Think the world can be Black, White and Jew?
PEACEMAKER DIE,
Mr. Righteous One
You say you have this plan?
If we care to understand
PEACEMAKER DIE,
Mr. Nice Guy
You dare to speak the truth?
I'll twist and turn it into lies
Blessed are the warmongers,
Blessed are the warmongers
For they shall be called,
Man-made Gods
PEACEMAKER DIE,
PEACEMAKER DIE,
PEACEMAKER DIE,
I DON'T KNOW WHY?
PEACEMAKER DIE,
PEACEMAKER DIE,
PEACEMAKER DIE,
PEACEMAKER DIE,
PEACEMAKER DIE,
I DON'T KNOW WHY?
PEACEMAKER DIE,
Mr. Goody Two
Do you really thing the world
Can be Black, White, and Jew?
PEACEMAKER DIE,
Mr. Music Man
Don't turn your back on me?
Cause I'm the one with the gun
Blessed are the warmongers,
Blessed are the warmongers,
For they shall be called,
Sons of God
I have a dream this afternoon,
That the brotherhood of man,
Will become a reality
In this day, with this faith,
I will go out and,
Carve the tunnel of hope,
Through the mountain of despair
With this faith,
I will go out with you and,
Transform dark yesterdays
Into bright tomorrows
With this faith,
We will be able to achieve
This new day
When all of God's children,
Black men and white men,
Jews and gentiles,
Protestants and Catholics
Will be able to join hands
And sing with the negroes,
In the spiritual of old
Free at last, free at last,
Thank God almighty,
We're free at last.
Chorus
This is a song written by Extreme in 1992. The last part of it you might recognize as Martin Luther King Junior's "I have a dream" speech. This song portrays an incredible message of racial toleration. But how could it be encouraging racial toleration when its main line is "Peacemaker Die?" That's the beauty of this song. Gary Cherone and Nuno Bettencourt, the song's writers, used irony to appeal to logos. This song is written from the point of view of the assassinators of King, almost in a form of mockery. With phrases like "Blessed are the warmongers for they shall be called man-made gods," they really make you realize how stupid racism really is. It almost completely destroys any logic for being racist.
They also used several rhetorical questions. "Think the world can be Black, White and Jew?" is the opening line and immediately makes you think and wonder what the song is going to be about. This is interesting because it is an ironic rhetorical question. They used two figures of language in one!
The last thing I wanted to talk about is the usage of King's speech. This is played as the climax of the song, and up until that point, you aren't sure what the song is talking about. As soon as the speech starts rolling you understand, "oh, so that's what this song is about!" I think of this as imagery, appealing to pathos. I think that this speech holds a special place in many peoples' hearts, and it creates a very emotional atmosphere mixed with the music playing in the background. This is probably one of the most rhetorical songs I have ever heard. It definitely affects its audience using several rhetorical tools in order to motivate all to be a little more tolerant of our neighbors.
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Thursday, February 12, 2009
Dream
Dream by Priscilla Ahn
I was a little girl alone in my little world who dreamed of a little home for me.
I played pretend between the trees, and fed my houseguests bark and leaves, and laughed in my pretty bed of green.
I had a dream
That I could fly from the highest swing.
I had a dream.
Long walks in the dark through woods grown behind the park, I asked God who I'm supposed to be.
The stars smiled down on me, God answered in silent reverie. I said a prayer and fell asleep.
I had a dream
That I could fly from the highest tree.
I had a dream.
Now I'm old and feeling grey. I don't know what's left to say about this life I'm willing to leave.
I lived it full and I lived it well, there's many tales I've lived to tell. I'm ready now, I'm ready now, I'm ready now to fly from the highest wing.
I had a dream
The song Dream by Priscilla Ahn tells the story of a person’s life, one that encourages the audience to dream. It then implies that if you have lived with dreams and aspirations you will be pleased with how your life was lived and you will be ready to go.
In the second verse the metaphor, “The stars smiled down on me,” is used. It is referring to the situation where the girl asks God who she’s supposed to be. This metaphor gives the audience a positive feeling, one of comfort. Stars cannot smile, but the metaphor brings feelings of joy and allows the audience to know that the girl has received her answer from God. This helps set the mood of the second verse.
In the third verse Priscilla Ahn uses diction to convey her message. For death, she uses unique word choice, “I'm ready now, I'm ready now, I'm ready now to fly from the highest wing.” The diction used gives the audience a pleasant feeling about death rather than a morose feeling that usually comes when the word death is heard. Priscilla Ahn wants the audience to understand that the girl in the story has lived a full life that she is happy with and is ready to die. The diction helps the audience understand this and changes the emotion that is felt at the end of this song to one satisfaction.
Overall, the tools used by Priscilla Ahn allow the reader to feel the emotion that is trying to be portrayed by this song. Without the tools used in the song, the audience could have gotten a completely different message than the one presented.
I was a little girl alone in my little world who dreamed of a little home for me.
I played pretend between the trees, and fed my houseguests bark and leaves, and laughed in my pretty bed of green.
I had a dream
That I could fly from the highest swing.
I had a dream.
Long walks in the dark through woods grown behind the park, I asked God who I'm supposed to be.
The stars smiled down on me, God answered in silent reverie. I said a prayer and fell asleep.
I had a dream
That I could fly from the highest tree.
I had a dream.
Now I'm old and feeling grey. I don't know what's left to say about this life I'm willing to leave.
I lived it full and I lived it well, there's many tales I've lived to tell. I'm ready now, I'm ready now, I'm ready now to fly from the highest wing.
I had a dream
The song Dream by Priscilla Ahn tells the story of a person’s life, one that encourages the audience to dream. It then implies that if you have lived with dreams and aspirations you will be pleased with how your life was lived and you will be ready to go.
In the second verse the metaphor, “The stars smiled down on me,” is used. It is referring to the situation where the girl asks God who she’s supposed to be. This metaphor gives the audience a positive feeling, one of comfort. Stars cannot smile, but the metaphor brings feelings of joy and allows the audience to know that the girl has received her answer from God. This helps set the mood of the second verse.
In the third verse Priscilla Ahn uses diction to convey her message. For death, she uses unique word choice, “I'm ready now, I'm ready now, I'm ready now to fly from the highest wing.” The diction used gives the audience a pleasant feeling about death rather than a morose feeling that usually comes when the word death is heard. Priscilla Ahn wants the audience to understand that the girl in the story has lived a full life that she is happy with and is ready to die. The diction helps the audience understand this and changes the emotion that is felt at the end of this song to one satisfaction.
Overall, the tools used by Priscilla Ahn allow the reader to feel the emotion that is trying to be portrayed by this song. Without the tools used in the song, the audience could have gotten a completely different message than the one presented.
