16 May 2008

Vélib - The Movie


What better way to wrap up Semaine du Vélib' here on Copenhagen Cycle Chic than with a little video tribute.

The music I used is courtesy a friend of mine, Jason McNiff. The song is called 'Bella Ciao' and it's from his latest album 'In My Time', which is available on Amazon.co.uk
He used one of my photos from New York for his album cover:
My First Album Cover
Which is lovely, of course. My son and I run around the house singing Bella Ciao, Bella Ciao, Bella Ciao Ciao Ciao! :-)

I love that it's an Englishman singing an Italian song in a Danish film about the French capital. Vive l'Europe... :-)

16 comments:

my hyggelig said...

What could be better than Paris, than Paris on a bicycle - perfection. The movie went very well with my Friday morning coffee - what a great way to end the week. Thank you!

Anonymous said...

what an extremely cool, vlogalicious video! Dig the music too!

delboo said...

the song you can hear in this video is the song of the Italians fighting against the nazism in 1945. "partigiano" is the civil soldier. now the song is a song of fredom.... like bicycle

Colville-Andersen said...

indeed, francesco. the song is orginally a work song of the rice pickers in northern Italy, but it is mostly associated with the anti-fascist movement.

Randall said...

Very nice. I was surprised to see what looks like the same statue of Jean d' Arc that we have here in New Orleans. Since the original was a gift of France, I wonder if they are identical.

Aaron Stiner said...

I have had a crappy week, and your video made me smile; thank you so much! =)

Somanìa said...

very nice!! First time in the morning i read the news and see your blog, everyday. my grandparents came to Argentine cause of the war. So I have italian blood and this video whith that beautifull song was amazing.
thank you for such a lot of love to life that you give to us.
Josè Marìa from Patagonia Argentina

Diz Rivera said...

Lovely post. Lovely cap to a lovely week. Thank you.

Matthew Heberger said...

Fun video. I am a little embarassed by how much I love your website and the ideas expressed in it, and end up telling everyone about it. "Seriously, it's just pictures of girls on bikes. No... they're wearing clothes. It's not pr0n!"

Still, I don't approve of putting stickers on the bikes in Paris. < / curmudgeon>

Colville-Andersen said...

thanks for all the comments.

my wife and i took the stickers off when we were done with the bikes.

Colville-Andersen said...

but there's heaps of stickers elsewhere in the city... :-)

David J said...

Great Post! And you've focussed on men this time. Good on you.

Anonymous said...

very nice blog... keep up the good work.. God Bless!!!

Stéphane Brault said...

I read a lot about Vélib but not impressed. Your little movie is better than official advertising. Thanks a lot! Now i have to go to Paris to try it. Another two thousand dollars to spend... Thanks again

Anonymous said...

Here's a video you might appreciate as well:
http://amsterdamize.blogspot.com/2008/05/mama-bakfiets-race.html

Colville-Andersen said...

thanks for all the kind words!