2.  Country House" is a song by English alternative rock band
Blur. It was released as the lead single from the band's
fourth album The Great Escape on 14 August 1995.
"Country House" was the first of two Blur singles to reach
number one on the UK Singles
 The song is about a man who retires to an expensive
country house to escape the pressures of the city, In an
interview Damon Albarn explained that it was inspired by
former Blur manager Dave Balfe, who left Blur's label Food
Records and bought a house in the country. The cover art
features an image of Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria

3.  And so the story begins
City dweller, successful fella
Thought to himself oops I've got a lot of money
I'm caught in a rat race terminally
I'm a professional cynic but my heart's not in it
I'm paying the price of living life at the limit
Caught up in the centuries anxiety
It preys on him, he's getting thin
He lives in a house, a very big house in the country
Watching afternoon repeats and the food he eats in the country
He takes all manner of pills and piles up analyst bills in the country
It's like an animal farm lot's of rural charm in the country
He's got morning glory, life's a different story
Everything going jackanory, in touch with his own mortality
He's reading balzac, knocking back prozac
It's a helping hand that makes you feel wonderfully bland
Oh it's the centuries remedy
For the faint at heart, a new start
He lives in a house, a very big house in the country
He's got a fog in his chest so he needs a lot of rest in the country
He doesn't drink smoke laugh, takes herbal baths in the country
Says she's come to no harm on an animal farm in the country
In the country, in the country
Blow, blow me out I am so sad, I don't know why
Blow, blow me out I am so sad, I don't know why
He lives in a house, a very big house in the country
Watching afternoon repeats and the food he eats in the country
He takes all manner of pills and piles up analyst bills in the country
Oh, it's like an animal farm lot's of rural charm in the country
He lives in a house, a very big house in the country
He's got a fog in his chest so he needs a lot of rest in the country
He doesn't drink smoke laugh, takes herbal baths in the country
And she's come to no harm on an animal farm in the country


4.  In alternative-rock videos
there is usually a narrative
within the video that either
tells a story that follows the
lyrics of the song or the story
will completely ignore the
lyrics and be something
random or something that He lives in a house, a very big house in the country
still holds a meaning behind He's got a fog in his chest so he needs a lot of rest
them but not necessarily
what the lyrics have to say. in the country
As well as the narrative there He doesn't drink smoke laugh, takes herbal baths
is also a live a performance in the country
of the song by the band lip Says she's come to no harm on an animal farm in
syncing and playing their the country
instruments. The videos
always have many cuts
between the actual
performance of the song to
the narrative which usually
stars the band as either
portraying themselves or
fictional characters.
He takes all manner of pills and
In this video they use older genre piles up analyst bills in the
conventions to try and capture the country
times they are trying to parody. By this
I mean they are trying to parody the
1980’s so the director has used 1980’s
genre conventions for alternate-
pop/alternate-rock.

5. This shot is This song has a linear narrative as it goes from point A to point
showing the B, by this I mean the story line starts at the start and ends at
antagonist
the end.
and
protagonist In this video there is a protagonist and antagonist character.
characters. The protagonist character is the main signer Damon
Albarn, who is telling the story throughout the video. The
antagonist character is the business man, who is constantly on
his back about bills.
It uses Benny Hill to parody the 1980’s business men.
In the video they make a very clear reference to the game
mouse trap. They also make a reference to Rat-race. The
movement where stock brokers are trying to make lots more
money. The director has tried to tie in the fact that they are
trying to catch the business man.
Satire comedy is being represented in this video as it is
parodying the 1980’s greed and how it all went wrong.

6. He takes all manner of pills and piles
up analyst bills in the country
He lives in a house, a very big house in the
country
He's got a fog in his chest so he needs a lot
of rest in the country
He doesn't drink smoke laugh, takes herbal
baths in the country
Says she's come to no harm on an animal
farm in the country
I'm paying the price of
I'm caught in a rat race living life at the limit
terminally
City dweller, successful fella
Thought to himself oops I've got a lot of money

7. This could be representing
In this video the fact they do not want to
I believe be an object of
woman are leisure, hence the reason
being they are running away from
portrayed the business man.
as
demeaning This is representing
and a the way in which
object of men thought they
leisure. This is had dominance
because over women and
this video is could tell them
representin what to do.
g the 1980/s
greed and This picture
how it represents that
effects
each woman are equal
gender. and have the rights
to do what they
want.

8. The band who wrote and sung this song are a British
Alternate-rock/alternate-pop band. In this video they were
representing the greed in the 1980’s. It was necessary for
them to include representations of Britain to acomplish this.
These are all examples of British representations in the film. The most stereotypical is the tower block at the top left. These are
located all around the country in every city. The second one in is of the balcony. These are the most common balconies in
England/great Britain. Rat race is one of the most popular games in the 1980’s. The bottom three are all stereotypical British
symbols. The bottom right is a parody of Britain's most famous band Queen.