VIDEO SHORTS: Music

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo g, t, mavo
• Leerjaar 2

VIDEO SHORTS 2M - 2nd CLASS  

MUSIC

The topic of this class: music

Part 1: orientation

Part 2: the worst song ever

Part 3: music in film

Part 4: Top2000

Part 1

Orientation

How much does music mean to you?

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How often do you listen to music?

24/7 if possible

not all the time, but a lot

when I'm in the mood for it

occasionally

ideally, never

Part 2

The worst song ever?

Comment on the song:

It "may be the ultimate combination of horrible lyrics, horrible songwriting, horrible auto-tuning (apparently to hide horrible singing), horrible cameos (c'mon, USHER!?!), horrible visual effects, horrible dancing and horrible horribleness. It's so horrible, people are wondering whether the production is real or if it's an elaborate joke."

This song that has officially been voted "the worst song ever".
Do you know or can you guess which song?

Other facts about this song:

- Justin Bieber's "Baby" used to be rated the worst song ever until this song came along

- A comedian called Tosh made fun of it, saying "Song writing isn't for everyone", which made people check out the song and video - and then the hate went viral

- People sent the singer (a 13 year old girl) death threats and comments like 

"I hope you get an eating disorder so you'll be pretty" 

- The song got so many downvotes that the music label took it off YouTube, but the singer re-uploaded it herself 

- The singer has since campaigned against cyberbullying

- The song has gotten quite a few positive reviews in recent years and has even been featured on Glee (season 2)

So here it is:

the official worst song ever!

Read along and write down the missing words.

So what did you think, was this the worst song ever?

Yes. My ears are bleeding.

It may be. It was pretty bad.

I don't know, I've heard worse.

It actually wasn't terrible at all.

No way, I really like it!

Why do you think people hated this song so much?

Parodies

A lot of vines, memes and parodies were made of this song. Some examples:

Do you think the parody is worse than the original?

Definitely worse!

No, it's better

Part 2

Music in film

00:16

1. What does the background music want you to think about this guy?

1. That he's busy.
2. That he's evil.
3. That he's cool.
4. That he's chaotic.

00:57

Did the guy want sugar in his tea or not?

1. Yes, he did, he's happy.
2. No, he didn't, he's unhappy.

01:24

What does the music want you to think is happening here?

01:51

The guy in the hoodie is

a hero or leader

a villain / bad guy

sad

02:56

Did the change of music change your view of the scene?

Yes, it worked in both cases.

The villain music worked for me.

The sad music worked for me.

No, I didn't see it any different.

03:27

Why is the guy running?

1. He's running towards something good.
2. He's running away from something bad.

04:35

What's in the case?

1. Something good.
2. Something bad.

05:43

What did you learn from this video?

This class was about music. Tell me what you liked about it and what you didn't like.

Do you listen?

Cast your votes!

https://stem.nporadio2.nl/top2000-2023/1

Which song did you pick first?

-play the audio snippet

-your nearest classmates tries to guess the title