Analyzing The Music Video 'Wings'

“Outlet shopping is perhaps luxury’s greatest ploy to get its goods into the hands of anyone and everyone,” (Thomas, Pg. 246). “But outlet shopping is the antithesis of the flagship, the antithesis in fact, of luxury itself.” (Thomas, 2007. Pg. 247) Columnist Karen Heller explained to Thomas after visiting Woodbury Common Premium Outlets in New York, “The clothes were marked down, picked over and repeatedly pawed, the opposite of how they were originally displayed. Their power to enchant seemed minimized, even at a third the price, smashed together like produce in a storage hold.” Thomas explains how luxury merchandise is purely just that, leftover “luxury” products: overproduction. No longer does luxury embody the experience of pampering nor does it signify class and wealth. Some

Today many people feel compelled to buy anything or everything with an expensive price tag. This includes Expensive designer clothes, latest gadgets, expensive vehicles and many other similar things. This form of consumerism has embedded itself in today’s society; where it's encouraged to invest in such materialistic possessions. Kanye West is an African-American rapper, producer, and entrepreneur, who articulates his struggle with consumerism and the struggle for those around him in his song “All Falls Down.” West, utilizes puns, rhyme, and juxtaposition to highlight the issues surrounding materialism that can be interpreted differently by different listeners such as African Americans and White Americans.

“Just do it”, “Protect this house, and “Impossible is Nothing” are all logos that are plastered on our cellular devices , worn on the soles of our feet and back, looked upon society as value , and judged if one does not associate themselves with these brands. As so, Jesse Jackson , in “Who makes the Clothes we wear”, persuades his readers through rhetorical devices of ethos , pathos and logos on how he would like Americans to think about how their clothing is being made before they consider to purchasing it.

These days many media outlets define and teach this generation that having lavish things will make us happy and live a better life, adoring being widely rich in the tv shows we watch, music we listen to, social media and what we read in the news or books. Social media accounts like Rich kids of Instagram attracting more teenagers than any educational accounts on social media. In addition, the show Secret Lives of The Super Rich are attracting more viewers than any other educational tv shows, it shows the entertainment teenagers find interesting. The song “Super Rich Kids,” by Frank Ocean, is a warning to parents whose children are living in a greedy world filled with consumerism. Ocean makes a statement in his lyrics “that people who grow up in this lifestyle are vulnerable of having personal problems due to the absence of accountability and parenting that they receive” (Ocean). This style of life it’s not just about the greed, but it presents the effects that the lifestyle can have on someone. The song “Super Rich Kids” is a strong warning about the risks of living a lavish lifestyle full of luxury and no reasonability, especially as teenagers in their emotionally formative ages. It’s seen in this through the imagery, language and juxtaposition of cultures in this song.

It’s crazy to think how one of the greatest super powers in the world is home to probably the most superficial, show off, easily influenced group of people in the world. From the very beginning America has been a melting pot of adaptations with nothing in our culture, even our blood line, being true American. We have this desire to show off to everyone around us about or trips and wealth whether it be with t-shirts and pictures or pink flamingos. In an essay entitled “The Plastic Pink Flamingo…” Jennifer Price uses these 1950’s lawn ornaments as a way to demonstrate her views on American culture.

I resonated with Diana Kendall’s, “Framing Class, Vicarious Living and Consumption” article. This author’s choice of language had a huge impact on me. It helped convey the message of the article in a much smoother way. The media has people thinking they can be rich and famous like the people in the television shows. With her language and choice of words, she was able to eloquently portray that TV shows make us feel as if we need to have what the celebrities have, so we buy into what they sell and we feel like we are living a life just like theirs. Living like this only makes us acquire debt, because we are spending money we do not have in prevalence. It does the exact opposite we will only end up being poor and not reach the same status as

“Wings” is a song by hip hop duo, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis that was released as their first debut single from their studio album The Heist. This song follows a young Macklemore on his pursuit of identity through the means of buying new Nike shoes. Macklemore states that he the shoes would make him better, would make him stand out above everyone else. On the surface, this song tells us the story about shoe culture and how it effects todays youth, however, this song explores the ideas around consumerism all over the world and how it completely controls todays youth more than ever. Personally, I love this song as Macklemore has perfectly portrayed a relevant and very alarming topic of consumerism mainly through the use of symbolism and really made every single one of his listeners think about their issue with consumerism and how we can overcome it.

