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Interesting/Interpretive songs
Posted by:
Student
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Date: October 19, 2011 04:52PM
For my English class we are supposed to pick a music video and analyze the songs lyrics and also the music video. I'm having a hard time picking a song because after reading the lyrics, all the songs seem easy to interpret and don't take much thought. Any suggestions on a good song to use? Only downside is the song has to have a music video
Re: Interesting/Interpretive songs
Posted by:
pppm
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Date: October 19, 2011 04:56PM
There you stand naked in the sun without leather whos pain you think you need!
Well all y ou need to do is undress and take a walk to the other side!
The air is thick with Kama sutra of a week gone by......
Peter Murphy is awsome!
Well all y ou need to do is undress and take a walk to the other side!
The air is thick with Kama sutra of a week gone by......
Peter Murphy is awsome!
Re: Interesting/Interpretive songs
Posted by:
jhey
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Date: October 19, 2011 04:58PM
I'M A FIVE-STAR MAN!!
Posted by:
chuckhoffmann
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Date: October 19, 2011 05:05PM
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 04/10/2016 05:50PM by chuckhoffmann.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 04/10/2016 05:50PM by chuckhoffmann.
Re: Interesting/Interpretive songs
Posted by:
jhey
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Date: October 19, 2011 05:09PM
Are you allowed to do mashups?
I'M A FIVE-STAR MAN!!
Re: Interesting/Interpretive songs
Posted by:
Uncle Lars
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Date: October 19, 2011 05:10PM
Re: Interesting/Interpretive songs
Posted by:
RankineCycler
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Date: October 19, 2011 05:39PM
From what I can tell, you are missing the point of the exercise. You aren't supposed to analyze just the lyrics, but rather analyze the lyrics "and also the music video". That is to say, analyze: (1) the lyrics individually; (2) the video individually; (3) the juxtaposition of lyrics and video. Concentrate your efforts on #3.
(1) and (2): what messages were conveyed through the different senses (audible, visual)? what tools were used to convey these messages (intonations, rhythm, repeating, flashing, distortion)? etc.
(3) what is the result of combining them (i.e. the overall effect) and how was it achieved? would other people yield different results? why might this be? do you like the results, and if not, how would you change they lyrics or video to produce more likeable/interesting/compelling/etc. results? etc.
Student Wrote:
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> For my English class we are supposed to pick a
> music video and analyze the songs lyrics and also
> the music video. I'm having a hard time picking a
> song because after reading the lyrics, all the
> songs seem easy to interpret and don't take much
> thought. Any suggestions on a good song to use?
> Only downside is the song has to have a music
> video
(1) and (2): what messages were conveyed through the different senses (audible, visual)? what tools were used to convey these messages (intonations, rhythm, repeating, flashing, distortion)? etc.
(3) what is the result of combining them (i.e. the overall effect) and how was it achieved? would other people yield different results? why might this be? do you like the results, and if not, how would you change they lyrics or video to produce more likeable/interesting/compelling/etc. results? etc.
Student Wrote:
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> For my English class we are supposed to pick a
> music video and analyze the songs lyrics and also
> the music video. I'm having a hard time picking a
> song because after reading the lyrics, all the
> songs seem easy to interpret and don't take much
> thought. Any suggestions on a good song to use?
> Only downside is the song has to have a music
> video
Re: Interesting/Interpretive songs
Posted by:
wanna be a bum
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Date: October 19, 2011 05:54PM
Arguably "the first music video," Bob Dylan's Subterranean Homesick Blues
is a great song with plenty of interesting, thorny lyrics to analyze.
And the visual side lends itself to the kind of analysis RankineCycler suggests.
What is it about?
It's about 2 minutes 20 seconds.
Subterranean Homesick Blues
Johnny’s in the basement
Mixin' up the medicine
I’m on the pavement
Thinkin' about the government
The man in a trench coat
Badge out, laid off
Says he’s got a bad cough
Wants to get it paid off
Look out kid
It’s somethin’ you did
God knows when
But you’re doin’ it again
You better duck down the alleyway
Lookin’ for a new friend
The man in the coonskin cap
In a pig pen
Wants eleven dollar bills
You only got ten
Maggie comes fleet foot
Face full of black soot
Talkin’ that the heat put
Plants in the bed but
The phone’s tapped anyway
Maggie says that many say
They must bust in early May
Orders from the D.A.
Look out kid
Don’t matter what you did
Walk on your tiptoes
Don’t try “No-Doz”
Better stay away from those
That carry around a firehose
Keep a clean nose
Watch the plainclothes
You don’t need a weatherman
To know which way the wind blows
Get sick, get well
Hang around the inkwell
Hang bell, hard to tell
If anything is gonna sell
Try hard, get barred
Get back, write braille
Get jailed, jump bail
Join the Army if you fail
Look out kid
You’re gonna get hit
By losers, cheaters
Six-time users
Hangin' 'round the theaters
Girl by the whirlpool
Is lookin’ for a new fool
Don’t follow leaders
Watch the parkin’ meters
Get born, keep warm
Short pants, romance, learn to dance
Get dressed, get blessed
Try to be suckcess
Please her, please him, buy gifts
Don’t steal, don’t lift
Twenty years of schoolin’
And they put ya on the dayshift
Look out kid
They keep it all hid
Better jump down a manhole
Light yourself a candle
Don’t wear sandals
Try to avoid the scandals
Don’t wanna be a bum
You better chew gum
The pump don’t work
’Cause the vandals took the handles
is a great song with plenty of interesting, thorny lyrics to analyze.
And the visual side lends itself to the kind of analysis RankineCycler suggests.
What is it about?
