The video is performance based, but has some narrative elements within the main story. The video follows two of the band members throughout the video as they drive around London. All the band members are seen at some stage, and they are all dressed to represent the genre in fashionable clothing for the time the video was shot. There is a strong relationship between the lyrics and the visuals when the singer makes reference to things they usually occur in the video in a comedic way. The music and the visuals are also linked; the video cuts when major drum beats occur. The scenes speed up at the chorus when the tempo of the song is increased making the video and the song feel like one piece, instead of two separate beings. The majority of the video contains close-ups of the band members showing strong demands from the record label to have the band seen as they were so big. There are several intertextual references to other pieces; the biggest of which being to The Beatles album art for Abbey Road where the band walk single file over the zebra crossing, which is repeated in the Park Life video.
Country House - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci0fyRAw21Q
The video is a both performance and narrative, with the lead singer being pictured throughout singing the lyrics of the song as they are heard, he is seen in front of a series of scenes that tell the story throughout the song. The first shot in the video is of a london tower block which juxtaposes the song title, the video continues to tell a story of the life and death of a man who leaves the hustle of the city to live a far slower paced life in the country. The video demonstrates strong genre characteristics with the members of the boy band all having a laugh at each others expense and using lip syncing to show the lyrics. The story in the video is taken almost word for word from the song lyrics and illustrates exactly what is meant by the lyrics. The music and the visuals are quite vaguely linked, with the cuts of the video occasionally being in time with the drum beat or the change in guitar. Throughout the video the lead singer is seen predominantly; highlighting the demands of the record label, with the need for the band to be seen. There are several intertextual references throughout the video the most obvious of which is to the board game 'Mouse Trap', which is seen several times in the video; with some of the characters using a giant version of the game. There is also a clear reference to Balzac, a French playwright and novelist in the 1600's.
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