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Zaqarbal · 11-10-2011, 01:18 AM

Paul McCartney: Pipes of Peace (1983, storyline based on real events). Arctic Monkeys: Fluorescent Adolescent (2007).

Alizée: Moi Lolita (2000; lyrics translated here). Mürfila: Azul y gris ("Blue and Gray", 2010; see lyrics' translation here).

Regarding Azul y gris, as I explained in another thread there's a "poetic connection" between song and video: Song, through a female voice (Mürfila), says: "without you, / people ask me / what day did I die. / And I answer them: / when you decided to go from here". At videoclip, the boy dies and the girl decides to go away, which apparently is the opposite thing. But if you see it as a metaphor, it's not. It's the same thing: Sometimes, a person is no longer the same, when the beloved disappears from his/her life (for several possible reasons). So, in a way, we could say that he/she dies as a certain personality. And the association between death and leaving is a classic topic in Western literature (and art in general). At a popular level too. In fact, dead people are called "the departed".

OBK: Lucifer (2003, video by J.A. Bayona, The Orphanage's director). Pet Shop Boys: Domino Dancing (1988).

Lucifer

(chorus)

♫ "Y no me quieres ni ver................You don't even want to see me
y no lo puedo entender..................and I can't understand why.
Si alguna vez has llorado.......................If you have ever cried,
sé que no es por mi amor.....................I'm sure it wasn't because of my love.

Anoche ví a Lucifer.......................Last night I met Lucifer
y al alba bailé con él.............................and at the crack of dawn I danced with him.
Ahora sé que a su lado.........................Now I know that next to him
va gente como yo...........................there are people like me." ♫

11-10-2011, 01:18 AM	#3 (permalink)
Zaqarbal Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Spain Posts: 824	Paul McCartney: Pipes of Peace (1983, storyline based on real events). Arctic Monkeys: Fluorescent Adolescent (2007). Alizée: Moi Lolita (2000; lyrics translated here). Mürfila: Azul y gris ("Blue and Gray", 2010; see lyrics' translation here). Regarding Azul y gris, as I explained in another thread there's a "poetic connection" between song and video: Song, through a female voice (Mürfila), says: "without you, / people ask me / what day did I die. / And I answer them: / when you decided* to go from here". At videoclip, the boy dies* and the girl decides to go away, which apparently is the opposite thing. But if you see it as a metaphor, it's not. It's the same thing: Sometimes, a person is no longer the same, when the beloved disappears from his/her life (for several possible reasons). So, in a way, we could say that he/she dies as a certain personality. And the association between death and leaving is a classic topic in Western literature (and art in general). At a popular level too. In fact, dead people are called "the departed". OBK: Lucifer (2003, video by J.A. Bayona, The Orphanage's director). Pet Shop Boys: Domino Dancing (1988). Lucifer (chorus) ♫ "Y no me quieres ni ver................You don't even want to see me y no lo puedo entender..................and I can't understand why. Si alguna vez has llorado.......................If you have ever cried, sé que no es por mi amor.....................I'm sure it wasn't because of my love. Anoche ví a Lucifer.......................Last night I met Lucifer y al alba bailé con él.............................and at the crack of dawn I danced with him. Ahora sé que a su lado.........................Now I know that next to him va gente como yo...........................there are people like me." ♫ __________________ "Lullabies for adults / crossed by the years / carry the flower of disappointment / tattooed in their gloomy melodies." Last edited by Zaqarbal; 11-10-2011 at 02:37 AM. Reason: Minor correction (just a word and a link).