For this final installment of "Cool Stuff Fridays", I decided to focus on music videos from some of the cultures we are studying. I haven't seen many music videos in my lifetime, but after perusing YouTube for this blog assignment, it seems that they all have a pretty similar format: they're dramatic and have something to do with love. Here are a few of my favorite music videos that I found. Enjoy!
This first video is by Haifa Wehbe, a singer, actress, and model from Lebanon. The two minutes of this video takes place at the Coliseum in Rome where she seems to be a woman gladiator and kills her opponent. Next, she's in some river singing about some guy who broke her heart, left her, and decided to come back again.
Next is a video by Sherine, an Egyptian singer and actress. Once again, the song is about love and relationship issues (many relationship issues) and the video depicts the couple having many quarrels which leave the woman crying.
And for a change of pace, these guys call themselves Fahrenheit and are a band from Taiwan. They kind of remind me of the Jonas Brothers a bit... Here they're singing about how much they love the smell of their significant others. How sweet!
It surprised me how similar all of the music videos are to each other. The languages were different, but they all sound very much alike having similar instrumentation, harmony, vocal sounds, etc. They sound and look like American music videos. With all of our technology and ability to travel, it makes it very easy for music to spread.
It's really neat how much the Western countries have influenced other countries.
ReplyDeleteI mean the world seems really big, but with technology, its cool how much music, culture, etc. travels.
I enjoyed your blog!
I liked the Haifa Wehbe video :D. I've always thought the architecture and clothing of agent Rome were beautiful and interesting.
ReplyDeleteAAaah! Love and relationship are everywheree
Yes, there is a similarity to music videos around the world--they all use our pop style as more or less the basic recipe, and then they use their own culture more for melody and timbre, as a sort of spice or frosting. Fun, huh?
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