The Paul Mckenna Band's Song The Silent Majority

Its audiences are both men and women who come to the taverns to drink and sing after their long day on the field or in a factory. The song has persuaded the audiences in which men are willing to join the army to fight for the independence, and women are supporting their men to offer his strength to protect the country. If I were a colonial man who sitting and listening to this song, I would get inspired from hearing the song and join the army because I am a man full of pride for myself. Furthermore, a man lives on with his honor; the honor he gains from fighting for his

This song implies that individual’s are violating the norms and values of society. They start the song with a verse that expresses

”/ But he winds up knockin’ me / Back down on my knees.’ , is a phrase highlighting the aggression the movement received from the police force during their marches. The very people meant to “protect and serve” ended up being one of the biggest obstacles to overcome during the notorious peace walks. Despite the air of anguish throughout, it is a song of hope.

This glaring contrast between imagination and reality—between the imagined world of the song and the horrifying world of the slave—evokes an overwhelming sense of horror. How can one not recognize the desperation in these escapist songs? The dichotomy between freedom and imagined freedom is the very reason why the slave song cannot be a “happy” one.

I initially came across this band when they were first starting to gain popularity and cross into the main stream with indie rock/pop. The title of the song hints at what they are going through and at what’s to come in their future as a band. In the chorus, the lyrics are: This seems like their acknowledgment of the fact –with the release of this album—that they are going to get screaming and blindly adoring fans that don’t really care about them as musicians. The hysteria or Lisztomania from these fans sometimes represent a riot because they loose control of themselves. The band understands how the music industry works, so they want to enjoy their new found success and fame until the masses become bored or tired of them. This is also a cue I took when I first heard to lyrics to just enjoy the moment and not think too much about the meanings behind the music. We were all just going to enjoy the ride that is music. In the end, like most songs in this genre, the cheery and fast paced nature of the song works to mask the sad undertones that an in depth look at the lyrics can

Jesus is depicted as a lamb on the altar. There are many references to Jesus being the Lamb of God. John the Baptist is

When delving into the song and trying to grasp the meaning, it can be understood that the author really desires to be free and go back home to where he belongs and desires. The author or writer of the song does not like the idea of slavery, nor does he like being a slave himself, his perspective on the topic shows that he is not happy about the current situation and no one should because of how cruel slavery is. The author also uses certain rhetorical strategies, one of them being metaphors. They can be used to explain his sadness and other feelings he has about the topic of slavery. An example of this is,

This song is a wakeup call for America to set a better example for the next generation. People are hurting other people. Some are paranoid of what will happen next. Life should not be scary, but there are people afraid to walk out and be among the chaos. Everybody is against one another, and they are not willing to compromise. “It’s time we stop” and look at what we are doing and what has become of us. There are wars for ignorant reasons, there are people hurting, there are innocent children watching, WAKE UP AMERICA! The riots and wars are not worth all of this pain and suffering.

John Walden’s critical review states that in the Bible Jesus Christ died on the cross to save us. He was killed because of his loyalty to God, not

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'

In a broader context, protest musicians composed songs about student protests in which they firmly sided with the protesters, supporting their actions and condemning those trying to stop the protests. (OnlyEverArabella, n.d.). The ideas were expressed in music as it served as a form of publicity and promotion for the counterculture community during this era. The government continuously tried to prevent media coverage about these movements but their music simply spoke the

Once upon a time, in a far off land lived a man named Jesus. Jesus was the Son of God. His mother was named Mary, and his earthly father was Joseph. Joseph was of the line of King David, whose line of heritage was traced back all the way to Adam and Eve. Jesus had the power to heal the sick and paralyzed, give sight to the blind, speech to the mute, and life to the dead. This may very well sound like a fairy tale, but all of this was as true and real as you and me. Jesus was the living proof of God, and was literally God on earth. Jesus was perfect in every way, and was without sin; yet the Pharisees did not like what Jesus was preaching and accused him of blasphemy. This of course was not true; because God is inerrant, and Jesus was the living and, the human version of God, he speaks no lies, nor commits any crimes. Because of the charges against Him, and the Roman Empire convinced that He was causing trouble, He was sentenced to a crucifixion. The crucifixion of

When it comes to the crucifixion of Jesus, there are many different arguments that appeal to specific peoples’ beliefs or arguments as to what makes the most sense. What really is the determining factor though when we are deciding how we portray Jesus’ death? Is it our faith? Is it what logically makes the most sense to us? Is it what we are taught growing up by our parents or Sunday school? Could it possibly a mixture of all of those factors? Either way, we all have different beliefs and ideas when it comes to His death. One of the most popular arguments for Jesus’ crucifixion is that the reason he died was purely in place of us due to our sins; he was the ultimate sacrifice. In this paper, I will argue from a logical standpoint that not only does this theory not make sense, but Jesus’ life and choices were related to his crucifixion as well. The most logical circumstance is that, instead, Jesus died as a ransom.

The basis for the song was inspired by the destruction of the Roman town “Pompeii” in AD 79 by the eruption of the Mount Vesuvius. Through the eruption the city almost entirely destroyed and cloaked with 4 to 6 metes or volcanic ash (Wikipedia, Pompeii). To put the destruction into perspective, the power behind the blast was estimated to be one hundred times that of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima (History, 2016). The band and especially lead singer where specifically inspired by the images that were uncovered when the city was dug up. Bodies were uncovered cloaked in the volcanic ash and made into sort of statue like bodies of the pose held when the person eventually died. The people of Pompeii chose not to flee the city, but instead chose to close their eyes and suffocate and die along with the city (Quora, 2013). Bastille wrote the song as a conversation between two people that decided to die along side their city; perhaps the line, “But if you close your eyes Does it almost feel like nothing’s changed at all?” embodies the story of the people of Pompeii and the mission of the song the best. It is interesting how the depressing and sad motive behind the lyrics is contradicted by the upbeat and uplifting groove of the

The short stanzas containing powerful imagery overwhelm the readers forcing them to imagine the oppression that the speaker went through in