Angels & Airwaves
Angels & Airwaves- Sirens
There's a weakness at the window
Place my footprints in the dark room
There's lonely voices like a scarecrow
In the hallway like a lost ghost In the bedroom I see a shadow
From the moon with light from a candle
On a bed frame lies a girl
Her reflection in the mirror
Chorus : Ladada dadada dadada dadala dada
I like your eyes wide
Ladada dadada dadada dadala dada I
've been knocking at your backdoor
Ladada dadada dadada dadala dada
Nervous like a knife fight
Ladada dadada dadada dadala dada
Be careful what you ask for
I do this from time to time
Where I can never wake from a bad dream (from time to time)
I do this from time to time
When I can never say the things I mean (from time to time)
I do this from time to time
Where I like to watch you as you sleep (from time to time)
I do this from time to time
Where I like to think of you with me
The song is mainly about the lose of your first love. Everyone has had a first love and in most cases the first love never works out. The song relates to the fact that even after everything a couple has been through, that partner still has a piece of the others heart. The song uses imagery, metaphors, and similes in every line to describe the relationship of feelings that correspond with a first love. The entire song is an example of all of these tools to give the audience a very in depth description of how feelings of an ex loved one can be like. An example of a common simile used is “There’s lonely voices like a scarecrow.” Or a metaphor in “ From the moon with a light from a candle.” Each describes something to another. The simile uses like and the metaphor uses a comparison of the moon as a light from a candle to represent the feelings of hope. Altogether the song uses a very imagery type of feelings to get the point across of how scary it could be to see an ex lover, but the fact is the love has never changed. The lyrics hit close to home for me and give a very imaginary description of how girls can make you feel.
There's a weakness at the window
Place my footprints in the dark room
There's lonely voices like a scarecrow
In the hallway like a lost ghost In the bedroom I see a shadow
From the moon with light from a candle
On a bed frame lies a girl
Her reflection in the mirror
Chorus : Ladada dadada dadada dadala dada
I like your eyes wide
Ladada dadada dadada dadala dada I
've been knocking at your backdoor
Ladada dadada dadada dadala dada
Nervous like a knife fight
Ladada dadada dadada dadala dada
Be careful what you ask for
I do this from time to time
Where I can never wake from a bad dream (from time to time)
I do this from time to time
When I can never say the things I mean (from time to time)
I do this from time to time
Where I like to watch you as you sleep (from time to time)
I do this from time to time
Where I like to think of you with me
The song is mainly about the lose of your first love. Everyone has had a first love and in most cases the first love never works out. The song relates to the fact that even after everything a couple has been through, that partner still has a piece of the others heart. The song uses imagery, metaphors, and similes in every line to describe the relationship of feelings that correspond with a first love. The entire song is an example of all of these tools to give the audience a very in depth description of how feelings of an ex loved one can be like. An example of a common simile used is “There’s lonely voices like a scarecrow.” Or a metaphor in “ From the moon with a light from a candle.” Each describes something to another. The simile uses like and the metaphor uses a comparison of the moon as a light from a candle to represent the feelings of hope. Altogether the song uses a very imagery type of feelings to get the point across of how scary it could be to see an ex lover, but the fact is the love has never changed. The lyrics hit close to home for me and give a very imaginary description of how girls can make you feel.
Chasing Pavements
The thesis of this song is about trying to decide if you should give up or keep trying even though the situation appears to be hopeless. The chorus talks about giving up and chasing pavements. While this song is initially a love song, I think that with the words Adele uses it can be interpreted in other ways. The chorus uses imagery when it says, "Should I give up, Or should I just keep chasing pavements? Even if it leads nowhere." It invoked an image of a sidewalk with no apparent end and you are trying to decide if it is worth it to walk down it anyway. I think people can relate this song to their dreams and wishes. I think this causes the audience to decide if it is worth it to go after their goals despite the risks because we can all relate the imagery she uses.
I also found that this song is built on a rhetorical question: Should I give up, or should I just keep chasing pavements? This question is not really meant to be answered. I think this creates an appeal to logos; it is about thinking through what you want to do and if it is worth it. This causes the audience to think about their hopes and dreams. Each person has to decide at some point whether they can aspire to these goals; it is a question we each have to ask ourselves.
Chasing Pavements by Adele
I've made up my mind,
Don't need to think it over,
If I'm wrong I am right,
Don't need to look no further,
This ain't lust,
I know this is love but,
If I tell the world,
I'll never say enough,
Cause it was not said to you,
And that's exactly what I need to do,
If I'm in love with you,
Should I give up,
Or should I just keep chasing pavements?
Even if it leads nowhere,
Or would it be a waste?
Even If I knew my place should I leave it there?
Should I give up,
Or should I just keep chasing pavements?
Even if it leads nowhere
I'd build myself up,
And fly around in circles,
Waiting as my heart drops,
And my back begins to tingle
Finally could this be it
Should I give up,
Or should I just keep chasing pavements?
Even if it leads nowhere,
Or would it be a waste?
Even If I knew my place should I leave it there?
Should I give up,
Or should I just keep chasing pavements?
Even if it leads nowhere
So Small - Carrie Underwood
What you got if you ain't got love
the kind that you just want to give away
It's okay to open upgo ahead and let the light shine through
I know it's hard on a rainy dayyou want to shut the world out and just be left alone
But don't run out on your faith
[Chorus]'Cause sometimes that mountain you've been climbing is just a grain of sand
What you've been up there searching forforever is in your hands
When you figure out love is all that matters after all
It sure makes everything else seem so small
[Verse 2]It's so easy to get lost inside
a problem that seems so big at the time
it's like a river thats so wideit swallows you whole
While you sit around thinking about what you can't change
and worrying about all the wrong things
time's flying by moving so fast you better make it count 'cause you can't get it back
[Chorus]Sometimes that mountain you've been climbing is just a grain of sand
What you've been up there searching for forever is in your hands
When you figure out love is all that matters after all
It sure makes everything else Seem so small
Sometimes that mountain you've been climbing is just a grain of sand
What you've been up there searching for forever is in your hands
When you figure out love is all that matters after all
It sure makes everything else Oh it sure makes everything else Seem so small
The purpose of this song is to convince the audience that although everyone has their own personal trials, they can overcome it and when they look back, they will realize that it wasn't as bad as they thought at the time.
