A Promo for: Stories in CDs by Brooke How often do you listen to music? How often do you actually think about the lyrics you listen to? Do you ever interoperate a song differently from the way the writer intended it to be? Well, in Brooke’s bog there are a whole lot of interpretations to songs we have all listened to a least once before. Many if not all the songs we listen to talk about love; which as Brooke mentioned is not the only topic out there. There are many more topics that artists could write about. Most artist write about what they think will sell or what has proven to sell in the past. In her blog, she reviews Bruno Mars’ album, “Unorthodox Jukebox.” In this album Brooke says, that it is about topics that without doubt occupy
his head. Bruno Mars talks about love, sex, revenge and regret. Brooke goes through each song in the album and interprets them for us. This blog is a great way to sample an album before actually listening to it. Through this blog you could see if the album is one that you are interested in listing to and if not there are other chooses in her blog. I enjoy reading this blog for many reasons including her blunt interpretations of the songs. Brooke gets straight to the point and does not dance around what she really want to say and this is very important when reviewing songs. Brooke reviews albums like, “Unorthodox Jukebox,” by Bruno Mars, “747,” by Lady Antebellum, Sia’s album “1,000 Forms of Fear,” Cher Lloyd’s album “Sorry I’m Late,” Lana Del Rey’s album “Born to Die,” Fall Out Boy’s album, “American Beauty/American Psycho,” and many more. If you are like me and enjoy the lyrics as much as the music then you must check this blog out because you too will love it very much.
There are a lot of songs to choose form when there is songs that break down norms and one that reinforce some. There are songs that mean nothing. Great songs always have a hidden mean behind them even if when listen to them we do not know what they are.
As Anderson uses a song lyric as text in the film’s dialogue, the question of how lyrics can be looked at in terms of conversational content is raised. In showing how men and women speak differently Tannen cites many kinds of examples in You Just Don’t Understand. Not only does she look at experimental and observational studies, she also includes excerpts from plays and short stories to show that speech patterns carry over into artistic expression[5]. Lyrics then can be examined in this same manner though they are a different type of conversation. If a play is two or more characters conversing with one another on stage, a song lyric can be viewed as one side of a story of dialogue. It does not become any less conversational because of this, but is a different way to interpret a relationship.
A man by the name of Charles Simic once said, “Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them”(Quote Land). Poems have been written for thousands of years. When most people think of poetry, they either think of a sonnet, limerick, all the way down to a haiku. They also think that a poem is something that must be recited, but in reality a poem can also be sang as a song. Lately more and more songs that are being released have a story behind them, trying to express feelings of loneliness, death, or past experiences. One of the best examples would be rap. Rappers love to tell about “their” life in the city; when the times were rough because they were poor and all the violence going on. But rap isn’t the only type of music that can be interpreted as a poem.
Song lyrics have set off a great generation of our leisure time than reading poetic devices, therefore song lyrics are better than poetic devices. Song lyrics have dropped numerous lines that attach to us now a days and make us listen to the line over and over unlike poetic devices. Song Lyrics have so much meaning by word choice and by relations.”Mr. Rager” by Kid Cudi, is about people fed up with society and plan on taking a journey. “Dreams” by Edgar Allen Poe, is about a man who dreams of a greater life. Mr. Rager, the song by Scott Cudi, has a better meaning than Dreaming, the poem by Edgar Allen Poe, by personification, allusion, and symbolism.
Jukebox musicals began in film and later shifted to theatre. They had begun to make theatre more popular with the public, which had begun to gravitate towards film and music. By combining the two, they gain some of the same as well as a whole new audience. I will discuss how this came to be by speaking of the shift that occurred.
From Rock and Roll, To Pop and Soul. He’s Got It All. Harrison Jozefowicz Mrs. Mason. THESIS When the human brain is used for ten minutes straight, it generates enough electricity to power the Sears Tower for forty-eight seconds.
Music has always been a crucial part of the way society views the world. Some songs have hidden messages that can change’s one’s life and opinions. Today many songs become popular without having meaning. Something Corporate is a fairly new band, which sings, “Konstanine”, “You’re gone”, “Only Ashes”, and “Me and the Moon”. Being a new band in the music scene, they have caught many listeners attention through their lyrics. One of their more interesting songs is, “Me and the moon”. Something Corporate’s song “Me and the Moon” succeeds because it makes you think about relationships through subliminal messages.
Bruno Mars is one of the influential names in pop and R&B music. His use of interesting vocals and unique music techniques makes his music enjoyable. Listening to Doo-Wops & Hooligans I found that his music was very upbeat and always directed to one specific individual. Bruno Mars himself uses his unique personality in every aspect of his music, his album holds messages within each song and this leads to my overall enjoyment of the album.
...nse it is indeed a song about love, but it is not a "love song" in the traditional sense. "The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock" is not radio friendly mainstream love.
Expressing the hardships brought forth by unrequited love is one of the most commonly conveyed themes by popular music artists in the contemporary era. The record “Grenade” by Bruno Mars is no exception to this trend. In the song, Mars proclaims his relentless love for a girl, speaking directly and exclusively to her. Unfortunately, as a victim of unilateral love, he is inferior in the power relationship. Both in the lyrics and the video of the song, the girl possesses the dominant ability to manipulate Mars’ emotional and physical well-being either negatively by being apathetic towards his love, or positively by opting to return his affection. From such a position of inferiority, Bruno Mars employs rhetorical strategies such as literary devices,
Bruno Mars is an entertainment sensation that commands hundreds of dollars per ticket and in 2017 he began his 85 day World Tour 24K Magic (Kreps, 2017). This on top of the world star admits to feeling a little out of place with 21st century technology. Bruno’s talent, energy, and drive to make albums in a marketplace where songs aren’t even bought anymore but are offered by subscriptions on many different platforms, still make him one of the most popular and best pop artists in the world. Regardless of his savvy or lack of it for technology, he credits many great artists that paved the way as inspiration (CapitalFM, 2017).
...fferent types of harmony, rhythm, and tuning that all music has in it is how we as people get things done whether you are an engineer or a doctor. I relate my life so much to music, because I might hear that beat that is going fast, and right then I might think I am living a fast-paced life and I want to change that, so then maybe I listen to a slower song that calms me down and slows time. Everybody’s life is a song and whether that song has lyrics or not is up to how we live our lives. My song would have lyrics and it would be a country song, but that is just me and I do so many of the things that country singers sing about. It could be a slow song sometimes or a fast song in country, it all depends on what I am going through in life. Everyone has their own song in life and it changes, mine has changed many times. Believe in yourself and make your life into music.
All I ever needed to know about love, I learned form the Goo Goo Dolls. This band with songs such as “Iris”, “Slide”, and “Black Balloon” speak of the longing that comes with love lost for example in the song “Black Balloon” The singer talks about the fact that “A thousand other boys could never reach you, how could I have been the one.” In “Iris” The speaker talks about the fact that regardless of what the world thinks, his love will continue, “you can’t fight the tears that ain’t coming, but I know you can feel me some how… I don’t want the world to see me cause I don’t think that they’d understand.” In the song “Slide” they speak more of the sexual side of love “I wanna wake up where you are.”
When you listen to a C.D. or a song on the radio, do you actually listen to it? If you do you would probably have to agree that each song has a different and unique meaning. Money is one common topic most songs are about. Their either about the good, bad, or the lifestyles of people with or with out money. Different music artists have their own idea of what money can do to you and some even think money is the root of all evil.