Paul McCartney and John Lennon wrote and released “Eight Days a Week” during their transitional period in late 1964 to 1965. This song was musically distinct, due to its unique structure of an intro followed by the first verse, a chorus, the second verse, and then a bridge. The first verse is repeated after the bridge and is followed by the chorus, the bridge, the second verse, the chorus and then the outro. This is strikingly different than the form of “And I Love Her” which is mainly verse dominated. An interesting development in their musical style for this song is that they included handclaps in the background of their vocals. The song begins with a faded intro, which is a first for any rock or pop song. This drew the listener in, and caused …show more content…
I feel that this song discusses the desire to have someone to love and support a person even when the person does not have much. This is shown by the line “I ain’t got nothing but love, girl” which indicates that though he may not have much, he can still make a girl feel appreciated and be involved in a serious relationship with her. This song has many innuendos in the lyrics, such as the repetition of the phrase “Hold me, love me” which could be seen in a sexual manner. The frisky feeling used in this song also supports the idea of sexual innuendos in the lyrics. The love expressed in this song can be seen in the lines “Love you every day, girl/Always on my mind”. This shows the devotion of the man to the girl that he is singing this song too. In the first verse, McCartney sings the lines “Hope you need my love, babe/Just like I need you” which shows the insecurity that occurs in a relationship from time to time. “Eight days a week,” the title of the song, is sung in the second verse as well as in the bridge, and in the outro. This shows that the amount of love that the subject of the song has for his girl is unlimited and continues on for all eternity since there are only seven days a week. In my opinion, the high pitched “Ooh” at the beginning of both repetitions of the first verse seem to initiate the frisky feeling that is created by the rhythm of the …show more content…
A prime example of this is the use of the plagal cadence that is sung at the beginning of the first verse. This plagal cadence supports the opening lyrics of “Ooh, I need your love, babe” as well as the frisky feeling that is given off by the lyrics as well. The plagal cadence draws the listener in, as stated above, and is similar to an introductory sentence of a story, in that it attracts the listener to hear more of the story. The high pitch “Ooh” at the beginning of the first line of the first verse is meant to excite the listener and initiates the feeling of friskiness and happiness throughout the song, which is supported by the rhythm of the song. The structure of the song allows the bridge to become a prominent part of the single and emphasizes the frisky mood that I associate with the song. The structural difference between this song and “And I Love Her” show the growth of the Beatles as musicians and their willingness to experiment with their music as they obtained a new level of mastery in their music. Lines such as “Eight days a week/I love you/Eight days a week/Is not enough to show I care” provide the image of a man that does not have much but is willing to love his girl continuously. . His potential to love is unlimited, though it does not show in the amount of stuff that he has. This made the song relatable as the Beatles were just four working class
The song is not only expressing his love for girls, it’s also a metaphor for his love Hip-Hop. This is another example of Lupe’s Fiasco lyrical skills.
There was a vocal recital on October 19th, 2017 at 7:30PM, held at the performance hall in Mountain view college. Alex Longnecker, a tenor vocalist and Imre Patkai, (pianist) played a series of homophonic textured songs, some being sung in German and others in English. The Three selected songs I will be writing about are, The Lincolnshire Poacher, The Plough Boy, and Im Wunderschonen Monat Mai. This performance played a total of 24 Pieces, composed by 4 composers, being Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ernest Chausson, Benjamin Britten, and Robert Schumann.
In “The Weekend,” George cheats on Lenore with Sarah, and she still chooses to stay with him and work out their issues. The story by Ann Beattie can relate to “The Awakening” by Kate Chopin because Edna cheats on Leonce with Robert and Alcee Arobin. After learning Edna cheats on him, Leonce decides to stay with Edna to work their relationship out. While nothing is wrong with their significant others, they cheat because something in them is unfulfilled. Lenore knows George cheats because he spends much of his time with the other women, but she never acknowledges it, until she talks with Julie one day; “she’s really the best friend I’ve ever had. We understand things—we don’t always have to talk about them. ‘Like her relationship with George,’
The live theatrical production I chose to see was 9 to 5 The Musical. The production was performed by Fayetteville Technical Community College’s very own Fine Arts Department. The musical is based on the film released by Fox in 1980. Collin Higgins adapted the film from the book 9 to 5 written by Patricia Resnick. It wasn’t until 2008 that the film was adapted to a theatrical production. The production was originally brought to broadway by Robert Greenbait and Dolly Parton wrote the lyrics and the music for the Musical. The run on broadway was very short but the production later toured in other countries around the around the world.
American Beauty/American Psycho was an album that was sung by the band Fall Out Boy in 2015. Fall Out Boy is an alternative/indie rock band with a little hint of pop in some of their songs. This album, which is the band’s most recent album, is full of a lot of good songs and songs that maybe some people wouldn’t like. Fall Out Boy is a face-paced band, which means their songs are faced-paced. A lot of their songs could be a little hard to understand for people who don’t listen to this kind of music. The album does not have many of these types of songs, which is why it is a favorite among Fall Out Boy fans.
and rhythm: " Come live with me and be my love " and the rhyme scheme
In the short story “Time and Again” by the author, Breece D’J Pancake recounts the story of a veteran farmer who is a snow plow driver for a living. The nameless narrator is a widower and his son disappeared. Reading the short story for the first time it is apparent that the author makes it a challenge for their reader to understand the story. The story at first is confusing and leaves the reader questioning the character. After a second or third read, it is noticeable that the author sets clues and makes it more obvious that this is a story of a murderer. The author often uses clues and the use of syntax to expose who the narrator is as a character and how that influences his actions.
