Honest i wasnt drunk that night and i definitely seen this video, but
it seems to have disappeared.
Anyone got any ideas what this might be, or has anyone seen it, even
better do you have a link to a website that has this video on their
archives, somehow i would be surprised if Launch has it.
http://www.southernfriedrecords.com/
The artist is Armand Van Helden.
What you saw was two women sitting on chairs spanking a line of people,
both men and women. Rather shocking the first time you see the video!
:)
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posted & emailed
D.
spank...@yahoo.co.uk (spankedstu) wrote in message news:<4c2f715e.04092...@posting.google.com>...
Dear Spankedstu,
I'm sure by now somebody has replied to your message to let you
know that the video is "Hear My Name," by Arman Van Helden. There was
a review of this video in a past issue of Bared Affair (a spoof
magazine for lovers of F/f spanking), which I will post here. It
includes a link to the American distributor of his album, which
earlier this year had a downloadable version of the video. Enjoy!
--Angie
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BaredAffair
MUSIC VIDEO REVIEW: HEAR MY NAME
From Bared Affair #2.05, May 2004
Arman Van Helden's club hit "Hear My Name" is conventional in most
ways. It features a repetitive beat that seems like something
programmed by a computer, and two ethereal-voiced female singers
chanting the lyrics in a very simple harmony. All told, there are
probably eight lines of lyrics in the song, repeated over and over
again atop a cheerfully vapid tune for three and a half minutes.
All in all, there is little about the song that stands out -- until
one sees the video (available for downloading from Southern Fried
Records, see link below). In it, the two lead singers -- the
gorgeous 25-year-olds Nicole Lombardi and Mary Louise Platt -- sit
primly in a Victorian drawing room and spank a queue of men and women.
Yes, I wrote "spank." Two dozen fully-grown naughty girls and
boys go bottoms-up over the singers' knees and get punished to
the beat of the music. And it's safe to say that these are not mere
love pats -- Miss Lombardi and Miss Platt use their gloved hands to
soundly smack the upturned backsides, often only protected by a thin
pair of panties. (How we envy the actresses in this video shoot,
both the givers and the receivers!)
The lead-off gentleman to go over the ladies' knees bears a striking
resemblance to Mr. Van Helden himself -- perhaps that is the privilege
of being the artist behind the concept. As a viewer, I expected that
this would be the only spanking in the video -- a sort of "shock
value" before going on to the next scene. But much to my joyful
surprise, a young lady walked in next and diffidently assumed the
position over the other spanker's knees.
Then, two-by-two (or sometimes four at a time), women and men had
their turns being punished in the maternal fashion, always keeping
time with the music. For example, when the drum-track speeds up in a
section, so do the spankers' hands. The spanker on the left usually
has the honor of punishing the women, and she has a stony glint in
her eyes that betrays no amusement at the spectacle, just dour
satisfaction of a leaving each girl very well-punished.
And who can blame her for enjoying her work? Although the video is
admirable in depicting male and female, young and old, and numerous
races, the women to be punished all shared the common trait of very
shapely backsides, nicely framed by sexy underwear. The various
shots reveal a lovely blush to the flesh of these young ladies,
particularly when seen from the profile rather than straight on. And
the bottom cheeks shake and jiggle convincingly after each blow. As
anyone who has ever given a good spanking knows, it is easy to tell a
real from a fake punishment, and there was no question that these
were real -- though presumably short.
The video does not take pains to explain why a whole town's worth of
people are lining up to be spanked, but we insiders understand. This
is something the men and women are doing voluntarily, almost to
cleanse themselves -- there are no lurid smiles or faces of sexual
ecstasy. Rather, it's a grim determination to accept the punishment
they have coming to them, almost indifferent to the pain because they
know that it's a necessary part of their discipline.
One girl visits for punishment every day for a week -- we see her
cute little derriere covered by five pairs of panties, marked Monday
through Friday -- and so even the most vanilla of observer will
understand that accepting a spanking from these ladies is something
that we all need from time to time. I really appreciated the
expressions of the actresses receiving the punishment -- to me, they
were more genuine-looking consternation than the somewhat bewildered
(or, in one case, bizarrely satisfied) expressions on the men.
And as for the actresses doling out the punishments, what can we say
but "wow"? I don't assume that either is into spanking, but both put
up a very convincing front as appreciating the finer arts of corporal
punishment. They used their arms to get maximum leverage behind
their blows, and spread their palms wide enough to cover a good part
of the bottom on impact. And it bears repeating that there was no
question in my mind but that these were real smacks. Of course it is
not reasonable for an actress to endure more than a few of these for
the camera, but since each pair of spankees was only on-camera for a
few beats, that was presumably all they needed to accept.
If the actresses probably aren't spanking fans, it's clear that the
director is at least somewhat enamored of the act. Besides situating
the spanked women and men over the knee -- clearly the most
intimately erotic position, rather than bent over a chair -- the
videographer was careful to capture the thrilling moment when a
girl's skirt was lifted, exposing her panties in preparation for
punishment. And they even went so far as to include a bare bottom in
the shot, though it is not obvious whether the bottom belongs to a
man or a woman.
When spankings were not being shown on camera, there were overtones
in the video of dominance and submission, or other aspects of S&M
relationships. Yet I do not conclude that this was an homage to de
Sade
and his fans. I imagine that Armand Van Helden conceived of this
video as something intended to be sexy and carefree. A pair of
ladies seem to enjoy doing a town the service of putting them over
their knees for sound punishment -- or if they don't enjoy it, at
least they don't seem to object. And a line longer than the one at
the local motor vehicles department queues up to willingly receive
these punishments. All the while, the ladies in their elegant chairs
sing over top of their spanking: "Hear my name / Doesn't anybody
want to play? / Hear my name / Can anybody find a way?"
Can anybody find a way, indeed? The connection that the women make
with the people they spank, as well as between themselves at the end
of the video -- holding hands affectionately in front of the
fireplace -- leads one to see this as a celebration of freedom rather
than a peon to bondage.
Source: http://www2.southernfriedrecords.com/video/hearmyname.mpg