Most songs are trying to portray a message to other listeners through the use of lyrics and music put together, to me the song “Fast Car” written by Tracy Chapman was very successful at this. This song portrays a teenage girl whose mother ran away from her drunken father and that she left school to look after him as she felt it was her responsibility. She had a boyfriend with a fast car and saw him as an escape from her unhappy home life. Through the main character of the teenage girl, I was able to see her perspective through the lyrics and her feelings towards running away for a better life. To me, I can see how choosing to run away as opposed to staying was more tempting as she still had her whole life ahead of her and she was excited about a new life in the city with her boyfriend who would take care of her. She had no parents to care for her so she had to grow up very quickly and make decisions that teenagers of that age wouldn’t normally make. She believes that her and her boyfriend can have a future together …show more content…
This made me question if some teenagers in today’s society have to step foot inside an adult role and run away from their unloved parents to have a better life elsewhere. It highlights the predicament of dysfunctional, broken and poor families where children are often left to fend for themselves. The song states that she “wants a ticket to anywhere” conveying that she’d rather be anywhere than at her home. Often in these situations, education isn’t considered a priority as the parents are on a very low income and need more money to survive. It still exist in some cultures today where families live in poverty and rely on their children to leave school and find a job to support their parents. To me, I feel the important message was that there is hope if you believe in yourself and that you’re not responsible for your parent’s
This song represents the talents that i have and what I have that we call determination. the song is fun and addicting for the whole family and more. Talent is tricky subject to get into, because this can go into many categories. I don't have many talents, but i get by and get the job done. In oak hill high school i was a silent and did not interact with anyone during class and man did i have bad acne. That's in the past and I grew confidence and i'm a manager at kfc. So things are not bad as their were back in the day when i was young and free. That's not the subject at hand,talents are really helpful and can entertain for years to come. Having no talent would make a person into that business guy that nobody likes. I mean nobody wants to be left out (except emos). The artist artist 009 sound system can be a good contender on what a person wants to be when the grow up and goto college” You can do anything you want to” that phrase helps represents the talent of adapting which I found out to be the most helpful to me. anyways talent can be a major part of like and should be taken seriously one day that talent can get that job the everyone else
In today’s society, music controls the way we live our lives. The influence that music has on society has broadened throughout the years and with social media being one of the world’s top priority, the fan base and spectrum for music in general has expanded significantly. Music is used to express feelings, moods, circumstances, experiences, knowledge, and so much more. With this being the case, the lyrics of any song can be interpreted differently by each and every listener. Many song lyrics give positive messages, promoting well-being, whiles others give negative messages, promoting violence, criminal behaviors, sexual contents, and disrespect towards others. With this being said, music reflects what the public demands, and in many cases the negative messages are often times what sells more than those music giving positive messages.
The hippie aesthetic implies a song has a message to convey to the listening audience by any means at their disposal (Covach & Flory, 2015). My interpretation of this would be exemplified in the song “War” by Edwin Starr released in 1970 on his album titled “War and Peace”. Written as a protest against the Vietnam War (War by Edwin Starr), the listener cannot misinterpret the intended message. Most songs are not as direct as to their meaning but are none the less passionate about the topic. “Silent Running” by Mike and the Mechanics is one such song. Other songs are not as ‘global’ in their message but take on a personal connotation and elicit the listener’s emotions, such as “Time After Time” by Cyndi Lauper.
As has been said many times over, songs are a reflection of society. They give insight into feelings, moods, historical changes, and the overall atmosphere of the society. Our American society is diverse and so too is our music. There are many genres of music and there were many evolutions to create those genres. Further, what happens in society, the historical changes, also effect those changes.
Most of the time, when we listen to a song, we don’t listen to the words, or what message they are trying to give us. Each song out there has a message in the lyrics somewhere. For this assignment, we were to analyze a song and the lyrics and find the thesis of that song. With thesis, I mean what the message within the song is trying to tell us. The song “I hope you dance” by Lee Ann Womack has a good thesis in some ways, but the thesis could also be argumentative also.
