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William Young 5 Song Shortlist Lyrics Media Studies

Do You Remember The First Time? By Pulp

You say you've got to go homeCos he's sitting on his own again this evening.I know you're gonna let him bore your pants off again.Oh God, it's half past eight,You’ll be late.You say you've never been sure,Though it makes good sense for you to live togetherStill you bought a toy that can reach the places he never goes. Just a bit risqué!Oh, now it's getting late.He's so straight.

Do you remember the first time?I can't remember a worse time.But you know that we've changed so much since then,Oh yeah,We’ve grown.Now I don't care what you're doing,No I don't care if you screw him.Just as long as you save a piece for me,Oh yeah

You say you've got to go home.Well at least there's someone there that you can talk to.And you never have to face up to the night on your own.Jesus, it must be great to be straight.

Do you remember the first time?I can't remember a worse time.But you know that we've changed so much since then,Oh yeah,We’ve grown.Now I don't care what you're doing,No I don't care if you screw him.Just as long as you save a piece for me,Oh yeah

There is a lot of sexual imagery within this song, so a performance or

abstract based video is probably most suitable – doing a narrative with these

lyrics may be too tricky.

A performance in a club, people dancing happily,

even though the band are clearly not meaning for the

song to be joyous.

Most likely the same as the above chorus is explained. A performance in a club,

people dancing happily, etc.


F.E.A.R. by Ian Brown

For each a road For everyman a religion Find everybody and rule For everything and rumble Forget everything and remember For everything a reason Forgive everybody and remember For each a road For everyman a religion Face everybody and rule For everything and rumble Forget everything and remember For everything a reason You got the fear (x5)F.E.A.R. (x4)

Final eternity arouses reactions Freeing excellence affects reality Fallen empires are ruling Find earth and reap Fantastic expectations Amazing revelations Final execution and resurrection Free expression as revolution Finding everything and realizing You got the fear (x5) F.E.A.R. (You got the fear) (x4)

(Fantastic expectations Amazing revelations Finding everything and realizing For everything a reason) F.E.A.R. (You got the fear) (x4) You got the fear (x4)

Again, possibly looking towards a performance based video, maybe with imager based behind some

of the lyrics flashed up.

Examples:

Religious imagery

Political imagery

As mentioned above, a lot of this video will most likely be

performance. Maybe someone singing the song while walking

through various streets (a la The Verve) While the camera tracks

them from the front.


Made Of Stone by The Stone Roses

Your knuckles whiten on the wheel The last thing that your hands will feel Your final flight can't be delayed

No earth, just sky it's so surreal Your pink fat lips let go a scream You fry and melt I love the scene

Sometimes I fantasise When the streets are cold and lonely And the cars they burn below me Don't these times fill your eyes

When the streets are cold and lonely And the cars they burn below me Are you all alone Is anybody home?

I'm standing warm against the cold Now that the flames have taken hold At least you left your life in style And for far as I can see Ten twisted grills grin back at me Bad money dies I love the scene


When the streets are cold and lonely And the cars they burn below me Are you all alone Is anybody home?


When the streets are cold and lonely And the cars they burn below me Are you all alone Are you made of stone?

Somebody laughing over a dead body?

Somebody walking through empty streets “the cars they burn below

me” possibly after a disaster or fighting/rioting perhaps?

Prison possibly?

Same as the above, but possibly with the rest of the band

performing?

Most likely performance based.


Some Might Say by Oasis

Some might say That sunshine follows thunder Go and tell it to the man it cannot shine Some might say That we should never ponder on our thoughts today Cause they hold sway over time

Some might say That we will find a brighter day Some might say We will find a brighter day Yeah ah!