Some rhetorical tools used in this song is a metaphor. In the song, they compare the trial to climbing a mountain and then a grain of sand. The audience can relate to this because they can picture how tall a mountain is compared to a grain of sand. They can visualize it and relate it to their own personal trials. The song also uses a tone that can really be felt by the audience. The tone is one of hope and endurance. The singer portrays that emotion throughout the song, so that by the end of the song, the audience can feel the hope that the singer is trying to portray. Using tone and metaphors, this song influences the audience by helping them to realize that they can make it, no matter waht their trial may be.
the kind that you just want to give away
It's okay to open upgo ahead and let the light shine through
I know it's hard on a rainy dayyou want to shut the world out and just be left alone
But don't run out on your faith
[Chorus]'Cause sometimes that mountain you've been climbing is just a grain of sand
What you've been up there searching forforever is in your hands
When you figure out love is all that matters after all
It sure makes everything else seem so small
[Verse 2]It's so easy to get lost inside
a problem that seems so big at the time
it's like a river thats so wideit swallows you whole
While you sit around thinking about what you can't change
and worrying about all the wrong things
time's flying by moving so fast you better make it count 'cause you can't get it back
[Chorus]Sometimes that mountain you've been climbing is just a grain of sand
What you've been up there searching for forever is in your hands
When you figure out love is all that matters after all
It sure makes everything else Seem so small
Sometimes that mountain you've been climbing is just a grain of sand
What you've been up there searching for forever is in your hands
When you figure out love is all that matters after all
It sure makes everything else Oh it sure makes everything else Seem so small
The purpose of this song is to convince the audience that although everyone has their own personal trials, they can overcome it and when they look back, they will realize that it wasn't as bad as they thought at the time.
Some rhetorical tools used in this song is a metaphor. In the song, they compare the trial to climbing a mountain and then a grain of sand. The audience can relate to this because they can picture how tall a mountain is compared to a grain of sand. They can visualize it and relate it to their own personal trials. The song also uses a tone that can really be felt by the audience. The tone is one of hope and endurance. The singer portrays that emotion throughout the song, so that by the end of the song, the audience can feel the hope that the singer is trying to portray. Using tone and metaphors, this song influences the audience by helping them to realize that they can make it, no matter waht their trial may be.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
With Arms Wide Open
With Arms Wide Open Creed
Well I just heard the news today
It seems my life is gonna change
I closed my eyes, began to pray
Then tears of joy streamed down my face
(chorus)
With arms wide open
Under the sunlight
Welcome to this place
I'll show you everything
With arms wide open
With arms wide open
Well I don't know if I'm ready
To be the man I have to be
I'll take a breath, Ill take her by my side
We stand in awe, we've created life
(chorus)
With arms wide open
Under the sunlight
Welcome to this place
I'll show you everything
WIth arms wide open
Now everything has changed
I'll show you love
I'll show you everything
With arms wide open
With arms wide open
I'll show you everything
Oh yeah
With arms wide open, wide open
If I had just one wish
Only one demand
I hope he's not like me
I hope he understands
That he can take this life
And hold it by the hand
That he can greet the world
With arms wide open
With arms wide open
Under the sunlight
Welcome to this place
I'll show you everything
WIth arms wide open
Now everything has changed
I'll show you love
I'll show you everything
With arms wide open
With arms wide open
I'll show you everything
Oh yeah
With arms wide open, wide open
It seems my life is gonna change
I closed my eyes, began to pray
Then tears of joy streamed down my face
(chorus)
With arms wide open
Under the sunlight
Welcome to this place
I'll show you everything
With arms wide open
With arms wide open
Well I don't know if I'm ready
To be the man I have to be
I'll take a breath, Ill take her by my side
We stand in awe, we've created life
(chorus)
With arms wide open
Under the sunlight
Welcome to this place
I'll show you everything
WIth arms wide open
Now everything has changed
I'll show you love
I'll show you everything
With arms wide open
With arms wide open
I'll show you everything
Oh yeah
With arms wide open, wide open
If I had just one wish
Only one demand
I hope he's not like me
I hope he understands
That he can take this life
And hold it by the hand
That he can greet the world
With arms wide open
With arms wide open
Under the sunlight
Welcome to this place
I'll show you everything
WIth arms wide open
Now everything has changed
I'll show you love
I'll show you everything
With arms wide open
With arms wide open
I'll show you everything
Oh yeah
With arms wide open, wide open
With Arms Wide Open by Creed they want a particular someone to know that they aren't sure if they are able to take on the next step of life but will try their hardest.
First Tool:
Imagery, is the first tool I would like to talk about. With the lyric, "I closed my eyes, began to pray
Then tears of joy streamed down my face." There is a great picture that is painted. If we take this in context we can feel that although he is struggling he is looking for help and wants to be able to please you. Second Tool:
Tone is another great aspect of this song. It is hard to hear the tone in the writing but while the song is being sung you can tell that Creed really wants the listeners to feel for him. Thus we learn that he really wants to chang to become the best that he can be.
These are just a few of the tools that help us as listeners feel for the singers and want all the best for them.
Tupac isn't dead
Changes, by the late Tupac Shakur
Come on come on
I see no changes. Wake up in the morning and I ask myself,
"Is life worth living? Should I blast myself?"
I'm tired of bein' poor and even worse I'm black.
My stomach hurts, so I'm lookin' for a purse to snatch.
Cops give a **** about a negro, Pull the trigger, kill a *****, he's a hero.
Give the crack to the kids who the cares? One less hungry mouth on the welfare.
First ship 'em dope & let 'em deal the brothers.
Give 'em guns, step back, and watch 'em kill each other.
"It's time to fight back", that's what Huey said.
2 shots in the dark now Huey's dead.
I got love for my brother, but we can never go nowhere
unless we share with each other. We gotta start makin' changes.
Learn to see me as a brother 'stead of 2 distant strangers.
And that's how it's supposed to be.
How can the Devil take a brother if he's close to me?
I'd love to go back to when we played as kids,
but things change, and that's the way it is.
[Bridge w/ changing ad libs]
(Come on, come on) That's just the way it is. Things'll never be the same.
That's just the way it is. aww yeah...
[Repeat]
I see no changes. All I see is racist faces.
Misplaced hate makes disgrace for races we under.
I wonder what it takes to make this one better place...
let's erase the wasted.
Take the evil out the people, they'll be acting right.
'Cause mo' black than white is smokin' crack tonight.
And only time we chill is when we kill each other.
It takes skill to be real, time to heal each other.
And although it seems heaven sent,
we ain't ready to see a black President, uhh.
It ain't a secret don't conceal the fact...
the penitentiary's packed, and it's filled with blacks.
But some things will never change.
Try to show another way, but they stayin' in the dope game.
Now tell me what's a mother to do?
Bein' real don't appeal to the brother in you.
You gotta operate the easy way.
"I made a G today" But you made it in a sleazy way.
Sellin' crack to the kids. "I gotta get paid,"
Well hey, well that's the way it is.
[Bridge]
[Talking:]
We gotta make a change...
It's time for us as a people to start makin' some changes.
Let's change the way we eat, let's change the way we live
and let's change the way we treat each other.
You see the old way wasn't working so it's on us to do
what we gotta do, to survive.
And still I see no changes. Can't a brother get a little peace?
There's war on the streets & the war in the Middle East.
