(post 46): Final song choice

FINAL SONG CHOICE

What artist are we using and which song?
We are using the song 'I'll try anything once" - The Strokes. We think the song will go really well with our concept because even though our idea has a happy feeling, the sombre tone of the song will almost juxtapose the video. This hopefully will be successful in challenging the normal forms conventions of music videos. 






BELOW ARE SOME MORE THEIR MUSIC VIDEOS:


When “Last Nite,” the second single off the band’s 2001 debut Is This It dropped, it signaled a sea change in music. With pop-punk slipping into irrelevance and rap metal sliding into self-parody, rock fans were hungry for something new. That something was The Strokes and many garage rock revival bands that rose to prominence in their wake. The band’s first proper music video, the Roman Coppola directed “Last Nite” captures everything that made the band an early 21 st century sensation; their impeccable but ragged musicianship, their scuzzy rock ‘n’ appeal and their heart on the sleeve vulnerability.


With their 2003’s second album, Room on Fire, The Strokes brought some new wave influences into their signature sounds. When creating a music video for the album’s lead single “12:51,” director Roman Coppola brought that ‘80s vibe to the fore with an aesthetic that recalls that one of the era’s defining films, the 1982 neon-hued sci-fi classic “Tron.”






With the release of their 2006 third album First Impressions of Earth, the Strokes had transitioned from being New York City’s hottest band to being one of the biggest bands on the planet. The band’s increasingly ambivalent relationship with fame and their home city are brilliantly expressed in this stark black and white clip directed by Samuel Bayer.







The Strokes’ fourth studio Angles came after a five-year hiatus that many fans and critics assumed to be a permanent break. The record’s jangly first single “Under Cover of Darkness” showed that the band still had a lot of gas left in the tank and its accompanying Warren Fu-directed music video showed that the band’s absence had left them rejuvenated and hungry to prove themselves to a new generation of listeners.





The band’s underrated fifth album Comedown Machine proved divisive upon its initial release because of how it departed from the group’s established sound. In actuality, songs like “All the Time,” with their ramshackle vocals and muddy guitars, are indicative of the band trying to reconnect with their formative influences, namely Sonic Youth and the Velvet Underground. Guitar Albert Hammond Jr.’s tour diary-style music mirrors the deeply personal nature of the track.



LR

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