Mcfly Singles + Cover Lists 2003-2010 (courtesy of wikipedia)

2003–2004
McFly collaborated with Busted for a cover of The Kinks' song "Lola" (which was a B-side on the "5 Colours in Her Hair" single) and a version of "Build Me Up Buttercup" by The Foundations from Busted's "Crashed the Wedding" single. Their cover of "Help!", originally by The Beatles, was featured on the "Obviously" single while "She Loves You", also by The Beatles, was featured on the "That Girl" single. The New Years' carol "Deck the Halls", and "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", originally by Queen, were also featured on the "Room on the Third Floor" single. In December 2004, McFly performed "Little Saint Nick", originally by The Beach Boys, on the EastEnders Christmas Special.

 2005
McFly released "You've Got a Friend", originally by Carole King, which they recorded as part of the official 2005 Comic Relief song, along with "All About You", where the video sees the band visiting children in Uganda affected by AIDS.McFly also recorded the 2004 hit "Mr Brightside", originally by The Killers, which is featured on the "I Wanna Hold You" single, and "I Predict a Riot", originally by the Kaiser Chiefs, which they performed at BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge session and is featured on the "Ultraviolet" single. McFly teamed up with Roger Daltrey of The Who in September, 2005 to re-record the 1965 hit, "My Generation" to raise money for the Teenage Cancer Trust and to launch HMV Digital's new download service. They also released a cover of The Who's "Pinball Wizard" on the single "I'll Be OK" with a video. At a gig in manchester they also mixed a verse of American Idiot by Green Day, into their song 5 Colours In Her Hair.

2006

McFly perform at The Point, Dublin.McFly performed a version of Thin Lizzy's "The Boys Are Back in Town" at The Prince's Trust on 20 May 2006. They released a cover of "Don't Stop Me Now", originally by Queen, which was recorded to raise money for Sport Relief 2006 as the official song along with "Please, Please". When performing this cover on their Motion in the Ocean tour, they were joined onstage by Queen guitarist Brian May at Wembley Arena, who also performed the opening riff to "5 Colours in Her Hair". Matt Willis also joined McFly to play "Don't Stop Me Now" at Wembley Arena and the Manchester Evening News Arena.Also on the tour, they performed "Fight for Your Right (To Party)", originally by the Beastie Boys and the "Ghostbusters" theme tune, originally by Ray Parker Jr.A few weeks later, they opened Children in Need 2006 with "I Want to Hold Your Hand" by The Beatles. They also covered "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" by John Lennon for BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge.The song "Rockin' Robin", originally by Bobby Day, was performed at the Top of the Pops Christmas Special and was also featured on the "Sorry's Not Good Enough/Friday Night" single.

2007
On 23 February 2007, McFly performed Primal Scream's "Rocks" with Charlotte Church on The Charlotte Church Show. They also covered "Baby's Coming Back", originally by Jellyfish, which they released as a double A-side to "Transylvania". McFly recorded the song "You're the One That I Want" from Grease for an album which was in aid of The Association of Children's Hospices and was recorded in five days, Over the Rainbow. McFly were among a forty artists who recorded a track for Radio 1’s birthday celebrations, covering The Jam classic "Town Called Malice", to feature on the compilation album Radio 1 Established 1967. The hit Rihanna song, "Umbrella", was also covered by McFly for the single, "The Heart Never Lies", and also had a video created for it.They also covered Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run" for BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge. And For the album All the Greatest Hits they also covered a song by small band called "Foolproof", titled "The Way You Make Me Feel" (Originally titled "Can't Stop Diggin'"), McFly also gave very small credit to the original band in the inlay of the album, and most believe the song was written by McFly themselves

2008
McFly at London 2012 Party in The Mall, London.McFly performed "The Winner Takes It All", originally by ABBA, at the London 2012 Olympic Visa Party on 24 August 2008 and an acoustic version of the song was featured on the Lies single. The band also performed "I Kissed a Girl" by Katy Perry for BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge on 10 September 2008. McFly also covered "Stay With Me", originally by Rod Stewart and The Faces as a double A side with "Do Ya" as the official 2008 Children in Need single. McFly also performed a cover of Michael Jackson's "Black or White" on their Radio:Active tour, which was sung just by Danny Jones.

 2009
In the UK McFly performed "Up Close...and This Time It's Personal" from 21 April to 10 May and covered Girls Aloud's' "The Promise". On their European tour they sang part of the Black Eyed Peas hit called I Gotta Feeling.




 2010
In BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge McFly performed a cover of Taio Cruz's UK No. 1 hit Dynamite.

Mcfly

McFly are a BRIT Award winning pop rock group who first found fame in 2004. The band consists of Tom Fletcher, Danny Jones , Dougie Poynter, and Harry Judd . They are managed by Prestige Management and were signed to the Island Records label from their 2004 launch until December 2007, before creating their own label, Super Records. The band rose to fame after fellow pop band Busted helped launch them by inviting them to tour in March 2004. The band's name originates from Marty McFly, the main character of the Back to the Future trilogy.

