Blog 3- Song Choice

For our music video we decided to use the song 'My Boy Builds Coffins' by Florence and the Machine. When we listened to this song for the first time we knew it was a good choice because we could already begin to think of ideas for our music video just from listening to the song. It has quite a vintage feel to it, and living near woodland we thought that we could perhaps film some of the scenes in there as it would go well with the feel of the song. We were thinking of doing a video to artists such as Mumford and Sons and 3oh!3, however it was hard to find a song that they had not made a video to and also 3oh!3 used some offensive language in the songs we were looking at.

This is a link for 'My Boy Builds Coffins'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7baoTqocJs

This is the lyrics for our chosen track:

My boy builds coffins with hammers and nails
He doesn't build ships, he has no use for sails
He doesn't make tables, dresses or chairs
He can't carve a whistle cause he just doesn't care

My boy builds coffins for the rich and the poor
Kings and queens them all knocked on his door
Beggars and liars, gypsies and thieves
They all come to impact he's so eager to please

My boy builds coffins he makes them all day
But it's not just for work and it isn't for play
He's made one for himself
One for me too
One of these days he'll make one for you

My boy builds coffins for better or worse
Some say its a blessing, some say its a curse
He fits them together in sunshine or rain
Each one is unique, no two are the same

My boy builds coffins and i think it's a shame
That when eachones been made, he can't see it again
He crafts every one with love and repair
Then its thrown in the ground and it just doesn't fit

My boy builds coffins he makes them all day
But it's not just for work and it isn't for play
He's made one for himself
One for me too
One of these days he'll make one for you