Tuesday 23 October 2012

Lyrics of my chosen song + analysis


Lyrics:
Can't overcome it, it's what I do best
I'll pick your pocket for your last red cent
It's a disease, I'm stricken like the rest
Never return anything I'm lent
It wasn't me, yeah you know it wasn't me
It must've been someone who looked like me
Innocent until proven guilty
And you ain't got a thing on me

Your possessions, your worldly possessions
Mean more to me than your protective obsessions
You wanna hide 'em, lock 'em up inside and
Throw away the key so I can't find em
It's a shame, it's a god-damned shame
I'm the culprit but you're the one to blame
I'll take another lesson from my mother
It's better to take than get took

Steal a dollar, steal a dime
Force of habit will hit you every time
In your pockets, invade your space
Force of habit anytime or anyplace
Pay attention keep an eye on all your cash
Force of habit will deprive you of your stash
If I do it, yeah, if I get caught
Force of habit is the problem that I got

Mama told me look but don't touch,
but that only made me want it more
Doesn't matter if you're a friend or foe,
'cause your house is my candy store
I admit I know I got a problem,
but temptation is controlling me
I can't resist a five-fingered discount,
everything for me is free

Your possessions, your worldly possessions
Mean more to me than your protective obsessions
You wanna hide 'em, lock 'em up inside and
Throw away the key so I can't find em
It's a shame, it's a god-damned shame
I'm the culprit but you're the one to blame
I'll take another lesson from my mother
It's better to take than get took

Steal a dollar, steal a dime
Force of habit will hit you every time
In your pockets, invade your space
Force of habit anytime or anyplace
Pay attention keep an eye on all your cash
Force of habit will deprive you of your stash
If I do it, yeah, if I get caught
Force of habit is the problem that I got


Friday 5 October 2012

History of Music Videos

RISE OF POPULARITY

By the end of the 60s, music videos had increased in popularity dramatically. This increase can be credited to The Beatles, who were arguably the first band to use music videos as a promotional tool for their songs. Their practice commenced as far back as 1965. Music videos such as Strawberry Fields Forever and Penny Lane featured attractive, colorful visuals and creativity, such as the reversal of clips (a clip of Paul McCartney falling from a tree then walking backwards was reversed to make it appear as though he had jumped onto the tree) and impressive artistic cinematography.
The band had become extremely popular to the point that they wished to move past traditional performance music videos and live shows, which they found to be mundane. Also, they weren't able to appear on all of the TV stations that wanted them. In 1965 they began to make a series of promotional films that would include quirky scenes and humour. Some of these videos complemented the short films they had made, such as I Am The Walrus, a song that was featured in their film Magical Mystery Tour.

Development of music videos with Queen
In the 70s, Queen were facing a problem, which was that they could not appear on Top Of The Tops as they were busy on tour. They took a few days out of their schedule to create the music video for Bohemian Rhapsody in 1975. It was made on a budget of £4,000 (a considerable sum during that era) and was recorded on a relatively new medium of video tape. There was no such thing as home video recorders until the late 70s/early 80sm, but broadcasters had been recording TV shows on huge 2 inch video tapes.

The music video for Bohemian Rhapsody has become somewhat iconic, spawning several tributes and parodies from other music videos and films.