'Love Is Only A Feeling' - Music video analysis

The Darkness - Love is only a feeling

The English hard rock band was more mainstream that the other music videos that have been analysed. Like many of the hard rock music videos, this was performance based, which is considered unusual since this is a power ballad song, as it is generally associated to be using narrative based videos. This was filmed on top of a mesa in the Blue Mountains of Australia so on first glance this seemed to give an impression of exposing the beautiful scenery, along with the steady power ballad to give the mood of freedom. At the beginning, special effects are used to produce floating light 'fairies' and transform into the members. The shots utilized extreme long shots with the members playing in the distance for emphasise of the scenery and also how close they are playing on the edge, along with close up and medium shots and rule of thirds of one of the member; the left empty space used to show the environment at the beginning. What is also intriguing is some of the angle cuts of their instruments and focused on the top half of their body and the surrounding environment. Many angles used in this video are varied, such as using low shots to expose the sky as well as emphasise on the member peformance. Then a slow pan out from the lead member out to reveal other members and the environment out to show them peforming at the bottom of the valley. Again during the chorus the two guitarists stand back to front with the low shot camera rotating around them. During a section of a guitar lick low shots and dark lighting to produce silhouettes brings out the members performance playing to the audience attention. The guitar solo has varied shot types, for example extreme long shots showing how the subject is surrounded by nothing but rock and scenery. This would usually show loneliess and vunderability, but this is not necassarily the case. It also utilizes close shots for an extra effect on the performance.

The first flush of youth was upon you when our eyes first met
And I knew that to you and into your life I had to get
I felt light-headed at the touch of this stranger's hand
An assault my defences systematically failed to withstand

'Cos you came at a time
When the pursuit of one true love in which to fall
Was the be all and end all

Love is only a feeling
(Drifting away)
When I'm in your arms I start believing
(It's here to stay)
But love is only a feeling
Anyway

The state of elation that this unison of hearts achieved
I had seen, I had touched, I had tasted and I truly believed
That the light of my life
Would tear a hole right through each cloud that scudded by
Just to beam on you and I

Love is only a feeling
(Drifting away)
When I'm in your arms I start believing
(It's here to stay)
But love is only a feeling
Anyway, anyway

Love is only a feeling
(Drifting away)
And we've got to stop ourselves believing
(It's here to stay)
'Cos love is only a feeling
Anyway.

The lyrics tell the story of a person falling in love with a girl during the youth and the personal sensation relationship between the couple. As you can see, the music video has no relation to the lyrics.