#1: Wannabe, The Spice Girls
Everyone can replicate the few words of the iconic Spice Girls song, “Wannabe:” “if you wanna be my lover...you gotta get with my friends.” The beat is fast and happy, an enjoyable song guaranteed to put anyone in a good mood. However, when one looks past the sugar pop front the song holds, they can find a deeper, psychological connection. The song exhibits evidence of motivation, personality, happiness, and attitude.
Motivation describes the wants or needs that direct behavior toward a goal (OpenStax,
Motivation. OpenStax CNX. Dec 15, 2014 http://cnx.org/contents/30b003a9-7322- 48e0-b624- a8e751f5ae0d@5). It fuels every action and purpose one holds. The song Wannabe directs the motivation of a potential lover.
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With this goal in mind, he is motivated to get with her friends, to give, and “slam (his) body down and wind it all around.” Furthermore, the song shows a strong evidence of the instigator’s personality. Personality refers to the long-standing traits and patterns that propel individuals to consistently think, feel, and behave in specific ways (OpenStax, What Is Personality?. OpenStax CNX. Dec 16, 2014 http://cnx.org/contents/6098d267-5492- 4f0b-b702- ddf1b83e6049@5). She is very steadfast in her desires, telling you what she wants, what she really wants. Furthermore, she shows evidence
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of a strong personality in knowing what she wants out of a relationship. She does not want
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Emotions are results of experiences. In describing the experience of touching his lover, the singer is immensely happy and expresses positive emotion.
Furthermore, the song briefly shows signs of stress. Stress can be defined in ways that emphasize the physiological responses that occur when faced with demanding or threatening situations (OpenStax, What Is Stress?. OpenStax CNX. Jul 17, 2017 http://cnx.org/contents/a729cfdc-f94b- 4932-b2e4- 0c72524d45a0@7). In asking to hold his lovers hand, the singer begs, “please, say to me, you’ll let me hold your hand.” His stress is evident when he thinks of her saying he cannot hold her hand. This is a response to a demanding situation, one in which something he greatly desires is on the line.
Moreover, the entire song shows complete evidence of the singer on the pursuit of happiness. Happiness is an enduring state of mind consisting of joy, contentment, and other positive emotions (OpenStax, The Pursuit of Happiness. OpenStax CNX. Dec 16, 2014 http://cnx.org/contents/dbad3e6f-514a- 4f03-9338- 93940a6a9a19@5). The singer is pursing his lover, someone who has made him happy and put him in that enduring state of mind. He can
satisfied so the search for that satisfaction/desire could be classed as motivation. It must also be noted that
Motivation is defined as having a strong reason to act or accomplish something. This reason to act could be a variety of things. The motivation one receives can also come in many forms. For some, the act for themselves; others act for someone else. Still others receive their motivation from another who has complete faith in them to accomplish their task. In the epic poem The Odyssey, by the Greek poet Homer, the main character, Odysseus, is motivated to return home by the courage he receives from the goddess, Athena.
When he is saying that he loves the singer Estelle Fletcher he uses a hyperbole to exaggerate his loving for the lyrics.
The artist wants the audience to feel his substantial affection for Delilah, and how it is unchanging even though they are separated by distance. He appeals to the audience’s emotions of admiration, compassion, and longing for another person. The artist does this by singing about his extensive love for Delilah, which may lead people to think of someone they themselves care deeply about, or an example of love in their life.
Accompanied only by the piano and the light sound of the drum, Sarah presents her moving voice with sophisticated techniques in Embraceable You. Her thick low notes, combining with heartfelt vibrato at the end of the phrases, makes you feel a sense of tenderness and sublime. After Jimmy Jones’ solo, her singing reaches a higher level. That “above” and the long note on “do” are her very moment of maternity. When she sings, you really believe that there are warm arms around you.
What do you mean?”, sociologist Tristan Bridges said that “the lack of clear consent isn’t just present in the song; it is what provides the sexual tension”, while also
Motivation is having a reason or reasons to act/behave in a particular way. It creates “drive” in people whether it is in pursuit of a goal, or the need to complete an activity. It produces enthusiasm and a willingness to achieve in both a work environment and in your personal life. Motivation can be increased and decreased in line with the incentives on offer.
Although the song “Overwhelmed” wasn’t Tim McMorris’ first song he had written about the girl he loved, this was the first song he really loved. This was Tim’s way of interpreting his strong appreciation and love for the person who overwhelms him with love and joy. It helps bring to focus what’s really important to him. He is expressing his love through music and it helps others to convey their feelings for the special someone in their life. For example, in his song he says, “I delight myself in you, captivated by your beauty.
The background vocalists sweeten the request: “Do you wanna? Do you wanna?” Prince hesitates—“bath? Oh …”—but then yields, his voice breaking into an unusually nerve-wracked version of his signature erotic falsetto: “I said, ‘Coooool! But I’m leaving my pants on/ ’Cuz I’m kinda goin’ with someone.” (We’ve learned in the first verse that he’s just come from a lovers’ quarrel “in a violent
The singer loves someone, but this person loves somebody else. He wants that person to leave his lover and comes to him. Ana knows Dean is
He is clearly singing to her, singing lyrics such as “I love her so, I wouldn’t trade her for gold.” In subtitles, the script has (She’s fallen in love with him. Fade out. Blackout.) , and we see that in their
He repeats “But hold me fast, hold me fast ‘cause i’m a hopeless wanderer” which shows the speaker being solemn and lost and needing help. The song is very aggressive due to the speaker trying to
First, the music video connects with teen girls by using lyrics that question staying in these harmful relationships. Shawn Mendes sings, “And you’re spending all your time in this wrong situation”, to motivate teen girls not to waste their time in those harmful relationships. These motivating lyrics help to encourage teenage girls to remove themselves from these relationships. When Shawn Mendes sings about how she should not waste her time in the wrong relationship, it encourages teen girls to get out of those bad relationships. Second, the music video relates to teen girls by using touching lyrics so that teenage girls realize the harmful relationships, they are in. Shawn Mendes sings the words, “But I can see it on your face when you say that he’s the one that you want”, as encouragement for teen girls to do what they want and leave a relationship if they feel unsafe or do not want to be part of it. Again, these compassionate lyrics inspire teen girls to disconnect harmful relationships, because that is what they should want. When Shawn Mendes sings about how it is obvious that the girl feels unhappy in the situation, it relates to other teen girl’s emotions and interests them to leave those situations. Through the use of concerning lyrics, of questioning and emotion the music video encourages teenage girls to leave their harmful relationships. Shawn Mendes’ “Treat
‘Motivation’ is derived from the Latin term ‘movere’ that means ‘to move’. Thus, motivation is a process that starts with a physiological or psychological deficiency or need that activates a behaviour or a drive that is aimed at a goal or incentive (Luthans). Broadly speaking, motivation is willingness to exert high levels of efforts towards organizational goals, conditioned by the efforts’ ability to satisfy some individual needs (Robbins). Need means some internal state that make certain outcomes appear attractive. An unsatisfied need creates tension that stimulates drives within the individual. These drives generate a search behaviour to find particular goals, that if attained,
Motivation is the reason or purpose behind action, or what causes one to act in