Hyperbole (0:42): “I’d catch a grenade for ya / throw my hand on a blade for ya / I’d jump in front of a train for ya / you know I’d do anything for ya” Explanation: In lots of music today, many artist including Bruno Mars incorporate hyperbole’s or also known as exaggerations in their music to … Continue reading Music Appreciation: Imagery Grenade By: Bruno Mars
This song tells a story about a father that can never spend time with his son, and his son wants to be just like him. Then the tables turn, and the son can never spend time with the father. And in the end the father realizes that his son HAS become just like him. “Cats … Continue reading Music Appreciation: Storytelling
Hyperbole: (0:39) I’d catch a grenade for ya Throw my hand on a blade for ya I’d jump in front of a train for ya You know I’d do anything for ya Explanation: The song Grenade released in 2010 and immediately became a hit. At (0:39) Bruno Mars sings, I’d catch a grenade for ya, Throw my hand … Continue reading Music Appreciation: Hyperbole: Grenade, By Bruno Mars
Simile (1.00): “My heart’s a stereo, it beats for you, so listen close, hear my thoughts in every note. Make me your radio, and turn me up when you feel low, this melody was meant for you, just sing along to my stereo.” Explanation: In this song, Adam Levine is talking to a girl he … Continue reading Music Appreciation: Imagery: Stereo Hearts
Imagery, Personification (0:05) (1:01) Every Flower Every grain of sand is reaching out to shake my hand. Explanation: This song from the Nickelodeon TV Show Spongebob Squarepants, has a lot of personification. The first lyric of the song is, Mr. Sun Came Up and Smiled At Me. This is personification because the sun cannot smile. This gives human … Continue reading Music Appreciation: Imagery : Best Day Ever
This entire song is an allusion to 40 years of the history of the world. It goes from 1949-1989. These years were referred to in the song as “the fire” and it has been burning for 40 years and it was a good thing that got the world moving forward. Red China This … Continue reading Music Appreciation: Imagery: We Didn’t Start the Fire
Imagery, Metaphor (2:30). Now can I be her soldier please, I’m fighting for this girl, on the Battlefield of love. Explanation: This is a song done by Jay Sean Ft. Lil Wayne. This song was released in 2009 and was liked by many people. I don’t like the song very much but I picked it because … Continue reading Music Appreciation; Down, by Jay Sean
Metaphor(0:22)¨I’m bleeding out so if the last thing that I do is bring you down I‘ll bleed out for you¨ Explanation: This lyric is similar to many other that this band writes in the way that, it shows how they feel not whats actually happening. The singer is basically saying that he was in a … Continue reading Music Appreciation: Imagery : Imagine Dragons Bleeding Out
This is the My Life as a Highway music video, made in 1991, is about a man named Tom Cochrane, and he is relating a highway to his everyday life. Metaphor (20 seconds in) “Life’s like a road that you travel on When there’s one day here and the next day gone” Explanation: … Continue reading Life is a Highway Metaphors
Cats in the Cradle: Harry Chapin My child arrived just the other day He came to the world in the usual way But there were planes to catch, and bills to pay He learned to walk while I was away And he was talking ‘fore I knew it, and as he grew He’d say, “I’m … Continue reading Music Appreciation: Story Telling: Cats in the Cradle
The song is Wing$, and the artists of the song are Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. Macklemore is a current hip- hop artist, and Ryan Lewis is the one who plays the piano. The song has a lot of imagery in it, specifically hyperbole and allusions, and I will refer to two different points in the … Continue reading Music Appreciation: Imagery: Wing$, by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
While some songs create images using various sorts of figurative language (imagery), others tell stories in a straightforward narrative style. Here’s an example (video of live performance, followed by lyrics below): “1952 Vincent Black Lightning,” by Richard Thompson Lyrics: Oh, says Red Molly to James, “That’s a fine motorbike A girl could feel special on … Continue reading Music Appreciation: Storytelling (Teacher Model)