My Personal Playlist and Transcendental Justification
Icarus, Bastille, 2011
I personally love this song simply because of the Greek Mythology reference, as well as the really cool entrance; and I think that transcendentalists might like it as well. My interpretation of this song is that it is talking about how young people search for happiness by doing dangerous and risky things (i.e. Icarus got excited and flew up towards the sun), that may lead to them getting hurt (the sun melting the wax off of Icarus’s wings and him falling to his death. Transcendentalists would like this interpretation, because they believe that although people try to bring happiness into their lives by relying on material things (ex. Drugs and Alcohol), this will never …show more content…
The message of this song, that you need to appreciate what you have before you lose it, is easily interpreted from the refrain which says “Don't it always seem to go, That you don't know what you've got , Till it's gone, They paved paradise And put up a parking lot.”(Joni Mitchell). Thus, you had a beautiful something, you destroyed it because you were looking for something better, and only after it is gone do you realize how beautiful it was. This can easily be fitted into the transcendentalist character, which loves nature and seeks to repel the material world which can only bring unhappiness. This transcendentalist motto portrayed in the song can be applied to the harms of deforestation, pollution and other harms to nature that result from human greed and negligence (Much of the current Environmental movement originated from Transcendentalism). A further example of Transcendentalism environmentalism in this song is included in the lyrics: “Hey farmer farmer, Put away that DDT * now , Give me spots on my apples, But leave me the birds and the bees, Please!”(Joni Mitchell). AKA, stop harming nature for your own personal gain. Personally, I really like this song because it reminds me of the oldies played at one of the many family functions that are always going on in my life.
5. Another Brick in The Wall, Pink Floyd, 1779
I love this song’s message, and I think that transcendentalists …show more content…
On a personal level, when i was younger this my father would play this song (as well as Miley Cyrus’s “Party in the USA”) in our living room, and my sisters and I would just dance around to it and play it over and over again for hours. Regarding transcendentalism, this song shares a similar theme to “Don’t Stop Believin’”, as its refrain states: I'd like to make myself believe, That planet Earth turns slowly, It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep,'Cause everything is never as it seems”(Fireflies), lending itself to the idea that people should believe that anything can happen, and have big dreams, because everyone’s life is precious and
Icarus, Bastille, 2011
I personally love this song simply because of the Greek Mythology reference, as well as the really cool entrance; and I think that transcendentalists might like it as well. My interpretation of this song is that it is talking about how young people search for happiness by doing dangerous and risky things (i.e. Icarus got excited and flew up towards the sun), that may lead to them getting hurt (the sun melting the wax off of Icarus’s wings and him falling to his death. Transcendentalists would like this interpretation, because they believe that although people try to bring happiness into their lives by relying on material things (ex. Drugs and Alcohol), this will never …show more content…
The message of this song, that you need to appreciate what you have before you lose it, is easily interpreted from the refrain which says “Don't it always seem to go, That you don't know what you've got , Till it's gone, They paved paradise And put up a parking lot.”(Joni Mitchell). Thus, you had a beautiful something, you destroyed it because you were looking for something better, and only after it is gone do you realize how beautiful it was. This can easily be fitted into the transcendentalist character, which loves nature and seeks to repel the material world which can only bring unhappiness. This transcendentalist motto portrayed in the song can be applied to the harms of deforestation, pollution and other harms to nature that result from human greed and negligence (Much of the current Environmental movement originated from Transcendentalism). A further example of Transcendentalism environmentalism in this song is included in the lyrics: “Hey farmer farmer, Put away that DDT * now , Give me spots on my apples, But leave me the birds and the bees, Please!”(Joni Mitchell). AKA, stop harming nature for your own personal gain. Personally, I really like this song because it reminds me of the oldies played at one of the many family functions that are always going on in my life.
5. Another Brick in The Wall, Pink Floyd, 1779
I love this song’s message, and I think that transcendentalists …show more content…
On a personal level, when i was younger this my father would play this song (as well as Miley Cyrus’s “Party in the USA”) in our living room, and my sisters and I would just dance around to it and play it over and over again for hours. Regarding transcendentalism, this song shares a similar theme to “Don’t Stop Believin’”, as its refrain states: I'd like to make myself believe, That planet Earth turns slowly, It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep,'Cause everything is never as it seems”(Fireflies), lending itself to the idea that people should believe that anything can happen, and have big dreams, because everyone’s life is precious and