Monster By The Automatics: Song Analysis

For my first song, I chose Burnin’ for You by Blue Oyster Cult. I chose this song to represent Dante’s Inferno. I chose this song because the lyrics reminded me of Dante’s Inferno. Certain lines from the song read, “Burn out the day; Burn out the night; I can’t see no reason to put up a fight; I’m living for giving the devil his due. And I’m burning, I’m burning, I’m burning for you,” (Roeser and Meltzer, lines 9-14). I believe these lyrics can represent the souls Dante saw throughout Hell who suffered eternal burning as punishment for sin.

For my second song, I chose, Monster by The Automatics. I picked this song because it reminded me of the novel Frankenstein. The lyrics, “What’s that coming over the hill; Is it a monster? Is it a monster?”

I chose this song because it represents the overall theme of the story. The first few lyrics of the song Price Tag say, “Seems like everybody’s got a price; I wonder how they sleep at night; When the sale comes first; And the truth comes second; Just stop for a minute and smile…” (Price Tag, line 3-7). The main character in A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge, puts money above everything else until a ghost and three spirits visit him and change his mind. The ghosts sway Scrooge’s opinion in the same way the song tries

I chose this song because the beginning lyrics represent “A Midsummer’s Night Dream by William Shakespeare. Bruno Mars says, “It’s a beautiful night, we’re looking for something dumb to do; Hey baby, I think I wanna marry you; Is it the look in your eyes, or is it this dancing juice; Who cares baby, I think I wanna marry you,” (Mars, lines 1-4). This song almost describes the plot of A Midsummer’s Night Dream perfectly. Especially, the part of the story where the two lovers run away into the night so they can marry. Along the way, a fair gives one of them some special juice and they fall in love with someone else. This song represents A Midsummer’s Night Dream fairly