My Beautiful Rescue
This Providence
Best Beating Heart
Sing It Loud
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Six Songs That Define The World
The six songs that define the world are songs about: Friendship, Joy, Comfort, Knowledge, Religion, and Love.
Friendship:
Vegas
All Time Low
This song is about friendship because the narrator is not only repeatedly mentioning his friends, the whole song is the narrator reminicing about the good times and experience that he had with his friends.
Joy:
My Beautiful Rescue
This Providence
My Beautiful Rescue is a song about joy because the narrator saying that he is falling more in love with someone and is dancing on the tops of buildings because he found this person. The band This Providence has said that this song is about finding God and how over-joyed they were to find him.
Comfort:
Hammers and Strings (Lullaby)
Jack's Mannequin
This song is clearly about comfort because it is a narrative about Andy (the lead sing of Jack's Manequin) getting contacted by an old friend that is have a lot of issues in her life and she asks him to "write [her] a song, give [her] something to trust" basically asking him for the only comfort that he can provide for her.
Knowledge:
ABCs
K'naan
The song ABCs by K'naan is a song about knowledge because he saying that in the place where he grew up, which is Somalia, no one bothered to try and teach the poor childern how to read, write, or anything else besides use guns because that was the norm.
Religion:
Sacreligious
nevershoutnever
Sacreligious by nevershoutnever is definately a song about reliion for the mere fact that it mentions Jesus. But, it is a different take on Christianity, saying that the church is not excepting so the narrator leaves te church in search of his own truth because Jesus loved everyone and the church was not following his example.
Love:
ican'tstandit
nevershoutnever
THis song is about love because the narrator is basically giving a stream of conciousness about how much he loves his girlfriend and how she is the only one he has and ever will want. He says that he will do anything just to prove to her that he is worthy of her.
Friendship:
Vegas
All Time Low
This song is about friendship because the narrator is not only repeatedly mentioning his friends, the whole song is the narrator reminicing about the good times and experience that he had with his friends.
Joy:
My Beautiful Rescue
This Providence
My Beautiful Rescue is a song about joy because the narrator saying that he is falling more in love with someone and is dancing on the tops of buildings because he found this person. The band This Providence has said that this song is about finding God and how over-joyed they were to find him.
Comfort:
Hammers and Strings (Lullaby)
Jack's Mannequin
This song is clearly about comfort because it is a narrative about Andy (the lead sing of Jack's Manequin) getting contacted by an old friend that is have a lot of issues in her life and she asks him to "write [her] a song, give [her] something to trust" basically asking him for the only comfort that he can provide for her.
Knowledge:
ABCs
K'naan
The song ABCs by K'naan is a song about knowledge because he saying that in the place where he grew up, which is Somalia, no one bothered to try and teach the poor childern how to read, write, or anything else besides use guns because that was the norm.
Religion:
Sacreligious
nevershoutnever
Sacreligious by nevershoutnever is definately a song about reliion for the mere fact that it mentions Jesus. But, it is a different take on Christianity, saying that the church is not excepting so the narrator leaves te church in search of his own truth because Jesus loved everyone and the church was not following his example.
Love:
ican'tstandit
nevershoutnever
THis song is about love because the narrator is basically giving a stream of conciousness about how much he loves his girlfriend and how she is the only one he has and ever will want. He says that he will do anything just to prove to her that he is worthy of her.
Friday, April 9, 2010
Personification
M.I.A.
Avenged Sevefold
Holiday
Greenday
Say, hey!
Hear the sound of the falling rain
Coming down like an Armageddon flame
(Hey!)
The shame
The ones who died without a name
Hear the dogs howling out of key
To a hymn called "Faith and Misery" (Hey!)
And bleed, the company lost the war today
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
On holiday
Hear the drum pounding out of time
Another protester has crossed the line (Hey!)
To find, the money's on the other side
Can I get another Amen? (Amen!)
There's a flag wrapped around a score of men (Hey!)
A gag, a plastic bag on a monument
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
On holiday(Hey!)
(Say, hey!)
(3,4)
"The representative from California has the floor"
Sieg Heil to the president Gasman
Bombs away is your punishment
Pulverize the Eiffel towers
Who criticize your government
Bang bang goes the broken glass and
Kill all the fags that don't agree
Trials by fire, setting fire
Is not a way that's meant for me
Just cause, just cause, because we're outlaws yeah!
