We have chosen the song Anthem by Blink 182 from their third album, Enema Of The State, which was released on 1st June, 1999 and was produced by Jerry Finn.
We decided that Blink 182 were a good representative of contemporary pop-punk, as their videos tend to follow genre characteristics (such as featuring 'genre characters' and things like large groups of people at a party or generally being chaotic). We chose Anthem as it's from the band's most successful album to date, selling 15 million copies so far, but also because the theme of the song allows us to include afore mentioned genre characteristics and further fulfil Andrew Goodwin's theories. We considered three other songs from the album - Going Away To College, Aliens Exist and The Party Song - but after creating a pros and cons list, we settled on Anthem, as it was most appropriate for our task and our ideas about the video are more realistic and easier to do than the ideas we had for the other songs.
We decided that Blink 182 were a good representative of contemporary pop-punk, as their videos tend to follow genre characteristics (such as featuring 'genre characters' and things like large groups of people at a party or generally being chaotic). We chose Anthem as it's from the band's most successful album to date, selling 15 million copies so far, but also because the theme of the song allows us to include afore mentioned genre characteristics and further fulfil Andrew Goodwin's theories. We considered three other songs from the album - Going Away To College, Aliens Exist and The Party Song - but after creating a pros and cons list, we settled on Anthem, as it was most appropriate for our task and our ideas about the video are more realistic and easier to do than the ideas we had for the other songs.
The front and back cover of Enema Of The State illustrates the immaturity and general inappropriateness of Blink 182 and the sound of the album. Even the title itself is a play on words, based on the film Enemy Of The State.'The album artwork for the album consists of three simple and bright colors: red, white, and blue. A hospital and medicine theme is sported throughout the album liner notes and artwork. The lyrics are present in the liner notes, keeping in line with all previous Blink-182 albums. A portion of the enclosed booklet with the album features a panorama of men posing in just underwear – Blink-182 members Tom DeLonge, Mark Hoppus, and Travis Barker included. The only person fully clothed is a midget, pointing at Hoppus. The images were replicated for the gatefold packaging of the vinyl release in 2009.
Porn star Janine Lindemulder is the nurse famously depicted on the cover of Enema of the State. The cover shoot for the album was held March 12, 1999. She is also featured in the music videos for "What's My Age Again?" and "Man Overboard". The original version of the album (without the Parental Advisory sticker, as mentioned in the previous section) featured Lindemulder in a nurse cap displaying the American Red Cross logo. The Red Cross was removed and digitally edited out of all further printings, however, some Canadian pressings still feature the red cross intact and these versions are soon to become rare.' - Wikipedia
The song doesn't have an existing video, partly the reason why we chose it (as we felt an exisiting video may influence our own interpretation), but here is a video of just the song:
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