Song Lyrics

(1-2-3-4... woo hoo hoo hoo... woo hoo hoo hoo...)
she called me late last night,
to say she loves me so,
it didn't matter anymore,
i say she never cared and that she never will,
i'd do it all again
i guess i'll have to wait until then
if i get drunk well, i'll pass out on the floor now baby
you won't bother me no more
and if you're drinkin' well, you know
that you're my friend and i'll say
i think i'll have myself a beer.
she called me late last night, to say she loved me so,
but i guess you changed her mind.
well i should have known it wouldn't be all right,
but i can't live without her
so i won't even try...
if i get drunk well, i'll pass out on the floor now baby
you won't bother me no more
and if you're drinkin' well, you know
that you're my friend and i'll say,
i think i'll have myself A beer.
maybe some day, i'll think of what to say.
maybe next time i'll remember what to do,
she looks like heaven, maybe this is hell,
said she'd do it all again, she'd
promise not to tell!
and if i get drunk well, i'll pass out on the floor now baby
you won't bother me no more
(she said!)
it's ok boy cause you know we'll be good friends
and i'll say, i think i'll have myself a beer.
i think i'll have myself a..
Wooooah oooooh oooooh woah...(x3)
yeah yeah yeah!
woo hoo hoo hoo.(x2)

Carlsson's Theory

During my research of music videos I have researched into Sven.E.Carlsson and his theory of music video analyis. He stated that music video is a many faceted multi-discursive phenomenon and that Music Video is a form of audio - visual communication in which meaning is created via carriers of information such as, the music, the lyrics and the moving images.
Carlsson believed that music videos fall into two main groups, a performance clip and a conceptual clip. A performance clip being shows the vocalist in one or more settings. It can either be a song performance, dance performance, instrumental performance, and the conceptual clip being something else occuring during the music video. It is possible to further analyise these clips, however, by looking deeper into each particular type of perfromance. For instance in certain types of perfromances the performer is often made into a materialization of the commerical exhibitionist, this is where the performer is made into almost a sleeing item, someone that fans often aspire to be and these scenes will be extremely high in quality and have a gloss to them. Another type is the televised bard, which is a singing storyteller who uses on screen images instead of inner, personal images. The the third and final type is the elctronic shaman, sometimes the shaman is invisible and only his/her voice that anchor the visuals. They often shift between multiple shapes.
Carlsson also believed that lyrics are combined with images to create meaning to the audience and that the director will come up with a few ideas for a music video,and these ideas will be repeated and varied throughout the video. Re-arranging these visual motifs is said to be the key to making the music video work. Very often another musical element within music videos is the action on screen being synchronized with the music video, for instance someone walking in time to the beat.
He also goes on to talk of the audience as being the decider in how a music video is perceived. The shock asthetics in music videos can from this point of view be interpreted as a combination of the provocative modern art tradition and the culture interpretation of the teenage rebellion.

Plan B - No good

This video is a very good example of stop animation. This was the first video to catch my attention and provoke thoughts about using stop animation for my own music video. When de constructing this video it is extremely hard to define the representations and such throughout the visual image, however there are still many factors worth mentioning that could help me make my music video.
This video does not depend on its context and does not define the context for the music. There is little relationship between the music video and the lyrics, this video is very random and typical of this indie sounding band. Colour, style, fashion and make-up are not used overly to contextualise this image, the main factor that defines this image is the stop animation, givin life to the objects around the lead singer, captivating the audiences attention. This video would have taken an extremely long time to construct and I would have great difficulty in re-constructing a similar effect, this video has given me lots of ideas and I feel I could use stop animation in parts of my music video.
The lead singer would have been filmed doing various facial expressions put together very carefully to create the impression of him singin the song. This is something far to difficult to incorporate into my own music video. Also the intense amount of objects they have moving within the video would be far to many for me to deal with. However the kitchen section, where his toast appears to be eaten infront of him and his tea fill itself up is something I am thinking about re-constructing. Also his change in jumpers is something I find very effective and is something Id like to do also. Overall I find this video very effective and very well made, however I feel it a little too random and I myself would like to incoporate more of a narrative and a band sequence aswell.