Our Groups Chosen Song for Our Music Video

As a group we have decided to make a music video for Charmer by Kings of Leon. Each member of our group likes the song and it has a very memorable riff throughout the song which can help us while editing. The song is made up of 4 instruments (2 guitars, a bass guitar and drums) which we all own so we can cover the performance side of the music video too. The lyrics are very easy which will also help us when getting someone to mime.




Despite our initial decision we decided not to continue with our Ska genre with this chosen song as the song edges more towards begin a Reggae song. The narrative of the song would also be difficult for us to show because the song is about going to prison for possesion of marijuana. The age of the song also makes it difficult for us to make a video for as the quality of the music is not as good as a recent song.



We also considered doing an older song (Jumping Jack Flash - The Rolling Stones) but we had difficulty deciding on the narrative as the lyrics to the song are very basic and do not tell a story. The song is also very repetitive which could end up very boring for our video.

Group Discussion On Our Initial Ideas

In our group we had a discussion about what bands and songs we would like to use for our music video. Some of our initial ideas on songs were;

Madness - One Step Beyond
The Specials - Ghost Town
The Kinks - All Day And All Of The Night
Pressure Drop - Toots & The Maytals
The Specials - Gangsters

We have settled on the genre of Ska as it is a very fun genre due to being a mixture of reggae and rock. We have decided to make our music video for "54-46 Was My Number" - Toots & The Maytals as it is a Reggae-Ska video so our video can reflect where Ska music comes from. The song features in the "This is England" soundtrack which is mainly made up of ska and reggae songs. This song does not have music video either meaning that there are no expectations of the music video.