Watch the three YouTube videos below. All use the 12-bar Blues structure but are very different.
In the comments box answer the following:
- Name your favourite from the three videos.
- Give MUSICAL reasons why it is your favourite.
- Give a description of the lyrics and how they are put together - do they follow a pattern?
Video 2: B.B. King - Blues Boys Tune
Video 3: Elvis Presley - Hound Dog
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the B.B King one was my favourite as he was playing the guitar and was very confident. The song had a good tune. I think the song does follow a pattern at he repeats the same chords over and over again.
ReplyDelete1. my favourite music video was the hound dog.
ReplyDelete2. its my favourite because it has many different types of instruments in the back ground.
3. the lyrics follow a pattern of just repeating its self. also, the lyrics are very catchy.
1) My favourite video was the third one.
ReplyDelete2) This is because I think it ha the most creative improvisation on the guitar in it because the others had improvisation but it was quite repetitive.
3) The lyrics are in the pattern of: he sings one line has a short pause and then sings another line. He then has a longer pause and then repeats this once more. He then sings one long line lasting as long as the two lines previously. He keeps repeating this pattern throughout the song.
By Thomas Westcott, HM
I liked hound dog (Elvis Presley) as it was more energetic than the other two. But I also liked Blues Boys Tune (B.B. King) as it was very funky. Hound dog followed the same tune through out whereas Blues Boy Boys Tune didn't have the same rhythm through out as he was improvising.
ReplyDelete1)My favourite video was the second one.
ReplyDelete2)Because it had a good rhythm and was perfectly in time with the rest of the instruments.
3)The lyrics in video 3 are structured with lots of repetition they follow a pattern of dum de dum
Elvis Presley hound dog.
ReplyDeleteI love the lyrics because they are so unique no other song is based on a metaphor like hound dog. I think it is quite clever. it's the same few chords but in a loop. then a seperate chorus
my favourite one is Video 3: Elvis Presley - Hound Dog. Because it is a very up beat song I like the way it is structured. this song repeats the words: "you ain't nothing but a hound dog".
ReplyDeletei prefer the 3rd one because it is a bit more lively and it has a better range of notes. i think it is a bit different to the others in a way that it is quite jazzy instead of blues. but i still think it follows the blues pattern.
ReplyDeleteI like the third one best ( Hound Dog by Elvis Presley )
ReplyDeleteBecause it is upbeat and bouncy, it is also easy to sing along to.
It has verses followed by a chorus and the chorus is always the same.
My favourite video is Elvis Presley-Hound dog.
ReplyDeleteIt is my favourite because it is very upbeat tempo and it has song lyrics unlike the others.
The lyrics have the same musical rhythm but have different words in each verse with a repeating chorus. It has a repetitive beat and follows a structure.
By Zoe McCandlish.
I think Hound dog sung by Elvis was the better of the three because it had a lot more action in it like dancing movement and singing. I think Elvis used the twelve bar blues to create his lyrics around it.
ReplyDelete1)My favourite song was Hound Dog by Elvis Presley.
ReplyDelete2)I liked because the music was very upbeat.
3)It repeats the same tune for the chorus and the part after the chorus.
My favourite was hound dog by elvis Presley because the other 2 was more based on the music but in this one it is evenly balanced as their are lyrics and powerful music. Some of the words in this song were not really pronounced completely and he kept on repeating the title.
ReplyDeleteMy favourite one by far was Elvis Presley's hound dog song, it was my favourite as I enjoyed the upbeat of the song I also like the tune of the base guitar I think that was very affective in showing that this is an upbeat song , the beat follows a patten it's kinda like du dudu du Dudu this was my favourite
ReplyDeletemy favourite video is the third one by Elvis Presley. This is because it has more of a up beat rhythm and i prefer that type of music.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite was Elvis Presley hound dog because it had a more up beat tune than he other sounds, Elvis did a lot of blues songs and turned them into rock and roll but still had blues in the background it has a pattern in the chorus and during the song and he repeats the same words over and over again.
ReplyDeletei like the pit were the sound doesn't go with the music
ReplyDeletethe way they us the guitar in the middle of the song
they are put tougher by the music in the back
Joe Clarke
ReplyDeleteMy favourite was Elvis because the beat was faster. The lyrics followed the beat of the music and there was some repetition.
my favourite one is the last one
ReplyDeleteits my favourite because it is like a hop song and uses instruments like guitars
it was put to together with lots of instrument and backing tracks put all together as one.
1. I like the Elvis Presley song.
ReplyDelete2. I liked it more because it was more upbeat and interesting then the others.
3. he had the same continuous beet and a reoccurring line of "you aint no friend of mine"
Isobel Swallow
ReplyDeleteMy favourite one was the third one because he ha slots of different sounds. It has more of a up beat Rythm and that's my kinda music. It also repeats an dt hat makes it catchy.