Good morning 8K and Mr Perry today I will be presenting my analysis of the song tomorrows heroes by Jamie Lee Wilson and the Gowrie boys. Through the use of language features such as rhyme, emotive language and assonance, as well as the inclusion of visual imagery, I have concluded that the film clip for this song is highly effective in communicating the values of aboriginal people. This song aims to highlight the significance of family, culture and equality to the indigenous community. Film clips
method severs music from cultural context.12 Lyrics are also susceptible to a decontextualization, that is, printing the lyrics of a song for their (isolated) reading/analysis. As well as negating the vocal performance, it also negates the lyrics’ location in the song: their relation to other sound events and the interplay between them. Though, Frith holds that this analysis of lyrics is valid for folk musics only, specifically (though not limited to) “country, blues, soul, and the right strands of rock;
Analysis of “Fast Car” by Tracy Chapman The challenges of escaping from poverty and abuse are well illustrated in Fast Car by Tracy Chapman. Many young girls, myself included, jump into the first fast car that will take them away from where they are. Looking only for a way out, they find themselves pregnant and living a life so similar to what they so desperately tried to leave behind. Our society is laden with the idea of personal responsibility, therefore there are few safety nets or alternatives
it is not surprising that ‘Royals’ stood out amongst the sea of songs by artists that yield to the pressures of the hyper-materialistic society. Lorde critiques materialistic culture specifically within the pop music industry in her song. This is most apparent in the pre-chorus in which she lists materialistic ideals like fancy cars and diamonds on timepieces before claiming: “We don’t care, we’re driving Cadillacs in our dreams” and “We don’t care we’re not caught
themes that are common throughout many pieces of literature. An example of such a common theme is the quest for identity. As people grow up and begin to experience the world, individuality and independence become one of many priorities. Through the analysis of literary elements, literary works in genres such as poetry, fiction, and drama portray themes relating to a quest for identity. Poetry As defined, poetry is “writing that formulates a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience in language
This essay shall provide a structured analysis of the film easy rider with a close reference to why the film has been so important in shaping American independent cinema. Close attention will be given to the main themes and motifs throughout the film, with specific scene analysis and references to the production of the film and the societal back drop from which it came about. Easy Rider is the quintessential biker movie conceptualised by Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper. The film follows the drug tryst
complicated relationship with her mother. Her mother has always wanted her daughter to be a prodigy. However, Jing-mei claims that she is not and will never be the extremely intelligent and talented daughter her mother saw in her. After a careful analysis of the story, the reader understands how Jing-mei’s feelings toward her mother changed, why her feelings changed, and how those changed feelings
I was totally wrong to keep hopes that the love of my life would support me to build my dreams. I wondered, why as I running for a person who couldn’t understand me and keep choices between him and my dreams. I think he know that I am drowned in his love and do whatever he says. For a moment I felt like Jaya Bachan of Abhimaan. Is he jealous of me? Can’t he see me rising high? Did it hurt his male ego when his girl is superior to him? But we girls do feel proud about if our guy is talented and one
Cultural Resistance In the “Introduction” to Stephen Duncombe’s Cultural Resistance Reader, it discusses the issue of cultural resistance and how it has an effect on the American culture. Well first, what even is cultural resistance? Cultural resistance is described by Duncombe as “culture that is used, consciously or unconsciously, effectively or not, to resist and/or change the dominant political, economic and/or social structure (Duncombe 6).” An example of cultural resistance would be how it
Shot” 26). Apart from Hamilton’s ideals, in “Farmers refuted”, the lower class and commoners reveal their more fundamental and basic desires that they want to fulfill through the revolution, which is represented by the repeated question in multiple songs about why “a tiny island across the sea should regulate the price of tea” (“Farmers Refuted” 49). Their desires are basic and not as idealistic as Hamilton’s, implying they are far from being able to control the fate of their own country. By starting