Sunset Song Analysis

The song I chose is a song sung by Martina McBride, a country singer, called Concrete Angel. The song was written by Rob Crosby and Stephanie Bentley, later released on November 18, 2002. The song is about a young girl, Angela Carter, who doesn’t have the most stable and safest home. At home she is domestically abused by her drugged mother, neglected and forced to take care of herself; she packs her own school lunch, walks to school by herself, and is wearing the same dress showing her mom does not care to give her new clothes. When watching the music video, in the beginning children are laughing at her, which shows she is bullied, another main theme tackled in the song. The bruises are seen by her teacher and the neighbors hear her

She begins by complaining that wishing to have time for herself was not what she hoped it would be. Being on her own, Christine’s grandmother laments over what she wished for. (6) She then exclaims to Christine that the only reason she remains in her house and refuses to leave the prairies is Christine’s grandfather fault. “Your grandfather Elisée…such a trick to play on me, the gay adventure…to go first, without waiting for me, leaving me all alone on this western prairie, in exile.” (16) At a young age, Christine sees the prairies as a place of boredom, “an endless land of everlasting sameness”, whereas her grandmother has accustomed herself to the land, wind, and sunrise as where she belongs. Still, she declares the reason she chooses to live on her own is the only way to have independence. (19) The fact that she cannot bring herself to leave her house and chooses to blame her family, shows her predicament of not knowing where she belongs.

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

The iconic number “Singin’ in the Rain”, introduces the scene with Don (Gene Kelly) giving Kathy a good night kiss, and then begins to sing about his joy of being in love. Which is why the song is carefree and has an upbeat sound, showcasing the songs vibrant and happy mood. The song is in a 4/4 time signature.The tempo of the song is moderato and allegro. The dynamics in this song first starts out quite soft and then it gradually gets louder and stays at that level. It eventually gets louder, mainly the instruments, at sudden points and goes back to a quieter sound. The dynamics goes through many changes from loud then soft then it ends on a soft point. Since the song is sung only by Don (Gene Kelly), the pitch of the song is at the alto.

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.

The effect that the landscape has on the characters is very significant. Through the use of figurative language, Kent is able to covey the landscape and how it emphasizes many of the emotions felt by the characters. In the text characters live in Icelandic society where long distance communication is hard and fast communication is even harder. With the weather being the way it is; bitterly cold and oppressive, it reflects on each character and their emotions felt through the book. Particularly the oppressive snowfall throughout the text leaves the characters feeling claustrophobic and confined. In turn this allows each character to express these feelings in their own individual way. Margaret, the mother is trapped in her own house in a repetitive cycle of her own making. Agnes is caught in her own inner turmoil, and Margaret’s daughters are also trapped in a cycle, fated to live a

Lewis Grassic Gibbons "Sunset Song" contains two characters, Chris and Ewan, whose relationship deteriorates throughout the novel. The writer shows this deterioration through the various techniques that he employs. Plot is a major technique which Grassic Gibbons employs to portray the

Already in the beginning, miles of farmland wedge between John and Ann as he ventures off to “help [his father] with his chores, while “mak[ing] sure he’s all right in case [they] do have a storm.” Without her husband for company, she spends the day alone at home, painting, “brooding” and witnessing the intensity of the storm grow vicious. As “the double wheel around the moon” foreshadowed, the storm tested the “elements of human meaning and survival,” forcing the wise to stay indoors away from its “sharp, savage blows.” Also, the desolate prairies, themselves, add to the tense, stultifying aura of solidarity. While the landscape lay bleak and uninviting, how even “the distant farmsteads [Ann] could see served only to intensify a sense of isolation” appears clear. Not only “miles deep between her now and John,” Ann faces a natural barrier between the neighbouring homesteads as the “long white miles of prairie landscape” conceived a “region strangely alien to life.” In essence, the physical barriers, from the “sudden, maniac raging of the storm” to the vast stretches of farmland, allows loneliness and the “ever-lurking silence” to creep into the characters’ hearts until suffering takes control of their

The song “hotel California” was released by an artist known as Eagles in 1976. The genre of the song is classic rock. It was written by Glenn Frey and Don Felder with help of Don Henley. California is the setting of this song, even though it used to relate the entire America. This song is all about the exaggeration of the American culture and some specific girls in America. In addition, it touches the uneasy balance between commerce and art in America. "Hotel California" is a metaphor for the LA high-life and the cons and pros of living in the music industry.

When Mccandless dies it causes his family great pain. In the passage it proves that they are still suffering after Chris’s death. “Ten months after Chris’s death, Carine still grieves deeply for her brother. ‘I can’t seem to get through a day without crying.’” (129) This passage proves that Chris causes his family pain, his whole family still grieves over his death. People think that the family is always happy, when in reality they have a daily struggle which is corrupting the family. No family should have to go through the pain of losing a child. Losing a family member destroys families. If their father would not have had a secret relationship with Marcia, Chris never would have went off grid.He chose to do this because of all the pain that

Son Lux, a.k.a. Denver-based Ryan Lott, makes the type of music that has graced many a teen dystopian film - songs like “Easy (Switch Screens)” and “Lost It To Trying” have a stark, apocalpytic feel to them. Music like this is all too common nowadays, but on Bones, Lott manages to present his normal sound in a way that still seems novel. It’s a record that is heavily limited from being exceptional, but Lott does the best with what he has, and comes out with a pleasing and surprisingly adventurous record.

Beneath A Scarlet Sky indulges into the life of a young man, whose life is ravaged by a war that was bestowed upon him.

We recorded two different styles on the song “All Through the Night” and the results were surprising. In my opinion the first style was much more like my talking voice and laid back. From the recording, it was very blurry. I could barely hear what I was singing it was more like mumbling the words out loud. I also felt that the tone wasn’t projecting out and was buried in the piano accompaniment. The second style was much more awkward to sing but it was projecting. I could actually hear the lyrics and surprisingly all the worlds were clear. I love how the voice floats above the piano accompaniment. By listening to the recording over and over again, I prefer the second style over the first style because it requires small amount of mouth movement

This song starts off very much like the Jimi Hendrix guitar solo in Purple Haze. The difference in this piece is that it tones down a bit so you are able to hear the lyrics of the song although it still feels that the guitar is the “star” or solo of the song. I believe Janis Joplin is also the lead singer in this song and she has an amazing voice. It is a rough, blues feel and she could hit some high notes. Her style of singing is amazing.

Morning Song, by Sylvia Plath, was written in February 1961, the same month she suffered a miscarriage.