Wrecking Ball Song Analysis

Even though the album “Wrecking Ball” was released in 2012, it is still relevant to today’s society six years later. Almost all of these songs deal with financial issues, whether that be from bankers taking money from citizens as mentioned in “Death to My Hometown” or someone doing different jobs to make a living like in “Jack of All Trades”. Some of these songs do mention some Biblical stories like “Rocky Ground”. These songs not only affect the listener’s spiritual wellness, but they can help with someone’s interpersonal wellness also. Listening to “We Take Care of Our Own” I thought of it to be a upbeat theme about Americans taking care of eachother. After looking more into the song, I realized that it instead talks about Americans self

“There’s nothing to it mister, you won’t hear a sound when your whole world comes tumbling down” refers to bankers being able to steal from citizens but nothing gets done about it. Bruce mentioned a group called Occupy Wall Street, an organization that started the talk about economic inequality, when he described this song, and I think it really shows the community with it. Listeners can feel as though they should voice their opinion, or find others who feel the same and stand together to take on Wall Street or other issues in their lives.
“Death to My Hometown” takes a more angry approach to Wall Street with a rock and roll beat. As the song says “no cannonballs fly, no rifles cut us down” but the “robber barons” (the bankers) brought the pain and suffering. As the mighty chorus is chanted, listeners can think that not one person lives in a town alone but a whole community that was scammed. The song can also bring that sense of community with the lyric “so listen up, my sonny boy, be ready for when they come, for they’ll be returning sure as the rising sun.” Like in the song before, the American people can stand together and fight for what is