Thank you for sharing this wonderful video of Bermuda my Great great Grandmother lived here with her family and her and my Great great Grandfathers was married in1860 in the church St. Peter's Church, in St. George's, Bermuda then moved to Scotland UK l came for a holiday in 1987 and loved every minute plus can you tell me where episodes 1 and 2 are please and what is the first song called
Sorry not to get back to you sooner but at least I have the answer! The song is called Autumn in Bermuda by Hubert Smith and his Calypso Band. You might be able to get the LP or CD at facebook.com/themusicboxbermuda/ They are very knowledgeable about these old time records. I bought this LP 41 years ago and sadly Hubert went to his reward 22 years ago.
I’m very pleased you like it. My driver and I are bracing ourselves to do it again with a better set of cameras. We will see. For my family and friends the music is the soundtrack of our summers. The original mix was assembled for nighttime barbecue parties. Glad to share it.
@@dc7035 for a good diner meal go to Specialty Inn . Munchies in St.George and a couple of seafood restaurants in Dockyard! Sorry, I don’t go to restaurants any more.
Oh yes they are functional and an architectural feature too. We mostly burn artificial logs or imported kindling. Bermuda is officially the most expensive country in the world. Bermuda is also sub tropical and gets cool in the first four months of the year and just about perfect the rest of the time. Snow has never been seen but there's an 1800 (or so) story that says one morning to everyones consternation standing fresh water formed an icy skin until the sun came up.
Hi Susan, Grafton, VT not far from Woodstock at all. We did sugaring for the first time ever this year. My 13 year old really wanted to try it so we had a ball. I work in Keene, NH so it's an hour each way but that's o.k. Glad you like the "rock" and we need visitors like you to talk it up. I hope you have a fantastic time.
Since Bermuda is much thinner than broad we don't think in terms of getting 'across it' the title refers to driving from one end at dawn to the other end at sunset as if in fact they both took place in the same day. In fact the filming took many attempts to complete requiring perfect weather. One other video we shot about a trip along one road of about eight miles in length took nine different attempts over many weeks to perfect . That's why we only put out one of these every couple of years.
I love Bermuda because it was like an English haven for my family for generations. My Father and his Sisters resided here. We were able to enjoy and relish the many stories told and the roasted Turkeys annually at Christmas. He worked at the Bermuda Diner for many years. Nice sample of the local singing artists.
I'm glad you have happy memories of Bermuda. Bermuda is not quite so English, I would say British, as it once was but has evolved a sense of its own style with perhaps more of a nod to the islands far away to the south in the Caribbean (which we are not). The local traditions including the roast turkeys are stronger than ever. Come back someday.
I would walk Bermuda from end to end with a denim jacket and a cotton hoodie with denim jeans and cotton underwear also with knee high cotton socks with no water proof sneakers in 45 degrees rainy weather anytime with no rain gear.
Fifty two years ago I traveled to Bermuda for the first time and fell in love with the islands and the people. Yellow Bird was playing on the flight. Bermuda is still my favorite place in the world. Thank you for the beautiful videos.
You're most welcome. The music used in this video is for the most part at least 52 years old. It may well have been the version you heard those long years ago. Glad you liked it.
Amazing video, reminds me when I rode a scooter across the whole island. I'm so pleased that you responded to the song names, the Diddley Bops was one song I was looking for. I have a request myself, which song is playing at the beginning, 2:14 marker ? Thanks so much! for an awesome video.
Thank you for the kind words which are much appreciated. The music for this video comes from a pool of OLD calypso music I've been accumulating in fits and starts since 1982. I've been listening to this music since 1960. We have a couple of versions of this song, one dating from 1955, but this version is called That's The Place For Me by Hubert Smith. It might by Hubert Smith and The Coral Islanders - that seems familiar somehow. In one other video I did one of the Talbot Family contacted me to correct me on which Talbot it was that did the lead singing! This video was originally conceived as a backgroundl soundtrack to be played during summer barbecue evenings. I'm glad you like it.
Hi! Thanks for this wonderful video. I fell in love with the Diddlybops song at 44:08 and spent an afternoon trying to research who sang it and hoping I could find it to listen online somewhere. No luck finding it to stream but finally found what I thought was it and bought a used record of Stan Seymour called Everybody Loves Bermuda. Sadly, that version isn't quite the same as yours. Can you help me out and tell me what your song is?