Instead of war on poverty,
they got a war on drugs so the police can bother me.
And I ain't never did a crime I ain't have to do.
But now I'm back with the facts givin' 'em back to you.
Don't let 'em **** you up, back you up, crack you up and *** smack you up.
You gotta learn to hold ya own.
They get jealous when they see ya with ya mobile phone.
But tell the cops they can't touch this.
I don't trust this, when they try to rush I bust this.
That's the sound of my tune. You say it ain't cool, but mama didn't raise no fool.
And as long as I stay black, I gotta stay strapped & I never get to lay back.
'Cause I always got to worry 'bout the pay backs.
Some buck that I roughed up way back... comin' back after all these years.
Rat-a-tat-tat-tat-tat. That's the way it is. uhh
[Bridge 'til fade]
Some things never change.
My apologies for the *'s. I wasn't sure what would offend who. I think what Tupac is trying to say here is that even though the world is full of horrible things, there's no reason people can't accept the reason those things exist, or try to make the world a better place. There's two main ways he does this. First, every criminal act mentioned in the song is paired with the same person being victimized in some way, which is an appeal ot sympathy. Second, he never glorifies the violence (as happens in most rap songs), but he makes a consistent appeal to ending it with forgiveness and personal change - which appeals to the more conservative, more quick-to-judge sector of humanity.
With lines like, "my stomach hurts" and "hungry mouth on the welfare", together with the general theme of people being killed and children getting involved with drugs, Tupac makes victimization a constant theme. By prefixing the more sinister side of his song with such a pathetic scene, he prevents the reader from forming a judgemental opinion and forces them to reconsider their preconceived notions.
An equally central line is, "only time we chill is when we kill each other. It takes skill to be real, time to heal each other". Tupac effectively demonstrates the pointless nature of this vicious cycle. He uses consistent use of intimate vocabulary to foster a feeling of fraternity. He specifically encourages people to forgive, let go of the past, and build instead of tear down.
Ultimately his goal is to make the world a better place - an especially inspiring motive considering his reference to being ready to see a black President.
Come on come on
I see no changes. Wake up in the morning and I ask myself,
"Is life worth living? Should I blast myself?"
I'm tired of bein' poor and even worse I'm black.
My stomach hurts, so I'm lookin' for a purse to snatch.
Cops give a **** about a negro, Pull the trigger, kill a *****, he's a hero.
Give the crack to the kids who the cares? One less hungry mouth on the welfare.
First ship 'em dope & let 'em deal the brothers.
Give 'em guns, step back, and watch 'em kill each other.
"It's time to fight back", that's what Huey said.
2 shots in the dark now Huey's dead.
I got love for my brother, but we can never go nowhere
unless we share with each other. We gotta start makin' changes.
Learn to see me as a brother 'stead of 2 distant strangers.
And that's how it's supposed to be.
How can the Devil take a brother if he's close to me?
I'd love to go back to when we played as kids,
but things change, and that's the way it is.
[Bridge w/ changing ad libs]
(Come on, come on) That's just the way it is. Things'll never be the same.
That's just the way it is. aww yeah...
[Repeat]
I see no changes. All I see is racist faces.
Misplaced hate makes disgrace for races we under.
I wonder what it takes to make this one better place...
let's erase the wasted.
Take the evil out the people, they'll be acting right.
'Cause mo' black than white is smokin' crack tonight.
And only time we chill is when we kill each other.
It takes skill to be real, time to heal each other.
And although it seems heaven sent,
we ain't ready to see a black President, uhh.
It ain't a secret don't conceal the fact...
the penitentiary's packed, and it's filled with blacks.
But some things will never change.
Try to show another way, but they stayin' in the dope game.
Now tell me what's a mother to do?
Bein' real don't appeal to the brother in you.
You gotta operate the easy way.
"I made a G today" But you made it in a sleazy way.
Sellin' crack to the kids. "I gotta get paid,"
Well hey, well that's the way it is.
[Bridge]
[Talking:]
We gotta make a change...
It's time for us as a people to start makin' some changes.
Let's change the way we eat, let's change the way we live
and let's change the way we treat each other.
You see the old way wasn't working so it's on us to do
what we gotta do, to survive.
And still I see no changes. Can't a brother get a little peace?
There's war on the streets & the war in the Middle East.
Instead of war on poverty,
they got a war on drugs so the police can bother me.
And I ain't never did a crime I ain't have to do.
But now I'm back with the facts givin' 'em back to you.
Don't let 'em **** you up, back you up, crack you up and *** smack you up.
You gotta learn to hold ya own.
They get jealous when they see ya with ya mobile phone.
But tell the cops they can't touch this.
I don't trust this, when they try to rush I bust this.
That's the sound of my tune. You say it ain't cool, but mama didn't raise no fool.
And as long as I stay black, I gotta stay strapped & I never get to lay back.
'Cause I always got to worry 'bout the pay backs.
Some buck that I roughed up way back... comin' back after all these years.
Rat-a-tat-tat-tat-tat. That's the way it is. uhh
[Bridge 'til fade]
Some things never change.
My apologies for the *'s. I wasn't sure what would offend who. I think what Tupac is trying to say here is that even though the world is full of horrible things, there's no reason people can't accept the reason those things exist, or try to make the world a better place. There's two main ways he does this. First, every criminal act mentioned in the song is paired with the same person being victimized in some way, which is an appeal ot sympathy. Second, he never glorifies the violence (as happens in most rap songs), but he makes a consistent appeal to ending it with forgiveness and personal change - which appeals to the more conservative, more quick-to-judge sector of humanity.
With lines like, "my stomach hurts" and "hungry mouth on the welfare", together with the general theme of people being killed and children getting involved with drugs, Tupac makes victimization a constant theme. By prefixing the more sinister side of his song with such a pathetic scene, he prevents the reader from forming a judgemental opinion and forces them to reconsider their preconceived notions.
An equally central line is, "only time we chill is when we kill each other. It takes skill to be real, time to heal each other". Tupac effectively demonstrates the pointless nature of this vicious cycle. He uses consistent use of intimate vocabulary to foster a feeling of fraternity. He specifically encourages people to forgive, let go of the past, and build instead of tear down.
Ultimately his goal is to make the world a better place - an especially inspiring motive considering his reference to being ready to see a black President.
Out Loud-Dispatch
I was listening to Pandora while doing this so I decided to push next and do whatever song played, luckily it was one I like. Out Loud by Dispatch.
