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A music video performed by the Artist Incubus. The title of this song is Megalomaniac. The music video is a combination of still photograph images and actual video. The two combination's create a vivid multimedia presentation that engages the mind. This song is about power crazed people and their destructive behavior. The music video includes Adolf Hilter and George bush, just a few powerful well known people.The lead singer Brandon Boyd: " lyrically speaking i know that there were a lot of things going on around the world and there were some very specific people in my mind coming dangerously close to megalomania-cal tendencies and i did my best to write those thoughts down.=====

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This form of multimedia presentation fits into the form of the music aspect. This multimedia also fits into the form photography aspect. The creator of the video incorporates paper collage photos into the multimedia presentation. The connection between the music and photography really put out a message for the viewer.===== ===

Author / Creator:=== The author of this song and its lyrics are Brandon Boyd. He is an american musician, author, and artist. brandon grew up on Calabasas, california with ricky taylor who was an inspiration to him. he inspired him to write music.Both his parents had experience in the entertainment area. His vocals were self taught with the exception of two lessons. That was all he could afford. he had trouble at first with reading music, it was his one incapability. His band incubus was signed in 1996 by immortal records, owned by Sony. ===

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Purpose:
The purpose of this music is to express the changes in the world and the idea of power crazed people and their destructive behavior. Is was meant to show how power can change someone and the limits they will go to, to have this certain power over other people. it shows the band political view/ aspect on the world and its issues at the time. The purpose was to convey a message to the audience. ===

Audience / Demographic:=== The audience in the music video is people who have a political view on the world. Also it is for people who are fans of the band and can try to view the video as a deeper meaning then just a music video. it is meant towards people who looks at things differently and can interpretate images and music. ===

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Historical Context:
This song was recorded october 2003 and released December 23, 2003 off the album A crow left of the murder. ===

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Citations:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incubus_%28band%29 http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=3210 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon_Boyd