What is the meaning of authentic? The dictionary tells us that authenticity means “genuine” or “not copied” (“Authentic”). So, by this standard, are Guernica and our centos authentic? Guernica, composed by famous artist Pablo Picasso describes the miserable environment after the bombing of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War. Our centos were created by selecting several lines from poems and songs and then combining the lines into new works with different meanings from the originals. If we use the earlier definition to examine if our centos and Guernica are authentic, we will find that they are not due to the lack of originality. Picasso was not in Guernica, Spain during the time of the bombing, and recreated the details of the event from …show more content…
This song is about 9/11 and it accurately demonstrates the act of mourning the loss of a loved one, but is it genuinely authentic? Does Springsteen’s lack of personal contact mean that his song is not authentic, although the lyrics and the meaning are original and his? His song is authentic by our standards of originality, but not by the personal contact with the crisis that generated the song. Bruce Springsteen was able to show the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, but he did so without being in New York or experiencing this mourning process hands on. Because of this, the authenticity of this song could be questioned. The feelings you have from listening to this song are authentic and accurate to the event, but the origin of the lyrics may not be. It is a difficult concept to grasp, but it is similar to Picasso’s painting about the bombing of Guernica. Both of these authors were not there to experience this event in person, but the way they analyzed the events and portrayed the feelings from the events made it seem like they experienced it and made it feel authentic. It has the feeling of authenticity, but is it genuinely authentic? For example, the lines “Pictures on in the nightstand, TV’s on in the den/your house is waiting, your house is waiting/for you to walk in, for you to walk in” (Springsteen) when standing alone doesn’t absolutely have a great deal of meaning besides what the scene looks like and the fact that someone is waiting for another person to arrive at the house. But when these lines are in the context of the rest of the song, and we know that it relates to the 9/11 attacks, it gains authenticity. Reading these lines with the rest of the song, we are able to realize that someone was killed in the terrorist attacks and will not be returning home and someone is grieving about the loss of a loved one. Viewing this line alone, makes it less authentic
“Hurt” a song originally recorded by Nine Inch Nails which portrays self-harm and heroin addiction has been covered by many great artists including Johnny cash. When Johnny cash covered this song I got a deferent message from the lyrics while he sings it, maybe it is because of his voice or how he lived his life, but when he is singing this song I get a sense that he is singing about a loved one that has passed on, growing older, and his legacy.
This song talks a lot about the baggage of the past that people hold onto instead of letting it go. All that baggage is only going to end up hurting you more and more instead of helping you in any way possible. An example is the opening
John Legend’s vocals add a more upbeat melody, which is a noticeable change from Donny Hathaway’s recordings. Both versions of the song keep the instruments to go along with their own soulful voices to add a jazz element to the song. Regarding his choice on material for the album Legend said, “because the late-Sixties/early-Seventies was such a fertile time for music about fighting for rights and fighting for justice, the songs from that era did fit in perfectly with what we were trying to get across message-wise” (1). He also stated part of his mission with the creation of this album was to rediscover overlooked songs from famous albums or artists.
· Chipp, Herschel B. Picasso's Guernica: History, Transformations, Meanings. Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1988.
Popular folk band, The Lumineers, composed a song, “Charlie Boy,” to remind the audience of a terrible and appalling part of America’s past, the Vietnam War. During this time period many men were killed in combat because their president, John F. Kennedy, made them believe that they could win a disastrous war without many casualties. One of the members of The Lumineers had a personal connection with someone who fought in this dreadful war. Wesley Schultz, the lead singer of the band, attempts to remind Americans that the Vietnam War is a critical and unfair part of our history that many people have forgotten. The Lumineers adopt a use of a warm melody, repetition, and album placement in order to convey
One can argue that the emotional impact of the musical delivery may have much more impact on an audience than the original message Springsteen hoped to portray through his
If analyzed carefully, the melancholy verses of the song are in sharp contrast to the overpowering chorus. Ignore the addictive chorus "Born in the U.S.A.” and what you really hear is a protest song that tells the depressing story and struggle of Vietnam Veterans returning home to a disillusioned life. To his most devoted ...
