Song Choice - Summer of 69 by Bryan Adams

We chose this song as it is from the rock genre and we both know a lot of the conventions connected to this genre, we also feel that the lyrics produce ideas and you relate images to them, which means we shall have a number of different ideas for different camera shots which will keep the audience interested in the video. The song also only lasts around about 3 minutes and a half, which means that the video won't drag on too long and become boring for the viewer, it also meets the required specification. Finally, its a song which we both like so we won't get fed up of it at sometime through the course, this means we will be able to do work relating to the song well.

Here are the lyrics...

I got my first real six-string

Bought it at the five-and-dime

Played it 'til my fingers bled

It was the summer of '69

Me and some guys from school

Had a band and we tried real hard

Jimmy quit and Jody got married

I shoulda known we'd never get far

Oh when I look back now

That summer seemed to last forever

And if I had the choice

Ya - I'd always wanna be there

Those were the best days of my life

Ain't no use in complainin'

When you got a job to do

Spent my evenin's down at the drive-in

And that's when I met you yeah

Standin' on your mama's porch

You told me that you'd wait forever

Oh and when you held my hand

I knew that it was now or never

Those were the best days of my life

Back in the summer of '69

Man we were killin' time

We were young and restless

We needed to unwind

I guess nothin' can last forever, forever, no

And now the times are changin'

Look at everything that's come and gone

Sometimes when I play that old six-string

I think about you, wonder what went wrong

Standin' on your mama's porch

You told me it would last forever

Oh and when you held my hand

I knew that it was now or never

Those were the best days of my life

Back in the summer of '69