Fishbone's song is a book written by the one and only, Gary Paulsen. He is a well known author for his books on adventure, survival, and his nonfiction adventures. The book was published September 27, 2016. This is one of his new books that he has written and it's a great read.…
In 1976, the Swedish group ABBA ravished the world with their hit song “Dancing Queen.” Even after 30 years since its exposition at King Carl Gustaf’s ball, the song remains a favorite in dance clubs. Mixed with pop-operatic harmonies and inspiration to the dance rhythm in George McCrae's "Rock Your Baby," as well as the drumming on Dr. John's 1972 album “Dr. John's Gumbo”, ABBA is able to convey an elated feeling of limitless joy and highlights the greatest music of the disco era. Through a beautifully woven blend of uplifting, empowering lyrics and a sophisticated melody scattered with heart-tugging high notes, “Dancing Queen” celebrates the carefree innocence of youth.…
“Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog” is a super-hero musical tragicomedy produced with a really low budget; however, it still won the People's Choice Award for "Favorite Online Sensation" in 2008 and Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation in 2009. Depending on my own opinions, the socko performance of Dr. Horrible character in this 40-mins miniseries played by Neil Patrick Harris is the main reason, which made “Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog” become specially, and leads to the successful of the whole movie. Accordingly to the story line, we can see that Characters in “ Dr. Horrible sing along blog” are different as the characters we usually see in the Hollywood movies. There are the mix personalities of all characters in this movie; for example, the bad guy is not bad enough (Dr. Horrible) and the good guy (Captain Hammer) is neither good enough, which makes the storyline become more interesting for the audience. For instance, the bad guy must be the people who try to do the bad thing because of his own sake; however, Dr. Horrible is funny and event cute instead of being serious and badass as most of the bad guys…
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…
J coles Forest Hills Drive album is only his 3rd debut album but is considered his best work yet. In the album he takes us back to his childhood where it all began on Forest Hill Drive in Fayetteville North Carolina to his journey to New York city to accomplish his dreams of becoming a rapper. Although he made it he also suffered losing himself but gaining it all back by determining what matters most. In the intro he asks over in over “Do you want to be happy?”…
9th Grade Summer Reading Project The page I am analyzing is the page where Phadrig reunites with his brother. In the upper half of the page are 4 panels to show what happened before the fifth panel which takes up the entire page. The author uses this style in many different pages. I think this is interesting because it looks nice and shows what leads up to what might be a major point in the story.…
In most wars, men are usually called into duty more often than women are. Often, there were no women around the camps the men were stationed, leaving the men in an isolated state where only the presence of a woman could bring them back some joy. The Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong communicates the story of Mary Anne Belle who was brought to Vietnam by her lover, who miss her company. It is also about the deductive analysis of Mary Anne Belle and is a collection of the progression of her character’s changes as her days in Vietnam passes by.…
The song “ The Boxer” was played after 9/11 because the lyrics describe America and it’s battle against the 9/11. Mayor Giuliani choose this song to be performed in the aftermath of 9/11, because the lyrics are connected to 9/11. “ But the fighter still remains,” is suggesting that the fighter is New York City and The United States of America. The boxer is the United States Flag.…
Lily Allen’s “Hard Out Here” it is a work of light satire which mocks modern day consumerism and stereotypical society’s views of women in media. In her music video Allen immediately points out a few of society’s views on consumerism. In her first lines she used a very common term from society which from a misogynistic background, is used to describe a female and continues on with a list of other common stereotypes such as women in the kitchen, in media it is all about materialistic possessions instead of personality, the double standards of society, and plenty more. In her second verse Allen takes on the voice of “the society in which we live in” and she tells all the women that they need to be a size six, being from the U.K. this is the equivalent to a size two in the U.S. Women need to be perfect wife material or they will end up alone, is basically where this verse is going. This where the satirical aspect of the song lies, she mocks the stereotypical view of what wife material is and inflates it to a higher level, she says that women need to be thin, attractive, rich or a great cook, and have someone to objectify you as a trophy to live a good life.…
The song I picked is Huntin Fishin Loving Everyday by Luke Bryan I think he wrote the song to not take life for granted. I chose the song because I thought it has a lot of feelings and inspiration. The song was co-written and recorded by Luke Bryan I think it was written to make people feel good when they are in dark times and to inspire them to do good things in life 1 of the quotes is ( Life is up and down by the time you are born and the time you die) what that means by that is life is not easy when you are born till you die. (You never take your fans for granted you always appreciate them every show night in night out) what that means never take advantage of someone be a real person and like them for what they are. He was raised on…
of his ancestors if he did not reconcile his current self with his traumatic childhood. Much like the emphatic repetition of the “old blues song” that Pilate sings, in order to solve the mysteries of their family’s origin and carve a place for themselves in America, Milkman and his family uses music to heal themselves and eachother. Music and musical terminology are used to promote healing in the novel; but the recurring use of Pilate's “old blues song” creates a vein of psychotherapy that is more individualistic and specific to her family. Creating a personalized traumatic narrative that covers a specific past experience of indisputable trauma is key in allowing “psychotherapy to work at the cellular level” (Vaughn 5).…
Is there transcendentalism today in our world? Yes, there is tons and tons of transcendentalism today in our society. They are found mostly everywhere and we do not notice it. They can be found anywhere in general like television, music, art speeches and literature. For my project, I found a song that relates to transcendentalism.…
On the night of January 28, in 1985 in the 97th General Hospital at a United States Army base in Frankfurt, West Germany, is the birthplace of a man that would soon change the music world forever with his powerful array of lyrical meaning and word play. Also known as Jermaine Lamar Cole, J. Cole’s arguably most popular song, “Love Yourz” not only demonstrates palpable humility in which Cole compares the two types of lives he has lived, but also distress to a belief that this nation has built itself around, the American Dream. Rapping at the age of twelve, Cole’s love and passion for creating music has spurred him to become the harbinger of rap music in today’s society. Living with only his older brother, Zachary, his mother, and only the image…
The song “Alright” by Kendrick Lamar has grown to be very popular. Many people interpret this song as a song about hope for the future. Both the song and the music video have received enthusiastic responses, highlighting the message that was related to social outburst at the time in regards to racism towards African-Americans. The song “Alright” has been directly associated with the Black Lives Matter movement not only because of the message it delivers but in many instances multiple people started singing the lyrics “we gon’ be…
The song “Human” by Rag’n’Bone Man came out in February of 2017. Rory Graham, or better known as his stage name Rag’n’Bone man, is a British singer and songwriter in the Alternative and Indie genre. His song “Human” argues that everyone is human and makes mistakes. Its argument is effective because of its use of Aristotle’s forms of persuasion ethos, logos, and pathos. As well as the choice of words in the lyrics.…