The discussion sparked by Taylor Swift’s “Fearless” started with one radio interview, six magazine articles, and one newspaper article. Two articles discuss “Fearless” as a whole, two of the articles explain why she relates to so many people, two of the articles discuss how Swift writes the majority of her songs, and three of the articles talk about individual songs off of this album. These articles are able to explain the process Swift went through when making this album and also shows her inspiration for all of the songs. The first two articles talk about “Fearless” as a whole. Jon Bream’s article on Taylor Swift and “Fearless” explains that she writes the majority of her songs by herself, and that the majority of her songs involve the topic of love. In these songs, she explains that she is simply sharing her experiences with boys and the real world. I feel that I could use this article in my final essay because …show more content…
In Frere-Jones’ article, “PRODIGY,” about Swift, it is easy to notice that she is a very talented song writer even though she is only eighteen years old. Although the majority of Swift’s songs are appealing to teenagers, some can appeal to older, more mature people. The thing that is so striking about Swift’s lyrics is that they can apply to almost anyone. This could be helpful in my final paper because it shows that “Fearless” has the potential to influence all different kinds of people. Ken Tucker’s article allows people to realize that the majority of people have been through a breakup or heartbreak. This explains why it is easy for many people to relate to her song, “White Horse” which talks about her boyfriend not loving her back. Tucker’s article could be useful because it shows how people are able to relate to Swift in order to get over a break up. Another difference between Swift and other artists is that she is able to openly sing about her personal
Fame, flashing lights, screaming fans. Poverty, neglectful parents, no real feeling of having a home. Even though these words paint two very different pictures, they both have one thing in common, a story of resilience. In the autobiography Facing the Music and Living to Talk About It by Nick Carter and Jeannette Walls’ memoir The Glass Castle, Carter and Walls both have internal and external factors that are the basis of their struggles, but their mental and emotional resilience helps them to overcome their hardships in an unfavorable environment.
In this paper I will evaluate two songs that deal with depression and discuss their similarities and differences. The songs under evaluation are the early nineties hit Jeremy by Pearl Jam and the recent hit Adams Song by Blink 182.
Background with glass shattered, flames in the air, walls collapsing, carved her name in his leather seats, Louisville slugger to both headlights and slashed a hole in all four tires . She thinks that going thru with her actions will help the next girl so he knows. We can imagine going thru with certain actions but we can’t in reality vandalize someone’s property we would get in trouble. Might a saved a little trouble for the next girl. Her way of coping through expressing her emotions and anger towards him cheating, Explain betrayal and how it connects with Underwoods lyrics.
Sometimes, it is as if the singer is able to put together a song with words and feelings taken right from your own soul. Just today, I was listening to the radio and a song by Faith Hill was playing called “Like We Never Loved At All” and it really resonated with me. I’ve always found it astonishing how quickly my exes have moved on after breaking up. I’ve wondered what their secret is to turning their feelings off so easily and suddenly have those feelings for someone else. Faith Hill ponders this same thing in her song. So I feel I can relate to her feelings very personally since I have been through this
To start with, she is exhausted due to her man always calling right after they break up saying that he wants to get back together and that he loves her. She sings, “Ugg… so he calls me up and he’s like, “I still love you,” And I’m like… “I just… I mean this is exhausting, you know, like, We are never getting back together. Like, ever,’” (par. 8). Taylor’s lyrics show that she is done with her ex mans actions and will never ever get back together in her little girly voice that just ruins your eardrums. To even further embarrassment of Taylor Swift’s lyrics she always says how they always fight and how her man always wallows in self pity afterward. In her lyrics she writes, “I’m really gonna miss you picking fights And me falling for it screaming that I’m right And you would hide away and find your peace of mind,” (par. 4). She sounds like a girl with problems and will miss her man always fighting and running away because he always feels sorry for himself. Finally to end this, Taylor Swift talks about how her ex man always talks to her friends to get them back together in her chorus. “We are never ever ever getting back together, you go talk to your friends, talk to my friends, talk to me But we are never ever ever ever getting back together,” she sings, (par. 3). Due to all the evers I’m sick of this song it’s just about her breaking up with her boyfriend constantly and not wanting to get “ever” get back together but she talks about how they are always fight when they are
Her song “Last Name” is about a drunken night that ends with an impromptu marriage. When the woman wakes up the next morning, she says, “I don’t even know my last name.” Another great song from her is “Just a Dream.” It is about an eighteen-year-old girl going to church in her wedding dress, but at the end it turns out she is going to the funeral of her husband who is a soldier. Her song “Blown Away” is a song about revenge for things that had happened in the past and how they get blown away. In the song, a girl has grown up in a bad home with her dad and when she hears that a tornado is coming she wishes it would take everything away. When the storm comes, she goes and hides in the cellar knowing her father is passed out on the couch. She doesn’t try and save him, and feels she got revenge for everything he ever did to her. Every one of Carrie Underwood’s songs is powerful. But, she isn’t just an inspiration for her powerful music. When it comes to singing about her values and beliefs, she is not afraid to be open and assertive. That is fearless. Each of her songs has a different purpose/meaning and she portrays them
In 2013, the self-titled visual album BEYONCÉ sold almost eight hundred thirty thousand digitally in the first three days, while her sixth number one and second visual album, Lemonade, only sold four hundred ninety thousand digitally in the first week. Although Beyoncé’s second visual album wasn’t numerically successful, both show a vulnerable, an artistic, and a controversial side of Beyoncé. Both albums have surprising visuals and stunning lyrical content with either an obvious meaning or a meaning we have yet to figure out, such as the famous line, “You better call Becky with the good hair.” (Beyoncé, “Sorry”). BEYONCÉ and Lemonade show that Beyoncé tries to better herself as an artist and make herself more vulnerable.
