Wednesday, 20 July 2011

The History of Music Videos

The Exciters - Tell Him

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah-tui1ubnU

This video was first released in 1962 and is considered to be one of the oldest music videos.
The video is well presented, yet is also not suitable for a modern audience as it has many aspects that are very different to the tropes of modern music videos. These can include the way the band are dressed an the dancing that is involved within the video.


Michael Jackson Thriller

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOnqjkJTMaA

This video was first released in 1983 and has been voted the most influential pop music video of all time.
I particularly enjoy, about this video, the way in which this video starts in a style a modern musical audience would consider to be typical. I also find this video interesting and consider it well produced because it challenges the tropes of music videos but is also successful. I would have to agree with that it is influential and controversial also.


Queen Bohemian Rhapsody

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ9rUzIMcZQ

This video was first released in 1975 on the album for A Night at the Opera and can be described as one of the most diverse songs of the 20th century.



Lady Gaga Telephone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVBsypHzF3U

This video was released in 2010 and was particularly successful within Europe.

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