Millions of people in the world listen to music for all different reasons. Most people all over the world listen to different genres of music in order to relax, but not too many people pay attention to the actual lyrics of a song. If you listen to the lyrics of a song you will realize that many songs have important messages or themes to them. An example of this is the lyrics of the song “Changes” by Tupac Shakur. If you listen to this song, you will realize that Tupac raps about not only the problems that African Americans face from society, but also the struggles that poor people in society have to endure and overcome. Many
The song I picked for this homework assignment is called Runaway Love by Ludacris and Mary J. Blige. The song is describing the hardships of three young girls and their struggle to survive. Finally, the girls are fed up with the lives they are forced to live and decide to pack up their things and run away. I think this song can relate to many aspects of sociology that we have learned in class. Some examples shown through the song are poverty, education, healthcare, marriage and family. All three girls’ different stories and struggles they face.
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.
In Tracy Chapman's song "fast car", the speaker deals with her reality and longs for a better life situation. By using the metaphor "fast car", she wants to describe an incisive moment in her life. The woman supports this with words which are associated with this conveyance and talks about the escape from her old, deadlocked life to a new place, where she wants to be able to start all over again.
The song "Fast" by Luke Bryan was released in 2015 on the album Kill the Lights. This song is important to me because it was the first song that made me like country, made me realize things, and to enjoy life.
Different songs can have different intentions on what message they are trying to send to the listener. As the listener, they are the only ones who interpret what they think about the song or if they like it or not. To me certain songs have lyrics that tell stories and teach life lessons and other songs I don’t even have to listen to the lyrics to like the song. Songs can reflect different sides to a person and may also relate to people’s lives. Through my three songs “Logic – The Come Up” and “Yung Dash – Momma I Made It” they represent the saying of “You will get knocked down but it’s your choice whether to get back up or not” as well as not letting anyone who doubts you get in your way with whatever you are working for.
Within the first two verses of the song, this young woman presents an issue that is all too common for many people. She has big dreams and wants to make a name for herself, but to succumb to making that dream a reality, she would have to desert the loved ones that have made
Music is a very good thing for people because it can sometimes calm a person down and make them feel happy. Music is a good way to express one’s feelings in a positive way. Sometimes people use it for good reasons and sometimes bad reasons. I chose to write about the song “Hotline Bling” by Drake for my project. I think this song shows the emotion of sadness and depression.
This appeal is the one that is most prevalent and is shown through Aristotle’s three criteria to stimulate emotions from the audience. This song does an amazing job of connecting with the audience on an emotional level and it also touches the audience in some way or other. After I thoroughly read the lyrics I realized that it makes you want to make a change and get involved. I know that after I hear this song I want to go out and do something better for this world and make it a better place. Every day on the news we hear and see the horrible things that are happening and we stop and say well what can you do about it? But once this song is heard it’s like you want to start the change and make a difference in some way. “Can you practice what you preach and would you turn the other cheek” this really struck me hard when I first sat down and took it in. Can you really just walk away from all the horrible things that are going on or can you make that difference that is talked about all the time? Aristotle mentions the 3 criteria’s which are understanding the state of mind of the audience, who can excite the emotions, and understanding the reasons why people become emotional. These 3 can be seen in the line “people killin, people dyin’, children hurt and you hear them crying.” This line is so captive and immensely strong just the thought of what is being said makes you think the
In the music video of “Drive By”, performed by music group Train, produced by Columbia Records, on January 10, 2012, the lead singer Pat Monahan is the implied author of the story while he is singing to an implied audience of women, by tell a story of a woman he met. “Drive By” is a story of a bad boy meets good girl love story and he is expressing his love for her. Through the use of the rhetorical strategies the author is able to successfully convince the listening audience of the sincerity of the love story.