Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Post for Friday

Hello All,

We are getting closer to our first out-of-class essay.

For Friday, read "Making Sense of It All: Reading, Interpreting, and Understanding Difficult Lyrics." (The essay is also linked at the class webpage under "Essay #1: Lyric Analysis").

Then, list the song you plan on analyzing as well as three symbols/archetypes you could use in that analysis.

For example, if I were going to write about Tom Waits's song "Whistling Past the Graveyard," I could analyze the symbols/archetypes of . . .

1. Persona
2. Light vs. Darkness
3. Movement vs. Stasis

As a final note, if your song is a love song, the archetype of the Syzygy is probably at work . . .

20 comments:

  1. Love Story- Taylor Swift
    symbols and archetypes:
    1. Romeo
    2. scarlet letter
    3. Ring

    Diana Camacho

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  2. nadee ramirez:

    Air-untouchable
    -air
    -breeze vs breath
    -life
    -soul

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  3. B.O.B-Lovelier than you

    symbols and archetypes:

    1.Golden roads
    2.Love
    3.Hands of time

    Mark A. Macanas

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  4. Megan Reimer

    1. Love (Syzygy)
    2. Faith
    3. Honesty

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  5. Jessica Delgadillo

    "Fifteen" by Taylor Swift
    1. The Innocent
    2. School
    3. Love(syzgy)

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  6. "She's My Kind of Rain" by Tim McGraw
    1. rain
    2. child
    3. shadow
    -Jose Rico

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  7. Trisha Morrissey

    "Cinderella" by Steven Curtis Chapman
    1. Growth/life
    2. Dance
    3. Love

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  8. Erma Morales

    Before He Cheats by Carey Underwood

    1. Revenge
    2. Lies
    3. Jealousy
    4. Love/hate
    5.

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  9. Tourniquet-Marilyn Manson

    1. Teeth
    2. Love (Syzgy)
    3. Tourniquet (blood, healing)

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  10. Melchor Ynostroza
    Diamond Eyes- Shinedown
    1. Regret

    2. Struggle

    3. Eyes

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  11. Lindsey Garibay
    "Breathe (2 AM)" by Anna Nalick
    1. cars on a cable

    2. life's like an hourglass, glued to the table
    3. eyes

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  12. Nathan Whiting

    David Crowder Band--How He Loves
    1. Hurricane
    2. Heart
    3. Ocean

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  13. Maria De La Riva Heartbreak Warfare by John Mayer: 1. Love 2. Deception 3. War 4. Heartbreak

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  14. Brian Dolph

    "Everyman" by Crasting Crowns
    1. Hope
    2. the everyman
    3. confusion/lost
    4. Neverending

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  15. Basil Qumsiyeh

    1-Ocean
    2-Prophet
    3-atheism
    4-blue waves

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  16. Jorge Solis

    Sugar Sugar by The Archies

    1. Wanting you
    2. Sugar
    3. Honey
    4. Summer
    5. life so sweet

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  17. Danielle Williams:

    "Question of Lust" by Depeche Mode

    1. Lust
    2. Baby/Child
    3. Fragile
    4. Gentle
    5. Mother/Child Relationship
    6. Trust
    7. Together vs. Independence

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  18. Eva Marie Salas

    "The Light",by Common

    1.Light
    2.Queen
    3.Love
    4.Sunshine
    5.Happiness

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  19. -wind
    -peace vs. war
    -knowledge vs ignorance

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  20. According to You by Orianthi

    1. Love
    2. Seduction (Romance)
    3. Comparison
    4. The Average Gal

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