Case Study: Foo Fighters

                                                      Case Study: Foo Fighters


Foo Fighters are an American rock band formed in America, Seattle in the 1990's. It was founded by the lead singer, Dave Grohl, who was previously the drummer for the band Nirvana. From July 2015, they have sold over 12 million album copies in the U.S.

"BEST OF YOU"

The music video consists of mainly performance and the video is edited like a montage. The video is made to show life in a nutshell and what can happen in a lifespan, it can go from chaos, such as the car crash and dying roses, to the brighter side such as a child being born and people having a good time. Based on Andrew Goodwin's theory, this video amplifies the lyrics of the song.


"LONG ROAD TO RUIN"



This music video is based with a narrative but is also consists of parody and performance. The main narrative in the video is that it is mimicking a 70's TV Show and how the cast does not like one of the actors and that actor quits to then move on to being a music band. He is also trying to impress a girl who doesn't like how he's using popularity to impress. The song title 'Long Road To Ruin' is literally shown in the video by him driving in a car down a long road and near the end of a video her drives off a cliff as his life was being ruined.


"RUN"




This music video is performance and narrative based. It is illustrating the lyrics of the song as it shows the viewers that as you get older, you should live the rest of your days to the most and to not waste your life. This video makes a small reference to Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' as near the end there is a small sequence of dance where they are acting as zombies.

"THE PRETENDER"



This music video is performance based and they are not mainly straight forward. They like to make you think more about the lyrics and the meaning behind it. Andrew Goodwin says that different sub genres have different, for example, boy bands such as One Direction and The Wanted, have synchronised dance routines and matching outfits. For other genres such as rock bands, they mostly have performance based music videos. We can see that Goodwin is right with this statement using Foo Fighters as an example.