Analysis of Two of Carrie Underwood¨s Songs: Before He Cheats and Just a Dream

Carrie Underwood, Tim Jones. “See You Again.” YouTube. YouTube, 4 Apr. 2013. Web. 25. Nov. 2013.

I have chosen a song that I would say is a country song. It is actually a song that I have known for many years and that I actually taken ato. This song would be “Chicken Fried” by Zac Brown. In this song, Brown sings about things such as enjoying his evenings with family and getting to dine on his favorite meals, being raised in the South, and giving thanks to God and the people who fought for the freedom of our nation. In the chorus, he is described to the listener that he is with his family, and presumably friends as well, enjoying each other’s company on a Friday night. He also explained getting to eat some fried chicken, drink beer, and listen to the radio. He then mentions that he was born and raised in Georgia Pine. Then in the next

The song “Hooked on a Feeling” by Blue Swede reflects me as a person. I am like this song because the melody is easygoing and carefree, kind of like my personality and the way I deal with things. Slow, but steady. In the chorus, the lyrics state: “I’m hooked on a feelin’, I’m high on believin’, that you’re in love with me, hooked on a feelin’. I do have mixed feelings on relationships and boys and girls and everything else in life. But for me, the song “Hooked on a Feeling” takes on a different meaning. Not the meaning that a boy thinks a girl loves him and vice versa, but the meaning of that I have a feeling that everything will turn out fine. I’m hooked on a feeling that I will find my way through life, through the pain, through the tears,

The song tells of an emotional breakup and the emotions shown in the song are sadness and anger. After the breakup, she emotionally was torn apart and continuously will want him. Miley Cyrus shows credibility by being who she is as a much known singer. The sound of the song automatically starts with high and fast beats which sets the intense scene for the song. By the middle of the song, the sound drops to a much slower beat but then back up for the final chorus. “Wrecking Ball” was written to the guy who caused her to feel the way she did. In the first line of the song, she uses the words “clawed” and “chained” which are not normal words used for people in a relationship. She then says she fell under his “spell” meaning that she was into the relationship more of then him. She also relate the death of their relationship to “we’re ashes in the ground.” Within the entire song when she sung the word “wreck,” it was emphasized and had a longer beat. The last two lines of “Wrecking Ball” was “yeah, you, you wreck me,” repeated twice also for emphasis. The music video begins the song zoomed into Miley Cyrus’ face almost like looking into her and her feelings. By the second chorus and the increased beat she begins swinging on a ball, creating a visual of her feelings and her literally coming in like a wrecking ball and breaking his

Listening to the lyrics of your favorite song you automatically start to have a connection with that song. Then the song starts to represent you and your life because of the lyrics. Some songs show about being a fighter,having freedom, or just being you. There's a billion of songs out there and there's a billion of people who connect with those songs. Usually the most common reason why some songs represent people is by their past experience. For me some songs represent me because I decided to follow my dreams,living in the moment, and get right back up.

“God put us here on the carnival ride, we close our eyes never knowing, where it will take us” (Wheel of the World quoted In “Biography”). These were the words of Wheel of the World which inspired Carrie Underwood to write her latest album. Although at only 13 years old, she recorded her first album (“Carrie Underwood Biography”). Carrie also participated in several different celebrations around the US to prepare herself to audition for American Idol in 2004 (“Biography”). By winning this contest, she continued to stay humble through her fame. Her contributions through country music demonstrated by the career of Carrie Underwood proved beyond a doubt the Country Music Hall of Fame should induct this singer. She has shown the value through her major works, charities and influences, and professional morals.

“We Found Love” is a popular song produced by Calvin Harris and features singer Rihanna. “We Found Love” reached the number one spot in the top charts in multiple countries in 2012 and the music video became popular very quickly after being filmed in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The music video features a young couple living in an impoverished council estate in West Belfast. Both characters portrayed in the music video are in their twenties and of mixed race, one parent being black and the other being Caucasian. Their relationship is distinguished by domestic violence as the couple is seen yelling, pushing and hurting one another, along with stealing from convenience stores, gambling and abusing drugs and alcohol together.

