Sunday, 19 December 2010

Berlin research

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nch5MbnvTqY

This video could help me in terms of research for my radio play through the way it tells the true events of what happened in Berlin at the time my Radio play is set. It also shows the people who were involved in the war and their day-to-day lives. 

Thursday, 9 December 2010

Queen Death on two legs - Research










Words and music by freddie mercury

You suck my blood like a leech
You break the law and you preach
Screw my brain till it hurts
You’ve taken all my money
And you want more
Misguided old mule with your pig headed rules
With your narrow minded cronies
Who are fools of the first division
Death on two legs
You’re tearing me apart
Death on two legs
You’ve never had a heart of your own
Kill joy bad guy big talking small fry
You’re just an old barrow boy
Have you found a new toy to replace me?
Can you face me?
But now you can kiss my ass goodbye
Feel good are you satisfied?
Do you feel like suicide?
(I think you should)
Is your conscience all right
Does it plague you at night?
Do you feel good feel good?

You talk like a big business tycoon
You’re just a hot air balloon
So no one gives you a damn
You’re just an overgrown schoolboy
Let me tan your hide
A dog with disease
You’re the king of the ’sleaze’
Put your money where your mouth is
Mister know-all
Was the fin on your back
Part of the deal? (shark)
Death on two legs
You’re tearing me apart
Death on two legs
You’ve never had a heart (you never did) of your own
(right from the start)
Insane you should be put inside
You’re a sewer rat decaying in a cesspool of pride
Should be made unemployed
Then make yourself null and void
Make me feel good I feel good

I think these lyrics symbolise the pure greed and hate of people. These lyrics may help me through the way the lyrics can portray the words of both the Germans and the Jews. I think it also gives a clear idea about the Jewish families who lost their loved ones and the pain and hate they felt. It also could reflect the hate the German's had for the Jews and what they believed the Jews were

Monday, 6 December 2010

Muse- Lyrics research

The paranoia is in bloom, the PR
The transmissions will resume
They'll try to push drugs
Keep us all dumbed down and hope that
We will never see the truth around
(So come on!)

Another promise, another scene, another
A package not to keep us trapped in greed
With all the green belts wrapped around our minds
And endless red tape to keep the truth confined
(So come on!)

They will not force us
They will stop degrading us
They will not control us
We will be victorious

Interchanging mind control
Come let the revolution take its toll if you could
Flick the switch and open your third eye, you'd see that
We should never be afraid to die
(So come on!)

Rise up and take the power back, it's time that
The fat cats had a heart attack, you know that
Their time is coming to an end
We have to unify and watch our flag ascend

They will not force us
They will stop degrading us
They will not control us
We will be victorious

This song really did make me think about the attitude of both the Jews and the germans. Even though this song probably has a different meaning it made me think of what they were thinking and what they were told on both sides.