Finlay's A Level Media

1. What are the songs about? Unfinished Sympathy by Massive Attack is a song about not getting over a relationship. She is unable to move on from the relationship which is suggested by the music video when she is oblivious to everything around her. This relationship is the only thing she can think about. Burn the Witch by Radiohead is a song about a group of people that want to kill a witch. It has a connection with a fear of outsiders and the group of people do not want any "different" people to be with them. This relates to the video as well as the band have said that the video is about the European refugee crisis. 2. What messages do they convey to the audience? Unfinished Sympathy conveys a message that love takes over and it is the only thing that people care about when they are in it. This is shown by Shara's ignorance of everyone and everything around her. Burn the Witch conveys the message that we, as people, have a fear of...

I know that I've been mad in love before And how it could be with you Really hurt me baby, really cut me baby How can you have a day without a night You're the book that I have opened And now I've got to know much more The curiousness of your potential kiss Has got my mind and body aching Really hurt me baby, really cut me baby How can you have a day without a night You're the book that I have opened And now I've got to know much more Like a soul without a mind In a body without a heart I'm missing every part [x5]

Massive Attack Massive Attack is an English Trip-Hop band that formed in 1988 in Bristol. The band consists of three members: Robert "3D" Del Naja, Grant "Daddy G" Marshall, and Andy "Mushroom" Vowles. The three met as member of 'The Wild Bunch' which was one of the first soundsystems in the UK. They were very dominant on the Bristol club scene in the mis-1980s. Trip-Hop is a 'downtempo' version of Hip-Hop. It was called this because it is like a slowed down version of Hip-Hop. Massive Attack have released 13 albums and 29 singles/EP's. The first album 'Blue Lines' contained the single 'Unfinished Sympathy'. The band were forced to change their name temporarily to 'Massive' because their manager thought that they wouldn't get as much, if any, airtime on the radio because the Gulf War was ongoing. He thought 'Massive Attack' was too insensitive and conttroversial for the time. because of this n...