The video is by Enter Shikari, a "Transcore" band from the UK. Their style is unique, and for the first album, the songs were widely given a video of the band in slow motion shots, cloaked in darkness, with lasers and effects supplimenting the show and making it nicer to look at. The exception of this is the video to Sorry 'You're Not A Winner', shown below, which is based more upon an actual performance in a small room.
The video begins with a short introduction showing the band in a very small room, with a bunch of fans preparing for the song. As the song builds up, the fans begin to limber up, preparing to move to the song. This (if you dont know the song well) shows that it is a faster song which is more suitable to dance or move to than to just sit around and listen to. As the video progresses, the lights begin to turn on and off slowly and this shows the glowsticks and various glow-items activity, with rays of green and red. One of the reasons the song took on a more live video perspective is that the songs from Enter Shikari's earlier album (Take to the Skies) have less of a proper story, opting for a loosely defined tale.
I like this video as it is a good show of what a live video (without being on a stage from a concert) can be made into. I like the idea of this as well, they put an advertisement up on their myspace and got some friends over to feature in the video, thus simplifying the process and making it very cost effective. This kind of video is easily possible for my project, and so I will draw upon it for inspiration
Here is the lyrics to Sorry Your Not a Winner, along with some analysis of what I think they mean. The analysis is below each line, denoted by a hyphen when the analysis begins and ends.
Scratch card glory, waist low pleasure?
- I believe this line speaks of a life of pleasure and wastefulness, devoting money and time to hopeless causes and wasting your life. I also believe it could refer to himself being proud of himself for something meaningless -
Black eyes nose bleeds, don't look back now
- This infers that the life previously described will push you towards a dangerous path, one in which you can be beaten up and hurt dramatically -
My white abode, do you remember?
My white abode,
- The lines "my white abode" and "do you remember" infer that the singer/songwriter once devoted himself to this kind of life, however, White Abode is a racist saying in the K.K.K meaning a home without any other colours or creeds. This may infer that the life he took was not only empty and impractical, but lonely, cold and also hateful.
But it's such a thrill just to find out...
- The life that is described is a thrill to explore nonetheless. -
[Chorus]
Sorry you're not a winner
With the air so cold and a mind so bitter
- This line infers that in participating in this kind of life and racist activities, you only lose out, and never win, becoming a bitter and cold person. -
What have you got to lose
But false intentions and a life so pretentious?
- This could speak of two things, giving up the life of a loser and changing your ways, or going even deeper, saying that you cant lose anything more once youve lost everything -
Scratch card glory, waist low pleasure?
Black eyes nose bleeds, don't look back now
My white abode do you remember?
My white abode
But it's such a thrill just to find out...
- Reinforcing the chorus with the image that the life described is not all its cracked up to be. -
[Chorus]
Scratch card glory, waist low pleasure?
Black eyes nose bleeds don't look back now
My white abode do you remember?
I sweat I ache...
- The life he chose is very tiresome and is leading him on a downward spiral. -
[Chorus]
What? What? What?
Rawwwr
Insert your coin
Please try again
Insert your coin
Please try again...
- I believe these lines speak of being able to try again, without making the same mistakes, though it unfortunately could mean that you can do it all over again if you want. -
This is the album cover for Take to the Skies by Enter Shikari. It is very abstract, featuring trademark art from Enter Shikari, which contains greens greys and reds blending together. The album cover is very unique, tieing in with the unique style and sound of the band. The album cover features a picture of various strange cartoon characters holding up a shield with a picture of the earth on it, the earth has an unhappy expression. This is very meaningful, and has a somewhat protestful view of the environmental damage to the world, as some songs from the album features lines such as "a screaming from the earth, and I can't help but..." and "So this is a quest to save the world".
This is a promo poster for the album Take to the Skies. It is very similar to the album in the fact that it has the same picture and theme centrally. The main difference is the addition of the words "Enter Shikari - Take to the Skies" at the bottom of the page, grouping the details into an additional section for reference. IT also includes a label saying "Parental Guidance" on it, due to the fact the album does contain strong language in parts.
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