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R.E.M. - Losing My Religion (Official Music Video)
In the post-MTV era, music videos play as important a role in the viewer's experience as the musical content. For this musical analysis, you must fuse what you hear with what you see. Describe visual aspects of the alternative rock band R.E.M.'s music video for "Losing My Religion" (1991), directed by Tarsem Singh, and how these visual aspects relate to musical aspects of the song (melody, rhythm, harmony, lyrics, etc). What emotional responses do these aspects create in you, the observer? What musical aspects of the song are typical of the genre alt rock? What visual aspects of the music video are typical of the genre?