Narratives

Narratives are fascinating and wonderful. I find it incredible how a music video can depict an entirely different message than what you originally interpret the song to mean. Putting picture to the music allows the listener/viewer to experience an entire new set of emotions. Well..sometimes. Other times I think that the music videos can take away strong emotions that the music and lyrics posses by themselves. I understand that sometimes it makes sense to make a metaphorical or funny music video; but sometimes I think that really subtracts from the songs value. I love the power a narrative  has, but I loath artists who use them in the wrong way.