I chose to analyze the song "American Idiot" by Green Day. American Idiot derived from the American Idiot album released back in 2004. Billie Joe Armstrong, frontman of the band Green Day, and composer of American Idiot. I personally enjoyed the song by the catchy punk rock beat, but after listening to the lyrics my mind quickly opened on political issues, and how the presidency of George W. Bush era was like. Therefore, out of all the songs I have listened in the past I picked American Idiot, because the message behind the song is fairly ironic and true during that time period. I do have respect for the performer, Armstrong - he lost his mother as a young boy, and he subsisted the loss of his mother through music. Eventually, he formed a band
There are a lot of songs to choose form when there is songs that break down norms and one that reinforce some. There are songs that mean nothing. Great songs always have a hidden mean behind them even if when listen to them we do not know what they are.
The song “Ants Marching” by Dave Matthews Band has several connections to Fahrenheit 451. For example, the line “cut, cut on the fence not offend” (Dave Matthews Band) directly ties into the book. People in the Fahrenheit 451 society are so fastidious as to not offend people that they lose the power to change lives through knowledge. These citizens have cut off their ability to truly understand others and the world around them the minute they tossed the first book into the crackling orange-and-red blaze, sparking a nationwide holocaust of valuable lessons and ideas. Another example of this song’s correlation to Fahrenheit 451 would be none other than this quote in part one: “You ask why to a lot of things and you wind up very unhappy indeed,
“Hurt” a song originally recorded by Nine Inch Nails which portrays self-harm and heroin addiction has been covered by many great artists including Johnny cash. When Johnny cash covered this song I got a deferent message from the lyrics while he sings it, maybe it is because of his voice or how he lived his life, but when he is singing this song I get a sense that he is singing about a loved one that has passed on, growing older, and his legacy.
The Dave Matthews Band has been a musical power house for years. They have meshed together almost every type of music together to create their extremely unique sounds and attractiveness towards their music. Dave Matthews, lead singer and guitarist from South Africa has put together a band that no one will ever be able to create again. Dave picked four extremely talented and unique sounding men to join his band and together they have created some amazing music. The members of the band include Stefan Lessard on bass, Boyd Tinsley on violin, Leroi Moore on saxophone and one of the best drummers in the world, Carter Beauford. Together these men will one day leave behind a similar reputation as one of the all time greatest "jam" bands of time.
Pathos: The emotions that are really being played on the most are anger. People have so much anger when they can not understand the world or what is going on in it. The audience becomes furious to all the killing and death in the world and they need someone there to sympathize with them. Anti-Flag gets the listener angry by exposing the faults of the world. The listener appreciates this because Anti-Flag will not sell into the wrongs of the world. It uses the emotion of finding comfort in that there is someone else out there that has the same views as the listener does. The band uses punk rock music as a common ground with the listeners and expresses their views through their songs. This relates back to the author because this is a great way to protest through music.
The story “The Fourth of July” by Audre Lorde demonstrates that she comes across a realization that she had to speak up for her rights and independence when she visited the capital city of the United States, Washington, D.C. Lorde explains how she was frustrated with the situation that occurred in Washington, D.C., which shows that she had learned the reality of the society. She writes about many things that she came across during the trip to Washington D.C. in the summer vacation. In the essay, the meanings of independence for Lorde are to fight for it and to speak up for the rights that they deserve. Lorde and her family visit many places in the capital city where they were told to leave the place because black people were not allowed there.
The song I chose to do was bullet in the head. The song was written in 1992, which was a very political era. Here is the song I will be talking to you about in which I analyzed.
While I initially wanted to write about perhaps one of the greatest songs of all time, Bohemian Rhapsody (1975) by Queen, I then thought about Green Day’s Jesus of Suburbia, which emerged from their lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong’s wish to write “the Bohemian Rhapsody of the future”. Obviously, both songs are long, multi-part pieces, with differences in speed and sound. Yet, both songs also have quite a different progression of tone and pace. Furthermore, as far as meaning goes, Bohemian Rhapsody’s most sensible literal reading of the song is that the narrator confesses to a murder, and Jesus of Suburbia was written to fit into the theme of Green Day’s album “American Idiot”. This song further drives that theme as it describes the Idiot as the Jesus of
The Song “American Idiot” by Green Day uses techniques to engage the audience to interoperate the issues. Green day through their style of music convey issues such as the medias over powering effect on society, greed and the division of the United States of American over political issues. Green Day’s negative stance on the issues through these techniques conveys the audience to agree with the main issues being focused.
On 17 February 2017, the English singer-songwriter Mike Rosenberg, better known as Passenger, released a short song which lyrics concerned Donald Trump’s recently acquired presidency. Despite the fact that he had never before felt the need to write such a political song, Rosenburg argues on his website, he does feel that it is everyone’s responsibility - as well as basic right - to speak about the things that they believe in (Rosenberg, 2017). He requests his audience, however, to take the song with a pinch of salt, as there is of course message behind it, but at the same time it is meant as a bit of fun and light relief (Rosenberg, 2017). In his song, called A Kindly Reminder, however, he clearly expresses his opinion about Trump’s acts through
The song that I choose to do this assignment on is Fight the Power by Public Enemy. Fight the Power was written in 1989 and quickly became a street anthem for millions of youths. It reflects with issues dealing with both the Civil Rights Movement and to remind everyone that they too have Constitutional Rights. This particular song is about empowerment but also fighting the abuse of power that is given to the law enforcement agencies. It gave citizens of the U.S a more modern outlook on the many struggles that not only the African American community is up against but the other minority groups as well. The song’s message was eventually supposed to bring people together and make the world a better place, even though some teens saw it as a way
The Fray's hit song, 'How To Save a Life,' tells a story of a mentor, also a friend, who is trying to 'save a life' of a troubled youth. The story starts off with the teenager and this friend sitting down to have a talk about what is wrong in the teen?s life. The second line reads, 'he walks, you say sit down it's just a talk,' this showing anger and fear of what might be brought up in conversation, so he tries to run away from the problem. Although neither individual wants to have the talk, they both respect each other enough to be polite, 'He smiles politely back at you/
The song that I chose for for my Essay is “Neil Diamond-America”. This song is all positivity on American ethics and American culture. All it talks about it America's great accomplishments. It talks about how great that is that people from other countries are coming from land and by sea just to see how amazing it is to live in America. It talks also made me realize that most Americans don't see America in the same way, that we don't realize the places we have and how truly great our country is. This song analyzes what a foreigner looks in in finding a safe haven or just a new place to live.
Bob McKenty suggests in the poem "Adam's Song" that life is not a stationary event, it is forever changing and that in order to handle those changes humor serves as a good buffer. The tone of "Adam's Song" changes distinctly at least three times. McKenty uses rhythm, rhyme, and meter to express the essence of change in the poem and in life.
This song is as African American freedom song and it was known during the American Civil Rights Movement. It was performed in 1963. As there was segregation between people, African American used to sing this song as it shows the freedom in the world to come after death (“I’ll be buried in my grave”). They will be free and no one can control them after death (“And go home to my Lord and be free, and be free”). Also, this song was sung as part of the Civil Rights Movement as it shows the end of the segregation and having freedom in the world. It shows how African Americans were treated in the past. There will be “no more segregation”, “ “No more moaning”, and “No more weeping”. After the Civil Rights Movement all of these will be gone and African American will have their rights.