Thursday 26 September 2013

Fashion - David Bowie lyrics analysis (Emma)

There's a brand new dance
but I don't know its name
That people from bad homes
do again and again
It's big and it's bland
full of tension and fear
They do it over there but we don't do it here

[CHORUS]
Fashion! Turn to the left
Fashion! Turn to the right
Oooh, fashion!
We are the goon squad
and we're coming to town
Beep-beep
Beep-beep

Listen to me - don't listen to me
Talk to me - don't talk to me
Dance with me - don't dance with me, no
Beep-beep

There's a brand new talk,
but it's not very clear
That people from good homes
are talking this year
It's loud and tasteless
and I've heard it before
You shout it while you're dancing
on the whole dance floor
Oh bop, fashion

[CHORUS]

Listen to me - don't listen to me
Talk to me - don't talk to me
Dance with me - don't dance with me, no
Beep-beep
Beep-beep

Oh, bop, do do do do do do do do
Fa-fa-fa-fa-fashion
Oh, bop, do do do do do do do do
Fa-fa-fa-fa-fashion
La-la la la la la la-la



-After analysing these lyrics I have an understanding of what we could include in the music video to this song. With lyrics such as "There's a brand new dance, but I don't know its name, that people from bad homes do again and again" this could be shown as people dancing in a way which is not usually seen, unusual. The type of people doing this dance are said to be 'people from bad homes' and instead of making an obvious 'tramp' styled person do the dance, we could use someone who isn't socially acceptable like a geeky type person, or an gothic, emo person - someone we would not see dancing usually.
-The lyric "Fashion! Turn to the left. Fashion! Turn to the right" could be shown as someone who IS socially acceptable - someone stylish, like a model, in nice clothes - turning once to the left, and then to the right. This could be done on a catwalk or somewhere else where models would be seen.
-"Listen to me - don't listen to me. Talk to me - don't talk to me. Dance with me - don't dance with me, no" is an almost indecisive lyric which could be visually shown through cuts of someone from the bad home - who wants to be listened to, spoken to and danced with, next to the stylish, fashionable person who doesnt want to be listened to, spoken to or danced with.
-"And we're coming to town, beep - beep" sounds like a car horn. This could be shown in a car in our music video.

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