A final decision is made...

As a group, we have chosen "Voodoo Child" by Rogue Traders, which makes me very happy as it was one of my suggestions and I think it will work really well with our group look and ideas.

We're currently working on a treatment, which is being developed on the group blog.

You Are What You Love...

This is "You Are What You Love" by Jenny Lewis, which despite being not that upbeat, is quite nice... I could imagine a cute narrative, but that's not really what we're going for..

Deceptacon...

This is called "Deceptacon" by Le Tigre. It's really weird, quite funny, and i love the funny dancing in this video (which i think is the official one..? But it's really bad quality..) Thought we could maybe do some kind of dance thing like this for a short time in a song if it fitted the genre. Because it creates comedy and suits the beat.

The Journey...

This is "The Journey" by Delores O'Riordan which I stumbled upon. It's quite uplifting, with a good beat, and there are a few female voices. I quite like it, however I think the visuals that it conjures up are of sweeping landscapes, something which we can't really do.. Obviously we could try and think up something else, but this is a possibility.

"When We Were Young" by the same artist. I like this; it's girly and edgy at the same time, with a catchy chorus and good strong bassline and beat. I could imagine some funky costumes and hair for this, and it's not very well known as I think the artist is Irish..

Walking On Broken Glass...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GBn-BpkNsA

This is "Walking On Broken Glass" by Annie Lennox, which is a fun song, it's upbeat and has a really good musical motif with the string instruments, and yet also a good beat. There are parts where there are more female voices, so this could be a possibility.

This Will Be...

The other day I was watching TV, and this song "This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)" was played. I also reconised it from "The Parent Trap", and so I looked it up. Apparently it has been used in 9 films!

Anyway so here is the Natalie Cole version, which I really like. This song is very happy, has many female voices, and could have some great visuals to go with it. One concern I have is as to whether it would be plausible that their voices are our voices... So maybe we'll do a lip-syncing test run on it or something.. But I really like the song and I think it could work well.

Voodoo Child...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-d1w49RWSY
This is "Voodoo Child" by Rogue Traders, which is a fun song, only one female voice though.. It is from a few years ago, and I like it because it is catchy and has a strong beat. I can imagine plenty of weird narratives to go with this, which would allow us to be really creative with our music video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kifP3S7-OE
This is quite funny, this is a remix of "Voodoo Child" with "Funky Town". I don't really like it, but it's funny I found a remix of two of the songs I looked at...

Alive..

Natalie Bassingthwaighte - "Alive"
Found this by chance, it's upbeat with a female vocalist, but it's fairly recent, however since it's an Australian artist, I don't think any of us know her.. This could work, with some extreme hair and make-up.. I've only listened to it once, but it's quite catchy, and I quite like it..

what a feeling...

Irena Cara - "What A Feeling"


Continuing my journey through 1970s hits I came across this one. A classic, could be done.. We'd have to have some kind of dance routine in it at some point.. A challenge, but do-able..

Call me...

Blondie - "Call Me"

She did a recent performance with Fergie, which was great to watch.


So maybe a Blondie song would be good... hmmmm...


"Rapture"

Not quite the right song..

Funky town...

Lipps Inc. - "Funky Town"



Another classic dance tune, featured in Friends when they have a flashback to their college days. What a funky song...

Hot stuff...

Donna Summer - "Hot Stuff"



This is another classic, used in many romcoms, and I think its a great song. A definite contender I think..

Le Freak...

Chic - "Le Freak"


This is a funky song that could be done, except it is fairly repetitive. Hmmm, it's still fun, but not sure...


Having a fun journey through 1970s music though using Youtube :)

The best of my love..

The Emotions - "The Best Of My Love"


This is a great song, really happy, upbeat, and with more than one female voice, so could work!

Lady Marmalade...

One of my favourite films is "Moulin Rouge", and one of the many songs featured is "Lady Marmalade". Originally it was performed by Labelle in the 1970s, which was great.

Here is the original version. Great song, not sure about the outfits!



Now the more well-known version was in Moulin Rouge, sung by Christina Aguilera, Pink, Maya, and Lil Kim.


Now obviously we couldn't do this version since it says the words "Moulin Rouge" and says all their names.. And if we WERE to do it, we'd have to tone it down A LOT as it is way too sexy for schoolgirls!

But maybe we could do the Labelle version as i LOVE the song, and it could work! Or I am sure there are TONNES of covers that we could do. I've noticed one by Rihanna and Beyonce, so there must be more...

Chain Reaction...

Diana Ross's song "Chain Reaction" is a fun song that is upbeat and has several female voices.


This is the video, which is a great song I think.
Once again, as with many popular songs from the past, it has been covered, this time by Steps.


I find the hospital theme quite strange, not sure why they chose it, but hmmm...

So maybe this is an option...

These boots are made for walkin'

While looking through the number 1 hits of the 1960s, I stumbled upon Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'".




I know that Jessica Simpson did a fairly recent cover too, which is here.


Watching these two videos, there is a clear difference (well, Nancy Sinatra's is not technically a music video), but Jessica Simpson's version is too overtly sexy, even in vocals, so I don't think it would work. The Nancy Sinatra version could work, but I'm not sure how we could share the lip-syncing for only one female voice....

"Excitable"

I asked my mum if she knew any girlbands from the past, and she suggested "Excitable" by Amazulu. She was flatmates with the guitarist, and also knew the drummer. It's a one-hit wonder from the 80s that got to number 1.



I listened to it, and while I do quite like the chorus, I'm not sure if it's quite right. I do like the upbeat, happy feel, but what springs to mind for visuals is sunny fields, which may be hard to shoot in..

I'll keep researching..

Shuffle...

Ok so I had an idea of how to get started with looking into tracks. It may not work, but I'll give it a try...

I'm going to press shuffle on my iPod, and write down the first 10 songs it comes up with. If any then trigger my thoughts as to what artist, or genre, or era, then at least that will get me started..

So here goes;

1. Counter Stroke - "101ec6" from Rough Trade Shops. This definitely matches the criteria in that it is unknown, but it is a bit too raw i think...

2. Pink Floyd - "Jugband Blues" from Echoes. I don't think Pink Floyd is the best option for four girls... hmm, this experiement isn't going great...

3. The Libertines - "Horror Show" from Up The Bracket. This is quite a fun, upbeat song, however since I think we are all going to act in the music video, a band full of male voices doesn't really work...

4. The Libertines - "Last Post On The Bugle" from The Libertines. Hmmm.. Once again, I don't think the Libertines will work.. THANKS IPOD...

5. Sugababes - "Round Round (Soulwax Remix)" from Soulwax Remixes. This is quite a fun song, but I think the song may be too well known and too recent..

6. The Libertines - "I Love You (But You're Green)" from Babyshambles Sessions. OK my iPod REALLY likes the Libertines...

7. U2 - "Wire" from The Unforgettable Fire. Hmmm.. Again, not really feeling it for us...

8. Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Fire" from Mother's Milk. Male singers again. Grr....

9. Pink Floyd - "Us And Them" from Dark Side Of The Moon. Hmmm, my iPod is clearly having a pink floyd and libertines day.. How strange...

10. Black Eyed Peas - "Dum Diddly" from Monkey Business. This song could work, it's got a beat and is quite funky, however I think it may also be too recent and well-known...



Well, that didn't go entirely to plan, but looking on the Rough Trade album I have might be useful, as it has a lot of unknown artists that aren't with major record labels... Will keep searching..