The video for Tenacious D's song Tribute, is seen as two men telling a story (the lyrics) and it shows them going into a booth to create a music video for it. This music video keeps to Goodwin's theory by having a link between the lyrics and the visuals, for example, as they sing "All of a sudden, there shined a shiny demon, in the middle, of the road" a 'demon' does appear. The lyrics and the visuals link throughout the whole video and song, which creates a narrative and takes the audience on a journey, as they tell the story.
There are also many two shots of the men, showing them singing and playing the guitar, recording their song. This could represent Goodwin's point about close-ups being used in order to market the artist. They are frequently seen playing the guitar, showing that they are the ones telling the story. At the beginning of the music video, there are slight references to other music videos as they say they want to make a video and be like famous musicians/bands. There are close ups of them and also of the demon,
to show who is singing and it also contributes to the fact that the whole video is telling a story. A complete narrative, the lyrics match the visuals throughout the whole video.
The video also has a frequent reference to the notion of looking as they are recording their entire song and making the record during the video. The music includes people playing guitars and could be considered a rock song, therefore the fact that you can see them playing, demonstrates the genre's characteristics but it also isn't a liver performance or the usual rock music video because it has a narrative and it does have moments where you can see them singing the song mentioned in the lyrics, rather than the actual lyrics.
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