Gay Pirates

This jaunty sea shanty with a wonderful love story of classic proportions: enchantment and embrace, opposition, tragedy and redemption. It's intriguing that such a unique, non-commercial tune reached Top 100 lists in England, Scotland and Australia. I first heard it played on BBC1 radio with the host announcing it was his favorite music video in a long time.

The production is very impressive: a vintage-style stage with hand-crafted set pieces that move in and out to change scenes as the action unfolds. It appears to be filmed in one long take.

Cosmo Jarvis and co-star are committed and that makes the song story even more poignant. I love playing this video for people -- gay or not, they are impressed and moved.