#lord bateman

[upsettingandunfortunateclasshate]

Lord bateman's Motorbike

This sounds like a working class reworking (or an updating) of the classic English folk song Lord Bateman. I’m not sure whether Bateman is still the same rich landowner, but either way they kill him off.

[voluptuarian]

Weekly World Music: “Lord Bateman” - Chris Wood

Lord Bateman (also known as "Lord Beichan" or "The Turkish Lady") is a traditional Child ballad from England.  It tells the story of an English nobleman imprisoned in Turkey, who falls in love with his captor's daughter and is rescued by her. 

The song may have its roots in the true story of Gilbert Becket, the father of saint Thomas à Becket. Gilbert was a twelth century crusader who travelled to the holy land, was imprisoned, and - so the story goes - set free by the daughter of his captor. The earliest printed version was registered in England 1624, but the original legend is recorded in manuscript form as early 1300. This version was the first I ever heard, and is still my favorite.

Lord Bateman was a noble lord, A noble lord of high degree. He put himself onboard a ship, Some foreign country he would go see.

He sailed East, and he sailed West, Til he came to proud Turkey. Where he was taken and put in prison, Until his life grew quite weary.

In that prison they grew a tree, They grew it stout, and they grew it strong, There he was chained up all by the middle, Until his life was almost gone.

The Turk he had one only daughter, As fair a lady as ever did see. She shed a tear, she set her mind, She swore Lord Bateman she would go see.

"Do you have you land, do you have you living? Does Northumb'rland belong to thee? What would you give to a brave young lady, If out of prison she set you free?"

"Oh, I have land, land, and I have living, Half Northumb'rland belongs to me; And I'd give it all to a brave young lady, If out of prison she would set me."

She stole the key from her father's pillow, She poured Lord Bateman her father's wine. And ev'ry health they drank together: "Oh, I wish Lord Bateman, you were mine."

She took him down to her father's harbour, She found for him a ship of fame: "Farewell, farewell, farewell, Lord Bateman, I'm sure I'll never see your face again."

Seven long years were gone and past From her heart she had not been free. She's packed up all of her gold and her clothing And she swore Lord Bateman she would go and see.

And when she came to London city, She cried "Lord Bateman!" through the town. And every stranger that did pass by her, Did lead her on to Northumb'rland.

"Oh, is this called Lord Bateman's castle, Is his Lordship here within?" "Oh yes, oh yes," cried the proud young porter, "Pray tell what news I may give to him."

"Go tell him send me a cut of bread, And tell him send me a cup of wine; And to remember the brave young lady, Who did release him when he was confined."

Away, away tore the young proud porter, Away, away, away went he, And he cried "Lord Bateman, my lord and master, I'm sure Sophia has crossed the sea."

"She has got rings, rings on every finger; Round her middle one she wears three. She has more gold all about her person For to buy Northumb'rland from under thee."

"She tells you send her a cut of bread, She tells you send her a cup of wine; And to remember the brave young lady, Who did release you when you were confined."

Lord Bateman then in silence fell, From his heart he had not been free. "I'll give you all my father's stable, If my Sophia has crossed the sea."

Bateman then to his true-love flew, From their hearts they had not been free. He's kissed her hand, he's kissed her cheek, And neither man nor woman speak.

And never was a love so complete, Since brave Sophia has crossed the sea.

[billoberstjr]

Pleased to accompany lovely Caroline Williams of Halloween II, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, etc. to a Hollywood Halloween soiree tonight. Wearing my LORD BATEMAN horns, but not the paint (was red in spots for a week after that shoot.)

[cyoungmedia]

Lord Bateman Character Sketch

This is the first of my character sketches for the Bill Oberst Jr film project: "Lord Bateman". This is the man himself, posing with some of his favorite accessories.

Plot Summary: "In Medieval Europe, a devout nobleman becomes convinced that he is actually a demon who was cast out of hell and is now being called to return to it."

[cyoungmedia]

Lord Bateman Series Part_3: "Castle"

In todays film concept art there are strange and fantastic things happening in Lord Bateman's life. Some of them don't really make sense. Architecture, clothing and social morays may clash or seem out of place. It's all part of the mystery of his dark world. Even the castle he lives in stands as a dark oddity over the rocky hills.

[cyoungmedia]

Lord Bateman Series Part_2: "Bedroom"

The concept art below is part two of my pre-production illustration portfolio for the Bill Oberst Jr. film project "Lord Bateman". This room lies within a foreboding castle. In my next post you'll get to see how that turned out.

[cyoungmedia]

Lord Bateman Series Part_1: "Study"

I have been greatly honored by the exceptional actor Bill Oberst Jr. in that he was generous enough to let me take a stab at creating pre-production art for his personal film project titled "Lord Bateman". I have several more completed and will post them soon. “Lord Bateman as we envision him is, in his human form, a kind man of European royal lineage who loses his inner struggle and gives in to his desires and mental nightmares,” says Oberst. “In his demonic form, he is the physical manifestation of a conflicted, weak man who surrenders to evil.” Oberst says that he and Thomas want to depict a demon who “looks and acts like a classic ancient or medieval demon, not a pretty human with special effect contact lenses. We want hell on earth; a being who looks like he climbed out of Satan’s womb…and we want to do it with practical effects.” The character will have both a hellishly brutal demonic side and an intimate, sophisticated side evoking classic dark literary characters like Robert Louis Stevenson’s Dr. Henry Jekyll and Edgar Allan Poe’s Roderick Usher, he said. “Lord Bateman is the horror that all men fear we will become at one time or another in our lives. He has become sin. He has become lust. And neither of those is very pretty to look at.”

[thenewhumour]