Essays on Song

Dylan’s “Angel on Our Side” was written during the volatile days of the Cuban Missile Crisis, which took the world to the verge of nuclear catastrophe. As a consequence, the album is a reaction to the country’s discrimination. Dylan emphasizes the inconsistency that occurs between residual philosophies such as patriotism,…

Bob Dylan wrote “God on Our Side” in 1964, amid the American Civil Rights Movement. Bob Dylan wrote the song by emphasizing the conflict between residual philosophies such as patriotism and white supremacy (Dylan). The song was written during a period when latent philosophies such as racial injustice were influencing…

Songs are an effective instrument for uniting communities of people, as well as for helping them communicate shared feelings and bring them to action. In this respect, some songs appear as anthems for unique generations. Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless America” is one such hit. This song has served as a…

The poem Ode to a Nightingale by John Keats was inspired by a chirping song of a nightingale that the poet heard in the garden of one of his friends-Charles Brown-and was composed one morning when the sound of the bird took his heart away. The ‘Ode of a Nightingale,’…

This section presents the two main stories of the magazine, Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong and Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been. The two stories’ lead characters, Mary Anne and Connie, are also added. The thesis argument, which is important in the literary study of the text,…

Gordon Parks directed the film Shaft (1971), a private investigator named John Shaft who is charged with saving the daughter of Harlem from kidnappers of Italian descent. Melvin Van Peebles directed Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song (who also stars in it). The film tells the story of a fictional African American…

The song ‘Riptide’ by Vance Joy highlights the challenges faced by countless people, especially the youths about intimate relationships between people of different gender. The music ‘Riptide’ points out at the experience of Vance Joy with regards to his love for a particular woman who was swayed to ‘the dark…

The music or song focuses significantly on the a number of problems that are involved in the illicit drug trafficking business. It additionally offers a number of an difficulty about promiscuity and the deadly disease HIV/AIDs. The songs have gone down in history as first music to have the subject…

In this article, I address Pink Floyd’s song “Night” (Dark Side of the Moon/Capitol, 1973). We all have limitations in life, but one of the most important and equating limitations is time, which we will never have enough of. We don’t understand how time is created. The song’s most interesting…

It is clear from the lyrics of R. Kelly’s song I Believe I Can Fly that there is a secret purpose. This song is a great motivator for everyone who wants to do something in life. For example, the singer says, “I see me running through the door.” This represents…

Lady Gaga is an internationally known pop singer, songwriter, and actor. Born This Way, one of her best-selling and most successful albums, received mixed feedback and criticism upon its initial publication. Walt Whitman, on the other hand, was a poet and writer of the 1800s who produced many fictitious works…

He saw the best of me while everyone else could see the worst in me. May I hear one more time, one more time? I said he saw the best in me, when everyone else could see the worst in me. I wish I had a witness tonight, the only…