"Call it What You Want" by Foster The People

                      

1.- Who created this message?

             "Call it what you want" was written by Paul Epworth and Mark Foster, both members of  Foster the People.

2.- What creative techniques are used to attract my attention?

              Well, first of all, the rhythm is engaging you through the whole song, is fun and entertaining to hear. Then the video is also fun to watch. New images are always poping up, some of them making you think that they are nonsense. Elements such as fire, water , the wall, and color seem to have an important purpose throughout the video, they are elements that keep on appearing to keep your attention up.

     Also, at the beginning, the video starts out with  scrolling words that say: " Idly minds are the Devil´s workshop", a sentence that definitely leaves you thinking in the real meaning o the song.

3.-How may different people understand this message differently?

                 I think people can give a lot of meanings to this song. Some may say that the song is pretty self-explanatory, that we tend to label everything, being slaves of what society has ready for us.

      Another may think that it is about  how today´s society is  full of conformists and how people are so quick to judge others that are "different". Basically, it says, "Don´t judge me, I know who I am. You can say whatever you want". Criticizing society and its quick to judge attitudes.

       And from a Fan´s point of view, it can be taken as a situation with the music media business that is constantly  judging and labeling their music. They have an original sound that doesn't fit neatly into the rock, pop, or urban. All those are just labels, we know that music is music.

       It also has that love relationship meaning that you can take from almost every song in the world. That maybe you are in a difficult or complicated relationship with someone, those kids of relationships that you can´t label. Call it what you want, but you can´t ignore that exists. Doesn´t matter the name, it´s still there.

       As a conclusion, we can say that, some people like to operate inside the box, some people on the outside of the box. Some people like that , and others don´t. But we all should respect each other. Some people live talking about what others do, without living their own lives. Idly minds that don´t have a define purpose, so the "Devil" can come and use them as he pleases.

4.- What values, lifestyles and points of view are represented in, or omitted from, this message?

            Respect, tolerance and acceptance.

      It calls you to use your mind and time in a proper way, without wasting it in trying to fix everyone else´s. It shows us the danger of  idleness, warning you to keep your mind busy.

       Be who you want to be, be yourself, not the person that everyone wants to see. Don´t get the judgements get to you. Do your own thing, and be free.

 

5.- Why is this message being sent?

            Because we live in a world without identity, we put so many labels to things. In my opinion, they are trying to uncover the reality about us. People are so into social lives, gossip, being noticed, labeling,  etc. that we forget who we really are, who do we live for and what do we live for. We forget so much about this, that we start criticizing those who try to live their lives in a different way.

    We need, from time to time, someone reminding us that we should have an identity, and to stop trying to label everything. Not everything needs to be caged into a category.