Would you be the wind to blow me home
Would you be a dream
On the wings of a poem
And if we were walking through a crowd
Well you know I'd be proud
[Chorus:]
If you call my name out loud
Do you suppose that I would come running
Do you suppose I'd come at all
I suppose I would
And if we were walking
Down a dead end street
Would you be the one to let our eyes meet
Or would you just keep on walking
Down to the turn around
'cause you know I'd be proud
[Chorus]
And if I was gone from the land we know
Would you be the dawn
And let your beauty still show
And if you were walking
And heard the cold night coming
Would you call my name
'cause you know I'd come running
This song is basically a love song where a guy expresses how he feels and is wondering what the girl thinks or feels or if she even cares and how excited he would be if she did. The obvious intent is to make someone feel good about what he or she feels for someone else.
In the first verse there is usage of metaphor in the line "Would you be the wind To blow me home?" obviously someone can't be the wind but he gives the meaning of what the wind does and likens it to what the person could do for him. Most people associate home as a good place and likening someone to a wind that blows them there makes the wind be something that would make him happy also. Because it is a question, it makes the audience wonder what the answer to it will be and if that person will make him happy or not.
In the last verse imagery is used in the line "Would you be the dawn and let your beauty still show?" The image that comes to mind is, obviously, that of a sunrise and the feelings associated with watching it. This, as this previous, appeals to our emotions and shows that he has feelings for the person by calling them beautiful. Once again it's presented in the form of a question giving that same anxious feeling that would make someone remember how it was when they were asking someone out for the first time.
Would you be the wind to blow me home
Would you be a dream
On the wings of a poem
And if we were walking through a crowd
Well you know I'd be proud
[Chorus:]
If you call my name out loud
Do you suppose that I would come running
Do you suppose I'd come at all
I suppose I would
And if we were walking
Down a dead end street
Would you be the one to let our eyes meet
Or would you just keep on walking
Down to the turn around
'cause you know I'd be proud
[Chorus]
And if I was gone from the land we know
Would you be the dawn
And let your beauty still show
And if you were walking
And heard the cold night coming
Would you call my name
'cause you know I'd come running
This song is basically a love song where a guy expresses how he feels and is wondering what the girl thinks or feels or if she even cares and how excited he would be if she did. The obvious intent is to make someone feel good about what he or she feels for someone else.
In the first verse there is usage of metaphor in the line "Would you be the wind To blow me home?" obviously someone can't be the wind but he gives the meaning of what the wind does and likens it to what the person could do for him. Most people associate home as a good place and likening someone to a wind that blows them there makes the wind be something that would make him happy also. Because it is a question, it makes the audience wonder what the answer to it will be and if that person will make him happy or not.
In the last verse imagery is used in the line "Would you be the dawn and let your beauty still show?" The image that comes to mind is, obviously, that of a sunrise and the feelings associated with watching it. This, as this previous, appeals to our emotions and shows that he has feelings for the person by calling them beautiful. Once again it's presented in the form of a question giving that same anxious feeling that would make someone remember how it was when they were asking someone out for the first time.
Sea Breeze
I chose the song "Sea Breeze" by Tyrone Wells. I'm actually listening to it right now. I really like this song and I'll tell you why. I think one of the main reasons this song is so endearing is because he uses imagery that many of us can relate to. Well at least I can growing up in Santa Barbara, the sea breeze has always been a big part of my life. I like how in this song he compares a girl to the sea breeze. For me, that strikes a cord. I can relate and my emotion that I feel about sea breeze is translated to how I feel about the girl he is describing. Great Song. The first tool I thought of was imagery. This appeals to pathos. The effect on the audience is a sentimental reaction to the lyrics. The next tool I think that was used was Trustworthiness. This appeals to ethos. This man is writing a song about how precious he thinks this girl is. He is respectful to her and compares her to something beautiful. The audience wants to believe him and trust him.
She moves like sea breeze swirling around me
the fragrance that she leaves hangs in the air
soft like a whisper she's callin me to her
these eyes have seen the most beautiful dream.
"Viva la Vida" by Coldplay
I used to rule the world
Seas would rise when I gave the word
Now in the morning I sleep alone
Sweep the streets I used to own
I used to roll the dice
Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes
Listen as the crowd would sing
"Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!"
One minute I held the key
Next the walls were closed on me
And I discovered that my castles stand
Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand
I hear Jerusalem bells a ringing
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can't explain
Once you go there was never
Never an honest word
And that was when I ruled the world
It was the wicked and wild wind
Blew down the doors to let me in
Shattered windows and the sound of drums
People couldn't believe what I'd become
Revolutionaries wait
For my head on a silver plate
Just a puppet on a lonely string
Oh who would ever want to be king?
I hear Jerusalem bells a ringing
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can't explain
I know Saint Peter won't call my name
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world
I hear Jerusalem bells a ringing
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can't explain
I know Saint Peter won't call my name
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world
This song is about a man who had everything in the world and lost it. He was a mighty king and ruler and everyone respected him. But not he doesn't have a place to go, everything is gone. Nothing is the same. Even when i tried to regain it he couldn't. This song is telling us that we need to live in the moment and not want what we don't have because everything we do have can be taken from us an lost forever. I really like this theme, it tells us to live in the moment and not the future.
The audience this song is trying to appeal to is the whole general populous. Anyone with a livelihood. To appeal to this, Coldplay explains how he was once a powerful ruler with many things and lost it. This sense of fore longing and hope for a better future is what many are to with when the lose something. This of course appeal to the pathos of the audience. It stirs sad and melancholy emotions about a great past but that is now sad. Finally, with these emotions it helps tell the audience to stop living in the future and live in the now. Don't worry what is ahead. Love what you have right now. A main tool used in this song is imagery. He tends to make lots of pictures with his words. Events also are in this song that are painted into a beautiful picture. His past life is all imagery.
This these emotion that come from this song. There is sadness but also a hint of hope. Many seem to lost everything and get back up. This is what this song is talking about. We can never love so far in the future that we forget the present. If we do we could lose everything we hold dear and love. So Viva la Vida!!!!
Seas would rise when I gave the word
Now in the morning I sleep alone
Sweep the streets I used to own
I used to roll the dice
Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes
Listen as the crowd would sing
"Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!"
One minute I held the key
Next the walls were closed on me
And I discovered that my castles stand
Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand
I hear Jerusalem bells a ringing
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can't explain
Once you go there was never
Never an honest word
And that was when I ruled the world
It was the wicked and wild wind
Blew down the doors to let me in
Shattered windows and the sound of drums
People couldn't believe what I'd become
Revolutionaries wait
For my head on a silver plate
Just a puppet on a lonely string
Oh who would ever want to be king?
I hear Jerusalem bells a ringing
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can't explain
I know Saint Peter won't call my name
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world
I hear Jerusalem bells a ringing
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can't explain
I know Saint Peter won't call my name
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world
This song is about a man who had everything in the world and lost it. He was a mighty king and ruler and everyone respected him. But not he doesn't have a place to go, everything is gone. Nothing is the same. Even when i tried to regain it he couldn't. This song is telling us that we need to live in the moment and not want what we don't have because everything we do have can be taken from us an lost forever. I really like this theme, it tells us to live in the moment and not the future.