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
This is our lives on holiday
The Wind Cries Mary
Jimi Hendrix
After all the jacks are in their boxes
And the clowns have all gone to bed
You can hear happiness staggering on down the street
Footprints dressed in red
And the wind whispers Mary
A broom is drearily sweeping
Up the broken pieces of yesterday’s life
Somewhere a queen is weeping
Somewhere a king has no wife
And the wind, it cries Mary
The traffic lights they turn up blue tomorrow
And shine their emptiness down on my bed
The tiny island sags downstream
‘Cause the life that lived is, is dead
And the wind screams Mary
Will the wind ever remember
The names it has blown in the past
And with his crutch, it’s old age, and it's wisdom It whispers no, this will be the last
And the wind cries Mary
Avenged Sevefold
Holiday
Greenday
Say, hey!
Hear the sound of the falling rain
Coming down like an Armageddon flame
(Hey!)
The shame
The ones who died without a name
Hear the dogs howling out of key
To a hymn called "Faith and Misery" (Hey!)
And bleed, the company lost the war today
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
On holiday
Hear the drum pounding out of time
Another protester has crossed the line (Hey!)
To find, the money's on the other side
Can I get another Amen? (Amen!)
There's a flag wrapped around a score of men (Hey!)
A gag, a plastic bag on a monument
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
On holiday(Hey!)
(Say, hey!)
(3,4)
"The representative from California has the floor"
Sieg Heil to the president Gasman
Bombs away is your punishment
Pulverize the Eiffel towers
Who criticize your government
Bang bang goes the broken glass and
Kill all the fags that don't agree
Trials by fire, setting fire
Is not a way that's meant for me
Just cause, just cause, because we're outlaws yeah!
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
This is our lives on holiday
The Wind Cries Mary
Jimi Hendrix
After all the jacks are in their boxes
And the clowns have all gone to bed
You can hear happiness staggering on down the street
Footprints dressed in red
And the wind whispers Mary
A broom is drearily sweeping
Up the broken pieces of yesterday’s life
Somewhere a queen is weeping
Somewhere a king has no wife
And the wind, it cries Mary
The traffic lights they turn up blue tomorrow
And shine their emptiness down on my bed
The tiny island sags downstream
‘Cause the life that lived is, is dead
And the wind screams Mary
Will the wind ever remember
The names it has blown in the past
And with his crutch, it’s old age, and it's wisdom It whispers no, this will be the last
And the wind cries Mary
Point of View
The End
The Doors
This song has two view points. The first section of the song is in second-person narrative mode because the narrator addresses the listener as the focal character with the use of the “you”. The second part of the song is written in third-person objective because the narrator describes the scene that is happening to characters that are referred to as “he”, “she”, “it”, and “they” without having any insight into the thoughts of the characters. The final section of the song is written in second-person narrative just like the first.
Dear Prudence
The Beatles
This song is a clear example of one of the most commonly used points of view in songwriting. Dear Prudence was written in second-person narrative because the focal character is referred to as “you.” Also, it is directly expressing emotions at the perso whom the singer is referring to.
About A Girl
The Academy Is…
This song is a clear example of a unique point of view. This point of view is a stream of consciousness. This is true because the narrator’s perspective is given by attempting to recreate the thought process of the narrative character. In the song, interior monologues, inner desires and motivations, as well as pieces of incomplete thoughts are expressed to the audience.
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrel
This song is written in multiple person narrative mode. This is so it is a duet. This makes it so that two individual narrators can express their own individual feelings about a particular subject, which is done in this song.
The Doors
This song has two view points. The first section of the song is in second-person narrative mode because the narrator addresses the listener as the focal character with the use of the “you”. The second part of the song is written in third-person objective because the narrator describes the scene that is happening to characters that are referred to as “he”, “she”, “it”, and “they” without having any insight into the thoughts of the characters. The final section of the song is written in second-person narrative just like the first.
Dear Prudence
The Beatles
This song is a clear example of one of the most commonly used points of view in songwriting. Dear Prudence was written in second-person narrative because the focal character is referred to as “you.” Also, it is directly expressing emotions at the perso whom the singer is referring to.
About A Girl
The Academy Is…
This song is a clear example of a unique point of view. This point of view is a stream of consciousness. This is true because the narrator’s perspective is given by attempting to recreate the thought process of the narrative character. In the song, interior monologues, inner desires and motivations, as well as pieces of incomplete thoughts are expressed to the audience.
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrel
This song is written in multiple person narrative mode. This is so it is a duet. This makes it so that two individual narrators can express their own individual feelings about a particular subject, which is done in this song.
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