Cause I've been standing at the station In need of education in the rain You made no preparation For my reputation once again Your sink is full of fishes She's got dirty dishes on the brain And it was overflowing gently But it's all elementary my friend

Some might say They don't believe in heaven Go and tell to the man who lives in hell

Some might say You get what you've been given If you don't get yours in one get mine as well

Cause some might say We will find a brighter day

Some might say We will find a brighter day (in a year)

Yeah-ah

Cause I've been standing at the station In need of education in the rain You made no preparation For my reputation once again Your sink is full of fishes She's got dirty dishes on the brain My dog's been itching Itching in the kitchen once again

Some might say (some might say) Some might say (some might say) You know what some might say (you know what some might say) [x8]

Religious Imagery?

Maybe the band could be performing at a Bus Stop in the

Rain, with various bits of imagery showing the later lyrics such as

“your sink is full of dishes”.

Like above, maybe the band could be performing at a Bus Stop in the Rain, with various bits of imagery

showing the later lyrics.


Motorcycle Emptiness by Manic Street Preachers

Culture sucks down wordsItemise loathing and feed yourself smilesOrganise your safe tribal warHurt maim kill and enslave the ghetto

Each day living out a lieLife sold cheaply forever, ever, ever

Under neon loneliness motorcycle emptinessUnder neon loneliness motorcycle emptiness

Life lies a slow suicideOrthodox dreams and symbolic mythsFrom feudal serf to spenderThis wonderful world of purchase power

Just like lungs sucking on airSurvivals natural as sorrow, sorrow, sorrow


All we want from you are the kicks you've given usAll we want from you are the kicks you've given usAll we want from you are the kicks you've given usAll we want from you are the kicks you've given us


Drive away and it's the sameEverywhere death row, everyone's a victimYour joys are counterfeitThis happiness corrupt political shit

Living life like a comatoseEgo loaded and swallow, swallow, swallow

Under neon loneliness motorcycle emptinessUnder neon loneliness motorcycle emptinessUnder neon loneliness motorcycle emptinessUnder neon loneliness everlasting nothingness

This is another song in which a performance video may suit it best, though either a

narrative or an abstract may both work also. There could be a narrative going on between

the performance scenes?

To climax, the band could be performing in front of a larger crowd, on a festival-

like stage (i.e. Glastonbury)?

The band could be performing to a crowd in a pub or club, showing their

progress from the last showing of their performing, which will continue to

grow.

The band could be performing/practicing in a garage, playing the instruments to

themselves.


Under The Westway by Blur

There were blue skies in my city todayEv'rything was sinkingSaid snow would come on SundayThe old school was due and the traffic grewUpon the WestwayWhere I stood watching comets lonesome trailsShining up above me the jet fuel it fellDown to earth where the money always comes firstAnd the sirens sing

Bring us the day they switch off the machines'Cause men in yellow jackets putting adverts inside my dreamsAn automated song and the whole world goneFallen under the spell of the distance between us when we communicateStill picking up shortwaveSomewhere they're out in spaceIt depends how you're wired when the night's on fireUnder the Westway

Now it's magic arrows hitting the bullDoing one eighty still standing at last callWhen the flags coming downAnd the Last Post soundsJust like a love songFor the way I feel about youParadise not lost it's in youOn a permanent basis I apologizeBut I am going to sing

HallelujahSing it out loud and sing it to youAm I lost out at sea?'Til a tide wash me up off the Westway

Pub scene featuring the band, playing darts, drinking?

The band performing in the pub itself on the stage to an empty

room?

The video could be a possible mixture of performance and narrative, with it being a majority

performance based video.

This video features a lot of imagery that relates to everyday life in the UK, mainly near a ‘Westway’. Due to Blur being from London, it is most likely referring

to the one in the capital.

A scene set on the roadside, near some road works or

building work – lyrics such as ‘men in yellow jackets’ or ‘An automated song’ give off the

imagery for this scene.

“Am I lost out at sea?” - This scene could be set on a beach, with the

singer, a lone figure.

Lots of imagery of everyday happenings within UK – could have

the band performing on a backdrop to these scenes?

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