Music Video - Which Song?

It is most likely that the song I will be using for my final video is that of Weird Sky. Firstly, the song choice is at the request of Jack and as he is my client in this situation, therefore I am obliged to at least strongly consider his opinion. Secondly, it would link to the project overall which has been dubbed Weird Sky - the song title therefore linking heavily to the imagery of the sky I aim to keep within the promotional work, such as the video and artwork.
The song is relatively short with around 2 minutes, which might make incorporating so many ideas and camera angles/shots difficult but also helps as the animation part wont need to be too long (phew!). Additionally, the shortness of the song allows for me to better focus on a concept.



With this in mind, I have my thoughts on the other songs too and have considered them. Giving my thoughts below:

Autumn Daze
The guitar solo would be interesting to shoot as it would mean that I could get various angles of Jack playing the guitar and perhaps take influence from Scott Pilgrim vs The World with the animation, specifically I could include some electric lightning bolts. This is something I believe Jack would appreciate as he is a fan of the film, plus it'd indicate the merging of the psychedelic and ordinary worlds with the animation being implemented over the live action footage. However, given that I have chosen Weird Sky (which features acoustic as opposed to electric guitar) it'd be a strange visual choice.
On a separate note, the drug references within this song are perhaps more explicit which might lead to some issues with broadcasters as it could be seen as endorsing drug use. A means of bypassing this could be to present a rejection of the psychedelic however the song's content in of itself is perhaps too risky, it would be better to produce a video for Weird Sky and avoid the impact the drug references could have on brand identity - at least for the promotional material.

Only Like You When I'm Stoned
Again the drug reference is more explicit within this song however I enjoy it way more on a musical level to Weird Sky, albeit this is irrelevant to deciding the best song for a promotional video. It is perhaps a lot more personal and has a slower tone than the other songs, which follows a more clearly established narrative of a 'break up' in the lyrics. In keeping, somewhat, with Andrew Goodwin's theory on music video and how visuals are used to illustrate the lyrical content of a song, I would like to avoid a song that forces a narrative.
While I have accepted a narrative is required to some degree (as to provide some semblance or cohesion in the framing of the music video) I would still like to have the freedom to create a narrative that is not reliant upon that in the song; I accept Goodwin's proposal that videos can disregard the content of a song entirely however I would still like to keep in with the association of key lyrics to iconic imagery - namely that of the sky imagery which is best enabled through the song Weird Sky, keeping with the theme that runs throughout the project and the album's title.
On a separate note, the song is rather long, being at 4 minutes, I believe I would struggle to include a consistent enough animation within the video. With the time-consuming nature of animation in mind, it would appear that the shortness of Weird Sky wins out over the other songs.

Mystic Optician
The sounds present in this song coincide with what I typically expect form a psychedelic track, the sound effects and Jack's use of the effects pedal really add to the psychedelic nature of his music and the influence is most evident in this song. The issue of its length come up again but there are some key visuals I could easily draw upon based on the title and lyrics: I have declared a want to focus on Jack's image and identity as a means of strengthening his brand identity, particularly in his glasses and they could be used as a continuous image prevalent in the video; the word "mystic" clearly alludes to psychedelic visuals in of itself and would therefore make it easier for the audience to dissect the imagery within the video, however the "weird" in Weird Sky also does this and therefore makes it more viable.