"Goin' to the chapel and we're gonna get married
Gee, I really love you and we're gonna get married
Goin' to the chapel of love"
Chapel of Love- Dixie Cups, 1964
"Cause I may be bad but I'm perfectly good at it,
Sex in the air, I don't care, I love the smell of it.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but whips and chains excite me."
S&M - Rihanna, 2010
Much of the music that is produced nowadays is powered by sexual relevance and reference. Dancing is one way which people are able to emphasize their sexuality without actually having to remove layers of clothing. Music in this sense is universal and understandable most cultures. Therefore, depending on how many sexual references there are in the song that my group and I end up doing will directly influence how much sexual activity we include in the video.
Sexuality in our video could be portrayed in a number of ways:
Intellectually: sharing thoughts and aspects of someone's life.
Emotionally: The need to give and receive affection.
Physical: Skin contact, sexual relief.
Moral: Sex comes with codes and values.
Social: Sexuality makes us wanted within society if not by one person but several.
Depending on the artist in question, the representation of sexuality in the lyrics will have a direct affect on the way an audience acts, dresses and the ideologies that they follow.
Gender also plays a substantial role in the sales of music to an audience and the relationship this creates. Middle class, white teenage boys often (along with other age and sex groups) look to music as a sense of escape and so will often be found listening to gangster music such as 50 Cent. A famous example of someone who has successfully risen to the top is, Eminem.
In our music video, using the most conflicting ideologies to the lyrics that we hear I believe could be really interesting and captivating to view visually. Like seeing a bunch of white middle class, prep school boys listening to Dizzee Rascal & Lil Wayne.
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