McFly's debut album, Room on the 3rd Floor, charted  at number 1 in the UK album chart and went double platinum; this led to the band becoming known as the youngest band ever to have an album debut at number 1 – this title was formally won by The Beatles. A month after the album was released, the band had their first UK headlining tour.The band's second album, Wonderland, also charted at number 1 in the UK, and was released in 2005.Their third album, Motion in the Ocean, was released on 6 November 2006 and charted at number 6 in the UK. McFly released their All the Greatest Hits compilation album on 5 November 2007, which charted at number 4 in the UK. The band's fourth studio album, Radio:Active, was given away for free as a supplement in The Mail on Sunday on 20 July 2008, being realsed as a proper album on 22 September 2008. As of December 2008, McFly have had sixteen consecutive top twenty singles, seven of which reached number 1 in the UK Singles Chart and fifteen of which were top ten singles.

McFly appeared in the teen comedy film Just My Luck, starring Lindsay Lohan and Chris Pine, in 2006. The band played themselves in the film and released a US album, Just My Luck, which was also used as the film's soundtrack.

Mcfly-Five Colours In Her Hair Video Analysis

This video was the first video the world ever saw of Mcfly, the video presents the band as young,fresh faced and most importantly different; at the time this video came out there were very few bands like Mcfly around and this video is them saying, its okay to like us, its okay to be different and who cares if your a weirdo we're weirdo's too. The majority of the video is shot in colour apart from the shots with the young girl and her family all of whom are in black and white and she is the only one in colour emphasising to the audience how different this girl is from her family. The shots of the band have been shot in a basic studio with an audience surrounding them whilst playing. I think this is a great first video because it shows the band doing what they do love whilst running with a simple narritive.

08/09/2010- Journal

In todays lesson we looked at the codes and conventions music videos follow, we also looked the history of the music video from Bob Dylans Subterranean Homesick Blues to Madonna's Vouge. As well as looking into the history of music videos we looked into Andrew Goodwins theory, looking into a media theorist was very interesting because it enabled me to see what I needed to think about within my own music video.

General Research Into Music Videos

Since cinema was invented it created the ability to bring songs and music to life. The music video has been around since the 1920's. Bob Dylans video for Subterranean Homesick Blues was the first modern music video.

TECHNICAL CODES AND CONVENTIONS FOR MUSIC VIDEOS.

Camera: As with any movng image text how the camera is used and how images are sequenced is vitally important. Camera Movement,Angle and Shot Distance all need to be analysed. Camera movement often accpomanies movement of performance. The close up does predominate within the music video partly because of size.

Editing: The most common form of editing associated with the music video prom is fast cut montage, rendering many of the images impossible to grasp on first viewing. Often enhancing the editing are digital effects.

DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNICAL CODES.

Chromakey- Green and Blue Screen
In the 1990's  a number of technical codes become more common:

• Fast cut montage
• Multiple viewing

NON-REPRESENTATIONAL TECHNIQUES
Intertextual refrences can add another dimension of meaning to a text as well as fufilling an important role for audiences.

What Is a Music Video?

A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music/song. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings. Although the origins of music videos go back much further, they came into their own in the 1980s, when MTV based their format around the medium, and later with the launch of VH1. The term "music video" first came into popular usage in the early 1980s. Prior to that time, these works were described by various terms including "filmed insert", "promotional (promo) film", "promotional (promo) clip" or "film clip". In Chinese entertainment, music videos were simply known as MTVs because the network was responsible for bringing music videos to popularity in that country. Music videos are now known as MVs in Chinese entertainment.
Music videos use a wide range of styles of film making techniques, including animation, live action filming, documentaries, and non-narrative approaches such as abstract film. Some music videos blend different styles, such as animation and live action. Many music videos do not interpret images from the song's lyrics, making it less literal than expected

Goodwin's Theory

Andrew Goodwin believes there is a relationship between the lyrics and the visuals, with the visuals illustrating,amplifying or contradicting the lyrics.There is a relationship between the music and the visuals, with the visuals illustrating, amplifying or contradicting the music.Genres are complex and diverse in terms of music video style and iconography. Record companies will demand a lot of close-ups of the main artist or vocalist. Voyeurism is present in many music videos, especially in the treatment of females, but also in terms of systems of looking. Some examples are screens within screens,cameras, mirrors, etc. There are likely to be intertextual references, either to other music videos or to films and TV texts, these provide further gratification and pleasure for the viewers/fans. This theory was presented in his book Dancing in The Distraction Factory. Whilst researching Goodwin's theory I found a slide on slideshare underlyning his thoery in more detail.

Andrew Goodwin’s Theory

View more presentations from guestc6d43a4a.