The Use Of Music In Bonnie Tyler's Holding Out For A Heroes

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Music is used throughout the world to tell stories of tragic incidents of which case require a hero. In some cases the lyrics of the song describe the obligated attributes for what the damsel in distress essentially needs. Five songs that are conforming to this are Holding out for a Hero by Bonnie Tyler, Superman (it’s not easy) by Five for Fighting, Superheroes by The Script, and My Hero by The Foo Fighters. In Bonnie Tyler’s, “Holding out for a Hero”, she describes someone who is in an erroneous situation of which requires a person of certain physical and emotional traits. She wants someone who is fast, strong, and larger than life. When the song states that its gonna take a superman to sweep me off my feet, this means that the required

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