Hey Monday-Homecoming lyrics analysis

The song is about a girl who is tired of a certain boy always getting back with her, so she confronts him. The girl sounds quite proud because she has confronted him and angry at remembering what he has done to her.

When I listen to this song I can see her coming home and confronting him. Her getting off a train in autumn, the leafs floating about her in the wind. Some flash backs to happier times. 

Homecoming Lyrics

Homecoming, I'm coming
My sweet mistake
Summer's over, hope it's not too late
I'm pacing, impatient
Up in my head
Taken back to the sidewalk where we met

And carved out our names
Do you remember that?

I'm coming home, I'm coming home
Did you take off while I was gone?
I missed it all, I messed you up, I missed you
I'm coming home, I wanna know
When all the leaves begin to fall
If I'm falling, falling apart for you

Descending, I'm spinning
Lost all defense
How could you swallow me again?
I left you, I meant to
Couldn't let you in
Never mind a single word I said

Carve out your name
Do you remember that?

I'm coming home, I'm coming home
Did you take off while I was gone?
I missed it all, I messed you up, I missed you.
I'm coming home, I wanna know
When all the leaves begin to fall
If I'm falling, falling apart

You've got control of me
Is this the end of me?
‘Cause I just can't cut up the strings
I'm coming back for more
Don't let your heart go
Please don't walk away

Homecoming, I'm coming, I'm coming back

I'm coming home, I'm coming home
Did you take off while I was gone?
I missed it all, I messed you up, I missed you
I'm coming home, I wanna know
When all the leaves begin to fall
If I'm falling, falling apart
I'm coming home, I'm coming home
Did you take off while I was gone?
I missed it all, I messed you up, I missed you.
I'm coming home, I wanna know
When all the leaves begin to fallIf I'm falling, falling apart.

Hey Monday- Homecoming (Emotional Response)

It makes you feel like you want to go confront someone, who has done you wrong.  Cassadee Pope who sings the song sounds like she really knows the feeling of finally confronting a certain boy who has been in her life. It uses raw emotion.

Ten different Alt Rock album covers

They all have similar font styles. Using simple fonts. Some look Gothic others look more modern. Most of these album covers use dark colours or black and white filter. The pictures used keep the attention of the buyer/ onlooker. The Foo Fighter album cover in particluar looks vintage, because they have used a ray gun with a vintage feel.  The Nirvana album cover is probably the most well known of this selection with its iconic baby in the water photo.
The Pretty Reckless album cover gives us the idea that the band is bad ass, with its photo of a young girl in a leather jacket holding a lit lighter.

Hey Monday - Homecoming Research

The band is  an American four piece rock band from West Palm Beach, Florida. They formed in 2008.

The band is made up of

• Cassadee Pope- Lead vocals, guitars. 
•  Mike Gentile- Lead guitar. 
•  Alex Lipshaw- Rhythm guitar.
• Patrick McKenzie- Drums, percussion. 

They were discovered when 'Fall out Boy' member Pete Wentz was in Crush Management Offices and heard them playing. He wanted to sign them to his label Decaydance, Columbia Records also wanted to sign them so the band now have a joint record deal with both music labels. Hey Monday has even gone onto tour with Fall Out Boy and other alternative rock bands such as All Time Low. 


Their first album 'Beneath It All' is still in production. But the band is still touring so haven't yet finished the album. 

Pretty Red logo

Band Name - Pretty Red
Logo- I tried to use a simple but responsive idea, something that would stay in somebody's mind. I got the idea for the doll because the band is a girl alternative rock band, I liked this particular doll because it uses black and is simple. I took the doll picture and then put a red background to it. I put the bands name in tattoos on the dolls arms giving it an alternative rocky edge.

Alternative Rock - Mood Board

This mood board shows all the ideas and items I believe create and represent Alternative Rock.
I have noticed that a lot of people wear stripes, whether that is with red and white stripes or black and white.  The fonts are similar as well, they look as if they have been done by the hand of a student, which refers to the age range of people who listen to Alternative rock.  The Anarchy sign on the shoe (pictured left) is one associated with Alt rock, it appears in the Nirvana video for their song 'Smells like teen spirit'.

Alternative rock -Photo shoot

This is a contact sheet of what i saw as our best photos.

Amber, Leanne and I made a plan of what shots we wanted, by sketching out the shots before hand. We then did the shoot out in the college wood. We wore dark make up, skinny jeans, studded belt, and dark clothes. I wore a dark red and black checkered shirt, with a black shirt underneath, black skinny's and black converse style shoes.
 In the photos we took we did our best to look broody.
 In the afternoon we went out again in the wooded part and took less serious photos, of us fighting with sticks and hanging off trees. Most of the poses we made were brooding looks because a lot of Alt rock bands pose in a brooding way when they do photos. We took the photos in the woods because the wood is dark, and can be used to take good photos. You can use the environment around you for props and great setting.

This is the photo I choose to edit. I picked this photo because it shows the playful and dramatic side to alternative rock. We have sun light behind us but it's dark in the foreground, which helped show the dark side of Alt rock which we were in.
I made the photo black and white because it added an older nineties feel, which was the decade for Alternative rock. I added the neon pink and green outlines for the modern feel, then smudge them together when they clashed.