Music Video Analysis

The first video that I have watched is “One” by Metallica. The music video features the bands, which are performing while clips of the movie “Johnny Got His Gun”. It can be clearly seen that the video is in black and white. The movie is about a man who is confined in a hospital due to injuries of some war. Just like any rock bands, the video puts more emphasis in the band performance. It features all the members of the band, who are performing on some sort of warehouse. I have chosen this video because it is one of Metallica’s famous songs and it ranked #8 on the Guitar World’s 100 Greatest Guitar Solos. My most favourite part on this video is during the last part of the video where the mood changes and the song become heavier and features Kirk Hammet, one of Metallica‘s guitarist who plays the guitar really good.



The second video that I watch is “November Rain” by Gun’s And Roses. The video entailed a couple being wed and interspersed by the band, performing in theatre with an orchestra. It also shows the band, who are drinking together in a pub. One of the best parts of the video is shown after Slash, their Lead Guitarist, who is acting as the ring bearer gave the ring to the couple and went out of the church to play the first guitar solo. During the latter part of the video, the wedding reception is shown where after some time, it rained which ruined the reception. After that part, another church scene is shown but instead of a wedding, a funeral scene is shown which shows the wife in a casket. The other best part of the video is when Slash plays another guitar solo on top of a grand piano.


The third video that I watch is “Always with Me, Always with You” by Joe Satriani. Although it is an instrumental song, I chose this because it is one of Satriani’s songs that made instrumental rock popular. The video is simple but great. The video just shows Satriani, along with his band, performing in the desert. It also shows a woman dancing slowly in the desert. The video also shows Satriani doing many guitar techniques like hammer-ons, bending, tapping and harmonics.



This three video that I watched are all classic rock songs even though they have different styles. “One” is the heaviest of them all. “November Rain” on the other hand is some kind of a classic rock and roll although the first part is quite slow. “Always with Me, Always with You” is typical slow instrumental rock. All they have in common is the all emphasize on band-performance rather than story. Even if the first two have other scenes than performance, it could be seen that the performance is more emphasized. In addition, all these three songs have reached the Billboard Top 100 during their times. Although these videos are old, it can be seen how the music scene has changed.