Drew Taggart's Song 'Music'

Most songs represent the sun as its protagonist and the moon as antagonistic. In the song "The Moon" the composer ,Andy Beck, sets the moon as the protagonist. Using a different prospective for the moon, Beck uses the moon as a symbol of beauty. The moon becomes a sense of clarity and relaxation to the singer and its listener. Near the end of the song the moon begins to set, while the sun

Every song I’ve heard can to connected to a memory in my life. It doesn’t have to be an important memory; certain songs flash images of the radio playing while driving down highways or hearing a song playing in the background of a commercial. Others inspire memories like times I’ve danced with my family, or covered songs with friends. These are the memories I will hold on to forever, and I’ll do it through these

This song is concentrated on the social construction of reality, which talks about about how “Ideas about reality also change over time” (Newman, 53). We can see this expressed in lines 32-33 in the song : “It just ain't the same, old ways have changed/New days are strange, is the world insane…” (lines 32-33) The band states how the world’s views and attitudes have changed and how there is uncertainly for the future. The band is questioning the values that they once lived up to. “Yo', whatever happened to the values of humanity/Whatever happened to the fairness in equality/ Instead of spreading love we're spreading animosity/ Lack of understanding, leading lives away from unity…” (lines 71-74). They imply that individuals are swaying away from their values, as a result changing their reality.

This is when they created a new unique tune that has stuck with the band ever since. Their music seems to be addicting, once you start listening you can’t stop. “When we jam we feel as if there is a mutual energy between the fans and our band” (Trey Anastasio). This is the feeling that you get while at a concert, as Trey said the energy is unexplainable you feel totally alive!

The style of the song is very crucial in how it comes across to the listener. It is a simple song with a mellow sound and a focus on the lyrics. The song consists of Everlast’s deep, dark voice and use of often graphic words. This song is consistent with the artist’s usual style and combines elements of hip-hop and blues. The sound of the acoustic guitar and the steady beat of the drum highlight the story being told instead of drowning it out, like many songs do. The edgy style of the song lends itself to the message being sent.

To start off, I really enjoy the beat that Bryce uses on this track. This song features an upbeat rhythm, and the lyrics compliment the beat. The entire song is supposed to deliver a nostalgic feel to the listener. Throughout the song, He incorporates popular themes from his childhood into the lyrics, and the music video features these themes throughout. For me, I think the nostalgic theme works well with this song. It provides a happy, carefree feeling to the listener. When I listen to this song, it personally brings back feeling and memories from the summer I was shown it. Because of this, I believe the nostalgic theme of the song is a good fit. Another reason this is good music is because of the lyrics. These lyrics break away from the typical stereotype that is expected from rap/hip-hop music. It seems that recently, few popular songs have lyrics with meaning. Most feature lyrics that will appeal to the masses to sell the most records. This is where Bryce Vine differentiates himself from these artists. His lyrics share stories and experiences from his life, and are very personalized for the listener. I recently went to one of his concerts he had in East Lansing, and when he performed Sour Patch Kids, the entire crowd was singing along, and was brought together. This experience exemplifies what Bryce Vine’s music is all about; connecting people and delivering quality

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

After listening to the song, you could tell that it had significant meaning in history and impacted the lives of many listeners who had just lost a special friend or family member. This is indicated by these sentences in the lyrics; ‘Seems like yesterday we used to rock the show’, ‘...you're gone’, ‘The night they took my friend’, ‘you still livin' your life after death’, ‘I’ll be missing you’, ‘Thinking of the day, When you went away, What a life to take, What a bond to break’, ‘... hard with you not around’, ‘...you in heaven smilin' down’ and ‘Watchin' us while we pray for you’. This song is a tribute to "The Notorious B.I.G."; Christopher Wallace, also known as “Biggie smalls”, who was murdered on March 9, 1997, at the age of 24. The song was released a month after his death (the same year), and became a number 1 hit all over the

He also establishes Pathos. He does this by using these songs that stand for such emotional things in the past and present. He acknowledges the struggle and the sorrow, but also includes the hope that is often viewed in these songs. A hope that, one day, the double-consciousness will

Memories...Do Not Open by the Chainsmokers was released on April 7, 2017. The album is the duo’s debut LP and contains twelve songs including several collaborations with other well-known artists such as Coldplay, Jhené Aiko, and Florida Georgia Line. Contrary to what Metacritic believes, Memories...Do Not Open is not just another unremarkable, mediocre album about love; it actually deeply explores the many complicated aspects and problems of a relationship. The song “Don’t Say,” which features the vocalist Emily Warren, advises the people in a relationship to take responsibility for their mistakes.

From reading Philip Taggs article “Analysing Popular Music: Theory Method and Practice he made many important points about the theme tune to the TV series Kojak and Abba’s Fernando. He believed that there was a serious need for the study of popular music as it is an undeveloped area of study, while many people thought of the study of popular music as a laughing matter. He also believed this study was important especially for music teachers teaching children who are thought all about “serious music” as if it could never be any “fun” (Tagg, n.d.) and not about any of the music that they are surrounded by everyday on radios and television. Tagg (n.d.) argues that the analysis of popular music is difficult to analyse using traditional tools of musicology.

The cast of this series are the artists instead of The Fray. The start of the songs beings with "step one" representing the beginning of the cycle. Also, this lyric represents a clean slate because they are starting at step one where there are no mistakes. The volume of the music is calm and acting like a conversation. As the chorus, "Where did I go wrong?" comes up there is a crescendo indicating the depression and the experience side. Also there is a sense of black and dark feelings. This is a repetitive line that shows this is a repeating cycle that ends up in the north part of the symbolic cycle. The cast transitions to the between the stages of experience and innocence with "Let him know that you know best" because the line is said knowing that they are experienced and do know what is best. The song transitions to the experience side between west and north. At the start of the song, it started out as a clean slate starting with step one, but then the song goes

The album mostly was an account of their lives growing up and for the most part, a motivational album targeted to the streets. With all odds seemingly against them, the duo went on to achieve platinum status for this album and the rest is history.

In Craig Morgan’s song, “Being Alive and Livin,” he sings “I ain’t a guy to just kick back, and watch bikes race around the track, I’m white knuckled to the handle bars with both my hands. No, I ain’t one to just stand around, while a parachute falls to the ground, I gotta be hanging underneath when it lands. I’m not a wonder what it feels like kind of man.” He continues in the second verse, “... I ain’t gonna get to my rockin’ chair, scratchin’ a head full of silver hair and look back on a bunch of things I wished I did, I’m gonna meet my maker with an empty bucket list.” As his lyrics portray, he is saying that instead of sitting back, he wants to live his life to the best of his ability- he wants to find meaning.

In this song the band uses verses to show violent norms and states about how society still has hatred groups. The verses wrap around hatred groups with terrorism living in the United States. The song was written in the 2003 and states about then 9/11 attacks. “Nations droppin' bombs, Chemical gasses fillin' lungs of little ones, With ongoing' sufferin' as the youth die young, So ask yourself is the lovin'