Considered Soft Rock: Song Analysis

Due to execrable food preparation prior to June 30, 1906, the United States established the Pure Food and Drug Act to ban the preparation, sale, and shipment of contaminated food and drugs. The act also banned mis-labelling and false claims of food and drugs. On June 30, 1906, The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was also established to ensure the safety of the goods and the safety of the consumer.

Whiskey Lullaby is a song sung by Brad Paisley (ft. Alison Krauss) which narrates the story of a soldier coming back from war to find his wife in bed with another man. After this, the man drinks away his life trying to escape the pain until he commits suicide. Then the song continues to talk about how the woman follows down the same path after hearing about his death. In the end of the song they both get buried next to each other which symbolizes how they are finally together. The audience for this country song is those who have served or who have had family members serve. The unexpectedness of how life will figure itself out when the soldiers return. Also, how hard it is for families when their loved ones are out fighting, and they are

On Saturday, November 14th, 2015 the Newsies touring company performed at the Straz Center in Tampa, Florida. Newsies is a musical based on real events that occurred in 1899 when newspaper boys went on strike. This essay will be on the performance attended and opinions based on what was seen. There are many things that can make a difference on whether or not the performance was successful such as the costumes, the text itself, the music, the performances by the actors, the choreography, and the stage and scenic design.

One of my favorite songs is, “Love Yours” by J. Cole. He is one of my favorite artists and his words are very lyrical. In this song, he is speaking as a first-person narrator. Jermain Cole AKA J. Cole was born in Frankfurt, Germany but moved to North Carolina when he was an infant. He credits Tupac as one of his major influences on his music. Growing up he didn’t have much but on his birthday, he asked his mom for a beat machine. He started out in producing music, but then used his rap on his own beats throughout high school. When he was fourteen, he had two mentors that gave him his stage name “Therapist” for his soulful flow and rhymes. After graduating high school, he moved to the Big Apple to attend St. John University on scholarships.

The genre of the hit song is a mix between pop and soul. The song exhibts characterstics of pop because of it’s musical properties such as being catchy, short, simple and melodic. It’s also mixed with a bit of soul because soul songs are often loaded with passion and focus on what absolutely must be said because it 's deep inside and just aching to get out which this song cleary has with no doubt.

As the power of a song resides completely in its lyrics, it is no longer surprising that music can be healing, inspiring, or even motivating. After introducing this insight to my life, it became very rare for me to listen to any Imagine Dragons’ song without it leaving an impact on my life and my perspectives. Imagine Dragons is a rock band whose music tends to address both personal and social issues. It’s Time, one of their biggest hits and most influential songs, was written by the band’s lead singer Dan Reynolds during a difficult time in his life. “ I was not very happy with who I was, I guess, and I wanted to make some changes” says the singer in an interview with Purevolume , in which he addresses It’s Time as a poem he wrote to express

Rock of Ages uses a variety of 80’s hair rock to tell the traditional story where the boy meets the girl, they fall in love, then the boy loses the girl, boy gets the girl back and they live happily ever after. Along with the 80’s rock used to advance the plot in this jukebox musical, the time period the story is set in, is the same as when the music was coming out. Also rock stars, their music and a rock club play major parts in the story. I think the main purpose of this musical is to entertain people, especially those who like this era and genre of rock music, and to use major cultural defining piece of this time period to tell the story.

This essay will examine the main trends and ideologies associated with the 1980’s era and explore how these trends are reflected in one piece of music from the chosen time period. To accomplish this task, this essay will firstly analyse the prominent trends, ideologies and beliefs associated with the 1980’s era in America as this is the time period in which N.W.A rose to fame as a rap group. This essay will then introduce the rap group N.W.A and analyse their popular recording “Straight Outta Compton”, identifying and explaining the music style of the chosen song, paramusical elements and how these style elements are related to the ideologies of the particular style. This essay will then conclude by demonstrating how the chosen recording is

Evanescence is an American rock band known for song, Bring Me to Life. Bring Me to Life is a song about being lost and in a state of depression until you find that one person to break you out of that sad state. This song was inspired by the lead singer’s, Amy Lee’s, husband. She says that when she first met her husband that he could somehow see inside of her and bring her to life when at the time she was going though a hard time (Edwards, Evanescence’s Amy Lee: how we made Bring Me to Life).

