Lyric Interpretation

Lyric interpretation is the process of understanding what the lyrics mean. When a song has a set of lyrics that has a meaning but the understanding of what that meaning is, is not all that clear, it is left to the viewers and audience to inter prate the meaning of those lyrics. As viewers watching listening to the lyrics and watching the music video we are not only interested in the literal meaning but should also play close attention to the music video and try and understand the implied meaning. I found an example of a song where the use of lyric interpretation and be put to good use.

Madness - House of Fun 

As you can see from watching the video it is important that you combine both the lyrics and the music video together to get the full understanding of the song. The idea of what the lyrics mean is that a boy has turned 16 and is now of legal age so he wants to buy condoms. Not at any point in the song does he say he wants to buy condoms. But it does say he wants to buy balloons and as you can see from the music video he is in the chemist. From combining the two together as an audience you are able to make out what the meaning of this is. Throughout the video the chemist is being referred to as the house of fun. This is easy enough to identify as at one point when the lyric house of fun is sung the music video switches to the sign on the outside of the chemist.

When a music video uses this technique and does not give us the full meaning of the lyrics straight away it allows the audience to become engaged with the song and really understand it as an audience. This will result in the viewers having a stronger connection with the lyrics and the music video as they have spent time understanding what it is about.