The audience this song is trying to appeal to is the whole general populous. Anyone with a livelihood. To appeal to this, Coldplay explains how he was once a powerful ruler with many things and lost it. This sense of fore longing and hope for a better future is what many are to with when the lose something. This of course appeal to the pathos of the audience. It stirs sad and melancholy emotions about a great past but that is now sad. Finally, with these emotions it helps tell the audience to stop living in the future and live in the now. Don't worry what is ahead. Love what you have right now. A main tool used in this song is imagery. He tends to make lots of pictures with his words. Events also are in this song that are painted into a beautiful picture. His past life is all imagery.
This these emotion that come from this song. There is sadness but also a hint of hope. Many seem to lost everything and get back up. This is what this song is talking about. We can never love so far in the future that we forget the present. If we do we could lose everything we hold dear and love. So Viva la Vida!!!!
Stop This Train
"Stop This Train" by John Mayer
No I'm not color blind
I know the world is black and white
Try to keep an open mind but...
I just can't sleep on this tonight
Stop this train I want to get off and go home again
I can't take the speed it's moving in
I know I can't
But honestly won't someone stop this train
Don't know how else to say it, don't want to see my parents go
One generation's length away
From fighting life out on my own
Stop this train
I want to get off and go home again
I can't take the speed it's moving in
I know I can't but honestly won't someone stop this train
So scared of getting older
I'm only good at being young
So I play the numbers game to find away to say that life has just begun
Had a talk with my old man
Said help me understand
He said turn 68, you'll renegotiate
Don't stop this train
Don't for a minute change the place you're in
Don't think I couldn't ever understand
I tried my hand
John, honestly we'll never stop this train
See once in a while when it's good
It'll feel like it should
And they're all still around
And you're still safe and sound
And you don't miss a thing
'til you cry when you're driving away in the dark.
Singing stop this train I want to get off and go home again
I can't take this speed it's moving in
I know I can't
Cause now I see I'll never stop this train
Analysis:
This song is intended to let the audience know that even though life is hard, it is all worth it in the end. It is meant to sympathize and empathize with the audience. It shows that life will always be difficult, but that somehow the difficulties of life are what make it worthwhile.
One tool used in this song is an extended metaphor. The entire song compares life to being like a train ride that just keeps getting faster and faster. The appeal here is with ethos because it successfully empathizes with the listener. It shows the audience that the speaker understands that life is hard and that it just keeps getting harder. The speaker builds ethos because they are willing to sympathize with their audience. Thus, the audience is able to feel a connection with the speaker and is more willing to listen.
Another tool is the use of imagery in the lines “Stop this train- I want to get off and go home again- I can’t take the speed it’s moving in”. This really creates a mental image of what is happening in the metaphor. The imagery creates another appeal to ethos because it shows that the speaker is willing to empathize with the audience. It’s like saying “Yes, I know life is hard, but its okay”.
Little Wonders
Rob Thomas - Little Wonders
let it go,
let it roll right off your shoulder
don't you know
the hardest part is over
let it in,
let your clarity define you
in the end
we will only just remember how it feels
our lives are made
in these small hours
these little wonders,
these twists & turns of fate
time falls away,
but these small hours,
these small hours still remain
let it slide,
let your troubles fall behind you
let it shine
until you feel it all around you
and I don't mind
if it's me you need to turn to
we’ll get by,
it's the heart that really matters in the end
our lives are made
in these small hours
these little wonders,
these twists & turns of fate
time falls away,
but these small hours,
these small hours still remain
all of my regret
will wash away some how
but I can not forget
the way I feel right now
in these small hours
these little wonders
these twists & turns of fate
time falls away but these small hours
these small hours, still remain,
they still remain
these little wonders
these twists & turns of fate
time falls away
but these small hours
these little wonders still remain
The song Little Wonders, written by Rob Thomas, I think is meant to both inspire and comfort those who have just overcome some great difficulty or trial. By utilizing words of comfort and encouragement, the songs message of no matter how bad life gets the happiness or success we experience, no matter how small, is what really matters in the end can be conveyed to the listener.
As the song begins it starts with the statement, “let it go, let it roll right off your shoulder don't you know the hardest part is over.” This sentence is an example of Thomas using figurative language to convey his message of the song. This creates an appeal to pathos because these words are words of comfort. It also creates a partial appeal to ethos because the writer is trying to come off as a comforting individual that the reader can trust or at least feel comfortable when listening to him.
Thomas uses a hyperbole or overstatement when he says; “time falls away but these small hours these little wonders still remain.” The statement that time falls away is not meant to be taken literally but is meant to convey the magnitude of the situation. By doing this, Thomas reminds the listener that even though life can be tough, the little moments of happiness are all that really matter in the end. Another thing about this statement is that it is an appeal to logos. When the writer uses powerful words like these to describe the message in his song he is also trying to affirm the message in this song.
let it go,
let it roll right off your shoulder
don't you know
the hardest part is over
let it in,
let your clarity define you
in the end
we will only just remember how it feels
our lives are made
in these small hours
these little wonders,
these twists & turns of fate
time falls away,
but these small hours,
these small hours still remain
let it slide,
let your troubles fall behind you
let it shine
until you feel it all around you
and I don't mind
if it's me you need to turn to
we’ll get by,
it's the heart that really matters in the end
our lives are made
in these small hours
these little wonders,
these twists & turns of fate
time falls away,
but these small hours,
these small hours still remain
all of my regret
will wash away some how
but I can not forget
the way I feel right now
in these small hours
these little wonders
these twists & turns of fate
time falls away but these small hours
these small hours, still remain,
they still remain
these little wonders
these twists & turns of fate
time falls away
but these small hours
these little wonders still remain
The song Little Wonders, written by Rob Thomas, I think is meant to both inspire and comfort those who have just overcome some great difficulty or trial. By utilizing words of comfort and encouragement, the songs message of no matter how bad life gets the happiness or success we experience, no matter how small, is what really matters in the end can be conveyed to the listener.
As the song begins it starts with the statement, “let it go, let it roll right off your shoulder don't you know the hardest part is over.” This sentence is an example of Thomas using figurative language to convey his message of the song. This creates an appeal to pathos because these words are words of comfort. It also creates a partial appeal to ethos because the writer is trying to come off as a comforting individual that the reader can trust or at least feel comfortable when listening to him.
Thomas uses a hyperbole or overstatement when he says; “time falls away but these small hours these little wonders still remain.” The statement that time falls away is not meant to be taken literally but is meant to convey the magnitude of the situation. By doing this, Thomas reminds the listener that even though life can be tough, the little moments of happiness are all that really matter in the end. Another thing about this statement is that it is an appeal to logos. When the writer uses powerful words like these to describe the message in his song he is also trying to affirm the message in this song.