It's about 2 minutes 20 seconds.
Subterranean Homesick Blues
Johnny’s in the basement
Mixin' up the medicine
I’m on the pavement
Thinkin' about the government
The man in a trench coat
Badge out, laid off
Says he’s got a bad cough
Wants to get it paid off
Look out kid
It’s somethin’ you did
God knows when
But you’re doin’ it again
You better duck down the alleyway
Lookin’ for a new friend
The man in the coonskin cap
In a pig pen
Wants eleven dollar bills
You only got ten
Maggie comes fleet foot
Face full of black soot
Talkin’ that the heat put
Plants in the bed but
The phone’s tapped anyway
Maggie says that many say
They must bust in early May
Orders from the D.A.
Look out kid
Don’t matter what you did
Walk on your tiptoes
Don’t try “No-Doz”
Better stay away from those
That carry around a firehose
Keep a clean nose
Watch the plainclothes
You don’t need a weatherman
To know which way the wind blows
Get sick, get well
Hang around the inkwell
Hang bell, hard to tell
If anything is gonna sell
Try hard, get barred
Get back, write braille
Get jailed, jump bail
Join the Army if you fail
Look out kid
You’re gonna get hit
By losers, cheaters
Six-time users
Hangin' 'round the theaters
Girl by the whirlpool
Is lookin’ for a new fool
Don’t follow leaders
Watch the parkin’ meters
Get born, keep warm
Short pants, romance, learn to dance
Get dressed, get blessed
Try to be suckcess
Please her, please him, buy gifts
Don’t steal, don’t lift
Twenty years of schoolin’
And they put ya on the dayshift
Look out kid
They keep it all hid
Better jump down a manhole
Light yourself a candle
Don’t wear sandals
Try to avoid the scandals
Don’t wanna be a bum
You better chew gum
The pump don’t work
’Cause the vandals took the handles
Re: Interesting/Interpretive songs
Posted by:
Dear eesh
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Date: October 19, 2011 06:07PM
Student Wrote:
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> For my English class we are supposed to pick a
> music video and analyze the songs lyrics and also
> the music video. I'm having a hard time picking a
> song because after reading the lyrics, all the
> songs seem easy to interpret and don't take much
> thought. Any suggestions on a good song to use?
> Only downside is the song has to have a music
> video
Well trolled.
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> For my English class we are supposed to pick a
> music video and analyze the songs lyrics and also
> the music video. I'm having a hard time picking a
> song because after reading the lyrics, all the
> songs seem easy to interpret and don't take much
> thought. Any suggestions on a good song to use?
> Only downside is the song has to have a music
> video
Well trolled.
Re: Interesting/Interpretive songs
Posted by:
Jared, the galleria of Jewery
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Date: October 19, 2011 06:08PM
Any of Mephisto's great songs: http://johnwednesday.com/
Re: Interesting/Interpretive songs
Posted by:
How about
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Date: October 19, 2011 06:22PM
There was one in the 80s with
Cher. Remember she was on a big naval ship and dancing around with those big Phallic symbols, the ship's guns all around. The song was "if I could turn back time". She was at her best.
Cher. Remember she was on a big naval ship and dancing around with those big Phallic symbols, the ship's guns all around. The song was "if I could turn back time". She was at her best.
Re: Interesting/Interpretive songs
Posted by:
trogdor!
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Date: October 19, 2011 07:13PM
pppm Wrote:
> Peter Murphy is awsome!
I'd second that. Any Peter Murphy song/video would be good.
Also,
Skinny puppy would also be good. It might be worth it if you can play a video to the class....something like this: God's Gift Maggot
something more modern that has a great video
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/19/2011 07:23PM by trogdor!.
> Peter Murphy is awsome!
I'd second that. Any Peter Murphy song/video would be good.
Also,
Skinny puppy would also be good. It might be worth it if you can play a video to the class....something like this: God's Gift Maggot
something more modern that has a great video
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/19/2011 07:23PM by trogdor!.
Re: Interesting/Interpretive songs
Posted by:
tomahawk
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Date: October 19, 2011 07:18PM
Good song and a creepy video. Up to you to interpret the meaning...
Re: Interesting/Interpretive songs
Posted by:
Do this one.
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Date: October 19, 2011 07:33PM
Re: Interesting/Interpretive songs
Posted by:
the uncola
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Date: October 19, 2011 07:53PM
jhey Wrote:
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7up
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7up
Posted by:
chuckhoffmann
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Date: October 19, 2011 08:00PM
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 04/10/2016 05:48PM by chuckhoffmann.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 04/10/2016 05:48PM by chuckhoffmann.
Re: Interesting/Interpretive songs
Posted by:
advice
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Date: October 19, 2011 08:17PM
chuckhoffmann Wrote:
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> Jared, the galleria of Jewery Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Any of Mephisto's great songs:
> > http://johnwednesday.com/
>
> Really? Mephisto is John Wednesday?
>
> I'll have to register the name Chuck Monday.
> (Y'know, since Wednesday is better than Monday,
> and... oh, forget it.)
You'll have to choose a fake first name in addition to the surname.
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> Jared, the galleria of Jewery Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Any of Mephisto's great songs:
> > http://johnwednesday.com/
>
> Really? Mephisto is John Wednesday?
>
> I'll have to register the name Chuck Monday.
> (Y'know, since Wednesday is better than Monday,
> and... oh, forget it.)
You'll have to choose a fake first name in addition to the surname.
Re: Interesting/Interpretive songs
Posted by:
WashingTone-Locian
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Date: October 19, 2011 08:39PM
Coldplay wishes they were Radiohead. These are the guys with the videos you need to decipher...
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