Jack Johnson's Song Cookie Jar

this song gives one a sense of hope and helps to build faith in the future. Kendrick describes the feeling of despair he once had to overcome in order to get him to where he is today. He also talks about the “evils of Lucy”, a nickname for the Devil Lucifer,who continuously tries to destroy his faith and lead him closer to the path of destruction, but how God got him through the tough times. The message of this song is to assure anyone listening that even though they are going through a hard patch, and they are the minority of society, he assures them that they will be alright, similar to the famous saying, “there’s always a light at the end of the

“Ticking” is one of Elton John’s most powerful and under-rated songs. Bernie Taupin, Elton’s song writer, wrote the words why Elton wrote the music, and together they created a song that presents a strong statement. It is a story about a fictional young man who is seemingly normal, but in the end, he snaps and unleashes his carnage. For a song released in 1974, years before mass shootings like Columbine, Aroura, and Orlando, it is eerie that it can relate to so many mass shooting that have happened in the past few years. Elton and Bernie are giving a warning in this song that, as a society, we should focus on trying to reduce gun violence and focus more on mental health.

The theme of the song is rather interesting and I have heard many different theories about the meaning when discussing it with peers over the years. One of the thoughts is

In the Eagles’ song, Hotel California, the speaker describes their freedom in California before coming across this hotel with beautiful women. Unfortunately for him, everything was not as it seems. The song is very light and cheerful in the beginning, hinting at themes of innocence. Although later in the song, the hotel takes on a slightly darker look as the speaker discovers its real purpose. In the song, Hotel California, the use of poetic devices to describe its themes of innocence and desire become prevalent. The use of metaphors show how the incoming insanity has seeped into the hotel through the song’s theme of desire, whereas the imagery shows the speakers depth of innocence in the beginning of the song.

Adding on to that, Connie’s shortfall that rock music has molded her has come to light when Arnold Friend gives sexual advances to her. Joyce Carol Oates shows this by writing, “It was the same program that was playing inside the house. “Bobby King?” she said. “I listen to him all the time. I think he’s great.” “He’s kind of great,” Connie said reluctantly.” “Listen, that guy’s great. He knows where the action is.” (p.3-para.2). This shows how Connie feels shocked that Arnold was also listening to the same music as she was when she was inside the house last time. Since she was incompetent in realizing how teenagers interpret the music than adult figures, Connie is vulnerable when Arnold threatens her to come to him because of the rock music that is being allotted to teenagers. To sum it up, the sexual song lyrics and the image of rock music that is normally played and embraced in the American culture has influenced Connie, a teenager, physically and mentally; therefore, she is taken advantage of by Arnold because of her immaturity and youth.

This song has a remorseful and gloomy mood incorporated in it. Early in the song J. Cole depicts himself as selfish and trying to keep to himself. “I like to write alone, Be in my zone,” here J. Cole is explicitly telling us that he would rather do what he does, which is making music, alone. “Until they snatched it from my mama And foreclosed her on the loan I'm so sorry that I left you there to deal with that alone I was up in New York City chasin' panties, gettin' dome Had no clue what you was goin' through,” J. Cole explains to us how he was blinded by sex, money, and fame. He tells us that he was too busy getting panties to care about his mother having her home for closed. Not only was it her home, but the only place he called home throughout

The first line of the song, “I’m gonna make a change for once in my life” (Ballard and Garrett), helps set the stage for the entire song. The lyrics are very straight forward, speaking about a man seeing the world around him and how it needs to change. The only way to start to change, is to look at yourself and start within. “I'm starting with the man in the mirror… I’m asking him to change his ways… and no message could have been any clearer… if you want to make the world a better place… take a look at yourself, and then make a change” (Garrett and Ballard), is the chorus to the song that refers to a man knowing the world around him is suffering and by taking the first step will help change not only himself but can help contribute to his environment. In order to make a difference in the world, you must start small and start with yourself. The song speaks about is about people suffering and how cruel our world can be. People only care about

Eat That Cookie written by Liz Jazwiec focuses of workplace positivity. The author, Liz Jazwiec is a former emergency department nurse, former emergency department director, author of other workplace books, and is currently a speaker and strategist of how to make the workplace better. She writes about her experience in the work place as it evolved over time from a negative, pessimistic mind set, to a positive mind set created by individuals within the workplace regardless of the current situations. Not only does Liz Jazwiec explain that creating on optimistic working environments are extremely beneficial for all employees, but they also have a positive effect on patient perception of provided services. She addresses many issues and even naysayers throughout the book providing ways to improve and even eliminate negative attitudes. The key message throughout the book is that positivity comes from within and is more beneficial than negativity.

