Tuesday, 22 September 2009

Billy Joel's "Piano Man", "Uptown Girl" & "We Didn't Start the Fire"

We were advised that it would be useful to look at other Billy Joel music videos to get the gist of the kind of artist he portrays himself visually. Joel's music spans from the late 70's through the 80's so the music videos don't have the technology and tricks that modern videos have the advantage on, yet its nonetheless effective in portraying an assortment of characters in one place that illustrate the lyrics of his songs. I will be looking at the relationship between the images and the semiotics they convey.

Piano Man (1973)


Uptown Girl (1983)


We Didn't Start the Fire (1989)

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