Deciding on a Song.

The song we eventually decided on was 'One Night In October' by The Little Comets. We decided on this song because it fitted into the criteria we were looking for; its a fairly simple song that of course fitted into the genre we had decided on. We also liked the fact the song is not particularly well known so it would not cause audiences to draw comparisons to the original band. Although we didn't really want a song that already had a video, the fact that it isn't very well known meant that we could put this aside, as we liked the song so much. The lyrics were another positive for the song that persuaded us to choose it as they are interesting and gave us some rough ideas towards what we could include in the video as well as the performance element which we knew we wanted to include. This was a song that the three of us agreed would work best and something that we felt we had enough inspiration from to create an interesting and successful music video.


Lyrics:
Oh language is dead, so she believes
I'm looking up, socially bereaved,
Just like Carlisle, she lies on the border
Disorder surrounds, her every noun

One Night In October
The clocks go back
And she attacks me oh
Grabbing my left shoulder
Suspects in texts that leave her wrecked
Oh oh One night in October

I sit her down and say this must stop,
Cause all we do is argue then shop,
She goes to Boots, I go to Argos
Complete with deceit
We stalk each aisle

One night in October,
She throws a towel, the sink, a scowl
Oh oh One night in October,
With more invective than the average detective
Questions me on the lawn

With doors ajar, tonight I will sleep in my car,
One night in October

Oh ooooh oooh

Oh intensive care, intensively she's aware
That I, I miss the heat, solace and sway of the sheets
Oh, this dashboard's so hard
Can't cushion the beats of my heart

One night in October!
Oh oh one night in October
The clocks go back,
And she attacks me oh
Grabbing my left shoulder
With more invective
Than the average detective
Questions me on the lawn

With doors ajar
Tonight I might sleep in the car
One night in October

Heeey heeeey!

Song Choice.

After deciding our band genre and name, we gathered a list of songs that would fit for our band. The songs listed below all fit into the indie/alternative genre and I like how simple the videos are to them. They all have common indie conventions which make them so unique compared to other genres. We researched a number of the band's songs to identify which ones would work better than others. As a group we decided to pick Little Comet's 'One Night In October' because the videos are very basic and the lyrics are quite quirky. We can identify certain lyrics and film the objects so that the lyrics have a link with the visuals in the video. This is an example of a common indie convention as the objects could be quite random which could make the video very interesting.

•  Two Door Cinema Club - 'What You Know'
• Two Door Cinema Club - 'Something Good Can Work'
• The Wombats - 'Techno Fan'
• The Maccabees - 'About Your Dress'
• Little Comets - 'One Night In October'
• Noah And The Whale - 'Tonight's The Kind Of Night'
• Paolo Nutini -'Jenny Don't Be Hasty'
• XX - 'Basic Space'
• Vampire Weekend - 'Holiday'
• The Ting Tings - 'Fruit Machine'
• Athlete- 'Superhuman Touch'