Soundtrack For One Moment Essay

This song relates to Jay Gatsby and Wes Moore. Gatsby longs for Daisy and wants them to run away together. Nick tries to explain to Gatsby that you can't always get what you want but Gatsby won't believe it. Wes Moore also realizes that you don't always get what you want when he is sent to jail after being accused of murder.

The coincidences that occur between Claire’s (Allen’s deceased wife) and Maggie’s car issues relate to a suffering that is holding Allen back from going farther with Maggie. He still may feel a sense of regret that he was not there for Claire in her final moments, and does not want the same to occur with Maggie. However, in order to cover this story, Maggie must return to what she has been trying to run away from. Her and her father are not on relative terms, and the loss of Ruth causes them to rebuild a bond that they lost many years ago. Maggie’s father has cancer, and as much as it pains Maggie to see him struggle throughout everyday life, she knows something must change between how they act around each other. This clouds Maggie’s thoughts, causing her to suffer not only as a functioning person, but as a

In the song it says, “When I jumped out on that road, I got no love, no love you'd call real, Ain't got nobody waiting at home, Runnin' with the devil” (Roth 9-12). In the story Connie knows that once she steps outside her house with Arnold there is no turning back, she is now on the dark side. Arnold tries to convince Connie to go with him by saying, “I’ll have my arms tight around you so you won’t need to try and get away and I’ll show you what love is like” (Oates 325). Once Connie does leave with him she notices the vast amount of land behind him that she had never seen before. This represents the unknown in her life that comes with running away with Arnold. Connie knows that now he is in her house, she thought “I’m not going to see my mother again” (Oates 325). If she leaves she won’t have her family anymore and this song relates to that because it says, “Ain’t got nobody waiting at

The story ends with them happily talking about their mothers, and then the readers are left with a mysterious question, Roberta says, “What the hell happened to Maggie?” (Morrison 147).

One song that is used effectively in the movie is “If You Want To Sing Out, Sing Out” by Cat Stevens. This song is the main theme of movie as it celebrates non-conformity and Harold choosing his own path in life. The spontaneous use of the song, along with the deliberate choices to use it in the soundtrack at key moments, help show the journey that Harold is on in the film. When the song is used spontaneously instead of as a soundtrack piece, it is Maude trying to get Harold to sing along. When Maude firsts asks Harold to sing he is reluctant and hums instead. However during the course of the film, he learns to play it on the banjo, and sings along. This reflects Harold’s journey as he learns to open up and live. This culminates in the final scene of the movie, where Harold walks through the hills playing the song on the banjo and dancing after his final suicide attempt after Maude’s death. All of Harold’s previous suicide attempts had been a way to get attention from his mother, and the world. As Harold tells Maude, he “decided that I enjoyed being dead.” (Harold and Maude) After Maude’s suicide, he honors her words to “go and love some more” by choosing to live rather than to die (Harold and Maude). He puts his suicide ideation behind him and instead focuses on living and loving. This song is highly effective in the movie along with the convention of Harold and Maude singing it together

They are joined together by Ryan’s tape diary found in Ameliah’s attic. In this journal, I will be making a song tribute to a specific event in the book, such as Ryan’s reminiscence of his mother and Ameliah trying to fit in, and Nathan’s lack of decorum. Ever since Ryan’s mom died, he is continuously attempting to adjust

In 1965 Robert Wise presented the world with his smashing box office hit film, The Sound of Music. Over time it has become known as one of the most loved and well-known musicals of all time. Shortly after its release it won many Academy awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Sound, Best Adapted Score, Best Film Editing, Best Film-Musical, Best Color Cinematography, and Best Costume design (Freiden par3). The movie is based upon the true story of the VonTrapp family and allows its audience to relive their family experience as well as their flight from Nazism just before the outbreak of World War Two.

Almost everyone will go through a breakup. Those who have been through a rough breakup may agree that heartache hurts. Individuals handle breakups in many different ways; some might become depressed, stop eating, or even overeat. In Aaliyah’s “I Don’t Wanna” and FeFe Dobson’s “Can’t Breath”, each artist expresses their emotional response to handling a breakup. Each are fighting to hold on to the relationship and not wanting to believe that the relationship is actually over.

"I walk this lonely road, the only road that I have ever known. Don't know where it goes, but its home to me and I walk alone. I walk this empty street, on the boulevard of broken dreams. Where the city sleeps, and I'm the only one, and I walk alone."

Within the Soundtrack for a Revolution the main point is how the music trandecents culture and race and reaches everyone. I feel that the success of music is in its accessibility and flexibility. There are many ways to employ to change a nation through culture, violence, politics, economics. I feel that music was a weapon most suitable for the black race to carry their message. While I was watching the video I was reminded of an oral history project story on quora, which can be found here. It talked about mediums in which to convey a message. One such problem is applied nuclear waste and how humans could convey to the future such a powerful message about the danger. Although paintings, digital technology and books can pass through history.

Confession: I never read This Song Will Save Your Life, so I had no idea what to expect when I read this book. Let me tell you, the hype surrounded Leila Sales is not a lie. She is a fantastic writer and she is a fantastic story teller.

This song also connects to my character by talking about the society and world they live in at the time and how it affects them. The song lyrics say “It's the terror of knowing what the world is about watching some good friends screaming 'Let me out," (Queen

“Grenade” begins with, “Easy come, easy go, that 's just how you live oh,” really draws in the listeners, it’s a powerful opening line. It really brings home the main theme of the song. You can get caught up in the idea of love, but not realizing the “other half” of you is caught up in the same idea you are. The line, “Take, take, take it all, but you never give,” also points to the main theme. There are many people that have been through the same thing as the narrator of the song has. Both men and women sometimes are in a relationship thinking they are loved just as much as they love their significant other; when in reality they don’t love them at all. Being played has become a common idea in today’s society.

While cleaning up Cheryl’s room and packing away her personal items after Cheryl’s funeral, April finds an empty bottle of whiskey and screams “I hate you for what you’ve done to my sister! I hate you for what you’ve done to my parents! April despises that alcohol had a huge factor in her life and made her lose her family and while being alone and with the thoughts emerging through her head, she slowly finds her

    Paris by the Chainsmokers is a song that reflects on the happy side of a relationship that is rarely seen in break-ups. The song is essentially the writer remembering a relationship with fondness. It tells the tale of two young lovers on their own and in love who eventually break apart. It also touches on happy memories like the lyrics “We were staying in paris,/ to get away from your parents” (Chainsmokers, 1-2). By highlighting the highs instead of lows, it shows the listener that they should not be sad about their loss but happy that they ever got to experience the joy and happiness that most relationships provide. Almost no relationships end with happiness but this song shows that it is possible to think happily of a relationship that has ended. This song also uses higher pitched, electronic music to