Song Choice

First and foremost, the band is a cover band. In other words, they do not have any songs of their own. The song they will be performing for this video is All Along the Watchtower by Jimi Hendrix.

The song was released in 1967 by Bob Dylan but it wasn’t until Jimi Hendrix released version of it that the song was embraced. Hendrix’s cover reached number 20 in the charts and it has been considered a classic ever since. The song is filled with meaning and drama. In short, it is about two characters, the joker and the thief, who want to escape from “here.” This characters are outsiders who do not fit with society.

This are the lyrics:

There must be some kind of way outta here
Said the joker to the thief
There's too much confusion
I can't get no relief

Business men, they drink my wine
Plowman dig my earth
None were level on the mind
Nobody up at his word
Hey, hey

No reason to get excited
The thief he kindly spoke
There are many here among us
Who feel that life is but a joke
But, uh, but you and I, we've been through that
And this is not our fate
So let us stop talkin' falsely now
The hour's getting late, hey

All along the watchtower
Princes kept the view

While all the women came and went
Barefoot servants, too
Outside in the cold distance 

A wildcat did growl
Two riders were approaching
And the wind began to howl


The next steps are to create a storyboard and more research and create an amazing video.




Citations:

Bowie, Herb. “Reason to Rock.” All Along the Watchtower | Reason to Rock,
     www.reasontorock.com/tracks/watchtower.html.

Coreyirwin. “The Long, Enduring History of 'All Along the Watchtower'.” Ultimate Classic Rock, 2       Feb. 2018, ultimateclassicrock.com/all-along-the-watchtower-song-history/.

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