For many of us, one of the most accurate and effective ways to express the feelings that really matter to us is through music. We don’t only grow to attached to songs that are catchy, but also those with lyrics that we can relate to. It is not uncommon to feel like sometimes, artists can convey the way we feel better than we could ourselves. The storybook-like lines you read at the start of this page are a collection of lyrics
First, Hoagland characterizes American culture with the poem “Poor Britney Spears,” which uses a comical title that blends in nicely with the first couplet, “is not a sentence I expected / to utter in this lifetime”, while using word choice that is simple yet effective. Which leads to the subject of the poem, Britney Spears a celebrity whose rise and demise, most young adults/teenagers are familiar with therefore, allowing the reader to connect easily with the main idea of the poem. Which is that people find
In High Fidelity, Rob, the protagonist and narrator, says “I find myself worrying away at that stuff about pop music again, whether I like it because I’m unhappy, or whether I’m unhappy because I like it” (168). It is obvious to the reader that Rob has a very strong relationship to pop music but also that this relationship is not as simple as the either-or dichotomy he describes it as. At first, it is an obsession that is almost pathological; by the end, it is an aid to his relationships and his idea of who he is. Rob’s relationship to music helps us understand Rob as a character through the different ways he uses it to interact in his environment – either as a crutch inhibiting his growth or as a way to aid his self-development.
In Chapter 8, Taylor defines and outlines the change from pre-modern to modern societies. Previously, our world was ordered independently of us. Individuals looked for their identities by means of their social standing or religion. However, “modern freedom and autonomy center us on ourselves, and the ideal of authenticity requires that we discover and articulate our own identity” (Taylor 81). This change goes back to the end of the 18th century and is evident in art and poetry. In modern society, our feelings are coming from within. Our human feelings are our nature, which is deeply personal. Yet, Taylor reminds his readers that in modern poetry there is an
Music can move a person in incredible ways, whether by healing, inspiring, saddening, or even angering. But when a song touches in a positive way it imprints a lasting memory of itself in the heart and soul. That might explain why some of the most classic and popular songs through the centuries are love songs. The creative ocean of love lyrics and melodies is probably as vast as a Universe and among the shining stars are two humbling songs that will continue to move the emotions. "Somewhere out there" and "Dreaming of you" are two musical creations that have planted a lasting impression in many people’s heart.
“Family Portrait” by Pink portrays a social problem that is unfortunately rampant in American society today; divorce. I chose this song because I am an adult child of divorce and this song helped me a lot during my parents' initial separation and subsequent divorce years later. I feel that this song gives a voice to children everywhere who are dealing with parental divorce and expressing thoughts and emotions that many children cannot express to their parents. Nowadays it is not uncommon to know one or even several people whose parents are divorced or whose own marriages have ended in divorce. Divorce has far reaching effects; not only for the couple but among the entire family.
Borrowing from Friedrich Nietzsche's statement, "That which does not kill us makes us stronger," Kelly Clarkson unleashes an up-tempo empowerment anthem for recovering from bad relationships. Everyone endures a bad breakup at some point in their life, and a pick me up song like "Stronger," written by Jorgen Elofsson, David Gamson, and Ali Tamposi helps listeners pick up the pieces of a broken heart and move on to bigger and better things. Breakups can be extremely difficult, and they can be amicable; no matter what, no one really wants to go through them. The loss of a relationship can bring on intense heartache and stress. After being down for some time, it takes trying to look for the positives of the loneliness, instead of sadness and grief. When the positives are found, the feelings of happiness will overcome.
The speaker in the song “Blank Space” by Taylor Swift knows that all of her relationships will end badly because she is mentally unstable. An example supporting this theory is the line, “‘Cause, darling, I’m a nightmare dressed like a daydream.” The quote means that the speaker seems innocent at first, but becomes not so innocent soon into the relationship. This also means that the speaker leads boys into unstable relationships that turn into nightmares. The song “Blank Space” by Taylor Swift is about a mentally unstable speaker, who can turn your life into a disaster.