We first start seeing power affecting Macbeth’s morals in the ending of Act I when the promise of power makes Macbeth think about killing the king. Macbeth has just finished having a nice dinner with the King and he is rethinking his plan of killing the king. We see him try to pull away from the idea of killing the king and wanting to stay an honest man. He is arguing with Lady Macbeth to not kill the king because “the king has just honored me”, “We can’t go on with this plan.” Macbeth wants to stay respectful and honest, he feels guilty to think about killing the king because the king thinks so highly of him. It is an honor to have respect from the king and Macbeth does not want to kill a good man like him. No matter what he says lady Macbeth still argues to kill the king and promises unlimited power. Macbeth finally makes the decision to kill him and begin to change from an honest and humble man to a liar and cheater. As Macbeth and lady Macbeth go forth with killing the king in Act 2 Scene 3 Macbeth freezes and Lady Macbeth tells him to dispose of the evidence but he can’t move. “I can’t go back. I’m afraid even to think about what I’ve done. I can’t stand to look at it again.” Macbeth regrets the decision and wants to go back to the honest and humble man he once was, but after killing the king he can’t turn back. He uses word choice like afraid, can’t stand to look at it again because he realizes how power has made irrational and power hungry. This new personality

Even though one song is based off the other, both The Rolling Stones and Devo are able to beautifully capture unique essences of the song, “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”. The Rolling Stones released the original version of the song in 1965 while Devo’s version was released twelve years later in 1977. In the original version of the song sang by The Rolling Stones, several unique musical characteristics exist which helped establish the song as one of the most recognizable rock and roll songs in history. The title of the song, “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”, creates an appearance of no fulfillment as the singer’s efforts will appear useless. If the title simply read, “(I Have No) Satisfaction”, it would have appeared that the writer is just unhappy with his current state of being. Instead, the title reads “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” alluding to the efforts which the writer has already tried but have proven unsuccessful. The lyrics of the song support this incredibly cynical view displayed in the title.

A good text should be crafted in such a way that it commands a certain extent of rhetorical force in a bid to acquire the expected influence on the intended audience. This force exudes from the sensitivity of the issues addressed in a text, the language used, the credibility of the facts used, and the ability of the author to present the ideas in a manner that passes the test of time. The four texts reviewed in this essay manifest great rhetorical force in the way they handle the concept of postcolonialism. The varying authors used different methods to reinforce their views by appealing to various groups of readers and contributors in postcolonial discussions.

To define a film by a certain genre, there are several elements and signatures that a film will display in order to signify its place amongst the genre. A film from the gangster genre is characterized by violence and lawlessness of american capitalism and The American Dream. The short lived classical era of the gangster genre in Hollywood is also greatly influenced by the production code which manifested the iconic moral narrative of the gangster genre. William A. Wellman’s 1931 film The Public Enemy can be considered a film of the gangster genre when one examines the conflict with the American dream, the rise and fall of the protagonist Tom Powers, as well as the visual storytelling employed to support the narrative.

In Gordimers story “Once upon a time” uses the genre of a children’s story to articulate monsters in a suburban family by using the theme of a fairytale that clashes with the theme of a childrens story so he can use “monsters” in a suburban family. Gordimer uses phrases that kind of gives him the excuse to go in and articulate the monsters into the genre of a children’s story. Gordimer knew how to put everything in place to make it be called a “children’s story” Also, she the setting of the story in a good neighborhood, just people

The song "The message" by Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five depicts the struggle of young black adults growing up in society. The struggle to make it out of poverty can be compared to survival of the fittest in a jungle. Only the strong would survive and adapt to the changes to fit in. Trying their best to make a betterment with whatever little society offers. Being a young black African American in the early 1980's was not easy. It was easier to live the fast life and gain fast money by being part of the drug community. Drugs, guns, and money was glamorized and this is what the young adults looked at as a means of getting rich. In the songs, a young man talks about how he is trying hard to hold on to the little bit of sanity he has left in his soul. He talks about the struggle he endures while trying not to get pushed over the edge. He was born an innocent child who's blind to the ways of mind kind. Growing up he faced many challenges and had to fight