In the song “Upside Down” by Jack Johnson, the author, who is also the artist and performer, expresses the feeling that turning over a new leaf or taking a new angle is a good way forward when you feel trapped or overwhelmed in your present situation. Throughout the song, the author conveys to the audience that when things are changing, sometimes memories of how life was before the change, fade, in lieu of new memories and experiences to come using the lines, “I can feel in change in everything/ And as the surface breaks reflections fade”. Using this line, he uses metaphorical devices and an allegorical aspect to the song to convey his message and purpose. Another thing that Jack Johnson attempts to convey within the song is that nothing is…
The lyrics in this song tell how people should try to find themselves and to not take life for granted. This song has many meanings but one meaning is that missing someone can be mentally and physically painful. There’s a quote in the song that describes how you miss someone and don't want them to ever leave you. “You're the closest to heaven that…
The reaction that this song is trying to express is that from an early age it is important that we teach and show our children that doing the right thing is an imperative to leading a good life. Also, that when stray from that vision we end up suffering and losing everything we hold important to us as human beings. The social problems referenced in this song generally revolve around how young minorities in large city environments tend to join gangs and get influenced by their peers to turning to crime to find wealth. Eventually, these children get addicted to the life of crime and turn to robbery, drugs, and murder in order to survive.…
The chorus symbolizes many ideas throughout the entire song, and the chorus accomplishes sympathy for the young girl, which helps spread awareness. The chorus tugs on people’s heartstrings, and it persuades people to stop being…
Every music genre expresses my sensory experiences in different ways. Music that I use for meditation put me in a relaxed mood even if I hear it and I am not meditating. Other music genres depend on the time that the songs came out, give me different feelings. Music from the 1980s and 1990s give me senses of nostalgia, music from the early 2000s remind me of my prime years in my childhood and immigrating to the United States.…
Many of the lyrics refer to the loss of trust in modern America. We had been hit hard by the recession at the time and she describes a man in America who wanted a lot from life. He believes that he can make it in America and says that everyone will know his name. He describes getting everything he wanted, however when he sees how it is impossible he decides to give up his dream and wish he was born again. This entire song just describes the loss of hope in the American Dream.…
It parodies how superficial and how there is really no real meaning in the lyrics of many of the songs in modern pop music. “Their hit single “Bad Me, Bad You”: “ I like you so bad/ And you like me so bad./We are so bad/ It would be bad/ If we did not get together, baby,/ Bad baby, Bad, bad baby.…
The song portrays a range of social problems the people have to grapple with as day go by. The song speaks to the inner city streets of the American society regarding the social injustices leveled against the minority communities especially the African Americans. The white man controls most of the majority hence perpetuating racial segregation right from the media, the prisons to the social environments. This has made people to choose a life of drug dealing and easy money as well as abusing the welfare system because they have no other alternative in a society that does not provide them with a motivation to change.…
This song was written to deliver a message of hope to people who think they are alone. This is an anti-suicide song. R.E.M. wanted to say that everybody can have difficulties but we are all together and we have to persevere. The singer of the group, Michael Stipe has mentioned in interview that the song was written for the band’s teenager fans to help them through hard moments. It’s their way to say that everyone has darker days and that life is never easy but to keep hoping for brighter days.…
The lyrics alone pack a lot of meaning into the near 4 minute duration of the song. When first heard it can be easy to mistake it for another pop song with little to no meaning at all. However, the lyrics…
“Life’s a climb, but the view is great”, (Hannah Montana: The Movie). This is line was spoken after the song “The Climb” was sung in “Hannah Montana: The Movie”. This quote is so simple but yet has so much meaning behind it. This one line is filled with strength and emotion, just like Miley Cyrus's song.…
__I think the meaning of the song that Beyoncé wrote is describing pain and what females have to go to or young teens go through, trying to impress the world, and society. How that all what we do don’t mean anything or how we present ourselves maybe we aren’t too happy on the inside maybe everything isn’t all that’s well. I like the song genre because it really feels like music for our souls trying to heal it also. The new generation now we teenagers are affected by this particular song. I think the most powerful lyrics of the song is “pretty Hurts”, because that is the pain of the song the ultimate feelings that’s what she’s trying to get the audience to understand.…
In life, we experience many new things, and we learn to make the right choices. We learn to risk things because life is full of danger. “The Nights,” by Avicii is a song that tells you to live a good life because it’s a gift. This song relates to me in many ways, and my motto is “Live life, love life, risk life.” The quote is "Live a life that you will remember.…
It teaches us that to change the world, we must do our part first. I believe that the artist was trying to teach us in a song, that to change something you must look at the ‘Man in the Mirror’. This means to reflect on yourself, to see what you could have done better, to make the world a better place. The lyrics- “If you wanna make the world a better place take a look at yourself and make that change” supports my perspective of the artist’s idea of to change the world, you must be able to see your own faults and change them. The song says that we should quit waiting for things to become better and just do it yourself.…
For many centuries there is evidence that Music has been a big part of the human race’s culture. Music dates back as far as 250,000 years, and has been known for being all over the world. With the grand variety of music selection, each song has a different way of being perceived; for countless years psychologist have been trying to connection music with ones emotions. Music has been reported to induce a full range of human emotions.…