Renegades: Song Analysis

Song Analysis of Renegades Sam Harris and his younger brother Casey Harris grew up in the many abandoned towns in New York receiving instruments and hand-me-down Billy Joel, Stones and Beatles records to grow up together playing in the same band. Both band members have developed an intense love for rock and hip-hop while growing up in New York. Sam Harris is currently the lead vocalist of the X Ambassadors, while Casey became a very successful pianist despite being blind. Sam Harris is also an excellent guitarist. In this article, Sam Harris back story from his childhood to his rise to stardom will be discussed. The song Renegades was released March 3, 2015 for the new car model called Jeep Renegade. The song main purpose was to serve …show more content…
“It’s our time to make a move, it’s our time to make amends,” expresses a tone of liberty, empowerment and the will to take righteous actions. The mood of the song and the audience’s feeling is described as being encouraging, securing and rallying independence from the lines “go forth and have no fear, come close the end is near.” The song contains many literary devices, one of those devices is the allusion “, Spielberg’s and Kubrick’s,” because the author is referencing to two influential people involved in rebellious-like activities. Another device is the simile “, living like we’re renegades,” because it is comparing and portraying two different lifestyles as being alike. The final example of a literary device is “, all hail the underdogs, all hail the new kids,” which is an example of irony because typically in literature or poetry the heroes are idolized. The song renegades by X Ambassadors theme is that rebellion is necessary when fighting for a cause you believe in developing the tone of liberty, empowerment and the mood of encouragement that relates to current events in the Middle East were women are fighting for