It was 2004 when people first heard the song "Me and Mia" by Ted Leo and the Pharmacists. It gained them attention they needed to become famous, but there were some who wanted to use his song to promote eating disorders. Even though the song "me and Mia" seems to be written to address eating orders and to encourage those who are trying to stop, some people think the opposite and are trying to encourage eating disorders.
When Ted Leo sings "me and Mia, Ann and Ana", we have to dig a little deeper to discover the reality of these four "friends". Ted Leo wrote this song for his friend, Ana, who had an eating disorder. Often times people referred to their eating disorders by names that occassionally made it seem as though they were friends. For …show more content…
When singing "Me and Mia" Ted Leo was either assumiong the persona of someone who had bulimia or was actually admitting to having the eating disorder himself. Ann and Ana are a direst link to Ted Leo's friend, Ana, who we now realize had anorexia. From the surface the song seems like a nice indie rock song but as we dig deeper we begin to see and understand the meaning behind the song. Ted Leo wanted us to understand the struggles they went through living in a society where often times, they were put down for having eating disorders. People are not as friendly as they might seem and often times depression can be linked with eating disorders. Ted Leo sings "We went on, as we were on a mission, Latest in a Grand
When Ted Leo sings "me and Mia, Ann and Ana", we have to dig a little deeper to discover the reality of these four "friends". Ted Leo wrote this song for his friend, Ana, who had an eating disorder. Often times people referred to their eating disorders by names that occassionally made it seem as though they were friends. For …show more content…
When singing "Me and Mia" Ted Leo was either assumiong the persona of someone who had bulimia or was actually admitting to having the eating disorder himself. Ann and Ana are a direst link to Ted Leo's friend, Ana, who we now realize had anorexia. From the surface the song seems like a nice indie rock song but as we dig deeper we begin to see and understand the meaning behind the song. Ted Leo wanted us to understand the struggles they went through living in a society where often times, they were put down for having eating disorders. People are not as friendly as they might seem and often times depression can be linked with eating disorders. Ted Leo sings "We went on, as we were on a mission, Latest in a Grand