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Blind Melon are a neo-psychedelic American ‘rock’ band that started up in 1989, they’re best known for their hit ‘no rain’ released in 1993. The group enjoyed critical and commercial success in the early 90’s from their neo-psychedelic take on alternative rock. The music video no rain uses conventions such as band performance throughout the video, we see the band play on an open sunny grass video giving a sort of live performance but yet on the side is a narrative structure telling a story of a girl that isn’t accepted for her dream and instead is mocked and laughed at.
Within the mise-en-scene we have two concepts, one of a dark narrative structure of this girl running around the city trying to find somewhere to escape and the other of her dream world with blind melon performing. This video is much more different to Black Moth Super Rainbow as the lyrics seem to connate more towards the music video. At the start it begins off with the lead singer saying “All I can say is that my life is pretty plain, I like watchin’ the puddles gather rain.” He’s trying to say that there isn’t much to his life and this connate towards the young girl life, her life is simple and all she wants is to be a tap-dancing bee. Yet her simple dream seems to be a reality of laughing and mocking.
The band itself seemed to be represented as this kind of ‘light’ they’re welcoming in open arms and are happy and accept the girl for who she is and her dream without mocking her. The target audience for this kind of video may be the sort of hippy trippy crowd or people that have an open mind and can understand and relate to the young girl.
Lyrics
All I can say is that my life is pretty plain,
I like watchin' the puddles gather rain,
And all I can do is just pour some tea for two,
and speak my point of view,
But it's not sane, It's not sane,
I just want some one to say to me,
I'll always be there when you wake,
Ya know I'd like to keep my cheeks dry today,
So stay with me and I'll have it made,
And I don't understand why I sleep all day,
And I start to complain that there's no rain,
And all I can do is read a book to stay awake,
And it rips my life away, but it's a great escape,
escape......escape......escape......
All I can say is that my life is pretty plain,
ya don't like my point of view,
ya think I'm insane,
Its not sane......it's not sane.
I like watchin' the puddles gather rain,
And all I can do is just pour some tea for two,
and speak my point of view,
But it's not sane, It's not sane,
I just want some one to say to me,
I'll always be there when you wake,
Ya know I'd like to keep my cheeks dry today,
So stay with me and I'll have it made,
And I don't understand why I sleep all day,
And I start to complain that there's no rain,
And all I can do is read a book to stay awake,
And it rips my life away, but it's a great escape,
escape......escape......escape......
All I can say is that my life is pretty plain,
ya don't like my point of view,
ya think I'm insane,
Its not sane......it's not sane.
Well done for posting this analysis. Can you comment further on how the narrative structure develops between the two elements? How is your video going to be structured between archive and other images? Will you have a performance element in your video?
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