http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05fhbk4
I have chosen to use P!nk's Live Lounge cover of Sam Smith's 'Stay With Me'. This is the link.
P!nk did a cover of Sam Smith's 'Stay With Me' on BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge. She performed this cover on the 8th September 2017. 'Stay With Me' was originally released on 18th May 2014 in the United Kingdom.
Lyrics
Guess it's true, I'm not good at a one-night stand
But I still need love 'cause I'm just a man
These nights never seem to go to plan
I don't want you to leave, will you hold my hand?
Oh, won't you stay with me?
'Cause you're all I need
This ain't love it's clear to see
But darling, stay with me
Why am I so emotional?
No it's not a good look, gain some self control
And deep down I know this never works
But you can lay with me so it doesn't hurt
Oh, won't you stay with me?
'Cause you're all I need
This ain't love it's clear to see
But darling, stay with me
Oh, won't you stay with me?
'Cause you're all I need
This ain't love it's clear to see
But darling, stay with me
Oh, won't you stay with me?
'Cause you're all I need
This ain't love it's clear to see
But darling, stay with me
Female Gender
Representation (Mulvey, 1975)
Male gender as alpha
male (Gauntlett, 2002)
Male gender as sex
object/new aged male (Mackillon, 2002)
Youth as depressed
law breaking drink/sex obsessed rebel (Hall, 1904)
Youth as fun
(Hedbirdge, 1988)
Black as criminal
(Hall, 1981)
Working class as well
intentioned but dumb (Butch, 1992)
Song Title & Band/Artist: Stay With Me and Sam Smith
Target Audience (age/gender/nationality/social
grade): 20-25yrs/Female and Male/White British/C2
Representation
Theory/Quote
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Lyrics
that support this theory
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Laura
Mulvey (1975) argued women in the media are used as; ‘Erotic objects of
desire for males on screen and in the audience,’ (Mulvey, 1975).
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Oh, won't you stay with me?
'Cause you're all I need
This ain't love it's clear to see
But darling, stay with me
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Gauntlett
(2002) argues males in the media still follow traditional stereotypes as they
are shown as, ‘Alpha males who control the action with violence,’ (Gauntlett,
2002).
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Oh, won't you stay with me?
'Cause you're all I need
This ain't love it's clear to see
But darling, stay with meGuess it's true, I'm not good at a one-night stand But I still need love 'cause I'm just a man
These nights never seem to go to plan I don't want you to leave, will you hold my hand?
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Mackillon
argues something slightly difference, ‘Males are now shown as sexual objects
of desire who are more concerned with image,’ (Mackillon, 2002).
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Stanley
Hall argues youths are; ‘depressed’ and are likely to seek excitement
through; crime, sex, drink/drugs,’ (Hall, 1904).
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Dick Hebdige
(1988) argued youths are stereotyped as mixed metaphors of; “Youth as fun,”
and “Youth as trouble maker.”
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Richard Butsch (1992) who says working class males in the
media are presented as; "Incompetent and ineffectual, often a
buffoon, well-intentioned but dumb. In almost all working-class series, the
male is flawed, some more than others..
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Why am I so emotional?
No it's not a good look, gain some self control
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S.Hall said in 1981, blacks are stereotyped
as; "The social problem," (Hall, 1981) and this is a stereotype
that has been embraced by Hip-Hop culture.
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Malik points out the obvious 1998); “Many feel that Black and Asian audiences
are still not sufficiently catered for and that insensitivity towards issues
of race and ethnicity still exist. The reality of a lived multiculturalism is
not represented in the British media."
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Keith Gandal's, in 2007 he said that target
audiences are drawn in by the; "Sentimental rags-to-riches story,"
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Exam style question
How does diegetic and non diegetic sound attract and represent a target audience?
Diegetic and non diegetic sound represents and attracts a target audience in this song because the lyrics may relate to a target audience in a number of ways. For example, Sam Smith's song 'Stay With Me' has lyrics that may relate to people in a relationship, people may be going through situations in which these lyrics come into play with the target audience. The lyrics "Oh won't you stay with me? Your love is all I need, this love ain't clear to see, but darling stay with me" support Laura Mulvey's theory of women being seen as sexually desired objects, this can be viewed towards a target audience that maybe able to relate to these lyrics or this theory as this is happening around the world. This song also represents Richard Butsch theory of working class males being presented as incompetent and ineffectual and well intentioned but dumb, there are lyrics to support this theory: "Why am I so emotional? No it's not a good look, gain some self control" These lyrics represent a male target audience because men in a relationship may want to do good things or they are thinking they are doing goo things for their girlfriends but they're not but they do not know it, or relating to the lyrics more than the theory, they may be getting emotional and they may relate to the lyrics. When Sam sings "But I still need love cause I'm just a man, These nights never seem to go to plan, I don't want you to leave, will you hold my hand?" this supports Gauntlett's theory men being the alpha male in the media and modern age.