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Friday, 15 September 2017
History of the Punk Genre
History of the Punk Genre
The Punk Genre came about in the 1970's and was made to upset and anger people, particularly parents. This meant that it would appeal to rebellious teenagers as they'd love what their parent's hated.
Punk would bands would supposedly feature a working class style of person, but soon became more focused on the violence and fighting / discrimination aspect.
Vivienne Westwood opened a clothing retail shop focused and based around the style of the Punk Genre.
She designed leather jackets, studded clothing, selling piercings, chains, and Union Jack designed clothing.
Once the Punk Genre became popular people started to copy, such as Clash which were musically better yet they featured the same appearance and style of music.
The Sex Pistols Band Image Analysis
The Sex Pistols – Anarchy in the UK
From the music video alone, I denote that the punk genre use a lot of the performance aspect in music videos as it shows the viewer the band, their appearance, and the emotions presented through their face when lip syncing/performing. It also illustrates how their audience act when they are listening to the band, the audience are seen in a mosh pit, jumping around. You can see for a few seconds that the demographic is violent as you can see one person jumping around holding his hands around another person's throat.
In The Sex Pistol's "Anarchy in the UK" there are some quite political lyrics, usually Punk genered songs would have this. The verse from "Anarchy in the UK" being;
“Is this the M.P.L.A, or is this the U.D.A, or is this the I.R.A.”
The lyrical content would be rebellious, create anarchy as suggested by the title of the song from the Sex Pistols, thought as a rejection of authority as well as traditional values. This, alongside the loud and distorted instrumental and musical style from the musicians i.e. the drummer, guitarist.
NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS - The Sex Pistols
This was a record made under highly unorthodox circumstances.
From the title of the album you can tell that it isn't aimed at people who may be middle aged, are parents or the elderly. It is the sort of sentence that a rebellious teenager would say, representing the demographic age of 16 to 21 year olds.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN - The Sex Pistols
This connotes that the band are politically engaged, wanting to make people angry and upset over their style of music and how they go about marketing their music.
Vox Pop Dialogue
What is your favourite Music Video?
Karen: ‘Nancy Boy’ by Placebo
Daniel: ‘Five Finger Death Punch’ by House of the Rising Sun
Joseph: ‘Free Will Burning’ by Judas Priest
Eloise: ‘Galway Girl’ by Ed Sheeran
Toby: ‘Learn to Fly’ by FooFighters
What is your favourite Music Genre?
Toby: Probably alternative
Karen: Alternative rock
Daniel: Rock
Joseph: New wave British Heavy metal
Where do you watch Music Videos?
Karen: Mostly on Youtube or DVD
Geri: On Youtube
John: Youtube
Joseph: In my room
Katy: Mostly on Youtube, yeah
Toby: On Youtube I guess
Joseph: Mainly Youtube
What do you prefer in a Music Video; performance or a
narrative/storyline?
Geri: Narrative
Toby: I suppose I’d like to see the band playing but I prefer
a story
Daniel: Narrative/storyline
Karen: Performance
Joseph: Definitely performance
Which do you prefer; Disjuncture, amplification or
illustration?
John: Illustration
Geri: Disjuncture
Karen: Disjuncture
Katy: Amplification
Eloise: Narrative, I’ll go for narrative
Toby: I like all three
Daniel: Disjuncture
Joseph: Amplification
What do you ideally want to see in a Music Video?
Geri: Vibrant colours
Joseph: I want to see the band
Toby: Fun
Joseph: It could be in any environment, it’s just better
than not seeing them
Toby: They don’t take themselves seriously, it’s fun, it’s
often chaotic
Katy: The performance
John: One or two scenes, really long scenes, and just
basically singing. That’s it
Karen: They are actually playing and singing, so I like live
recordings
Thursday, 14 September 2017
Wednesday, 13 September 2017
Friday, 8 September 2017
Lyric Meaning and Analysis
From the lyric ‘change tactics’ I pictured that the girl has
had to change many times to fit a certain scenario, this linked with the
abusive relationship narrative as it could be that she’s had to change how she
is around people so that she seems somewhat ‘normal’. It also means that
she is aware of what’s happening around her, she knows that something isn’t
right from the line ‘I’m sinking under soon I’ll have to throw my ore in’,
almost as if she is going to give up. However she is prepared for the worst as
when she says ‘soon I’ll have to’ this signifies that she knows and is ready
for anything to be thrown at her.
