I was looking around www.unsigned.com at different artists and mostly focused on acoustic/folk/rock genres, when i came across a man called "Carl Hauck" who focused mainly with folk and experimenting with his work. Carl Hauck is a guitarist and songwriter and has been praised many times by the media, mostly calling him a poet. From the range of songs i listened to, I particulary enjoyed a song of his called "dissociation" from his 2005 album; both the tune, style and lyrically.
I found many things in common with the artist and the elements within our video such as Hauck coming from the USA and us wanting to establish an american vibe to it since our are characters are
Not only is the genre something of which Bob Dylan would use back in the 80's but there were also other things parrallel with the artist, its music and what we want to suit our video idea. Since Edie and Dylan were american, its great we'll have a singing voice to mime with who comes from Illinois. Furthermore, the song subject can in some ways reflect upon Dylan and Edie's relationship and coming from the song title "Dissociation"; meaning in our terms how Dylan had to "dissociate" himself from Edie and her outrageous lifestyle; it will help us know the starting point for our video.
Various lines in the songs can be interpretated in a way to match our storyline aswell;
[lyrics]
He eats turkey for tradition, not the taste,
uses old movie lines as he touches her face
figures everybody's got a lover on the big screen
prefers his love advice from old Jim Beam
'Cuz beauty's in an empty bottle
as long as its contents are traveling through his insides
She's just never tasted right, but there's cocaine on her lips.
It's sad to hear him claim a thing when he's never felt it.
It's hard for him to deal with those stages in between
when the logic kicks in called sobriety
'Cuz beauty's in an empty bottle
as long as its contents are traveling through his insides
Is there any cure for this second brain?
Is there any cure for this second brain?
What is true? Love or lust?
What is true? Love or lust?
Tell him what is true. Tell him what is true.
Tell him what is true. Tell me what is true.
'Cuz I'm lying to this thing you call God,
and I'm lying to your friends,
and I'm lying to myself again,
and I'm lying to you.
check out the song here: http://www.unsigned.com/carlhauck
This isn't the definate song we'll use as i still need approval from Samantha that she also wants to use it; if she agrees to it then we can begin to come up with ideas from listening to the song together and begin our video.
Tuesday, 18 August 2009
Tuesday, 4 August 2009
Music dedicated to Edie Sedgwick
Edie has been referenced many times in popular music; mostly post death.
Someway or other it seems many bands have taken either the face of Edie to put as the cover of their albums or into a montage style in their music videos. Others have just lyrically place her in their music; either way it shows how much of an icon Edie became.
I studied three particular video's, that concentrated on and portrayed differently with Edie, which should give me ideas when finding the music and filming for my video.
The cult-"Edie (Ciao Baby)"
What i enjoyed about the video was it not only being in a hard rock style which i hadnt heard of before (only in an american folk style or soft rock) but also the band using an "Edie-Double" to make it clearer who there song is on about. The various clips of the Edie-double is what i would like to demonstrate in my piece but there will be more dedication with the stages of her life. I also liked the use of violins for a hard rock genre to give it a more classier feel to it.
Furious Apples- "Girl on Fire"
Though this isn't the official music video of "Girl on Fire", I still particularly enjoyed the whole montage dedicated on Edie Sedgwick. Everything about the video rings how glamorous and an artistic sensation she became which is the message i would like to bring across. The English band also did it in an Indie genre which is something more of my taste.
The Velvet Underground- "Femme Fatale"
(Though the enbedding has been disabled, you can find the video by this link; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjjDmX9Tkss)
The message the song is trying to bring across about Edie is all in the name-"femme fatale" which means an irrisistably attractive woman who leads men into dangerous situations. Whether this is true about Edie can be debated however it shows another way she was seen and therefore a different way she was portrayed by another band. This song isn't all about Edie's appearance like other songs but makes a strong argument on who she really was underneath the glamour and angel like smiles. The music video i found was done in an acoustic style and what i particulary enjoyed was it being sung by a woman which differs from men who were most likely sexually driven to dedicate their songs on Edie.
Someway or other it seems many bands have taken either the face of Edie to put as the cover of their albums or into a montage style in their music videos. Others have just lyrically place her in their music; either way it shows how much of an icon Edie became.
I studied three particular video's, that concentrated on and portrayed differently with Edie, which should give me ideas when finding the music and filming for my video.
The cult-"Edie (Ciao Baby)"
What i enjoyed about the video was it not only being in a hard rock style which i hadnt heard of before (only in an american folk style or soft rock) but also the band using an "Edie-Double" to make it clearer who there song is on about. The various clips of the Edie-double is what i would like to demonstrate in my piece but there will be more dedication with the stages of her life. I also liked the use of violins for a hard rock genre to give it a more classier feel to it.
Furious Apples- "Girl on Fire"
Though this isn't the official music video of "Girl on Fire", I still particularly enjoyed the whole montage dedicated on Edie Sedgwick. Everything about the video rings how glamorous and an artistic sensation she became which is the message i would like to bring across. The English band also did it in an Indie genre which is something more of my taste.
The Velvet Underground- "Femme Fatale"
(Though the enbedding has been disabled, you can find the video by this link; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjjDmX9Tkss)
The message the song is trying to bring across about Edie is all in the name-"femme fatale" which means an irrisistably attractive woman who leads men into dangerous situations. Whether this is true about Edie can be debated however it shows another way she was seen and therefore a different way she was portrayed by another band. This song isn't all about Edie's appearance like other songs but makes a strong argument on who she really was underneath the glamour and angel like smiles. The music video i found was done in an acoustic style and what i particulary enjoyed was it being sung by a woman which differs from men who were most likely sexually driven to dedicate their songs on Edie.
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