Because the war was so unpopular back in the United States, the returning veterans faced many challenges on their return home. What should have been a celebrated homecoming became a nightmare for many veterans. In addition to any injuries or lasting effects of the war, their needs were largely ignored by the nation. This plight of the Vietnam veteran is the subject of Bruce Springsteen’s popular song “Born in the U.S.A.” The song is the lead track on his 1984 album of the same name and was a huge hit for Springsteen. Personally Springsteen considers it one of his greatest songs, but he is disappointed that its message was never fully understood. Coming in at a length of 4 minutes and 44 seconds, the song “Born in the U.S.A.” is exactly twice as long as “Fortunate Son.” However the impact is not twice as great. Springsteen’s message and cause is noble and needs to be heard. He sees that Americans have collectively turned their backs on the very men who risk their lives to protect their freedom. But the songs simple chorus anthem is often misunderstood by those who hear the song. Like Fogerty, Springsteen sings with more passion than classic technique. He shouts and screams above the crackling drum driven beat of the song as he tells the story of a poor boy fighting a rich man’s war. This theme is very similar to “Fortunate Son” and in fact a person could see this man as the same character in
...t of people around you. The images are really helped clarify what the singer really wants to talk about. Without the images in the video some many things could have been interpreted from the song itself. Before I watched the video I just thought the author was talking about war, and specially the wars America was fighting at the time of the song’s release. The music in combination with the instrumentals and video create a piece of art that enlightens the soul.
Bruce Springsteen wrote the “Born to Run” Album in order to depict the struggles that Americans were facing that the time. The song “Night”depicts the hardship the working American faces every day and his purpose of the song focuses on reassuring the listeners that everything will be alright if they let themselves be free at night. He portrays his message through appealing to pathos as well as using repetition to emphasize the everyday struggles.
... lines of each stanza and the “Yes” before most lines. This makes the words really stick to you. I think the song is very affective because all of the comparisons he makes are all so true. I also think because he made the song from different perspectives including the blacks, whites, and the government makes a big difference too. It makes it so that you can rather see what it feels like to be in the different people’s shoes.
You can interpret this song in more than one way. The song was mainly written about Billie Joel Armstrong’s father who passed away in September. He left his father’s funeral early and his mother tried talking to him about his father. But he kept responding with “Wake Me up When September Ends.” The song is also a military tribute to those who were serving in Iraq, and about those who lost their lives in 9/11. The music video for the song is about a couple. The girl finds out her boyfriend got drafted to serve in Iraq, and it shows the man fighting in Iraq, that is where the military and 9/11 tribute come into play. Even though these songs are completely opposite they have a few similarities and
Springsteen wrote “Devils & Dust” during the Iraq War. He has been openly against the war and has been quoted saying to Rolling Stone, “As the saying goes, "The first casualty of war is truth." I felt that the Bush doctrine of pre-emption was dangerous foreign policy. I don't think it has made America safer.” The song itself could be interpreted as a soldier’s point of view about the war but overall it stands as a critique on our society betraying its own principles. The first couple of verses in the song already evoke the image of a soldier stuck in a war. “I got my finger on the trigger / But I don’t know who to trust” could be understood as a soldier’s experience in war but it could also have a deeper meaning. It could also signify that our society has to make these important choices that will end up affecting people’s lives but it is all too ambiguous, there just isn’t any certainty. We are left with the desperate feeling of not knowing what to do, not knowing wh...
...orgettable. Research shows that “There’s this unifying force that comes from the music and we don’t get that from other things.”(Landau) Bruce Springsteen is a great storyteller and has captured some of the experiences of the American working class. Even when the lyrics are dark or the subject matter is depressing, he manages to provide hope, too. For as long as I can remember, my mother has been playing Springsteen’s music. When I hear a song of his now, it reminds me of driving down the road with the windows down belting out a song with my mom. As Dave Marsh from Creem Magazine prophetically wrote in 1975, “Springsteen’s music is often strange because is has an almost traditional sense of beauty, an inkling of the awe you can feel when, say, first falling in love or finally discovering that the magic in the music is also in you.” (Bruce Springsteen Biography 2)
The Inca civilization developed a distinct “abstract” and “geometrical” style of art (Zuidema, 2). Drawing upon this, The Emperor’s New Groove’s creators claimed to use the Inca art pieces “as inspiration and use their designs in other ways” (Silverman, 309). While the creators did base some of the film’s animations off of authentic Incan art, they do admit to altering nearly all of it. This fragments the archaeological information that could be provided by these art pieces by taking it out of context (Silverman, 301). For example, using a design that may have been originally on a piece of pottery on, for instance, a wall in Kuzco’s palace removes the archaeological significance of the presence of that specific design on that specific piece of pottery.