The Libertines - Don't look back into the sun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLYsIESNtUcThe music and lyrical content is what would be called a low redundant piece of music even though it has the essentials of every rock band of heavy electric guitar with bass and a drum beat but the libertines offer something which would not be seen as high a high redundant band as there is two singers with a poetic song sounding different to other bands. The setting of the video is highly redundant with ones day to day life of a rock star as the band are walking threw town or on stage in front of an audience. But the clothing of the band is entropic to a viewer as there wearing red military jackets in public while it is not that highly entronic to support the military jacket look in a music video as the beatles have sported the jackets but also coldplay have. The way the camera is held is entropic for a music video as it has the unsteady effect of a hand held camera.
Blur - Out of time
The music of blur is not particularly entropic compared to the rest of the worlds rock music but this was something different for blur a different album taking themselves away from the dieing britpop scene to a new sense of music using new instruments from abroad which is present in this song. The lyrical content is highly redundant as many bands have sang about love and friendships. The video its self is highly entropic for a music video as it was filming of a submarine and navy based activities something which is original to the viewers but one could not say it was highly entropic to put the video out of the music context as it is a recognisable scene of a submarine crew and there has been a lot of publicity at this period of time of submarines as the tragedy of the Russian submarine sinking and losing all its crew. The way the video is filmed is using a hand held cam corder which is a low sense of entropy
The Strokes - You only live once
The music is a low level of entropy if a listener would listen to it now but at that time in the early 21st century the dirty New York guitar sounds and mumbling singing was completely different to anything in music at that moment in time. The video does show levels of entropy as the video is that of a band in a sewer chamber with sewage waste filling up the chamber and drowning the band. The colours of the band also has a level of entropy as the band and the surroundings are all white but by the end of the video everything turns a dark brown this is something that would not normally be seen in a video. But there is levels of redundancy as all the band members are all recognisable men and the typical look of a rock star group with all recognisable instruments.
Gorillaz - On melancholy hill
The music of the Gorillaz is that of a low entropy and high redundancy this is because it has a recognisable lead singer with backing instruments but the instruments used are seen to have a level of entropy as an auto tuner is used, an organ, and instruments from con-tenants such as Africa and Asia. The band and the videos have a high level of entropy as in all the gorillaz 4 characters are used and every video is animated. This has never been done before there has never been a band which consists of only animated characters instead of real musicians. The video seems to be disjunctive as it has nothing to do with the lyrics the video is entropic as the 4 animated characters come together to fight a beast. But one could not say this was a very high in entropy as everyone who views the scenes can be recognised and understood by many people.
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