The song Hound Dog, by Willie Mae Thorton, is a very unique song. What make this song unique is the raspy and soulful sound of Thortons voice. Despite the loud and upbeat tones of the drum, guitar, and base, Thorton’s voice grabs the listener’s attention. Her passion and emotion is very evident as she sings the word of the song. You can hear her anger when she is signing about not feeding the dog anymore, a message that could be interpreted in many different ways. The way I interpreted this message was her telling the story of how men treat her. At the end of the song there are howls, which I feel is a way off her making fun of those who have belittled and hurt her in the past. I could relate to her anger in regards to this subject, which made me appreciate the song even more. The way she soulfully coveys her message made me want to hear more, understand her story more, and love her sass/dramatic way of telling a story through music. …show more content…
Despite being the same song, this version of the song is much different than Thorton’s original version. The tempo of Presley’s version is much faster and comes off less aggressive. His version of the song comes off more as a joke, especially with the drum rolls that accompany each verse. His version has background singers, whereas Thorton was the only singer in the original version. Presley also had a guitar solo in his song, which I feel took away from the original meaning of the song. Yet, Presley made the song his own by implementing his famous dance move during the drum rolls (Hound Dog, 1956). He also changed the song lyrics from the original of “you can wag your tail but I ain’t gonna feed you no more,” into: “well, you ain’t never caught a rabbit and you ain’t no friend of
The poem above speaks volumes about the nature of man’s best friend. Dogs are not inherently bad, but are rather “a product of their environment”. The same principle applies to the world’s most misunderstood breed of dog. When you hear the phrase “pit bull”, what do you think? A savage beast, murdered out of cold blood?
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.
We typically think of slaves as a mistreated African American. Thats not all they were, they sang, they read, they were a huge part of our history we don't even acknowledge. They contributed a lot to our music, you could say they were the roots of jazz and blues. Slaves sang almost every moment of their life, there is many different categories of their music, but one of the most interesting is field hollers. Field hollers contain a lot of information on the slave(s). This means emotion is strong in these songs. You can find three main subjects in their tunes, those three are; sad, happy, informative, or passing time.
Based on the text "song of the Buffalo boy" The theme of the text is accept who you are or accept the life is given. In the beginning of the story Lou feels like no one is accepting her and feel she doesn't belong. Most importantly she doesn't like herself. "Why do you call me beautiful. when … I want to look like you and your family"Page 18.her father was Americans so she look different from other Vietnamese and people call con-lai."she hated that word, con-Lao!"pg(28). She hate being different. Later in the story Lou doesn't want to stay in the Village, she wants to run away with khai, A buffalo boy who is the only person that accept her, to America because she has to marry officer Heip, someone she doesn't Love. She want to be with khai
His outfit, as well as his mannerisms, does not follow what was acceptable in society’s point of view at that time. His open jacket and partially opened shirt underneath shows some skin. Presley also has a chiseled appearance, and was known by host Ed Sullivan as “Elvis the Pelvis.” These examples indicate that while people came for his music, many people were also drawn to his sex appeal. Elvis moved around on stage which accentuated the beat of the music, as well as showcased the high energy and fast rhythm of the song. However, as he moved around on stage, the camera would focus on his actions, and not on his group, showing that Elvis had the primary importance and priority in the group. His musicality is apparent in this video, but not obvious due to the distracting dance moves that he does. He sings the song with the proper rhythm, but his tone and professionalism on stage is affected by the sensual dance moves he performs. Presley’s source of inspiration is a song first made popular by Little Richard in 1956, but was written by two other songwriters: Robert Blackwell and John Marascalco. Elvis is famous for mainly singing covers of singles, rather than writing his own songs. I believe that the influence of Elvis on the Beatles is that Elvis tied
The metaphor is presented by “the pack of sure-foot Fates” which refers to a pack of hounds that will catch their target no matter what and track them down. Significantly proving that it is impossible to escape your fate, yet alone outrunning a pack hounds. This is an image of a pack of hounds tracking the killer in a Forest. The symbol on the collar is to portray them as Fate. The dark figure of the Laius’ murderer is not known to the chorus. However, they believe that Fate will not fail to track down the killer. The words “the pack of sure-foot fates will track” invokes a visual sense of a scene with trained canines desperately looking for a target.
The song I chose is called “Before He Cheats”. It was composed by Josh Kear and Chris Tompkins, and it was performed by Carrie Underwood. It is about when a guy cheats on Carrie Underwood so she demolishes his truck. I chose this song because it is hilarious and I like it. It also has a lot of imagery.
Song lyrics have set off a great generation of our leisure time than reading poetic devices, therefore song lyrics are better than poetic devices. Song lyrics have dropped numerous lines that attach to us now a days and make us listen to the line over and over unlike poetic devices. Song Lyrics have so much meaning by word choice and by relations.”Mr. Rager” by Kid Cudi, is about people fed up with society and plan on taking a journey. “Dreams” by Edgar Allen Poe, is about a man who dreams of a greater life. Mr. Rager, the song by Scott Cudi, has a better meaning than Dreaming, the poem by Edgar Allen Poe, by personification, allusion, and symbolism.
Feeling unwanted from the closest people in your life who turn away from you when you need them the most, is the worst feeling a person can endure. I chose the song “My Story” by Sean McGee, because people young and old can relate to his song. People from different backgrounds can relate to each other when there are living homeless or raised as a foster child. Sean McGee wrote “my daddy don’t know, my momma don’t care, it don’t matter if I’m here, it don’t matter if I’m dead” people all around the world have the same issues and share a common culture. A master status is the most important status a person occupies, this is a key factor in determining a person’s social position.
her alone. It reads, “You ain’t nothin’ but a hound dog, quit snooping round my door.”
In the last stanza, they ask how they will live without their dog. This only reinforces the fact that they are attached to this animal i...
If you have ever heard of or watched the “Duck Song”, you know about the crazy annoying duck featured in this song. If you have not heard of this song, it is an animated song video you can watch about a duck who for no reason in particular, really wants grapes. He keeps going to a man who is running a lemonade stand and the duck keeps asking him for grapes. Even though the man keeps insisting he has no grapes, each day the duck comes and asks for them. At the end, the duck gets what he wants because the man brings him to the store for grapes-- which shows that with enough determination, you can get what you want. The theme of determination in shown in a short story called “Raymond’s Run” by the author Toni Cade Bambara, about a persevering
feelings in the man and the dog, of a constant battle with this world of
The dog quotes other characters whose presence is questioned by the woman. The referred-to characters are her lover, family members, and enemy. The poem is essentially a dialogue between the woman and her dog. She is astounded to sense that someone is “digging” on her grave, and is disappointed every time she provides an anxious guess. The woman’s first guess is her lover, and asks if he is planting a rut on her grave.
Ones take of this story can be many of sorts. The dog essential may have saved this young child, his father may have chosen to throw him out the window. If the dog wasn’t there to take his place, who is to say what could had happened? It also shows how the dogs undeniable, love, devotion and eagerness to please his master. Eventually these traits, sadly left him resting lifeless in his young master’s arms. The relationships between these characters, is one of who’s pulling the strings. The abuse has been passed down from father to son. This story leaves an emptiness, with the unsettling turn of events.