Los Angeles is a land of many things. Many people come in search of fame and fortune only to find feelings of isolation. In Ray Bradbury’s short story “The Pedestrian,” Leonard Mead experiences feelings of isolation in Los Angeles in 2052 A.D.. Los Angeles is known to change people in many ways. People often find themselves isolated after moving to Los Angeles.

“Man in the Mirror” is about a man who believes that only by changing himself will he be able to change the world. The main focus of the song is a man’s struggle to improve himself morally after witnessing his inability to impact the lives of those in need. Michael Jackson reflects on how the world around him is suffering while he lives a life of comfort, and the guilt triggers his decision to change himself so that he can eventually help the world. . The song raises up questions such as,“What purpose does an individual serve in a community? How can we bring about positive changes to the world? How can one person make a major impact in the world? “Man in the Mirror” sends a very universal message, basically telling the world to improve themselves individually so that the whole improves as a result. The discussion will focus more on the symbolical lyrics because there is a lot of straightforward vocabulary in each verse.

Authors write poetry to express the way they feel or what they believe. Composers write songs for the same reasons. Tracy K. Smith writes a moving poem called “Savior Machine” inspired by David Bowie’s song “Saviour Machine.” She uses the word “savior machine” to describe the one person who saves people from their darkest times. Many readers would assume that both the writers need saving from their darkest times. Although the poem and song have different interpretations of their saviors, Tracy K. Smith and David Bowie both explain their struggles that burden them , they use the phrase “savior machine” for the same purpose of having something or someone there to pull them out of their own issues, and they explain their hope of being saved from their burdens little at a time.

I also believe that Bon Iver was on drugs, medication, or slightly impaired when writing these lyrics but in between the lines extremely hurt along with a sense of guilt. Bon Iver says “Choler” as an indication of guidelines form his father in how to handle life or chaos situations on how to act. Difficult times demand difficult measures for example how does one cope with a death of a friend or loved one. All of these unanswered questions but most of the time individuals seek religion in order to help with the pain.

Analysis of Jack Johnson's Cookie Jar Jack Johnson’s song, “Cookie Jar” is a powerful influence to

So the theme in Carrie Underwood’s “Jesus Take the Wheel” is how someone's life is heading towards a dreadful path, the person can’t take control of their life. They don’t know what to do or how to help themselves so, this person reaches out to Jesus to ask for guidance, advice, and to completely take control of their life. This song uses metaphors, similes, allusion, and symbolism in many of the verses. This song was a hit all over, staying at #1 for 6 consecutive weeks on the Billboard of Hot Country. It was also was #4 on Hot Christian Songs and topping highly on the Billboard of Adult Contemporary. This song also won the ‘Single of the Year’ in 2005 at the CMA’s (Country Music Awards).

The song tells the tale of suburban hero, a working class teen without faith or direction. In telling his story, important issues are encountered with a focus on the working class teen. The shallow and hypocritical nature of mainstream media is also touched upon. The music flows between the five parts like a rock opera, and it works with the lyrics to give us a deeper sense of the challenges “Jesus” faces. The song also features a 14-minute music video including dialogue and a shortened version fitting only the song itself, which can give more indication of the song’s intended meaning. In part one, Jesus of Suburbia, we get a background of Jesus’ character, including the fact that he does cocaine, marijuana, alcohol, and cigarettes; and he doesn’t believe there is anything wrong with that. We see he lives with his divorced mother who is often gone. The music to this first act is standard pop punk, consisting of fast power chords, loud lyrics, and stop time. Lead singer Billie Joe delivers lyrics in his traditional full-of-angst fashion, and this reflects the attitude of Jesus. Additionally, the music video shows Jesus breaking up with a girlfriend and proceeding to have sex with multiple intoxicated girls and do hard drugs in a run-down area. In this section we see into the life of someone we might not want to even think about as well-off students at a good university. Though we don’t necessarily connect with Jesus yet, it is easy to pity his situation. After a few chords and two drum fills, we move on to the second