Love Story
Love Story
Taylor Swift
We were both young when I first saw you
I close my eyes
And the flashback starts
I'm standing there
On a balcony in summer air
See the lights,
See the party, the ball gowns
I see you make your way through the crowd
And say hello
Little did I know
That you were Romeo you were throwing pebbles
And my daddy said stay away from Juliet
And I was crying on the staircase
Begging you please don't go, and I said:
Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone
I'll be waiting all there's left to do is run
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess
It's a love story baby just say yes
So I sneak out to the garden to see you
We keep quiet cause we're dead if they know
So close your eyes
Escape this town for a little while
Cause you were Romeo I was a scarlet letter
And my daddy said stay away from Juliet
But you were everything to me
I was begging you please don't go and I said:
Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone
I'll be waiting all there's left to do is run
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess
It's a love story baby just say yes
Romeo save me, they try to tell me how to feel
This love is difficult, but it's real,
Don't be afraid
We'll make it out of this mess
It's a love story baby just say yes, oh,
I got tired of waiting
Wondering if you were ever coming around
My faith in you was fading
When I met you on the outskirts of town I said:
Romeo save me I've been feeling so alone
I keep waiting for you but you never come
Is this in my head, I don't know what to think
He knealt to the ground and pulled out a ring
And said:
Marry me Juliet you'll never have to be alone
I love you and that's all I really know
I talked to your dad go pick out a white dress
It's a love story baby just say yes
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Cause we were both young when I first saw you
Through Taylor Swift's comparison to Romeo and Juliet we are reminded of the young lovers who took their lives to be together, as we look at the world today it seems hard to believe that love like this still exists. We all have a great want to fall in love, whether it is now or in the future, and this song presents the fact that true love does still prevail.
Through her references to Romeo and Juliet, Taylor Swift, creates an allusion for the listener. This allusion helps the listener to recognize the feelings that each character has for one another, and their enduring want to be together against all odds. This affects the audience because it gains their attention and helps them to identify with the characters and understand their true emotions. It also appeals to one's personal emotions, because as humans, we all have a want to be loved.
Taylor Swift also uses imagery to appeal to the listener. The entire song is a memory described by a young girl in love, and presents many details to help the listener understand their love story. She gives descriptions of her standing on the balcony, meeting him in the garden,and the anger of her father. This imagery creates a vivid scene for the listener, so that they too can be apart of this great story. It also helps the listener to understand each character's emotions and relate with them. Through this identification, the listener has the ability to realize that true love does still exist, and that it is possible for us to have a love like this as well.
Taylor Swift
We were both young when I first saw you
I close my eyes
And the flashback starts
I'm standing there
On a balcony in summer air
See the lights,
See the party, the ball gowns
I see you make your way through the crowd
And say hello
Little did I know
That you were Romeo you were throwing pebbles
And my daddy said stay away from Juliet
And I was crying on the staircase
Begging you please don't go, and I said:
Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone
I'll be waiting all there's left to do is run
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess
It's a love story baby just say yes
So I sneak out to the garden to see you
We keep quiet cause we're dead if they know
So close your eyes
Escape this town for a little while
Cause you were Romeo I was a scarlet letter
And my daddy said stay away from Juliet
But you were everything to me
I was begging you please don't go and I said:
Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone
I'll be waiting all there's left to do is run
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess
It's a love story baby just say yes
Romeo save me, they try to tell me how to feel
This love is difficult, but it's real,
Don't be afraid
We'll make it out of this mess
It's a love story baby just say yes, oh,
I got tired of waiting
Wondering if you were ever coming around
My faith in you was fading
When I met you on the outskirts of town I said:
Romeo save me I've been feeling so alone
I keep waiting for you but you never come
Is this in my head, I don't know what to think
He knealt to the ground and pulled out a ring
And said:
Marry me Juliet you'll never have to be alone
I love you and that's all I really know
I talked to your dad go pick out a white dress
It's a love story baby just say yes
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Cause we were both young when I first saw you
Through Taylor Swift's comparison to Romeo and Juliet we are reminded of the young lovers who took their lives to be together, as we look at the world today it seems hard to believe that love like this still exists. We all have a great want to fall in love, whether it is now or in the future, and this song presents the fact that true love does still prevail.
Through her references to Romeo and Juliet, Taylor Swift, creates an allusion for the listener. This allusion helps the listener to recognize the feelings that each character has for one another, and their enduring want to be together against all odds. This affects the audience because it gains their attention and helps them to identify with the characters and understand their true emotions. It also appeals to one's personal emotions, because as humans, we all have a want to be loved.
Taylor Swift also uses imagery to appeal to the listener. The entire song is a memory described by a young girl in love, and presents many details to help the listener understand their love story. She gives descriptions of her standing on the balcony, meeting him in the garden,and the anger of her father. This imagery creates a vivid scene for the listener, so that they too can be apart of this great story. It also helps the listener to understand each character's emotions and relate with them. Through this identification, the listener has the ability to realize that true love does still exist, and that it is possible for us to have a love like this as well.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Gone
Well look at all those fancy clothes
But these could keep us warmJust like those.
And what about your soul
Is it cold
Is it straight from the mould
And ready to be sold.
And cars and phones and diamond rings
Bling, bling
Those are only removable things
And what about your mind
Does it shine or
Are there things that concern you more
Than your time
Gone going
Gone everything
Gone give a damn
Gone be the birds when they don’t want to sing
Gone people
All awkward with their things
Gone
Look at you out to make a deal
You try to be appealing but you lose your appeal
And what about those shoes you’re in today
They’ll do no good
On the bridges you burnt along the way
You’re willing to sell anything
Gone with your herd
Leave your footprints
And we’ll shame them with our words
Gone people
All careless and consumed
Gone
Gone going
Gone everything
Gone give a damn
Gone be the birds if they don’t want to sing
Gone people
All awkward with their things
Gone
This song is meant for the listener to examine his own behavior. It encourages one to step back and decide whether he cares about the truly important things in life rather than just material possessions.
He sings the lines, “And what about your soul, Is it cold,” and, “And what about your mind, Does it shine.” This is an example of personification. In these lines it associates an intangible object a feeling everyone has experienced. The audience can be greater affected by something which they can touch or see rather than just imagine.
Another tool used is irony. In the lines, “And what about those shoes you’re in today, They’ll do no good, On the bridges you burnt along the way,” the material shoes which were bought will not be any use because of the means by which they were attained. This tool makes the audience wonder whether the objects they have will mean anything after they have them.
Each tool used makes the reader seriously evaluate the things he finds important.
But these could keep us warmJust like those.
And what about your soul
Is it cold
Is it straight from the mould
And ready to be sold.
