Deadlines/Brief

Music videos are so 80s/90s, right? They belong with the era when MTV screened wall-to-wall vids instead of 'reality' TV? Try telling that to the millions who bought Gangnam Style; were they really simply loving the music? 1.6bn (and still climbing) have viewed the video on YT, not to mention the many re-makes (school eg, eg2), viral ads + celeb link-ups (even political protest in Seoul) - and it doesn't matter how legit it is, this nightmare for daydream Beliebers is making a lot of money, even from the parodies + dislikes. All this for a simple dance track that wouldn't have sounded out of place in 1990 ... but had a fun vid. This meme itself was soon displaced by the Harlem Shake. Music vids even cause diseases it seems!
This blog explores every aspect of this most postmodern of media formats, including other print-based promo tools used by the industry, its fast-changing nature, + how fans/audiences create/interact. Posts are primarily written with Media students/educators in mind. Please acknowledge the blog author if using any resources from this blog - Mr Dave Burrowes

Tuesday 29 May 2012

Best Brit Album Ever is...?

HMV just ran a survey to determine the best British album of the last 60 years (effectively 'ever' as that goes back to 1952, before rock'n'roll was even established!). I've seen the top 10, of which I have 9, and the remaining one I wouldn't dream of inflicting upon my ears - have a look and see if there are (m)any you have, and maybe use the full list to help pick out an artist with ongoing wide popularity for a relaunch via a new video...
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