The Song is The Diddley Bops by The Merrymen a very prominent band ...in Barbados. In about 1965 they came to Bermuda at the invitation of Eddie DeMello a Bermudian music entrepeneur and recorded an album soon after which had some wonderful songs often re hashed and retitled from earlier hits back home but classics of my youth just the same. The lead singer is Emile Straker. Look on The Merrymen site. They were a big band and should have a site. The Bermuda album was their only one here and was probably them being a bit traitorous to Barbados. The album was on Edmar records and although Eddie is dead his shop is still open and is called The Music Box on Reid Street in the City of Hamilton. It is run by two sisters by the memorable name of Escolastica. They are on Facebook and their telephone number is +1 441-295-4839. I love that song. BTW thanks for liking the video if I told you how many hours went into it with editing and arguing with RU-vid you wouldn't believe me.
Thank you for your thoughtful and informative reply! I can imagine the amount of time and effort you put into this video just based on how attentive you are to those of us who have contacted you through the comments. Thanks again! I appreciate the time you've taken. Best wishes!
How did you film this video from such a high elevation. I worked at The Belmont Hotel between 1984-1988 this video bought back some great memories of a amazing place.Thank you.
At last! I've been waiting for years for someone to ask me that question. The answer is that I built a square rig made out of one inch schedule 80 plastic pipes and professional suction cups which mounted on the roof of my car over the sunroof which in profile looked a bit like the outline of a dog and so we called it the black dog. The tall front piece rose up to about 8' and terminated in a metal go pro mount. The plastic ones weren't strong enough. On top of that mount I attached a Feiyu Tech gimble handle topped by a GoPro 7 (whatever the latest one was anyway) I controlled and monitored the camera from down below in the car by Bluetooth to an iPhone and I aimed, tilted and rotated the camera by a tiny Feiyu Tech Bluetooth toggle remote. It was a busy two handed operation and this video took 9 weeks to 'film'. Once in the early days we were driving along the road to Ferry reach staring at the phone screen in my hand when I noticed to my dismay that the Belco wires had sagged to the height of the camera and below. Quick slamming of brakes. A cop on Boaz Island stopped us mid video and strained mightily to find something to book us on but reluctantly had to let us go on our way. Thanks for asking.
That is me indeed. I was born in that house ("Milwood"). I sold it but do miss it. Still have the Harley too. Like many Bermudians I built this house in VT as a vacation home but since my Mom was American I have dual passports. Have we met?
Yes. We met a couple of times introduced by your cousin and my (then) good friend Nancy from across the road from you. Nancy and I were close for many years. I also had some small business dealings with your wife Julie who worked at PW's. Millwood was very beautiful and elegant and probably still is. One day I noticed they'd built another house in the grounds but I expect you knew that. Thanks for liking the video which took easily 100 hours to edit. One section was filmed nine times and that meant nine sunny early Sunday mornings so that the traffic was lighter than workdays. Now, with camera speed modifications and effective gimbals it'd be a lot more manageable. If I filmed a kitten playing with a ball of yarn I could get 10X the views in a month!
These conversations between you two make this even more interesting. Feel like I know real Bermudians, not just the few I meet when there. Philip, in what part of Vermont do you live? We are sugarmakers (maple syrup) in Hartland, a small town near Woodstock and White River Junction. I am so excited to be cruising once again to Bermuda--only 3 weeks away.
I live in Vermont, love to visit Bermuda. In 3 weeks, will be going there for the first time in 3 years--can hardly wait! This fantastic video has me dreaming Bermuda. Thanks, Exploding House Films❣
The Song is Beautiful Bermuda by The Merrymen a very prominent band ...in Barbados. In about 1965 they came to Bermuda at the invitation of Eddie DeMello a Bermudian music entrepeneur and recorded an album soon after which had some wonderful songs often re hashed and retitled from earlier hits back home but classics of my youth just the same. The singer is Emile Straker.
James A Beautiful film but for the first ten minutes I was wondering where we were going on your beautiful Island. Could you not annotate the route as it went along. I won't watch No. 2 as I don't wish to wait till the end titles to find out and try to remember where I have just been.