The next verse talks about her needing someone with her to
help her through it as she cannot do it alone. ‘So take my hand it’s easier to
row with two’ connoted to me that she is ready to let go of the old habit of
changing how she is around others to please people, she is tired and ready to
move on from her past. Yet in order to do this she needs the help of others,
she doesn’t want to be scared of letting others in and be free from the cage
she’s mentally been locked in.
In the 7th verse she seems to be talking about how she
doesn’t want to stop bettering herself, yet there is a constant need to have
someone there to help her do this, almost like a protective barrier that could
link to a new love interest.
I think that on the whole, the artist may have made the song
to signify that no one should ever feel afraid to let someone in. In the music
industry this could suggest that no artist should be afraid to collaborate with
others as it could widen their target audience. This song could act as the
barrier of artists thinking it's better to go along the road along and tough it
out, yet they may struggle to create their own music as there is no help from
anyone else.
This song could possibly be about letting go of old habits
that artists have and celebrating collaborating with differing genre
artists/bands. It is supposed to capture the moment of release and the weight
lifting from your shoulders from the excitement of trying and experimenting
with something new.
Arctic Monkeys Band Image Analysis
Album: Suck It and See
Colour
The Arctic Monkeys appear to be fond of monotone images, as
can be seen in many promotional band images, their logo, and on their website. The
logo appears on the cover of the album, the cover itself is plain – consisting of
the logo, album name in small black text and an off-white background. The
colour connotes ideas of an old band aesthetic, a classic band from before the
emergence of colour photography.
Font
The Arctic Monkeys use a plain sans-serif font for the
album, which connotes to the rather basic and simplistic design of the album’s
image as a whole.
This poster demonstrates the style of the band at the time. They
block-like text, both on the side and that which reveals the underlying image,
is reminiscent of an old newspaper, which reflects the ‘vintage’ feel that the
album is aiming for and successfully portraying.
Music video – Brick by Brick
The video departs from many stereotypes and common aspects
of music videos. The performers and any people at all are barely present, with
the most we see of them being silhouettes and blurry images when the camera is
tossed briefly into the air. The setting of a gramophone in an old-style playing
a vinyl record, again, links to the idea of ‘vintage music’, a key theme of the
album.
The video is heavily conceptual in terms of visual, then,
which implies that the band focuses more on the abstract and conceptual aspects
of their songs rather than the narratives or the band members themselves.
The Indie Genre
What is indie music?
Indie music stands for independent music; this is music that
is produced independently from major commercial record labels or their subsidiaries,
a process that may include a autonomous, do-it-yourself approach to recording
and publishing. The term indie is sometimes used to describe a genre, such as
indie rock or indie pop, as a genre term ‘indie’ may include music that is not
independently produced and most independent music artists do not fall into a
single, defined musical style or genre. This means that they usually create
music that can be categorized into other more specific genres.
Indie Bands
Indie Pop Bands
Indie Rock Bands
Target Audience
I can tell from taking a look at Briana’s page on www.musicglue.com/fetherstonemusic/about that she aims her music to a young / young adult target audience, I connote this from the multiple of social links she has in her ‘Contact’ tab, which is referenced by the image below.
Her social links
include a Facebook page, Instagram, Twitter, SoundCloud, Youtube, Spotify and
more.
The reason why I have
depicted her music aiming toward a young audience is because it is mostly the
younger generations who use these sites, which then makes her music easily
accessable to them.
I also believe that
she aims toward this specific audience is because she has a few shows that
people can buy tickets to – the image below denotes where and when they can go
to the show.
Thursday, 7 September 2017
Insight on the Song Meanings
A note from Briana Cowlishaw - Insight on the meaning of the song/lyrics
'Often as artists we think we need to go the road alone, tough it out and struggle to make things work or our own, because we should be capable, right? In this fights to be strong enough, good enough, noticed, credited as an artist, I often find myself lonely, doubting my art and its validity.
The song is about letting that go and celebrating collaboration. Letting people in to bounce off, create with and feel like you are part of something bigger than yourself. This track is intended to capture what I feels like that moment you let go - a feeling of release, weight lifted from your shoulders, excitement, playfulness... and potentially a little party dance to celebrate!'
'Often as artists we think we need to go the road alone, tough it out and struggle to make things work or our own, because we should be capable, right? In this fights to be strong enough, good enough, noticed, credited as an artist, I often find myself lonely, doubting my art and its validity.
The song is about letting that go and celebrating collaboration. Letting people in to bounce off, create with and feel like you are part of something bigger than yourself. This track is intended to capture what I feels like that moment you let go - a feeling of release, weight lifted from your shoulders, excitement, playfulness... and potentially a little party dance to celebrate!'
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