Paper people walking through streets of fire
Looking for a taste of love
Growing hard of hearing you were losing touch
All the while a deeper fire
If you lie in the eye of the storm
The wild heart is born
So there lies a distance in between you and I
You know that I can feel it well
When I go looking you are hard to define
Fortified inside yourself
If you lie in the eye of the storm
The wild heart is born
In the falling light
Bring your love and your desire
On a road back through the night
There can be no denial
Paper people walking through streets of fire
Looking for a taste of love
Growing hard of hearing you were losing touch
All the while a deeper fire
If you lie in the eye of the storm
The wild heart is born
What Will We Become?
What will we become when our life is a setting sun ?
Through the rich and the poor times
At last we have found something we can be sure of
Lay our fears in the ground
Let’s go into the night where no one can find us
Lost out in the time
Feel the fire of the sun
Our love is tied up
What lies behind the king and queen and the veils of time ?
All the lights that we saw down the long winding corridors
Howling winds through the valley call you out in the wild
Let’s go into the night where no one can find us
Lost out in the time
Feel the fire of the sun
Our love is tied up
Where I lay my head in your arms outstretched
Never needed more This I know for sure
Let’s go into the night where no one can find us
Lost out in the time
Feel the fire of the sun
Our love is tied up
Tuesday, 12 July 2011
Friday, 8 July 2011
Analysis of Afrika Shox by Leftfield
This video shows a half naked black male walking the streets of an urban city, presumably New York city (as if he has just come off a slave ship). During the course of the video we see the Protagonist reaching out to citizens that walk past him, the most notable of these is a middle aged middle class white man reading a newspaper. He shifts his gaze away form the black man who seems to be begging for help. another White middle class man unnoticeably walks into the black man's arm which breaks off, suggesting the black man is not entirely human but is a zombie. We are then shown a low angle of the white man who seems disinterested in the black man's pain and bewilderment. This could be an impression that we get of the western societies attitude towards Africa.
There are many Genre characteristics present in this video for example; The urban setting indicates the urban nature of the genre, the flashing lights the techno/dance generic roots, the underground location also connoting the roots of the genre. overall the mood is dark and represents New York negatively.
The video also utilizes the combination of both lyrics and visuals to emphasize the undertone of the video, for example; The black man walks up to the metal fence showing him behind the wire which would suggest separation from the protagonist and society itself, the lyrics being said at this time are 'Let's get electrified' which also links to electrified fences often designed to keep a balance of two things either side of the fence preventing them from crossing.
Later on in the video we see a group of white break dancers underground, which could suggest that the roots of Rock'n'roll, which originated from Africa have colonised by the break dancers, therefore showing the break dancers have colonised the black music. We then see the protagonist fall to the ground and is left on his back without both hands and one of his legs as another black man approaches him and asks 'Do you need a hand?' which shows the Irony that this man was asking him if he needed help, and pointing out that this man has literally lost his hands.
One of the many Inter textual references this video has is that of Ridley Scott's 1982 film: Blade Runner. In this film, Harrison Ford plays a 'Blade Runner' a special division of the police set up to locate and assassinate 'Replicants' which are machines that look like humans. the inter textual reference would be the 'outcast' feeling, that they are not accepted, in this music video we are led to believe the black man is the outcast, whereas in 'Blade Runner' the Replicants are the outcasts but in this extract from the ending of Blade runner we see that in fact the replicants might not the outcasts but rather Harrison Ford's character could be, which could also apply to this music video suggesting that the western society is the outcast.
3 Interesting Music Videos from Music Video Jam top 100 2010
Solillaquists of Sound "Marvel" Directed by X:144 - Shot on a 7D from X:144 on Vimeo.
I found this to be an interesting music video due to the camera angles and the quick cuts used. Which drives the audience to continue watching and understand the narrative of the video. Some sections of the video are deliberately slowed down in sync with the slowed to music to help the flow and pace of the video
When I stumbled across this video it instantly caught my eye because of the uniqueness it has. This video gives the impression that it was filmed within one take. The video is of an elborate contraption known as a 'Rube Goldberg machine' showing the complex machine performing throughout a warehouse.
Kasper Bjørke "Young Again" Music Video from Karim Huu Do on Vimeo.
When searching through music video's I came across this one and it drew my attention due to the strangeness and surreal nature of its narrative, it is this sense of ambiguity and mystery which drives the audience to continue watching in hope that all will be revealed. I felt this music video best reflects the impression of the music and its lyrics, at quite a slow pace its quite easy to get lost in the video's unique world.
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