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Bathory - One Rode To Asa Bay (1990)

Posted Jul 5, 2009, 1:32 AM UTC

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klarth•

Isn't this the longest video ever shown on MTV?

Whatever the case, THIS SONG. THIS FUCKING SONG. FUCK YES.

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shudderbass•

Hell yes, this is the song that turned me on to Bathory. Their only video and Quorthon(sp?) died before it was done. They shot a ton more footage but the producer/director was lazy and didn't do the video justice at all. Great song. If you dig it, check out their album Hamerheart.

EDIT: I fail at spelling

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ma1kel•

Quorthon died in 2004. And:

"The video contains scenes of the band performing and a back story of settlers bringing a new religion to the land. The singer / guitar player for Bathory, Quorthon, paid $5,000 out of his own pocket to film the music video.[citation needed] Quorthon explained, "I have never seen it and I didn’t get to see any of the 60 hours of film we had worked on for several weeks."[citation needed] He elaborated, "the guy who was responsible for the whole filming just went on holiday once the last shot was made and he was unheard from and impossible to reach." After several months later "he eventually did send us something," but it was 18 minutes of the 60 hours that were filmed. Meanwhile, it was assumed "the rest of the material is probably erased" and the final product was to remain the edited video that did not represent Quorthon's song idea. Ultimately, it became the first and last video Bathory would make."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Rode_to_Asa_Bay http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quorthon

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I would love to have seen the video as Quorthon envisioned it. Not this cobbled together video (although it is still a great video).

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