Making Music Videos - rearranging clips

Hi everyone, I'm new to the forums, so I hope you'll be patient if I don't show the proper netiquette!
I'm trying to make a music video with my iMovie (version 4.0.1), so obviously the timing of the clips with the music is very important. The problem is this: I have two clips (Clip 1 and Clip 2), either in the timeline or clip viewer, and I want to place Clip 2 BEFORE Clip 1. But I've already matched Clip 1 up to the music that I want, so I don't want its position to change. But iMovie doesn't seem to want to let me do that - whenever Clip 2 is put before Clip 1, it pushes Clip 1 farther down the timeline and screws up the musical timing.
I've tried everything I can think of: copy-and-paste has the same effect, using the clip viewer instead of the timeline will still "push aside" one of the already-set-clips on either side of the black placeholder, and pinning (locking) the audio only works with one video clip.
I'm probably missing something very obvious - but if someone would help and point that out, I'd be very grateful. Or let me know if iMovie simply doesn't have this capability so I can look into buying some new software.
Thank you,
LilRicki
Powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9)
Powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

welcome LilRicki to the  boards ....
... I'm afraid, that is a little beyond the skills of iM...
imagine the timeline made of LEGObricks... you can not place a 8pin brick in a 4pin hole, without pushing other bricks aside...
iM is a consumer toyol ... concepted for simplicity..
iM handles clips differently then professional edit tools... FinalCut Express/Pro allows to place clips in any "hole" in the timeline - too much material "vanishes under" the other, fixed clip...
painstaking workaround:
before inserting the clip, "measure" the length (switch to clip view, there's a "black" clip, showing you the precise length), insert clip, then shorten it to desired timing....

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