If you could make, or remake, a music video of any song, what song would it be and what would the video be like? Bonus points for casting roles and describing plot/theme/etc.
Sign O' The Times - Prince. The video he made basically just has the words scrolling across the screen. I think I could remake it with clips from the news. The things he talked about in 1987 are relevent TODAY:
"In France a skinny man died with a big disease with a little name..."
AIDS: the average life span of a male in Africa is 33, thanks to AIDS
At home there are seventeen-year-old boys And their idea of fun Is being in a gang called the disciples...
Gangs: Just get off the wrong exit in Atlanta, and you'll definately see how relevant these lyrics are.
"Hurricane Annie ripped the ceiling off a church and killed everyone inside/You turn on the telly and every other story is telling you somebody died"
Hurricanes/Natural Disasters: 4 Hurricanes hit Florida, The Tsunami in South Asia, & the Mudslides in California
"A sister killed her baby cuz she couldn't afford to feed it..."
Child Abuse: I can't tell you how many stories I've written about scumbags who killed or abuse their kids.
"In September my cousin tried reefer for the very first time, now he's doing horse, its june."
Kids doing Crack: Go to any high school and ask whose got the hook up, and it'll astound you how young the kids that are selling.
"Is it silly no, when a rocket ship explodes, and everybody still wants to fly."
Rocket Ships Exploding: The Columbia tragedy.
Download the song, and tell me what you think.
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