Song

T.S. Eliot “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” (1917) is a poem that uncovers a man, named Alfred Prufrock, who not only has an unproductive and bleak life, but also has a lack of willpower and boldness to change that life. The poem is not entirely about love, it is a collection of the fragmented thoughts of a man with very low self-esteem and his inability to express his love to the woman the poem is addressed to. The poem is basically about this older man, Prufrock, who is distressed by…

The next song Benny and I talked about was Kill the Pain. This song begins with a quick guitar and drum intro to set the beat and then jumps right into the soulful lyrics. The trumpet is introduced right after the lead vocalist and continues to play in-between singing. Once the chorus is sung the trumpet plays along with the vocalist and the drum switches to a faster pace. The style of this song is soul and funk and it is very fast paced.What Kill the Pain is really about is the civil rights…

identifying ourselves with a song. We also learned the effect of Stockholm Syndrome, and I thought that it was interesting to relate this event to the saying of “which came first the chicken or the egg”. The following lines will depict my point. Many believe that choosing “your song” has to do with whether or not the song does something for the person, or if the lyrics and melodies are congruent with one’s personality. However, it was interesting to view the act of choosing a song through the…

generate a ten-song playlist that typically assists me in achieving physical health while doing exercises, I started to select music from those I usually listened to while I was walking or doing exercises. I was struggling at first when I simply sat down and selected songs in my iPod, because there seemed to be a lot of songs that could be chosen as long as the beats were not too slow and the styles were lively, which made me confused about how to limit the playlist to only ten songs and how to…

There have been so many songs that have reminded me of so many great moments in my childhood. Back in the time when I was just a pre-teenager, I was always a music lover. As a young girl growing up on the island, I used to have a list of songs that I loved. I had the opportunity to listen to a diverse group of songs that were very popular. One of the hits that made it to my country (Haiti) was the song called “Everyone Falls in Love Sometimes” by Tanto Metro and Devonte. The first time I…

Country songs are about stories. Every country song has some sort of message or meaning embedded within the lyrics or the music. From Jimmy Rodgers to Johnny Cash, then to George Strait and Garth Brooks, and now Sam Hunt and Brett Eldredge. All country music is just a country boy getting their feelings or stories out there. The song All On Me by Devin Dawson is no exception. All on me is about a guy and a girl. The guy sings to the girl how much he’s willing to do have her love. To gain her love…

I wanted to be sure to pick songs that fit my curriculum needs but I thought it was also important to use music of a variety of genres. I looked through my music collection initially and chose four songs. My plan was to use the first verse or two of each song, display the lyrics and play them while my students followed along. I made sure that I prepared my students to look for specific elements of literature and/or author’s purpose and after we listened to each song, I displayed the lyrics again…

slightly obsessed with him at some point in your life. I started listening to his music. I bought all of his albums. Every last one. And out of all 19 albums, the song Beautiful is my favorite. This song stands out from his others, because there is more emotion in this one compared to his other work. When Eminem first began writing the song that later came to be known as Beautiful he had recently lost…

The group of musicians and song I have chosen is Black Eyed Peas featuring Justin Timberlake: Where is the Love (United States, c. 2003 ). The genre of this phenomenal song is in the hip-hop category. In existence, there are two versions of this song—the first one was release in 2003 and the second version which featured other musicians was released in 2016. I am focusing on the first version because I find the philosophical statements that truthfully depict the path human beings on the Earth is…

In the poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” T.S. Elliot uses a depressing tone to express a meaning of don’t put off the important things when you’re young because you may run out of time before you get to them. T.S. Elliot uses his choice of words to build the characterization of J. Alfred Prufrock, an old and lonely man who is reminiscing on the past, regretting not doing the things he needed to. All throughout the poem, T.S Elliot uses questions to build the characterization of J.…