Music Videos and Mashups | Bekka

A/N: I wrote this post a while ago and still love it so let this be this week's song(s) of the week!


As most of you may not know, I have an obsession with music. I have fond memories of having headphones in my ears lip syncing to my invisible crowd while I pretended my Mom's treadmill was my stage in the basement when I was 7 or 8 years old. Then at age 10 or 11 I decided that I wanted to play the violin, I've now been playing the violin for almost 4 years now as well as the saxophone, baritone, trombone, guitar, and a little bit of piano. I've always been that girl with headphones and an MP3 player with her at all times, as well as a song that I'm singing in my head during school.

To go along with my obsession of music, I love the visual art that goes along with the music. That art being expressed in a performance, or album artwork, or, my personal favorite, music videos. Today I'm going to be sharing my top 4 favorite music videos with you and why they're my favorite. (These are in no particular order!)

1. Linkin Park - What I've Done

I first saw this music video in my 8th grade English class. I don't remember what the lesson was on but I still remember the video. Even before the first verse begins, there are multiple clips shown that need to be recognized. There are two that stand out the most to me, there is a clip of a firefighter carrying a little girl out of a fire, then right after a group of police officers shooting at a van driving by. One of these acts is being shown as heroic, the other as inhuman and cruel, these emergency personnel work everyday to keep everyone safe, and sometimes that involves violence, but the response from society (being used as a broad term) doesn't approve. The next clips that stand out to me is a set of three. First a picture of children starving because they have no food, a man stuffing his face with a burger, and a woman measuring her waist and trying to be skinny. Within 5 seconds there are 3 MAJOR problems happening in the world. The people who have no option to eat and die of malnutrition. The obesity epidemic happening in countries like America and The UK. And finally eating disorders, another problem primarily in America and Western Europe. I could go on for ages and ages about the other powerful images in this video, but I'll let you pick those for yourself.

2. The Script - If You Could See Me Now

This video is very close to my heart for multiple reasons. First of all, as a fan of One Direction, I see the struggle Louis and Zayn specifically have with their confidence and how happy they are when their families see them preform. Same way with 5 Seconds of Summer, it isn't hard to see their homesickness when they're preforming all over the world and their Mum's and families are all in Australia. A more personal reason ties back to what I said at the beginning of my blog post, my music. With the instruments I play I preform in both my school band and orchestra. Something you probably don't know is my Grandpa passed away last April from complications of surgery, and he never got to see me preform. My story isn't at the scale that it is shown in the video, but still gives the same message. My favorite part of this video and song is it's not directed towards losing a grandparent, parent, friend, or romantic partner, it's all of the above. While the video is clearly focused on the music, depending on your life experiences it could stand for many things.

Bottom line, it's about being proud of something and heartbroken that someone you love can't share the experience with you.

PS: I am moving house this week so by the time you are reading this my entire life will be packed up so there may or may not be a new blog post next Wednesday, but I have a fun post (with pictures!) planned for next Saturday!

Song Of The Week - April 22 - Coachella

So as my second song inspired from the Coachella 2015 artists, this one is a lot different than the first song. This has much more of a Coachella vibe, with strobe lights and intense music. I've never been but I've seen countless blog posts, vlogs, and videos of Coachella lookbooks and concert performances. Who want's to go with me?

Nothing here to see

Just a kid like me
Trying to cuss and see
Trying to figure it out
When I'm stuck on you
And still I'm here
Trying to figure it out
But it is in my dreams
But it's killing me
To try and figure it out
When I'm stuck on you
And still I'm here
Trying to figure it out
And I'm not allowed to talk it out
I said I'll come, I'll promise I won't show
But I see you trying to figure it out
I promise you, I'll take a bet on you
But you didn't know I planned it out
I said I'll go, yeah, I won't see you later
And I'm not allowed to figure it out
Just a kid like me
Trying to cuss and see
Trying to figure it out
When I'm stuck on you
And still I'm here
Trying to figure it out
And I'm not allowed to talk it out
I said I'll come, I'll promise I won't show
But I see you trying to figure it out
I promise you, I'll take a bet on you
But you didn't know I planned it out
I said I'll go, yeah, I won't see you later
And I'm not allowed to figure it out

Nothing better to do

Getting hard to sleep

Nothing better to do

I'll let it go 'cause I won't see you later

Nothing here to see

Nothing better to do

I'll let it go 'cause I won't see you later

Song Of The Week - April 18th - Coachella

So the song of this week is Be The One by the HAERTS. I chose this song because it was one of the first songs they played at Coachella last weekend and I fell in love. On top of that the lyrics are magical.

It's going on for a while, what you're feeling
You say you're leaving what you can't believe in
Don't you say you're alone, I will fight it
Are you happy inside, but you're smiling
You say you never knew what you needed
You say it's hardest to find when you're bleeding
You know you never look down when I pass by
I never meant to control, never asked why

(You wanted to be)
Be the one I want to make with
Be the one I want to take with
Be the one I want to break with
(You wanted to be)
Be the one that I would lie for
Be the one that I would die for
Be the one that I would touch
Be the one I love too much
Be the one
Be the one

No one knows where you go when you're leaving
Try to close my eyes, to start dreaming
Don't know why you don't know what to tell me
Don't know why you're trying to sell me

(You wanted to be)
Be the one I want to make with
Be the one that I would take with
Be the one that I would break with
(You wanted to be)
Be the one that I would lie for
Be the one that I would die for
Be the one that I would touch
The one that loves too much
Be the one
Be the one

Can you show it when we're going down
(Be the one) [8x]

[Break]
(You wanted to be)
(You wanted to be)
Be the one who always will
Be the one who always will
Be the one who always will

Did I die?

Hey guys! I know I haven't posted in foreverrrrrrr and I'm very sorry but I have an excuse!

I've had a kind of obsession with Tumblr recently, so in the late night time where I usually write blog posts, I've been over on Tumblr.

Also since my last mention of my Instagram account, I've put a lot of time and energy into that to help grow and make it more successful. I'm hoping to soon join together my blog and Instagram so they work hand in hand, so bear with me.

I also have a few things I'd like to just chat about.

1. I have started this thing (as of last week) on my Instagram called Song of the Week. I think I'm going to start writing commentary and attaching the audio files to a blog post. As well as I want to do extensions of different things on here from Instagram. A lot of Instagram accounts I know are very good at managing a YouTube channel as part of their Instagram, I'm working towards doing the same thing with this blog.

2. I'm having a very hard time figuring out how I want the background of my blog to look, I want it to be interesting but not distracting, I'm having a bit of a struggle there. I also have a few blog post ideas in my mind right now, and one in particular that I was very passionate about when I wrote it a month ago and that will probably be up later in the month.

3. I'm moving house! Towards the end of April my family and I are moving across town to a new house so be prepared for new pictures and maybe a new "bedroom haul" post.

I believe that that's all for now so thanks for reading, as always, and I hope you have a lovely morning/afternoon/evening!

Love, Bekka.