Chloe Ward, Reepham High School and College (18333), 3219

Wednesday 21 August 2013

Song Choice - Light Up The Background

The song I am going to use in my music video is 'Light Up The Background'. I have included the lyrics for it below.
(John)We’re not alone in this cold town
Light up the background, light up the background;
(Kerr)Watch them, yeah I said watch them
You can try and catch but you will never stop them
Put them on the television, let us see what they envision
Give my left arm if we can’t hope for some better living
Let me make myself clear,
This is for the kids here,
‘Future, sex, love, sounds’, now until the late years
We out on a rampage, looking for the right fight
Black and white, what’s the difference when you cut out the latest rate?
(John)We’re not alone in this cold town
Light up the background, light up the background
We’re not alone in this cold town
Light up the background, light up the background
(Kerr) Hold back, no they won’t hold back
But if they gain control so they can grip their souls back
See the drugs steady warp, they just made the main (blang?)
So it’s so it’s clearer more than ever we should thank Frank
Let me make myself clear
This is for the kids here
Soaring in the atmosphere, dreaming over big guys here,
Standing on their own two,
Making something super fly,
They fill up in the sky as the ropes lay high
(John)We’re not alone in this cold town
Light up the background, light up the background
We’re not alone in this cold town
Light up the background, light up the background
(Kerr)Let this fed it, feed itself
Let it go, show, time to take effect,
Be yourself, gain respect,
You will only earn, try and learn,
If it ain’t fair
It’s a fresh start, take heart and
Live for the moment, you don’t own it, can’t control it,
The outcome you will outrun, understand,
We will transform,
This is sculpture, k-k-k-kids
(John)We’re not alone in this cold town
Light up the background, light up the background
We’re not alone in this cold town
Light up the background, light up the background

This song has a music video already:


NB: The lyrics may not be entirely accurate because of the accent of the artist and speed of the song making it hard to decipher them!

I have been able to link my artist to other artists such as Middleman, The Blackout and Twin Atlantic. All of these bands have elements that can be found in The LaFontaines' track, such as the rapping, pace of the music or energy. 
The majority of The LaFontaines videos feature a performance element. They may use some kind of a narrative aspect but this is generally not too obvious (such as in Light Up The Background, where there is clearly some point to the people free-running, but this is never really revealed). Therefore I have decided that my video will contrast this in the sense that it will have no performance aspect and the video will be solely narrative. This coincides with the band being signed by a label, LAB Records, and in a way I will be able to attribute my change to the band evolving.

1 comment:

  1. It would be worth doing some brief analysis of this video in order to distance your own planning from it (or borrow/improve ideas where necessary!). Obviously you'll loose the performance element. How will you make up for that?

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