Essays on Song Analysis

The 1927 Broadway debut of Show Boat proved the musical to be nothing shy of revelatory and earned it a firm place in the history of the development of American musical theater. Show Boat is widely considered to be the paradigm of a wholly new...

The presence of toxic masculinity in the twenty-first century is persistent, advancing the stigma around men showing emotion or behaving in a way that is deemed “weak. ” Undoubtedly, the social expectations for men to be strong, unshakable figures contribute to this prolonged practice of...

Since it was first invented music has played a huge role in the lives of people. From generation to generation music defines people and is a means of expressing concerns and emotions to the audience. Florida Georgia Line is one of the most influential country...

Introduction For the song critique I have selected one of Jackson’s most popular songs. Although Michael has been dead for quite some years now, his legacy still continues. Even today, every time I hear this song play on the radio, I get excited. Many of...

The Beatles are one of the most influential and well-known musical groups of all time. More than 50 years later their sound still influences todays popular music. The band put out hit after hit that resonated with the youth and their parents alike. Their specific...

Written by Bob Dylan, The Times They Are A-Changin was created during the civil rights movement in the early 60’s. Dylan invites people to collect in the first voice of the song. He wants to make this union and others think that the waters around...

Imagine your perfect world, what would it look like? John Lennon imagines his perfect world; In his song “Imagine” John looks into what it would be like. With Lennon being a member of the hit band of “The Beatles” they were a part of the...

The song “Imagine” by John Lennon in beautiful melody is resilient political message that has powerful and deep meaning beneath those simple lyric lines. In this song, John was asking to imagine a place in softer approach where things that divide people (such as religions)...

Imagine for a minute. The sheer torment of withering slowly away, fear of food consuming you, you starve yourself, slipping slowly into insanity. You are only shrill skin and bone, the remanets of the past fulfilling life. This is the unfortunate reality of up to...

Throughout the past 400 years white supremacy has taken over America. There have been many songs, movements, and advertisements that have attempted to make a change. One example would be Tupac Shakur’s song “Changes”. Tupac Shakur was an African American rapper that was assassinated in...

This essay will outline the relationship between ‘Money’ and its subsequent effects on culture at the time. The relevant themes surrounding this topic will be economic systems, genre, technology and class. The song ‘Money’ by Pink Floyd was released in 1973 with the bands frontman...

Alexander Hamilton experienced a rough childhood growing up on the Caribbean islands of Nevis and St. Croix. His parents were not married, making him an illegitimate child. They did not have enough money to send him to school, so he did not have a formal...

Nas (Nasir Jones) is a typical model among all the educational singers. Nas is a rapper whose music and public discourse can help white adolescents disrupt America’s dominant ideology of race. Nas has specifically used his music as a platform to challenge color-blindness and America‟s...

Introduction Hip-Hop was founded in the 1970’s by DJ Kool Herc. Hip-Hop is the heart and soul of poetry because the beat and sound power over the written classical poems. Also, the lyrics of the Hip-Hop evoke emotion through its meanings and purpose. Hello, teachers...

Introduction Beyoncé Knowles started her music career at a very young age with a group compiled of her childhood friends. Her father quit his job in the cooperate world to help manage the group. After reaching some success; Beyoncé later broke off from the group...

Introduction “A Change is Gonna Come” belongs to the Top 10 Protest Songs of the 1960’s and “What’s Going On” is considered as one of the most beautiful and compelling songs of protest ever recorded. “A Change Is Gonna Come” was written in late 1963...

The fist track on Common’s album, Nobody’s smiling, is a strong written testament to the inner city: Neighborhoods. He begins his album by talking about part of his struggles in the neighborhood he grew up in. The community he describes resonates with many other inner...

The song Imagine is composed by John Lennon in March 1971 and was originally inspired by a book called Grapefruit written by Yoko Ono. During this time the Vietnam War played a big role in society because a few years earlier, in 1968, the horrible...

Multi-grammy winning artist Bruno Mars is a famous American pop artist/writer that expresses very powerful tone in his song lyrics. Incredibly talented and generously blessed with musical gifts, Mars has grown to become one of the most influential names in pop music at the moment....

There are not a great number of songs that endure the test of time. Music comes and goes with trends, as there is always a need to follow the newest styles. This is especially the case with songs that serve a purpose other than entertainment....

Even though the two songs ‘SAD!’ performed by XXXTentacion and ‘Logic’ performed by Alessia Cara and Khalid are written about mental health, there are many differences in how they are both portrayed to the audience. Both these songs enable the audience to see how people...

“This is America” tackles many prevalent political issues within American society. The video conceptualizes oppression and gun violence all while cryptically portraying society’s obscure and detrimental relationship with media. The video itself is up to interpretation; however its message is clear. Arguably, the focus of...

On this date in 1979, SKIDS released their second studio album, Days In Europa, (October 12th, 1979). The Bill Nelson produced and widely misunderstood Days In Europa delivered the thicker, insistent churn of ‘Animation’, ‘Charade’, ‘Masquerade’ and the almost skippy journey through Apocalypse Now terrain...

“Imagine” presents the argument by Lennon that world peace is a necessity. This song has become a large part of pop culture, Lennon proves his argument through the use of several different examples of throughout history. He uses rhetorical strategies like ethos, pathos, and logos....

The Vietnam War was one of the most divisive wars in the history of the United States. The United States involvement in the War along with the media on the front lines telling horror stories and showing graphic images polarized the nation. Music during the...

The song I will be analyzing is the song Strange Fruit by Billie Holiday. The song of Strange Fruit is a song about the lynching of black people in Southern America in the first half of the 20th Century. The majority of lynching victims in...

“If you know your history, Then you would know where you’re coming from, Then you wouldn’t have to ask me, Who the heck do I think I am?”(Bob Marley) In other words, if people understand their narrative, then they’ll know their lineage, so others need...

The song “Strange Fruit” by Billie Holiday is a jazz ballad which can also be attributed to the blues style. Before Billie Holiday released the song, it was a poem, written by the American teacher Abel Merropol. This poem was a response to the lynching’s...