Analysis Of Phil Collins Land Of Confusion

Every true story ends in death… and this is a true story. Gale sayers is a very good football player, but not very many people know about his backup Brian Piccolo. Brian is a very shy and outgoing man, he will not stop even when he wants to. Gale sayers is a shy man, he does not talk very much, unless it is to brian. The story Brian's Song is about a white and black football player as friends, going through the thick and thin, the ups and downs, and when you just need each other.

evil theme. Throughout the song the newsreader gets louder. This may symbolise to the audience that the evil, tragic and negative things are taking over and overcoming the world and goodness. Also because the violence and murder is taking it reminds us that we cannot overlook and forget about these things that are happening.

I have always enjoyed music with strong, meaningful lyrics so this option was the obvious choice for my final. I find myself constantly listening to music and have listened to “Hotel California” by The Eagles more times than I can count, making it another obvious choice for me. Although, when reading through the lyrics the first time, I realized that I had never understood the song meaning and the theme it is intended to portray. It was interesting to read through it with my own, as opposed to hearing the tone it receives when listening to the song. Not having the music helped me understand the meaning of the lines better, letting the words sink in instead of them being sung quickly and then gone.

The imagery that I find shows the emotions of what happened is when they say “hope was in the air” the people who were protesting were not expecting anything bad to happen to them. “They stood in peaceful protest” people who stand in peace are not expecting to be killed, they show that women and children were there too. No one expects women and children to be killed. The band says that student were there, student are educated they aren’t following blindly they believe in their causes. It follows up again with “And the silent majority stayed silent.”

This theme is brought through the song by showing multiple literary devices. Such as “I'm the one at sail, I’m the master of my sea”. This metaphor shows the realization and empowerment that oneself can give in a depressing situation. This simile “Falling like ashes to the ground, Hoping my feelings they would drown” compares his feeling of sadness and depression to ashes, and wanting them to drown and vanish, from his life. This line, “All the hate that you’ve heard has turned your spirit to a dove” explains how all of the hate that he has experienced and gone through has turned his feelings around, and decided to look on the bright side of things. Personally I think this is a great

Throughout history music has been used as a method of communication and protest. This trend spiked particularly during the Vietnam War in the 1960s and is shown throughout the decades with different groups or genres to continue in increasing popularity throughout the decades (Candaele). One particular song that portrays this is “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” written and sung by Billy Joel. “We Didn’t Start the Fire” exemplifies a popular song taking a stance against contemporary social issues in 1960s-1980s America, particularly involvement in the Cold War.

The lyrics, “situation, aggravation everybody allegation… bang, bang, shot dead, everybody gone bad” refers to the amount of violence that is occurring and how everyone is making decisions that are controlled

The music and lyrics of the song simultaneously start, creating a feeling of hurriedness, and not leaving any time for the listener to think about the music and the feeling it creates on its own. This reflects the lifestyle teenage boys were thrown into upon the entrance of high school and their rushed, and somewhat forced, decision to join the Panther football team. Halfway through the song, the music becomes

However, the parts of the song that most affected Mike Peller were the allusions to and imagery of the 70s. The song’s story follows a young man, walking around the local square, who is entranced by a young woman with “scarlet begonias tucked into her curls” (Grateful Dead). She also had “rings on her fingers and bells on her shoes,” a line that has stuck with Mike because of how the image reminds him of the 70s, and as an extension, the ideas of freedom and being carefree. Mike doesn’t have much of an opinion about the lyrics of “Fire on the Mountain”, but he does love the rhythm and the bass guitar because “it just makes anybody want to dance” (Michael Peller). However, I found the lyrics to be meaningful in ways related to Mike’s enjoyment of the song. The line, “fire, fire on the mountain”, is repeated throughout the song, and almost sounds like an urgent call for help. Despite this, the beat and music rolls on. The song pokes fun at a “long distance runner” who continues to make and dance to music even as “a dragon with matches” is “loose on the town”. But when fans dance to the music live at a concert, the lyrics take on a different meaning: on how even as everything is burning down, the fans keep dancing and the Grateful Dead keeps

Even though the song was about death and depression, the Rolling Stones made it a great rock song that showed their creativity and that they were an unpredictable group who could grow with the time era. “Paint It, Black” by the Rolling Stone was a song in which the they did experiments of sounds on. The song’s form is not like a traditional song outline. It goes by the song form of Chorus/Verse 1/Verse 2/Bridge/Chorus/Outro. The instruments used in this song are 2 guitars, drums, tambourines, and a sitar. Sitar is an Indian string instrument that is like a guitar. The addition of the sitar in this song made was what made it an experimental song. When I listened to this song, in the beginning, I heard the sitar playing solo before any words were sung. Then the drums come in with this nice upbeat rhythm and tempo that made it more of a rock song. In addition, every time when Mick Jagger, said “painted black” in this song, he adds this emphasis to the word “black” of saying it for a longer duration than other words. This helped create that dark mood of the song and added an extra texture to the song. Towards the end of the song like the outro part before the instrumental, there was this short piece of the sitar playing and it helped create this creepy but unique sound. Then it was

The off-beat sequences of the electric guitar create a reggae feel for the song endorsing it to be mellow. Throughout the song, the electric guitar does not have any solos but variations of its sequence are repeated throughout the structure of the song. Doing so gives the lead singers’ message more priority. The domination of the classic drum kit creates a ‘head-bobbing’ motion for some when listening to this song, helping it become more popular and an easily enjoyable song.

and beats. The guitars and drums that were used, give the song a dramatic rock vibe. According

his book The World in Six Songs, Dr. Daniel J. Levitin explores how the influence of musical sounds on the brain has created and shaped human nature. He believes that the various functions of music have affected the evolution of human relations. These musical functions are performed by six types of songs: friendship, joy, comfort, knowledge, religion and love. He feels that anthropologists, archaeologists and psychologists have neglected to thoroughly investigate how music has contributed to the development of human nature. Levitin is a research scientist, a psychologist, an author, a professional musician and record producer, and also professor at McGill University where he heads the Laboratory for Music Cognition, Perception and Expertise. He has been published in both scientific and musical trade journals.

It highlights the struggles that are happening for people. There are some great guitar riffs and distortion. It has a verses/chorus composition. The song is a little bit slower to begin, but soon picks up the tempo, it is a great song to sing along because the lyrics are not distorted by the instruments, like you find with some other bands. This song was written by Richie Sambora, Jon Bon Jovi, and Desmond Child.

While the City life is crowded with transport, people, tall, tightly spaced buildings and the pollution the urban community live in. The city lives are dealt with violence, greed and criticism of the people. The dull colour of scene where people are rushing to reach their destination and the heavy and quick pace of the music has change dramatically from the opening scene as the changes is when Rachel and Samuel got on the train to go and visit her sister in the city. As the train starts to travel you could hear a great change of music from calm and soothing music to a rush and mysterious sound of the music with this it tries to tell us that Rachel and Samuel are travelling for the first time out of their comfort zone of their home into a world that is strange and unknown to them.