And cars and phones and diamond rings
Bling, bling
Those are only removable things
And what about your mind
Does it shine or
Are there things that concern you more
Than your time
Gone going
Gone everything
Gone give a damn
Gone be the birds when they don’t want to sing
Gone people
All awkward with their things
Gone
Look at you out to make a deal
You try to be appealing but you lose your appeal
And what about those shoes you’re in today
They’ll do no good
On the bridges you burnt along the way
You’re willing to sell anything
Gone with your herd
Leave your footprints
And we’ll shame them with our words
Gone people
All careless and consumed
Gone
Gone going
Gone everything
Gone give a damn
Gone be the birds if they don’t want to sing
Gone people
All awkward with their things
Gone
This song is meant for the listener to examine his own behavior. It encourages one to step back and decide whether he cares about the truly important things in life rather than just material possessions.
He sings the lines, “And what about your soul, Is it cold,” and, “And what about your mind, Does it shine.” This is an example of personification. In these lines it associates an intangible object a feeling everyone has experienced. The audience can be greater affected by something which they can touch or see rather than just imagine.
Another tool used is irony. In the lines, “And what about those shoes you’re in today, They’ll do no good, On the bridges you burnt along the way,” the material shoes which were bought will not be any use because of the means by which they were attained. This tool makes the audience wonder whether the objects they have will mean anything after they have them.
Each tool used makes the reader seriously evaluate the things he finds important.
Analysis: Live Like You Were Dying
Song: Live Like You Were Dying
Thesis:
The effect this song will have on an audience is to make us realize how short life is and that we need to take advantage of the many wonderful things we have while on earth.
Mount Rhetoric:
1. Just in the title of this song, we can already see the first tool used by songwriter: a simile. The appeal with this simile is that it is thought provoking and really makes you wonder, “Huh, what would I do if I knew I was dying in a week?” This can really change our perspective about life and it can make us realize that life is too short to stay angry at someone or to rarely tell your family that you love them. These lyrics will probably appeal to the audience’s pathos the most because it makes you reflect on your life and all of the things you have missed out on.
2. Another tool used by the songwriter that can also be found in title is irony. You don’t usually see the words “live” and “dying” in the same sentence, especially when they are complimenting each other to form a positive connotation. This will cause the audience to ponder on what it really means to “live like you were dying”. To me, it implies taking advantage of all of the wonderful opportunities we have here on earth and really taking note of all of the little things in life. This probably appeals to logos because it is more of a “thinking” question.
Thesis Connection:
I think it is somewhat obvious how these two tools connect to the thesis. Both are thought provoking situations that make us wonder what we are really doing with our lives. Are doing the things that matter or just the things we think are “fun” or “important”?
Lyrics:
He said I was in my early forties
with a lot of life before me
when a moment came that stopped me on a dime
and I spent most of the next days
looking at the x-rays
Talking bout the options
and talking bout sweet time
I asked him when it sank in
that this might really be the real end
how’s it hit you when you get that kinda news
man what’d you do
and he said
I went sky diving
I went Rocky Mountain climbing
I went 2.7 seconds on a bull named fumanchu
and I loved deeper and I spoke sweeter
and I gave forgiveness I’d been denying
and he said someday I hope you get the chance
to live like you were dying.
He said I was finally the husband
that most the time I wasn’t
and I became a friend a friend would like to have
and all the sudden going fishin’
wasn’t such an imposition
and I went three times that year I lost my dad
well I finally read the good book
and I took a good long hard look
at what I’d do if I could do it all again
and then
I went sky diving
I went Rocky Mountain climbing
I went 2.7 seconds on a bull named fumanchu
and I loved deeper and I spoke sweeter
and I gave forgiveness I’d been denying
and he said someday I hope you get the chance
to live like you were dying.
Like tomorrow was a gift and you got eternity to think about
What’d you do with it what did you do with it
what did I do with it
what would I do with it?
Sky diving
I went Rocky Mountain climbing
I went 2.7 seconds on a bull named fumanchu
and then I loved deeper and I spoke sweeter
and I watched an eagle as it was flying
and he said someday I hope you get the chance
to live like you were dying.
To live like you were dying
To live like you were dying
To live like you were dying
To live like you were dying
Thesis:
The effect this song will have on an audience is to make us realize how short life is and that we need to take advantage of the many wonderful things we have while on earth.
Mount Rhetoric:
1. Just in the title of this song, we can already see the first tool used by songwriter: a simile. The appeal with this simile is that it is thought provoking and really makes you wonder, “Huh, what would I do if I knew I was dying in a week?” This can really change our perspective about life and it can make us realize that life is too short to stay angry at someone or to rarely tell your family that you love them. These lyrics will probably appeal to the audience’s pathos the most because it makes you reflect on your life and all of the things you have missed out on.
2. Another tool used by the songwriter that can also be found in title is irony. You don’t usually see the words “live” and “dying” in the same sentence, especially when they are complimenting each other to form a positive connotation. This will cause the audience to ponder on what it really means to “live like you were dying”. To me, it implies taking advantage of all of the wonderful opportunities we have here on earth and really taking note of all of the little things in life. This probably appeals to logos because it is more of a “thinking” question.
Thesis Connection:
I think it is somewhat obvious how these two tools connect to the thesis. Both are thought provoking situations that make us wonder what we are really doing with our lives. Are doing the things that matter or just the things we think are “fun” or “important”?
Lyrics:
He said I was in my early forties
with a lot of life before me
when a moment came that stopped me on a dime
and I spent most of the next days
looking at the x-rays
Talking bout the options
and talking bout sweet time
I asked him when it sank in
that this might really be the real end
how’s it hit you when you get that kinda news
man what’d you do
and he said
I went sky diving
I went Rocky Mountain climbing
I went 2.7 seconds on a bull named fumanchu
and I loved deeper and I spoke sweeter
and I gave forgiveness I’d been denying
and he said someday I hope you get the chance
to live like you were dying.
He said I was finally the husband
that most the time I wasn’t
and I became a friend a friend would like to have
and all the sudden going fishin’
wasn’t such an imposition
and I went three times that year I lost my dad
well I finally read the good book
and I took a good long hard look
at what I’d do if I could do it all again
and then
I went sky diving
I went Rocky Mountain climbing
I went 2.7 seconds on a bull named fumanchu
and I loved deeper and I spoke sweeter
and I gave forgiveness I’d been denying
and he said someday I hope you get the chance
to live like you were dying.
Like tomorrow was a gift and you got eternity to think about
What’d you do with it what did you do with it
what did I do with it
what would I do with it?
Sky diving
I went Rocky Mountain climbing
I went 2.7 seconds on a bull named fumanchu
and then I loved deeper and I spoke sweeter
and I watched an eagle as it was flying
and he said someday I hope you get the chance
to live like you were dying.
To live like you were dying
To live like you were dying
To live like you were dying
To live like you were dying
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