Humble And Kind Song Analysis

Many generations view music as a form of entertainment only, so society tends to overlook the messages behind the music. Some artists use music to promote their beliefs or inform their listeners about overlooked issues. Music spreads awareness about misfortunes in the world, and Martina McBride used her celebrity status to promote her own concerns about child abuse. In 2002, Martina McBride recorded a song “Concrete Angel” to spread awareness about child abuse. Her song exists for the general population that consists of bystanders because most people are aware of tragedies such as child abuse but refuse to report them. Through the elements of plot, characterization, and foreshadowing, “Concrete Angel” illustrates the story of a young girl’s abuse in order to call the bystanders to awareness of the societal problem.

As I think about my senior year, where I have been, where I am going and who I am, I have realized what my theme song should be. It describes me in many different ways.

The song I selected is “Clean by Taylor Swift. My reason for choosing this song is because is one of most emotional songs. I predict that the song has a somber tone. My initial thoughts were that this an exceptional personal song. I believe the theme is about her struggling with addiction.

The poems “My Father’s Song” by Simon J. Ortiz and “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke, these two poems express uniqueness and similarities. In the poem “My Papa’s Waltz” a young child describes his time spent with his father. In the poem “My Father’s Song” a grown man remembers the previous memories of time spent with his father, when he was a child. These two poems coincide through tone, word choice, and figurative language to show the relationship between a father and son.

NAME OF ARTIST SELECTED The artist selected is Stevin Ryan and his genre of music is a mix of hip hop and alternative rock. The artist’s music focuses on relationships, parties, life of today’s youth, and hustling (to do anything you need to do to make money). The listener can often relate to the topics and will be able to find a song that fit their moods whether it is happy or sad, upbeat or pessimistic. The lyrics of the song can appear to be sexual and raunchy or hopeful or tell some kind of story.

My group chose theses ten particular songs because they all explain our theme to Defeat life’s Struggles. We got the theme from these lines in the poem “Till down he drops and plunges to the chin, And struggles much and oft escape to win- -“ ( Clare 22-23) , this shows that even bad things happen but you can keep your head held high. We chose these songs because they all explain bad things will and do happen, but you will reach your future, the song in particular is Hall of Fame by the Script. We chose the song Every Storm by Gary Allan, because it says that bad things will pass like a storm and good things will go on. We chose the song Don’t Stop Believing by Journey because the song states “don’t stop believing”. Songs like Dream On,

While standard music histories and biographies are a pleasant read and aid in the understanding of the recordings many of us enjoy, they do little in the way to place music into its proper context. In order to move music and sound recordings away from the notion of frivolity and pure entertainment, its chroniclers and historians must understand its location in the larger narrative. By properly placing the music and its creators into a larger historical, social, political, and economic context, it brings dimension and perspective to not only the output but a fuller understanding of our past. In order to succeed, the historian should reference many of the characteristics that make Peter Guralnick’s work, particularly Sweet Soul Music, such

Francis Scott Key wrote the National Anthem 202 years ago and it is still honored and respected by many Americans today. The Star Spangled Banner is a symbol of why our country is where we are, it symbolizes freedom, love, honor, bravery. It is amazing that one song can represent so many things and still have as much meaning today as it did 202 years ago. Politics and people’s views and opinions vary in so many different ways these days, but it is good to have a song that can be honored by most Americans.

The song I chose first was Something for Nothing by Rush. This song instantly came to mind because of the message it conveys. “You don’t get something for nothing, you don’t get freedom for free” this quote relates to my life because its message is what I strive for in life. I strive to be hardworking and earn everything I get. My father is exactly what this song portrays, a hardworking individual who earned everything he has. He hasn’t had a single thing handed

I chose the song “Revolution” to be my theme song because I first off really enjoy this song. I love the beat and the guitar. I also really enjoy the lyrics because the song is talking about the protesters of the vietnam

The first lyrics that I’ve chosen is from the song called “Stand Up (For The Champions).” It was released in 2002 by a band named Right Said Fred. The two themes that perfectly reflect this song would be: not giving up and inspiration. The speaker is urging the audience to never give up and is instilling motivation in the hearts of those listening to the song. As the speaker states, “And when I fall down, I have to pick myself back up.”

My theme song for my senior year is Good Day by Nappy Roots. They wrote this song for just good vibes and I came into senior year with good vibes just so I don’t get angry or frustrated. There are three verses of this song that I especially like: “And all we wanna do is get by today”, “Save that drama for another day”, and “It's time to change our ways”. The first verse is for every single day of this year.

Sarah Burger Radan MLIT 1003 22 October 2014 Song Analysis “Single Ladies” While most listeners enjoy music based strictly off of the lyrics and overall “feeling” of the song, there are many elements that pour into every note that create these sensations when absorbing a musical piece. Every song, from instrumental to lyrical to rap to opera music contains these common ground elements that ultimately stitch together each and every verse to construct the piece. The song “Single Ladies” by Beyoncé can be analyzed for these elements of music. In introduction, “Single Ladies” is an upbeat pop song with disco, dancehall and bounce influences.

The favorite song I chose is Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin, which features topics of mistakes and how we can change for the better. The song begins by telling about a lady who’s sure all that glitters is gold. This shows that the lady is selfish, and her purchasing of a “stairway to heaven” means that she is also rich and greedy, because she knows “If the stores are all closed/With a word she can get what she came for” (Page 4-5). Towards the end of the song, we learn that the lady has changed her ways and has let go of her old self, which shows characterization by the songwriter. This classic rock song is accompanied by a theme of hope and being able to change. If you’re going down the wrong path and you think you’re running out of time,

I chose “Every storm runs out of rain”. This is because when my grandma passed away we played this song for her funeral. She was a very outgoing women when she was older. She had cancer most of the years she was alive and I had known her. This song reminds me a lot of her. I used to sit in the chair in the living room when I was younger and listen to her play the piano. This was my favorite part about