Metallica's And Justice For All

“There are a number of different lyrics used in songs that have been derived from poetry” (Kumar). Poetry is an older form of art and song lyrics have evolved from the art. However, it is a great debacle over which one can be considered the higher art form. The underlying question is if song lyrics have evolved past poetry, or has poetry remained artistic and intellectual. Despite bearing some superficial similarities, the differences between “To a Daughter Leaving Home” and “Never Grow Up” in imagery, message, and point of view are prevalent causing poetry to be considered a higher form of art.

An example would be “They hurt you at home and they hit you at school, they hate you if you’re clever and they despise a fool, till you’re so fucking crazy you can’t follow their rules” this intense wording caused the listener to personally fell these emotions by expressing pathos in the sense of being “crazy,” or minimally picture the scenes like someone being hit. Green Day keeps up with the pathos values, but also sounds like they believes they are enlightening the audience and opening our eyes to an overlooked issue. The lack of instrumental affects in the tone of the song, are as there is nothing in-between the singer and his audience to distract form the message. This makes the actual lyrics and word choice more powerful and

Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody”, written by lead singer Freddie Mercury, is an elaborate and intriguing best-selling song from 1975. There is much speculation about what this song could be about, but there is a general understanding that no matter it is about, the song is used to express Mercury’s feelings. Throughout the song, there are various shifts in tone and music style, which are very important in demonstrating Mercury’s emotions toward himself and others. The song is symbolic of Mercury’s emotional struggles, and through various rhetorical strategies he conveys his confused and fragile emotions to the listeners.

The Silent Majority by The Paul McKenna Band is a celtic styled song that discusses how throughout history during times of oppression the majority will stay silent. Hence the title of the song The Silent Majority. I quote “And the silent majority stayed silent” this is a recurring sentence in the song. The theme saying that people will stay silent not speaking up against the oppressed.

Through songs many people express their feelings of the world threw the words they have wrote. Many songs talk about civil rights of the people and how change should be an option. In the world we live in today we have social issues that people have to face such as: police brutality, racial profiling, discrimination etc. Through Kendrick Lamar, Public Enemy, The Game, Bebe Winans, and N.W.A they will use their voice as a weapon for change among all people. Music with a message thrives in a live setting, for obvious reasons, and many politically conscious musicians aim to channel the heightened emotions

Every song has literary elements that contribute to the song’s meaning. In “Everybody Hurts” written and performed by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, and Michael STIPE, artists of R.E.M, I can relate to its literary terms. The literary terms I can relate to are the tone, the conflict, and the theme.

Songs are written to evoke emotion, feelings, to be relatable. The creation of a song is an art form. It is carefully crafted to not only entertain an audience but to also evoke an emotional response. There is a variety of emotions such as happiness, sadness, anger, and so forth. Songs are not only the instruments or machines creating sound in the background, but the lyrics. The instruments reflect the tone that is set in the lyrics. In order to extract the meaning of the song, one must listen to the words. Two strongly contrasting songs are Heathens by 21 Pilots and Louis Armstrong’s What a Wonderful World. Heathens and What a Wonderful World have different backgrounds, meanings, and themes. There are some literary similarities but there are

She unites soul with scat as she hits pinnacle after pinnacle of heartfelt lyrics. “Water Fountain” pulls the ear toward the powerful expressions again and again, which, considering the profoundly polyrhythmic beat, is no easy chore. The rhythmic churning stirs up emotions of a daily life in a repressed world when the singer bravely tells us, “Nothing feels like dying like the drying of my skin and lawn. Why do we just sit here while they watch us wither till we're gone? I can't seem to feel it. I can't seem to feel it.” Garbus’ lyrics feel like there is an emotional foot on her neck. While asserting her stance against water shortages, she gives us the feel of a good love gone

Though this song has no lyrics, it still fills you with adrenaline but also gives a melancholy feeling. Just like the effect war has on people. Not talking regarding about what happened or what's happening in our world. Sometimes silence is more effective showing pain than words are. When you look at artwork from a museum, one doesn’t always need to be told what’s going on know what’s happening. Some things don’t need to be said or explained.

The presentation of these feelings in the lyrics is a combination of negative emotions that conglomerated to create a force strong enough to gain a voice of its own. The poetic voice lacks a specific gender in a successful attempt to let the reader identify

I know people gonna talk shit / And darling, that's fine / But they won't break my spirit / I won't let 'em win / I'll just keep on living, keep on living, oh / The way I wanna live”. The theme continues throughout the albums fourteen tracks of representing sociological concepts such as symbols, organic solidarity, exploitation, ascribed status’, societal norms, inequality, gender, discrimination, prejudice and ethnocentrism.

The social issue chosen is “TEENAGE TRAGEDY.” One curious pattern in well known music that tagged along in the mid sixties was "dead teenage" music. These melodies recounted the account of adolescent love sadly cut off by the soul harvester. Presently, while this kind of tune would appear to have a place in the class of acting as opposed to awfulness, they share a large number of the same topics that described ghastliness music of the stone "n" move time. One was the association of high school sentiment with annihilation. Love can possibly be unfortunate, and significantly a greater amount of the case in the tunes managing suicide, love realizes disaster. Remarkably, and it's made unequivocal in "Ebony Eyes," by the “Everly

These transformations had a great impact for the future generations, even though the sixties had a lot of negative influence due to the use of drugs. The four songs listed above give a clear picture to how, the sixties made the society think on their feet as they were challenged in every negative aspect like political issues, war, drugs and many more. To overcome these challenges, the society had to be united and work as a unit for its betterment. This was achieved by eradicating negative effects and focusing on a plan to accomplish a positive aftermath. Moreover, these songs had a great influence on mass audiences around the world as the lyrics had a huge impact on them. The people were deeply affected by the performance of these rock artists, as they paved a path to expressing their views on the society. Furthermore, these artists expressed themselves through concerts, which drew the attention of audiences in mass numbers. This lead to people being connected to these artists, which help them express their views by being unified. However, these social transformations took decades to deliver a positive environment in the society, even though the era had a lot of negative air around

The freedom present in these songs started to slowly show itself, and this resulted in escalation of more interesting things being said. Also, it is important to remember that the acme of this production does not rest simply on the lines themselves, but also about the way that the lines are delivered, as the lines being screamed and sounding like an irascible teenager added all the more entertainment to the pieces. Then, by the end of the first album, you realize this discernment of the process is all there is too it. Now, for as long as the band stays alive, the concept of how to make a perfect album is now forever in the depths of the band member’s brain. The collection of original nine songs is finished, and you are left thinking this “screaming session” has done the trick. With the minds of the members liberated, and the band finished with its initial purpose of making an album for their friend’s birthday, you are not sure if there will ever be a reason to make more songs again. It is easy to envisage never needing to resort to giving yourself the freedom to aggrandize the band’s

Overall, this song is about a man who has committed theft who is writing a letter to his mom. The harmonizing voices show a solemn tone while the strong percussion brings a dramatic tone. Combined with the change in tempo, these three things allow the listeners to feel the man’s wave of emotions. Lastly, the guitar solo acts a break in the song, allowing the listeners to reflect like the man.