The Amazed Lover
Country music is, has always, and will always be king to me and my family. For as far back as the span of my memory can reach, country music was constantly being played in the car, at weddings, and basically everywhere else around us. I actually reached a point of belief where I truly thought I could feel the music flowing through my veins. Within all this country, however, there was one specific piece of country music that stood above the rest: Lonestar’s late 20th century love song “Amazed”. This song enlightened the hopeless romantic inside me and allowed me to show my true softer side. From the time I first heard this wondrous song through my raging hormonal days of high school until now, I have continued to relish in its almighty love song powers and discover new connections between the song and myself.
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Yet, it manages to break me down and envelop me with all of the love anyone could ever handle. Even that very first note manages to instantly capture my heart and play with its passions. As a younger child, this was truer with the concept of family. The themes of compassion, admiration, and togetherness shine bright throughout the course of the song and are all words that perfectly describe my views of my family. I care for them, I admire them, and I enjoy being with them. They hold a place in my heart no person or object or idea could ever come near. Hearing and listening to every word of “Amazed” as they are sung only deepens my love for
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Jonathan Kozol's book, Amazing Grace, analyzes the lives of the people living in the dilapidated district of South Bronx, New York. Kozol spends time touring the streets with children, talking to parents, and discussing the appalling living conditions and safety concerns that plague the residents in the inner cities of New York. In great detail, he describes the harsh lifestyles that the poverty stricken families are forced into; day in and day out. Disease, hunger, crime, and drugs are of the few everyday problems that the people in Kozol's book face; however, many of these people continue to maintain a very religious and positive outlook on life. Jonathan Kozol's investigation on the lifestyle of these people, shows the side to poverty that most of the privileged class in America does not get to see. Kozol wishes to persuade the readers to sympathize with his book and consider the condition in which these people live. The inequality issues mentioned are major factors in affecting the main concerns of Kozol: educational problems, healthcare obstacles, and the everyday struggles of a South Bronx child.
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I memorized Don Mclean’s American Pie in grade school, before I fully understood its relevance or who it spoke to. The haunting lyrics fascinated me and left a trail of inexplicable shivers down my arms. How could music die? I couldn’t comprehend the wistful look on the adult’s faces when they talked about that day. It’s hard for children to grasp that look or the deep place where it originates. I vaguely knew of those three but not really, so I just nodded my head along. I didn’t know about Waylon Jennings or that a spot on
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.... With the correct sum, the loud and rushing “giant waterfalls” that characterized the parent-child relationship in the first stanza are now quiet “streams” and “sweet pools”. In addition, the “old metal cup…that nobody could break” is representative of their unbreakable family bond of love. Through moments of chaos and divergence, this loving bond prevails. (Nye, Naomi Shihab)
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Clugston, R. W. (2010). Country lovers (p. 3.1). San Diego, California: Bridgepoint Education, Inc. Retrieved from http://content.ashford.edu/books
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There are a handful of love songs that have been written. One of the most famous love songs written is by the king of rock and roll. Elvis Pressley, “Can’t Help Falling in Love” has been a popular wedding and love song for several decades. Released in 1961, Elvis debuted the song in his movie, Blue Hawaii. Over the years, artists have been recording this hit love song, giving it their own twist. In an article that was printed in the Telegraph, “the devotional words to the song, which featured in Presley's 1961 film Blue Hawaii, describe the mood of love better than any other, according to respondents” (Swaine, 2008). Along with Pressley’s original version of “Can’t Help Falling in Love”, we can consider studying the covers performed by The
Glad you find it appeasing! We always love it when someone appreciates our music from their own perspective. We want our listeners to take in our music as they wish to perceive. We believe it gives the song a more personal identity.
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