We think music magazines are popular because of their articles. Do you agree?

We think music magazines are popular because of their articles. Do you agree?

I do agree to extent that music magazines usually are made most popular by their detailed articles that they share with musicians however I feel that it generally relies on the type of magazine/ article that is being presented.  In a music magazine such as NME I think its audience would want to read this particular magazine to focus on its articles about music. In NME’s addition on the 17^th of November 2012 there is an article on Jake Bugg with the heading ‘THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGING’ only a niche audience would get this intertextual reference to Bob Dylan’s song in the 1960’s where he lead and wrote music for some protests in the 1960’s which is why he became most famous. The whole idea that Jake Bugg is using the lyrics from his song not only will grab the attention of the audience who used to listen to Bob Dylan, but it also conveys Jake as the new Bob Dylan who classes himself as a true musician. Whereas in Top Of The Pops addition on the 4^th of December 2012 they released an article about little mix more as a gossip about their lives then their actual music. There is intertextual reference to Rita Ora’s son How we do in the heading which the younger mainstreamer audience will understand when they see it. Little mix’s article is very scripted like a question and answer interview. If it’s down to theory we relate to the little mix’s article more than the Jake Buggs article because little mix’s article is there for the consumers entertainment, it entertains us as we can relate to little mix more as people, the have their embarrassing moments, throw teenage parties, have makeup and wardrobe malfunctions and have celebrity crushes, so they are like most teenage girls which is why the magazine Top Of The Pops is aimed at young teenage girls. Whereas Jake Buggs article is all about him being better than other artists and how he is all for music and he couldn’t care less if people like him or not so he can’t really relate to the consumer as they will think he’s a bit stuck up. So that is why I think some articles do make the magazine more popular, but not all articles can do this.

Are music magazines typically more aimed at men?

Are music magazines typically aimed more at men?

ED SHEERAN!

Ed Sheeran

You are a robot by Hoodie Allen

Well my sister and I listen to really different style music, she listen to all the rap 'chav' music, whereas I listen to pop and all the old songs, but I she was listening to this song today and it was really catchy and I quite liked this first bit it went 'you've been acting awful tough lately, smoking a lot of cigarettes lately But inside your just a little baby, oh, it's okay to as you've got a week spot You don't always have to be on top Better to be hated then love, love, loved for what your not' and I just really enjoyed this song, it made a change listening to songs out of my typical genre, but when you listen to the words of raps, there s soo much meaning to what their saying like a bit where the mans raping he says 'but if it doesnt kill me it makes me tougher, and that's a message that ill pass on to my brother, your never gonna really make a difference till you suffer, but we past that now time to smash that, thunder' I would reallly recommend you listen to this even if your not a big fan of rap music because I can't stop singing it!

Reveiw on the elephant love medley From the musical 'the moulin rouge'

In the musical Moulin Rouge staring Nicole Kidman as 'Satine' and Ewan McGregor ad 'Christian' there is a scene toward the start of the film in which Christian is singing to Satine about how amazing love is and the Satine is almost saying the oppersite of how bad it is, they combine a mixture of love songs to create this amazing medely that has a variaty of songs mushed in to 4 minutes 18 seconds, in the film they are on top of a big elepahant building in which satine brings men so that she gets money. The whole contrast of the song to the location is very interesting as it is an unusual building and would not normally be associated with love songs. There are lots of the colour red being used as that is a colour we associate with love. Then near the end it starts to rain which also fit in with the romantic genre of this song, this is a very good film and has lots of songs that are very well known played in it such as 'diamonds are a girls best friend', 'like a virgin', 'tango roxanne', 'come what may', and many more great songs, it is just an amazing film and has amazing songs woul sooo recommend you watch it! Here are the lyrics to the elephant medley -Christian(spricht): Love is a many-splendored thing, Love, lifts us up where we belong All you need is love -Satine: Please don't start that again -Christian(singt: All you need is love -Satine: A girl has got to eat -Christian All you need is love -Satine: Or she'll end up on the street -Christian All you need is love -Satine: Love is just a game -Christian I was made for loving you baby You were made for loving me -Satine: The only way of loving me baby Is to pay a lovely fee -Christian Just one night Give me just one night -Satine: There's no way Cause you can't pay -Christian In the name of love One night in the name of love -Satine: You crazy fool I won't give in to you -Christian Don't leave me this way I can't survive without your sweet love Oh baby don't leave me this way -Satine: You'd think that people would have had enough of silly love songs -Christian I look around me and I see it isn't so, oh no -Satine: Some people wanna fill the world with silly love songs -Christian Well what's wrong with that I'd like to know Cause here I go again Love lifts us up where we belong Where eagles fly On a mountain high -Satine: Love makes us act like we are fools Throw our lives away For one happy day -Christian We could be heroes Just for one day -Satine: You, you will be mean -Christian No I won't -Satine: And I, I'll drink all the time -Christian We should be lovers -Satine: We can't do that -Christian We should be lovers And that's a fact -Satine: Though nothing would keep us together -Christian We could steal time -Both Just for one day We could be heroes Forever and ever We could be heroes Forever and ever We could be heroes Just because I will always love you I can't help Loving You -Satine: How wonderful life is now You're in the world

Music Press

Ed sheeran give me love

In Ed Sheerans music video for 'give me love' it's just a plain simple music video of him sitting down with his guitar singing, he doesnt really ever do much in his music videos, however in his music video for 'Lego house it's the complete oppressive to what he normally does, he has brought in Ron from Harry potter to be him singing and then as ed sheeran is singing he Ron is acting like him, basically wanting to be him, then in the end he meets ed sheeran as he is being pulled off stage for impresanating him at his concert, it's quite funny when you first watch it. But in the music video for 'giev me love' he just uses different camera angles in it and that's all, this makes us as an audience focus on the romantic words to the song and not get distracted. I like this song so yeah, listen to it, it's goooood!