Song Choice

Introduction

In this blog post I am going to investigate and discuss my song choice for my music video. I will also look into artistic, the history and the meaning of this song. This will help me gain the widest range of information to give the best possible foundations for my production. 

The Song

My song choice is "Wedding Bells". I chose this song as I liked the light indie style to it. It has a relaxing style, which is complemented by a strong narrative, which are points which my earlier research told me I should look for in a song. The narrative is about about a person who dreams a marrying someone who is already getting married. The storyline develops as the singer goes through different emotions towards their love, and eventually expects that they want them to be happy. 

Here is a studio recording of the song:

Here is a live recording of the song:

The Artist

This version of the song was song was by Lissie, pictured to the right. Lissie is a stage name used by Elisabeth Corrin Maurus. She is an American indie and folk artist born in November 1982.

The History

The song was written and recorded by 1949 by Hank Williams. Hank Williams is a country musician from America. Here is the orginal song:

I feel that Hank and Lissie both put completely different styles on the song and lyrics, each making it their own. 

The Meaning

The of the lyrics at a very basic level is someone watching another person get married, and they are jealous as they wish to be married them. However if you dig deeper into the lyrics there are other emotions. For example, here is a verse:

"Wedding bells are ringing in the chapel,

Ever since the day you set me free,

I knew someday that you would wed another,

But wedding bells will never ring for me"

The second line the singer states the the married person has set them free. This interested me as throughout the rest of the song the lyrics were negative towards being jealous and upset about the matter. The last the lines it appears the singer has come to terms with the fact that the other person have moved on, yet refers back to the earlier sadness of never loving again. 

Audience Feedback on Song

In this section of my blog post I am going to get some people to give a short review on their opinion of Wedding Bells. What I am really looking for here is to see if they pick out the same features of my earlier criteria that I did. Such a relaxing style and meaningful lyrics. In sort to get fast responses, easily share the youtube link to the song, and get the best use of technology I used FaceBook (www.facebook.com). I used my own personal account using my existing facebook friends who range from age 17 - 19. 

Here are my findings:

In conclusion, I am happy that my focus group mentioned the the reasons for the songs that were why I picked it. For example, its meaningful lyrics and relaxing style. I think that the audiences reaction to the song was very good. The only negative comment was that one thought that it suited a males suited better, referring to the original. Depending on who I cast I can record the song, so it may be a males voices.