Song Ideas: One

Song: I'd Rather Go Blind - Etta James
Genre: Soul/Blues

Original:


Beyonce cover from the film Cadillac Records:



Lyrics:

Something told me it was over
When I saw you and her talking,
Something deep down in my soul said, "cry girl"´,
When I saw you and that girl, walking out.

Ooo I would rather, I would rather go blind boy,
Than to see you, walk away from me child, and all
Ooooo so you see, I love you so much
That I don't want to watch you leave me baby,
Most of all, I just don't, I just don't want to be free no

Ooo I was just, I was just, I was just sitting here thinking
Of your kiss and your warm embrace, yeah,
When the reflection in the glass that I held to my lips, now baby,
Revealed the tears that was on my face, yeah.

Ooo and baby, baby, I would rather, I would rather be blind boy
Than to see you walk away, see you walk away from me

Ooo and baby, baby, I would rather, I would rather be blind boy
Than to see you walk away, see you walk away from me

Ooo and baby, baby, I would rather, I would rather be blind boy
Than to see you walk away, see you walk away from me, yeah
Ooo baby, baby, baby, I'd rather be blind now

Comments:

I like the idea of using this song for our music video because the lyrics have a simple yet effective story line, which means it'll be easier to adapt to a narrative music video of our choice. Also there is no original music video to the song (only the video from film) which means we won't be tempted to copy the video, therefore, we'll be able to have an original music video.