Kanye West - Welcome to Heartbreak ft. Kid Cudi

This week I chose a more recent music video, "Welcome to Heartbreak", which was released in 2009 by Kanye West:

http://youtu.be/wMH0e8kIZtE

Kanye West

The song, featuring Kid Cudi, seems to reflect what is depicted in the music video.  By this I mean the song has a techno vibe to it and so does the video itself.  The images in the music video beat in rhythm and pulse along with the beat of the song and objects also move in this same sense.

Kid Cudi

Both Kanye and Cudi are featured in the video, but they seem to be part of the techno world which has been created by the song.  They both appear to be nothing more than images as the song progresses, the beats become more resonant, and the mood seems to swing into a more intense scene.  The colors also reflect this alternate world that seems to have been created by West.  They are vibrant, flashing, and pulsating, capturing the attention of viewers with every kaleidoscopic change.

Kanye West

Overall, I think this video accomplished what it was intended to do exactly, and that is to create an alternate musical world where everything is connected through the pulsation of beats and colors that vibrate with sound.

George Michael - Faith

Hello again to anyone and everyone reading my blog!  I've had a lot of time to decide how I really want to make my blog work and hope that I will inspire all of those following to join along in my conversation.

"Butt shot"

This week, I've decided to share George Michael's "Faith" music video: http://www.youtube.com/watch

George was originally the lead singer of hit 80's group Wham! before he went off on a solo career.  In 1987 he released his first solo album entitled Faith, on which he wrote and produced every track but one.  The song "Faith" was his second single off the album to find it's way to the top of the billboard charts; in fact, 6 of the songs off of the Faith album landed on the top 5 of the Billboard hot 100 hits between 1987-88.

Shot from video

For me, this music video was far ahead of it's time in the fact that it allowed the focus to be on Michael's tightly fitted butt.  It was rare for male sexuality to be explored in that way in music videos, especially by the artist themselves.  But honestly, I think this video does justice for the song, as I think many 80's music videos did (however, that's because I feel the 80's had more raw talent and less people pleasing/editing).  The use of color and the scaling kept the video in motion and the framing helped set up the video.  Overall, I think this music video as well as the song belonged on the top of the charts and should be remembered!

Just getting started

Hello, and welcome to my blog!  I have tried to start a blog numerous times but I never really knew how to take it seriously or even how to make it look cool enough so that other people would want to read it.  I have brainstormed and outlined ideas as to what would be the best focus point for my blog and came to the conclusion of music.  However, just music is too broad.  For this blog, I would like to select a music video each week to analyze and share.  Music has always been a large part of my life and it always will be.