...to help create a better image and to help viewers or readers really feel what the speaker feels. Lines one, five, eighteen, and twenty-nine to thirty-one clearly state a type of figurative language. In line one, Hunter Hayes uses hyperbole to over exaggerate the fact that without the person he is addressing this song to, he would emotionally fall apart. In line five, the speaker compares a caring person to factors that keep nature happy. Line five uses indirect characterization to show that this girl Hunter Hayes is addressing , has a good heart, not just a beautiful appearance. Lines twenty- nine to thirty-one use a metaphor to compare fairy tales to their everlasting love for each other. “Wanted” by Hunter Hayes and Troy Verges uses figurative language to address the point to someone special that she will always be loved, wanted, and appreciated.
The re-invasion of pop music has brought out the theme of love and relationships even more so then ever. If a songwriter has “writer’s block”, then the simple solution is to write a love song. “All I want is you (Come over here baby). All I want is you (You make me go crazy)... I‘m gonna love you right...” (Aguilera), is part of the chorus to Christina Aguilera’s song “Come on Over”. The attraction to this song to girls is in thinking that they could be in the situation of the female character in the song, finding the perfect guy and spending time with him. For guys, the attraction comes because a beautiful girl is singing this and they can pretend that she is singing to them. Something similar is also found in the song “Doesn’t Really Matter” by Janet Jackson. In this song she is stating all the things she loves about a certain individual. She can live with his imperfections and doesn’t care what anyone else cares. “Doesn’t really matter what the eye is seeing. Cause I’m in love with the inner being. And it doesn’t really matter what they believe. What matters to me is you’re nutty, nutty, nutty for me.” (Janet Jackson) This song is good in that it is a love song unlike many out there today. In this song we see that the main character loves her man because of who he is.
On the other side, “Love Poem” is very different from the previous poem. This seven stanza poem is based on a man describing the imperfections of his lover. In this, the speaker uses stylistic devices, such as alliteration and personification to impact more on reader, for example as the speaker shows “your lipstick ginning on our coat,”(17) ...
CSNY is profoundly successful in conveying their message in the song by using the right lyrics and vocals accompanied by the tune of the guitars. “Helplessly Hoping” can be interpreted in so many ways that in either way it, nonetheless, will insinuate on the same thing, which is love. As they put it love is not lying, and it will always be around. Listening to the song can put one in an emotional roller-coaster that its theme can be known beforehand. This perplexed relationship describes the essence of love, and its implications. It reflects on how love can be capricious, which gives a sense of mystery. The harmony of the group in the song makes it one of my favorites, and puts it in my top list of love songs in all times.
At the start, the first stanza of the poem is full of flattery. This is the appeal to pathos. The speaker is using the mistress's emotions and vanity to gain her attention. By complimenting her on her beauty and the kind of love she deserves, he's getting her attention. In this first stanza, the speaker claims to agree with the mistress - he says he knows waiting for love provides the best relationships. It feels quasi-Rogerian, as the man is giving credit to the woman's claim, he's trying to see her point of view, he's seemingly compliant. He appears to know what she wants and how she should be loved. This is the appeal to ethos. The speaker seems to understand how relationships work, how much time they can take, and the effort that should be put forth. The woman, if only reading stanza one, would think her and the speaker are in total agreement.
... been related to months and seasons maybe because the hidden message of the song is that love is a never-ending cycle (like the seasons). This would indicate that love will inevitably die, but be reborn again, perhaps in the form of someone else or with the same person. This then could lead to the theory that this song was written to be compatible with everything that is loved i.e. a new job, new friend etc and that it often deteriorates through familiarity. Such depth in a song compares to the depth of a poem in terms of the hidden meanings and imagery.
The song, “Just a Girl,” relates so well to the short story, “The Necklace.” It relates in many ways and shows many different sides of the story including: how she let the money get her her, what she is like when she sees her old friend after many harsh years, what her husband thinks of her, and lastly how she confused where she stood in the class systems. Overall, I would say that this song is a good comparison to the story and the main
The poem by Helen Ferries expresses what love can bring. In the first stanza Helen use the personification “there’s a wonderful gift that can give you a lift”, giving love human-like characteristics. Meaning that love can make you feel light and happy. She uses the cliché “it’s a blessing from heaven above” to anesthetizes readers instead of alerting them. Helen refer that love is something that is sacred and one should hold on to it and never let it go. To me it also means that God sent the right person that you were made for to you. Ferries compares love to a star because stars most of the time are drawn in a yellowish color. Yellow is the color of the sun which makes the reader believe that love gives you that warmth feeling of everything being okay. In the second stanza she uses a simile, “like a star in the