In my senior year of high school, my drama teacher asked my class to do a dramatic interpretation to a song of our choice. I chose “Nine Million Rainy Days” by The Jesus & Mary Chain. I acted out the song in a stirring interpretation. At the end, I failed the project along with half my class. To this day, I still don't understand what my teacher wanted…
Some things just don't click with some people. I still have the worst time coming up with ideas for music videos that tell a story, but are not exactly what the lyrics say.
Take the song “Take On Me” by Ah-Ha. Brilliant song. But even more brilliant was the video with a human sucked into the love story and turmoil of a comic book. I love that video. But the lyrics…? That's not what they are about… Or at least not until the video and song were forever linked in my mind.
I would love videos to my songs. I'm very proud of the “Won't You Come With Me” video by Jamie Haeuser and Chuck Davis. I'd love more like that…if I had an idea what to do. I don't.
So my question to you is, do you have an idea for a music video to accompany one of my songs?
Think outside the box. Post your ideas below and let me know what kind of great ideas you're creative minds can come up with.
While you're at it, feel free to create your own music video with my songs and share it on YouTube.