The tone of “Runaway Love” is sad, depressing, and it opens the eyes of the listeners. These characteristics seem to go along well with the song’s lyrics. Although Ludacris only uses a few poetic devices, they enhance the tone of the song. People who read the lyrics to Ludacris’ song can tell that he is portraying a very serious story.

Carrie Underwood is a beautiful, young, amazing, creative, and outstanding woman. She is now a country singer because of American Idol. She went to American Idol in May of 2004 and reached finals in May 2005. She won American Idol because of her amazing viewers. Carrie has now received many awards being a country singer. Through everything Underwood is now one of the most popular country singers alive today. (La Bella, New York: Rosen Central, 2008.)

In Carrie Underwood’s career she broke many records and won many awards. In ‘05 Underwood won a Teen Choice award for best TV Reality/Variety Star- Female. Her song ‘Inside Your Heaven’ reached No. 1 and album ‘Some Hearts’ also reached No. 1 on Billboard Country Albums. Between ‘06 and ‘10 she won 10 Academy of Country Music Awards. In ‘07 she released single ‘Wasted’, she sold 1 million copies and the song received a Gold Certification from The Recording Industry Association of America. She also received a Grammy award for best new artist in ‘07.

“And the band started playing one of those really slow songs, like “Stairway to Heaven” or “Freebird” that probably have really great lyrics or something but the song itself just is awful-just awful. Then this real phony guy, with the hair all slicked back on the top of his head stood up with the Sax and did a solo. I almost died. I mean, almost completely died right there. It had to be the cheesiest solo I had ever heard. I mean he was swaying back and forth and he closed his eyes like he was really getting into it and all, but it was the fakest thing you ever heard. It was like something out of a bad Howard Johnson’s. I swear, he must record Muzak for a living or drive

He also establishes Pathos. He does this by using these songs that stand for such emotional things in the past and present. He acknowledges the struggle and the sorrow, but also includes the hope that is often viewed in these songs. A hope that, one day, the double-consciousness will

Dream on by Aerosmith connects to Santiago and his recurring dream in the beginning of the story starting on Page 6. Santiago deals with a recurring dream and he does not understand why he is having it. This dream occurs every time Santiago sleeps under a sycamore tree that grows out of the ruins of a church. In this dream a child tells Santiago to go after a treasure located by the Egyptian pyramids. Santiago is confused by the message of the dream and goes to a gypsy woman to try and understand the dream. She says that he should go to Egypt in pursuit of the treasure. This leads to Santiago meeting a magical man who turns out to be the King of Salem. He says that going to Egypt is Santiago’s personal legend and he should set off for his journey tomorrow. This journey leads to Santiago arriving in Tangier and a robber taking all of the money Santiago brought in his journey towards the Egyptian pyramids. This leaves Santiago by himself as he now has to find a way to push through adversity and get to his destination. Dream on is about following your dreams and aspirations in life by following your journey. “Dream until your dreams come true” is a line highlighted in the song that captures the purpose of following your dreams. It is about your want to be someone and to accomplish what you are supposed to in life. Santiago’s purpose is to follow his personal legend by following the good omens throughout the story and find his way to the Egyptian Pyramids. Santiago has to

The song Teenage dream greatly resembles the relationship between Nora Grey and Patch in the novel. This is by the lyrics in the song ‘you think I'm pretty without any make-up on’ as in the novel patch states ‘you’d look better without it’ as he is referring to her lip gloss which she was wearing at the time. Also the lyrics ‘Before you met me, I was all right, But things were kinda heavy’ show patches relationship and feelings towards Nora. This is because of Patches unpleasant, unstable past. Once Patch met Nora however it was as if a huge burden had been lifted of his shoulders and he finally felt like he fit with someone rather than just being

example, a song with slow tempo and lyrics about remembering a lost loved one can emit feelings of deep sorrow or regret, which can be reflected and felt by the one singing, or even listening to, the music. On the other hand, a more joyous and fast-paced song can allow one to feel more energized and up-beat.