Dee Snider and Twisted Sister

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 5,6

Dee Snider and Twisted Sister

Homework assignment

This homework assignment will take approximately 30 minutes and requires watching 2 music videos, 1 informational video,  reading 1 external website and answering a few open questions.

Songs vs music videos

Whereas the IB classifies song lyrics as literary texts, music videos, being fully multi-modal, are non-literary texts.  Hence, whereas a collection of song lyrics by the same artist can be classified as a "Work", a collection of music videos by the same artist or director can be a "Body of Work"

Dee Snider and Twisted Sister

Twisted Sister was an American heavy metal band popular in the 1980s.  Dee Snider was the band's singer and songwriter.  The band had a number of hits, including "We're Not Gonna Take It".  One of the reasons they were popular were their light-hearted videos on the emerging MTV station. 

Watch the video of this song.  

Briefly summarize the story told by this video.

If you had to write a Paper 1 analysis of this video, what features would you discuss?

What global issue(s) are presented in this video?

Lyrics

The next slide will lead you to the lyrics of this song.  Read the lyrics and write down what (additional) global issue(s) the lyrics give you.  

www.azlyrics.com

What global issue(s) are present in the lyrics?

Video

Now watch the following 10-minute long video about Dee Snider's appearance at the US Senate in 1985

What global issue(s) are presented here?

What did you learn from this video that might help in your analysis of the music video

Dee Snider's remake of the song

Watch the following video and answer the questions

What global issue(s) are presented in this video

Why do you think the song (lyrics) effectively support (or not) the intended message?

What authorial choices about the video stand out to you?

List the most important takeaways (what you've learned) from this lesson.