FATHER RULER KING COMPUTER (ECHOBELLY)- 8M
Listen to the song and fill in the blanks with the following words:
goal, alone, need, fantasy, destiny
Is it wrong to be ____________? (1)
An adventure of my own
A celebration of myself and me
Discovering what I can be
The half a couple ____________ (2)
Oh luck is on my side
I celebrate my life
Don’t try to come
Don’t pin me down with vows and flowers
I was brought up, I’ve been told
That a husband is the __________ (3)
What connotations in these loaded words
A spinster and a bachelor
I am whole all by myself
I don’t __________ (4) nobody else
Oh luck is on my side
I celebrate my life
Don’t try to come
Don’t pin me down with vows and flowers
Oh luck is on my side
I celebrate my life
Don’t try to come
Don’t pin me down with vows and flowers
Father ruler king computer
Father ruler king computer
Father ruler king computer
Hello _____________ (5) is this what you want from me
Don’t anybody try to ____________ (6) me
Oh luck is on my side
I celebrate my life
Don’t try to come
Don’t pin me down with vows and flowers
Oh luck is on my side
I celebrate my life
Don’t try to come
Don’t pin me down with vows and flowers
Don’t pin me down, Don’t pin me down
- Find synonyms in the song for:
- Pair:
- Promise:
- Fortune:
- Hi:
- Find antonyms in the song for:
- Right:
- Go:
- Death:
- Wife:
- Match the words and expressions with the correct definitions:
Connotation, flower, adventure, to pin down, loaded
- An exciting or very unusual experience:
- To confine someone to a place:
- A secondary meaning of a word or expression
- Filled with hidden meaning:
- The blossom of a plant:
Read and comment the definitions of the words spinster and bachelor given by two different dictionaries.
EVERYBODY HURTS (REM)- Emocionarte: Tristeza
- What can you see in the video?
- How do the people look? Do they know each other? Do they look different or the same?
- Are the camera movements slow or fast?
- What colours predominate in the video?
- How is the rhythm/melody of the song? Does the song maintain the same rhythm?
The representation of long strenuous days, hurting, and glum feeling is shown throughout the video, by the use of the on going traffic jam . It is a visual metaphor. Nobody likes being stuck in traffic and it can leave a tired, bored aching feeling in your stomach . Also a traffic jam can be an average day occurence which many people, all from different backgrounds can get themselves caught up in. This is important because the song is about reminding people that everybody faces struggles, hard and tricky times. We’re not alone when we feel down, there are other people going through the same things we can turn to.
Even when times get tough, there’s always a brighter end at the tunnel and that everybody goes through hard times. We shouldn’t give up. «cause everybody cries and everybody hurts sometimes. The video represents people as a collective.
Every character we see is different of the other, they all have different lifestyles and backgrounds but can face the same day to day struggles and pains, such as a traffic jam.
The camera movements are smooth, suggesting to the viewer «keep calm». The cutting between shots also advocates this. Also, we see a lot of the subject’s backs, especially at the very beginning. These shtos represent hidden feelings. You’re hurting but you’re not neccesarily sharing these feelings, you may feel people are turning their backs on you. It suggests loneliness.
«Everybody hurts» so don’t feel alone.
The shot of the closing door is mimicking them letting go and escaping their inner feelings and being prepared to share this with the world. Michael is escaping the car, the traffic jam, the dullness, and stepping out into the real world, the fresh air. This metaphor is being continued through the video.
It’s dark around where he is, he’s dressed in a big black coat creating a shadowy look about him. He’s standing under a bridge which creates this feel of darkness, and before him from the use of shot we can see he’s walking into light where the tunnel comes to an end. He’s stepping out of the dark and into the light
When the entire band has left the car, and the build up of tempo and power in the music has settled in, they are all standing on a high level. On a bridge, on a lorry and on the top of a car. This resembles them gaining the strength to uplift themselves and rise above all the worries, and not let the worries get on top of them. The height resembles their strength.
It’s only towards the end of the music video, that we see Stype singing his lyrics. When he does, we see everybody getting out of their cars and start to march together, like they’re in it together and going to get through it together.
By all the subjects in the music video marching boldly and strongly down the street between the parked cars enforces that inner power you can find. If it showed them walking weakly or timidly down the street, it wouldnt connote the message correctly.
The bird’s eye view shot at the end is a great shot and portrays a great meaning. It starts off with just the traffic filled road, everything in standstill, a hectic clammed up situation, where everyone feels trapped. Then as the camera rises, two highway’s appear either side of the traffic filled road. This is symbolising how even though we go through struggles and hurts at stages in our life time there is always a way out, and on the other side things are better. This is being shown through the uses of roads. The traffic filled road is showing the hurt and troubled times in your life, then the two roads with freely travelling cars and clear spaces is resembling the happy and free times we go through and can get back to after working through the struggle. This shot shows that if you think of the world as a whole, and don’t get too caught up in what’s happening right now and think of the bigger picture, there’s a way through and you will eventually get out of the traffic jam and reach the roads that are clear and free and easy to drive down, even if you can’t see them from where you are.
The costumes that R.E.M are wearing are dull black suits, which don’t really resemble emotion. If it’s any emotion it’s sad and negative matching the melody of the song. Then when everyone comes together at the end and the music starts kicking in with a stronger beat and the people from the other cars are getting out, colour starts to emerge. Oranges, yellow and reds, brighter colours appear, which creates a more claiming and loving atmosphere. It creates happy and positive vibes, which the song should end on to cheer those feelings of hurt up. This also gives the audience something to take away from this music video which is the whole overall statement of the song.
