For my music video project, I have asked my friend Liam Bell to star in my production (he also starred in my movie opening sequence last year). I don't feel as if I need to cast any other people in this music video as I have envisioned it to be a solo performance by Liam.
Initially, I didn't want my music video to take a narrative approach; however with the issue of not having the appropriate equipment or musicians to perform a performance-driven video I must change my initial course of action. I will, however, incorporate some performance into the music video with a few shots of Liam playing the riffs in the song.
The song I will be doing is 'The Hardest Thing In The World' by The Stone Roses.
My initial plan for the lead track was the song Elephant Stone, however I changed my mind because I believe this song and its lyrics provide a greater structure for a narrative. Furthermore, Elephant Stone has been released as a single meaning that it is accessible as a song; yet using The Hardest Thing In The World, which was released as a B-Side to Fools Gold, allows for a 'rare' track to be exposed to the audience.
The hardest thing in the world
Holland fades, it don't please
I never wanted to leave
Searching for a perfect day
It never happens that way, a hey, hey, hey
I'm sick and tired and so obscene
Will Heaven help me be clean?
Searching for a perfect day (a perfect day)
It never happens that way, a hey, hey, hey
Cut away
I know your world wants you around
You never heard a word I said (a word I said)
It seems simple to me
That if you knew you wouldn't say (you wouldn't say)
It never happens that way, a hey, hey, hey
And the impression I get as the story unfurls
Is that you're the hardest thing in the world
Cut away
I know your world wants you around
What you feel it might not be
It seems suffer to me
I cannot climb to touch your spire
I'm getting higher and higher
Cut away
I know your world wants you around
The hardest thing in the world
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