ARTIST VID #3 - Stay Together

POSSIBLE POINTS OF INFLUENCE:

• Brett Anderson walking across the and off the edge of screen 
• Brett also turning around to the sound of the guitar solo, then singing
• One time when the drums are playing, Simon Gilbert in a concept segment is hitting against a wall, something that the protagonist of my narrative/concept could do

TRACK: Stay Together
ALBUM: Non-album single
YEAR: 1994
GENRE: Britpop
DIRECTOR: Jon Klein
LABEL:  Nude Records
SINGLE?: Yes

BACKGROUND/CONTEXT

• Final video with Bernard Butler in it
• Suede have since said they are somewhat disappointed with the video (here)
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PERFORMANCE, NARRATIVE OR CONCEPT?

Mixture of performance and concept, with the band in the concept segments later.

EXTRA SOUND:

Track not altered.

TITLES:
No titles.

NARRATIVE ENIGMA:

It takes around 30 seconds until we get to the band, the hardcore fans will be anticipating them, might turn some off who don't know them.

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LYRICS AND VISUALS:
"Poisonous sky" - The pink, smokey sky

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOUND AND VISUALS:
The water pouring out of the lips.

GENRE SIGNIFIERS:
Can't really be pinpointed to a film, TV or literary genre.

INTERTEXTUAL REFERENCES:


OTHER NARRATIVE THEORY:
Romance story?

KATE DOMEILLE
The loss of something personal?


BRANDING:
Hitting at the Metal Mickey, a sign how they've hated what Britpop is becoming?

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