the least they could for coming down for
the shoot. Very Cool.
At this point Randee came over to
us. I had seen her off sitting by the others and wasn't sure it was her
or not. It was! We all had a great time just hanging out with our Ivyvine
Mistress. My friends from France were quite excited and were taking pictures
of the shoot and all. They promise to send me copies when they get them
developed.
Soon the stage was ready and we heard
"Lucy Doesn't Love You" spilling out of the speakers. Great Song! Viners
will not be disappointed! Anyway, the basic premise of the video is that
Dominique is a Diva who doesn't want to participate in this shoot so they
show her acting all Diva-like, and when she does come on stage she isn't
singing (even though you hear her in the playback). She lip-synchs 1 line
about not being happy and then just goes back to standing there and sulking.
She had some great facial expressions that cracked us up at some points.
It was fun to watch Adam direct the video shoot.
Apparently this video is being done
for the Japanese market and so probably won't make it to US soil anytime
soon. I did ask Dominique to reserve a copy for us when it was completed.
Unfortunately, time was running late
and my friends had to get going, so we never got to hang around to be in
any crowd shots for the video, but just being there was a thrill. Our thanks
to Randee and Ivy for the opportunity! Oh and thanks for the doughnuts
too!
Adam in stripes gives direction to the would-be
trumpeters as Dom (in halter) listens in and Andy (in foreground) keeps
an eye on things... |
Dominique practices her ennui as Andy
jams on the right; the backup singers
do a go-go routine....
|
Smmmmmmokin'!.... |
Andy takes direction and plays it cool while under
the glare of the spotlight. |
Dominique's got the boredom down pat ... dig Adam's
Farfisa!
(And on far right, look through the camera lens.)
The happy couple take a break from the cameras.