This Music Video was made with the theme of the famous British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early morning hours of 15 April 1912, after it collided with an iceberg during its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. The Movie was first initially released in 1997, won 11 Oscars and ranked the fifth position amongst the list of the highest-grossing films in Canada and the United States. Believing that it was all enhanced by that MTV was announced, where technology was taking over which had strong fondness in that course of time and a negative one as time elapsed. It had a positive affection in a way it accomplished to make it easier and now that MTV can use the WIFI after it was invented to stream it's movies and made it faster in other several ways, but as we can see, with time it started affecting all kids before they even grew up or became adults by being overwhelmed with Technology.

Everyone in life has fought or will fight an inner battle. Some know how to cope and work through it, whereas others turn to alcohol, drugs, sex or other destructive behavior. And others, they just run away. Some may be escaping their burdens and others consciously make the decision to leave everything behind in order to find themselves. The music video for “Ride,” which follows a nomadic young woman’s attempt to find herself, ultimately argues that escape may be critical for such self-discovery, and, paradoxically, that freedom and inner peace may be closely aligned with a certain type of insanity.

I agree with the video when he states that Lep Zeppelin copied without making any fundamental changes, they didn't give credit to original artist and as a fan of classic rock i didn't know they would rip off other aritst music it feels like I been lied to. Many fans of Led Zeppelin may not even know either. So in my opinion the way we can balance the rights of the original creators with those who want remixes can do namy things, for example although it's illegal to actually use someone else's recording, it's not illegal to sound like someone else . So if you're able to get permission to use the composition but not the recording, you could create your own soundalike recording and sample your own recording instead of the original. It might not

Whip Whitaker, a pilot who is introduced early as a substance user, starts off his morning with a typical flight from Orlando to Atlanta. Shortly after take-off, Whip realizes that the flight would be anything but normal. The plane starts to fly erratically, and Whip is required to make quick, life-saving decisions; and he does so while being under the influence of alcohol and cocaine. While the plane ends up crashing, Whip’s quick decisions saved a great amount of lives that day, with a small number of six people dying. While in the hospital, Whip meets an addict named Nicole, who is being hospitalized for overdosing on heroin. Whip later runs into Nicole when she is getting evicted from her apartment, and they spike a romance and she comes to stay with him at his family farm. Nicole tries to become clean, and leaves when Whip continues abusing. Whip goes to trial for the plane crash, and is about to get away free, but admits to two alcohol bottles found in the plane’s trash as being his. He easily could have placed the blame on his deceased lover, Katerina, but does not want the light to be shined negatively on her, although she too was a substance user. Through his admittance, he becomes clean in jail and reconnects with his son, who, in the past, he lost due to his addiction.

‘Uptown Funk’ is a funk, boogie song by Mark Ronson, featuring Bruno Mars. ‘Uptown Special’, a extremely commendable album by Mark Ronson contains ‘Uptown Funk’ and was released in 2015. When I first listened to this song, it instantly earned a spot on my playlist. An insuppressible urge surfaced from within me to dance, and the only thing that restricted me was my situation, in my car with my family. Immediately upon watching the music video, I was enthralled by the video’s production quality and editing. ‘Uptown Funk’, one of the few rare instances in which the music video had added additional substance and extravagance to the song.

1. Are there any generic conventions? (eg stage performance in a metal video, dance rotine for a boyband, cutting to the beat) Are there any conventions from other genres?

Materialism has a firm grip on the minds of people in first world countries. People from all social classes lavishly blow thousands of dollars on apparel and accessories. Brands are praised in our society through media and marketing exposing everyone to materialism including myself. Even though that high price could be compromised for a form of aid for the less fortunate from other parts of the world that cannot afford clothing. People in first world countries spend ludacris amounts of money on apparel, while people in third world countries cannot even afford to wear clothing.

In our ever increasingly consumerist world, we are taught that extravagant spending on luxury clothing is a sign of being fashionable and stylish, but Macklemore and Ryan Lewis beg a differ in their hit song “Thrift Shop.” In the song, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis illstrustates that a person can still have a unique and individualistic sense of style while saving money by shopping at a secondhand or thrift store. During the course of the song, Macklemore and Lewis comically recount their time shopping together at thrift shops and recounts to audiences the unique and sometimes bizarre finds they come across, such as “flannel zebra jammies” or a “dookie brown leather jacket.” After successfully finding awesome secondhand ensembles, Macklemore