Christmas Shoes By; NewSong
Initial reaction: My immediate reaction to this video was a very heartwarming, but sad one. The story is really sad and it makes someone cry really easily. I cried when i watched it because it was a really sad story. It really is a great song and video and i recommend everyone to watch it and listen to the song and the lyrics.
Analysis and interpretation: The form of media is a video and they incorporate real people in the video and they use a sad but really wonder full story to make people listen to it. This music group, NewSong is a contemporary Christian music group so all there songs are about love and God and very soothing. I think that NewSong created this song because they want to give out a message to people. A powerful message that can be understood through everybody; Always love. There could be many more messages, but those are the ones that i think the video is trying to send. Some themes in this video is Always lend a helping hand. Always be true to God and people too and love your parents. Yes, this music group is related to Gospel values. They themselves are a Christian music group and all they're songs are about love and more towards the church type of songs.
Consideration of cultural context: This video is apperantly a true story, but they aren't that sure. It's aout a boy's mother terribly sick and about to pass away and the boy runs to a shoe store to buy a pair of shoes for his mother to wear to heaven but he doesn't have enough money so a stranger helps him and lends him money to buy the shoes. And so, because this story is a really good and loving story, and God was present in it, the group i guess chose to write a song about it. They probably really liked the story and wanted everyone else to know about it and understand it's meaning, so they put it in music.
Expression of aesthetic judgment: The song itself was a story and so the video was a story about what happened and it was a really amazing video. The acting was really good, very believable, the storylive was excellent, the lyrics were very sad but very touching, and the music really went well the video. The visuals afected the song by haveing a greater meaning to the song.
Ongoing reflection: How has your chosen music video influenced your reception of the song?
The music video i chose influenced my reception of the song because i did not think there would be a song that i would cry to, that a song made from a Christian group would made me cry and feel really different in a good way. I feel really good though, now that i know this story and it made me realize more how precious family is.
This is my all-time favourite Christmas song! I concur with your initial reaction of this song because it is a very heart-warming Christmas song. In addition, I agree that the music video of this song is like what you said, you cried to. The first time I watched the music video also made a tear in my eyes. It's a wonderful yet sad song for anyone to cope on a Christmas day (if it happened to them). However, it portrays the real meaning of Christmas, and that is giving meaningful gifts to our loved ones. And if our loved ones are sick, then I think the best gift of all is giving your time and presence to be at their bedside, one last time.
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