Analysis: Human

Human by The Killers is a modern New Wave/Dance Rock/Synthpop song. I think I would be interesting to see a modern perspective of my genre.

This clip was of interest to me as it actually reminded me of Talking Heads. Though it seems that no intertextuality was intended here (wikipedia says nothing) it means that if i do this its double points for me for referencing Talking Heads and The Killers. I also thought about what else I could do with this. It might be an idea to have faces of famous serial killers on the pictures instead. This would amplify the lyrics of Psycho Killer.

I also want to point out this part too, as I thought that the lead singers dancing was interesting. As I said in my 'My Genre' post, music journalist Simon Reynolds described New Wave as jittery and twitchy. He said that this often took the form of "robotic or spastic dancing". I think that this is a good example of this, and its something I'll be telling my performers to do in my music video.

This image allows us to get a clear view of what the band members are wearing. Three of them are wearing suit-type things, which Reynolds said was a convention of the New-Wave genre. However, I feel that these costumes are more style orientated than designed to hide the body as Reynolds would say. None the less, I want to present a modern image of the new wave genre, and who's to say that it hasn't evolved since the seventies?