Leave Your Things Behind II: Song Analysis

Whiskey Lullaby is a song sung by Brad Paisley (ft. Alison Krauss) which narrates the story of a soldier coming back from war to find his wife in bed with another man. After this, the man drinks away his life trying to escape the pain until he commits suicide. Then the song continues to talk about how the woman follows down the same path after hearing about his death. In the end of the song they both get buried next to each other which symbolizes how they are finally together. The audience for this country song is those who have served or who have had family members serve. The unexpectedness of how life will figure itself out when the soldiers return. Also, how hard it is for families when their loved ones are out fighting, and they are

We see how these concepts norms, values, structure and social facts, and agency give an understanding to lyrics in a song for society and how the concepts tell the story in the song “Wrong way” by Sublime. Many important factors came from these concepts we have to see the role society (her father, brothers, and narrative) played in Annie’s life and what influenced her choices in life. Symbolic interaction theory effectively explains the narrative in this song because of the different views Annie and him see with her life, that her reality of her life is a good life, and that he does not see it as a good way of life but as a bad road ahead.

With this song's pulsing base line and impactful voice over it, even a person who doesn't enjoy rock will find themselves unconsciously beating their head or tapping their foot to the base. The song builds up anticipation until the chorus comes, when the chorus hits it all lets loose. And then repeats the hype all over again. When the guitar solo comes around, it can gets your adrenaline pumping. Even if one of the more unpolished wrestlers made an entrance to this song it would make them seem like they’re ready for a fight. By the end of the song you can almost feel the sweat dripping down your face as the lights dim down and the screams from the crowd die down.

The musician evokes fear in the audience. In the first stanza, he says, "this town rips the bones from your back, it's a death trap/It's a suicide rap" (4-5). Springsteen successfully induces fear in the audience by using the word "suicide." He stresses that the town is a scary and dangerous place. Also, the word suicide reflects that he is unhappy with his life. He also uses the word "trap" to create a feeling of not being able to escape the dangers that surround him. On the other hand, the musician evokes sympathy in the audience. In the second stanza, the musician says, "Cause baby I'm just a scared and lonely rider but I gotta know how it feels" (10). Springsteen effectively evokes the feeling of sympathy among the audience by using the word "scared." He shows that he is afraid of missing out and not being able to experience the feeling of love. Using the word "lonely" also shows that he feels empty if he cannot experience affection from

While reading page nine through fifteen in the Wake Tech English 111 Reader I learned new strategies and tips on how to improve my song summary essay. I learned how to implement new strategies in my song summary essay so that I could write my introduction, body paragraphs and conclusion proficiently in my paper. Mutually, before reading the Wake Tech English 111 Reader I also did not know that when writing a rough draft for an essay a conclusion, introduction or body paragraph could be written first. Similarly, Ashley I always thought that an introduction had to be written before any other part of an academic essay. Primarily, I thought that an introduction had to be written first because my previous English teachers stressed

One of my favorite songs is, “Love Yours” by J. Cole. He is one of my favorite artists and his words are very lyrical. In this song, he is speaking as a first-person narrator. Jermain Cole AKA J. Cole was born in Frankfurt, Germany but moved to North Carolina when he was an infant. He credits Tupac as one of his major influences on his music. Growing up he didn’t have much but on his birthday, he asked his mom for a beat machine. He started out in producing music, but then used his rap on his own beats throughout high school. When he was fourteen, he had two mentors that gave him his stage name “Therapist” for his soulful flow and rhymes. After graduating high school, he moved to the Big Apple to attend St. John University on scholarships.

I think the author of the poem, "leaving the Motel," would approve of the song, "Me and Mrs. Jones," to express his poem in song form. It defines a furtive affair between a man and his lover. In the poem, "Leaving the Motel," the author describes two people are having an affair. The private couple do not want to get caught and ruin their lives outside of the relationship. The author writes, "Too. Keep things straight: don't take --The matches, the wrong keyrings--We've nowhere we could keep a keepsake" This line means the couple is double-check to make sure they have nothing of each others. Snodgrass was implying that there is no room for any mistakes in this relationship. If they had taken something of one another, they would be found out. Their secret would be relived. Now in the song, the composer Billy Paul writes, "We gotta be extra careful -- That do we don't build our

Even though Uzi’s music is considered rap, his songs are really different compared to ordinary songs. His word choice and lyrics aren’t always the standard rap lyrics you hear, that usually talk about having money, fame, etc. For example, in one his more recent songs, “XO TOUR Llif3” the lyrics talk about his friends being dead and his not caring if his ex-girlfriend cries. Perhaps, if Uzi didn’t hate rapping that would make him an ordinary rapper, but he is truly far from

Every new year, the world make 2-times as much progress than that done relative to the year before. This is absolutely horrifying.

When faced with the decision of which pop song really stood out to me during my youth and adolescent years, the song “Lose Yourself” by Eminem immediately came across my mind. From listening to this song during soccer game warm ups, to quietly being indulged in my own headphones while studying for high school exams, this song was like no other in my ITunes library. On top of its amazing use of musical elements, I especially love this song because of its connection to certain socio historical factors and the pure raw meaning behind its lyrics. Although the reaction to this song was quite mixed, and stirred a lot controversy, it was the most defining rap song of the early 2000s. While sitting at my seat pondering about this piece, it brought

A.C. (4 years, 3 months) walks over to the music shelf, she picks up a red tambourine puts it threw her right

Scott Mescudi is a hip-hop artist whose music captures the mind of his listeners through his depressed melodic harmonies. As a child he suffered a traumatic incident that led him to become what he is today for better or for worse. His father died when he was eleven years old inspiring him musically and as a person. With Scott’s father dieing he became depressed (Jaliman). He struggled through life dealing with his depression as a kid through when he is an adult. The only way for him to feel an escape from his sadness and lonesomeness was through his artistic ability in creating music. Through that Scott expresses his passions and demons. On his album “Man on the Moon” and other popular works such as his single “The Prayer”, Kid Cudi speaks

In my viewpoint, everyone was preparing for the day in which they should give the answers. every group should have one response form the clues that they have. Each pair had different answers, which were wrong except judge Ford and Sandy. however, they decided to give no answer to protect Westing's ex-wife in page (138). Crow was worried because she felt that they will know about her in page (139). When they shared their responses, Sydelle was the closest one to the answer because of the words song in page (145). However, she chose the wrong person from the song, which was Otis Amber in page (146). Then, judge Ford gave them time to give another answer individually in page (148). They sat watching each other to think who the answer is. Wile

The song "The message" by Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five depicts the struggle of young black adults growing up in society. The struggle to make it out of poverty can be compared to survival of the fittest in a jungle. Only the strong would survive and adapt to the changes to fit in. Trying their best to make a betterment with whatever little society offers. Being a young black African American in the early 1980's was not easy. It was easier to live the fast life and gain fast money by being part of the drug community. Drugs, guns, and money was glamorized and this is what the young adults looked at as a means of getting rich. In the songs, a young man talks about how he is trying hard to hold on to the little bit of sanity he has left in his soul. He talks about the struggle he endures while trying not to get pushed over the edge. He was born an innocent child who's blind to the ways of mind kind. Growing up he faced many challenges and had to fight

When writing the song ‘’Left Behind ‘’, the mood of the song was sad or depressed. I wrote the song to be because the song is about life’s hardships. The song can relate to most everyone, since everybody goes through struggles. For me, I have always had trouble with my organization, being shy and anxious. Also threw out the song it brings up sad trying urgently to be happy which ties in what it means to me. When that section of the song is going on I always think of people trying to cheer you up but it fails and you are left your gloomy self.