Analysis Of Love The Way You Lie

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By juxtaposing the video with the song, Rihanna’s, ‘Love the way you lie,’ is about emotions, and reveals the dreams and challenges associated with American adolescence and middle-class society; love, anger, frustration, passion, guilt and deceit. Music has become a medium for expressionists, and Rihanna has used this song most convincingly to express her own, and the expressions of the hundreds of thousands of young Americans. These qualities are elucidated by the protagonists in the video.
The Beatles made people swoon and dance to their tunes in the 60s and 70s, and it was during this time that a man by the name of Elvis Presley turned Pied Piper and had women the world over follow his music like the children of Hamelin. These personalities were so popular that they could make people stop in their tracks and take notice. So powerful was their music that even politicians tried to make use of their popularity to gain political mileage. Music has always found a way to one’s heart, and it’s no different when young African Americans began to churn out a distinct style of music that took the world by storm. Bob Marley was a great rap singer who used reggae to spread the voice of the underprivileged and economically poor to the rest of the world. Through his music, Bob Marley was able to generate a conscious need for the rich to support and help the poor. Rihanna joins this illustrious group.

The song ‘Love the way you lie' which was released in August 2010 as a single from the album of Marshall Bruce Mathers featuring Robyn Rihanna from the music album (Recovery).
If one were to just hear the song, sans the video, it is a total giveaway; Rihanna tries to suppress her emotions by saying that she was willing to fo...

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...gnifies separation or divorce. The song is a wakeup call to all Americans who find their live-in and family relationships incompatible. People should understand the importance of caring and sharing common space in the most respectful and trustworthy manner possible. Should this happen, Americans can live in harmony and peace.
The song, ‘Love the way you lie,’ runs for four minutes and is sung by Rihanna and Eminem. The song can be interpreted as a critique of the young American life-style. The fallacies of relationships are brought out meticulously and can be juxtaposed to Rihanna’s tremulous relationship she had with Chris Brown, and that culminated with physical abuse. The song is an eye-opener to those in relationships to understand the importance of sharing and caring for one another, and to provide space to the other so that trust and mutual respect develops.

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