Song Permission

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Song Choice

In my group we have chosen to create a music video for the song Teeth by Lady GaGa. We felt it was a good idea for us as we have many creative ideas and are both fans of Lady Gaga and her image and videos. We initially brainstormed our favourite artists to get iany idea of what we both wanted to do between us in our groups.

We saw Lady Gaga as a good opertunity to be as creative and imaginative as possible. When it came to choosing a specific song we went with one which did not already have a music video. Teeth was the song that stuck us as having a straight forward meaning lyrically which would be easy to work with.

Songwriters: Germanotta, Stefani; Riley, Teddy

Don’t be scared
I’ve done this before
Show me your teeth
Don’t want no money (want your money)

That shit’s is ugly
Just want your sex (want your sex)
Take a bit of my bad girl meat (bad girl meat)
Take a bite my me
Show me your teeth
Let me see your mean

Got no direction (no direction)
I need direction
Just got my vamp (got my vamp)

Take a bite of my bad girl meat (bad girl meat)
Take a bit of me boy
Show me your teeth
The truth is sexy

Tell me something that’ll save me
I need a man who makes me alright (man who makes me alright)
Just tell me when it’s alright
Tell me something that’ll change me

I’m gonna love you with my hands tied
Show me your teeth
Just tell me when
Show me your teeth
Open your mouth boy
Show me your teeth
Show me whatcha got
Show me your teeth teeth teeth teeth

Got no salvation (no salvation)
Got no salvation
Got nor religion (no religion)
My religion is you
Take a bite of my bad girl meat (bad girl meat)
Take a bit of me boy
Show me your teeth
I’m a tough bitch

Got my addictions (my addictions)
And I love to fix ‘em (and I love to fix ‘em)
No one’s perfect
Take a bite of my bad girl meat (bad girl meat)
Take a bit of me boy
Show me your teeth
I just need a little guidance

Tell me something that’ll save me
I need a man who makes me alright (man who makes me alright)
Just tell me when it’s alright
Tell me something that’ll change me
I’m gonna love you with my hand tied

Show me your teeth
Just tell me when
Show me your teeth
Open your mouth boy
Show me your teeth
Show me whatcha got
Show me your teeth teeth teeth teeth
Show me your teeth

My religion is you
My religion is you

Help need a man
Now show me your fangs (my religion is you)
Help need a man
Now show me your fangs (my religion is you)
Help need a man
Now show me your fangs (my religion is you)
Tell me something that’ll save me
I need a man who makes me alright (man who makes me alright)

Just tell me it’s alright
Tell me something that’ll change me
I’m gonna love you with my hands tied
Show me your teeth
Just tell me when
Show me your teeth
Open your mouth boy
Show me your teeth
Show me whatcha got
Show me your teeth
Teeth teeth teeth
Show me your teeth
It’s not how big, it’s how mean

Show me your teeth
Open your mouth boy
Show me your teeth
My religion is you
Show me your teeth

I just need a little guidance
Show me your teeth

Exploring Music Video

Blink 182 - Always

dir. Joseph Kahn

Blink- 182 are an American pop punk band formed in 1992. The song Always was released as a single in 2004 along with this video. The video is edited into three horizontal panels in which the three members of the band interact with a female character. The panels sever the onscreen participants in three. The woman appears as a fractured whole, while parts of the band members combine to make one character. The video tells a short story of a relationship between the band and the woman but also shows shots of the band singing and playing their instruments so the video isn't completely free from performance. Most bands in the punk pop genre including Blink- 182's previous videos feature a 'live' performance. Along with the video the lyrics help convey a meaning. It apparently tells the story of a break up and a possible reconciliation.

I've been here before a few times

And I'm quite aware we're dying
And your hands they shake with goodbyes
And I'll take you back if you'd have me
So here I am I'm trying
So here I am are you ready
Come on let me hold you touch you feel you
Always
Kiss you taste you all night
Always

Weezer - Keep Fishin'

dir. Marcos Siega

This video for Weezer's Keep Fishin' was released along with the single in 2002. It features a performance from the band intertwined with a story line featuring Weezer and members of the Muppets. The video fits the alt rock/pop sound of the band who usually have a comedic aspect in their videos although at lot of their songs are lyrically not so happy.

Waste my days
Drown aways
It's just the thought of you in love with someone else

It breaks my heart to see you hangin' from your shelf

The story in the song doesn't appear to fit the video plot but I think this is common with alt rock bands This is the first of their videos in which the band acts.

Arcade Fire - We Used To Wait

This is the latest video from Canadian indie rock band Arcade Fire. It is an interactive video using the latest HTML5 technology in conjuncture with Google Chrome. The song and the album heavily feature the subject of home-towns and suburbs of your youth and so the interactive video allows you to enter the address where you grew up. It then personalises the video to you with the help of Google Maps and Google Street View.

HTML5 Canvas 3D engine renders a flocking bird

simulation that reacts to the music and mouse.

Generative typeface triggered by keypress, uses an

SVG path reader and individual canvas compositing for each letter.

Choreographed windows are triggered by the music

and placed relative to screen size.

Map tiles are rendered, zoomed, and rotated in a scripted 3D environment.

This is a great video as it sticks to Arcade Fire's usual unusual approach to video making but also looks into new technology and new ways of looking at music videos. The way the video is personal to any individual is also new and original and brings the meaning of the song closer to the listener too.

Lady Gaga - Paparazzi