Friday, October 3, 2008

diction analysis.

Diction in Bright Eyes.






Bright Eyes is a small band developed in Omaha, Nebraska. They have remained signed to Saddle Creeks Records since the beginning of the band. They use many literary devices in their music, such as diction. Diction is the choice and use of words in writing. Bright Eyes shows exemplary diction in "At the Bottom of Everything" and in "Sunrise, Sunset".






"At the Bottom of Everything" starts with Connor Oberst describing a scene on a plane that is about to malfunction, with no instrumentals in the background: "So there was this woman and she was on an airplane, and she was flying to meet her fiance seaming high above the largest ocean on planet earth. She was seated next to this man she had tried to start conversations, but the only thing she had really heard him say was to order his Bloody Mary. " Then, the transition into the rest of the song, with the instruments is extremely peculiar, songs are not typically introduced in this way. "And then he starts humming this little tune, it kind of goes like this: 1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4." He makes it seem as if the man on the plane he depicts is singing the song. The rest of the song is completely different from the introduction. It does not comply with the typical song structure. He ends each verse with a repetition, telling the reader/listener, that they and Connor Oberst must do something, that honestly has nothing to do with the rest of the verse. "We must take all of the medicines too expensive now to sell. Set fire to the preacher who is promising us hell, and in the ear of every anarchist that sleeps but doesn’t dream, we must sing, we must sing, we must sing." In this song, he sings that song, and in that song he sings the rest of a new song starting it as "It’ll go like this: While my mother waters plants My father loads his guns He says death will give us back to God Just like this setting sun is returned to this lonesome ocean." This is an extremely unique way of composing the song's lyrics. This is an example of how Bright Eyes is so extra-special.




In "Sunrise, Sunset"he creates a whole new tone. The song is still dark, but the sound takes a turn. It's more eerie and calming. You can almost predict the amount of words or syllables in the next line, without seeing the lyrics or ever listening to it before: "To the sunrise and the sunset. The master and his servant have exactly the same fate. It's a sunrise and a sunset. From a cradle to a casket. There is no way to escape. The sunrise and the sunset." "Sunrise, Sunset" is nothing but a poem with instruments put to it. As opposed to "At the Bottom of Everything", which is more used to the idea of death coming sooner or later, "Sunrise, Sunset" has a much more depressed tone: "She raised her hands in the air, asked you, When was the last time you looked in the mirror? 'Cause you've changed. Yeah, you've changed." Connor Oberst is not convincing you everything will be okay, this time: "You're manic or you're depressed. Will you ever feel OK?". Everything is very unified however. The lyrics just flow, and it flows nicely. There is an extreme amount of unity. Even though, in the beginning he says "The sunrise and the sunsets. You are lying while you confess, keep trying to explain. The sunrise and the sunsets. You realize then you forget what you've been trying to retain." and in the end he says something totally not related: "Go home to your apartment and put the cassette in the tape deck and let that fever play. Sunrise, sunset. Where are you Arienette?". He seems so uncontrollably shaken, and almost like insanity is taking over, when his voice shakes, and his lyrics ramble on and on.


Bright Eyes had made a huge contribution to indie rock music. Connor has given off so many types of indie rock. Acoustic in "First Day of My Life", psychedelic in "Neely O'Hara", happy in "Bowl Of Oranges", hopeful in "Four Winds", and just utterly depressive in "Lover, I don't have to love." With eight albums, and seven EP's Bright Eyes has a type of style for everyone, leaving indie rock with a huge impression in the music timeline. Despite the typical love, heartbreak, lost love, love found again, and loving someone who doesn't know you exist. He manages to make it different, and not one bit annoying. You can truly hear the pain in his voice as he sings. Bright Eyes will always be forever in the heart of indie rockers everywhere.








"At the Bottom of Everything" lyrics
So there was this woman and
she was, uh, on an airplane and
she's flying to meet her fiancé
sailing high above the--the largest ocean
on planet earth and she was seated
next to this man who, you know
she had tried to start conversations
an really--really the only thing
she heard him say was to order his bloody mary
and she's sitting there and she's reading
this really arduous magazine article about a
third world country that she couldn't
even pronounce the--the name of and
she's feeling very bored and very despondent
and--and then, uh, suddenly there's this huge mechanical failure and one of the--the engines gave out
and they started just falling -an- thirty thousand feet
and the pilot's on the microphone and he's saying,
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Oh My God, I'm Sorry"
and apologizing and she looks at the man and she--and she says,
"Where are we going?" and he looks at her and he says,
"We're going to a party, it--it's a birthday party.
It's your birthday party, happy birthday darling.
We love you very, very, very, very, very, very, very much."
And then, uh, he starts humming this little tune and--and, uh, it kind of goes like this, it's kinda:

One, Two, One, Two, Three, Four
We must talk in every telephone, get eaten off the web
We must rip out all the epilogues from the books we have read
And to the face of every criminal strapped firmly to a chair
We must stare, we must stare, we must stare.

We must take all of the medicines too expensive now to sell
Set fire to the preacher who is promising us hell
And in the ear of every anarchist that sleeps but doesn't dream
We must sing, we must sing, we must sing.

And it'll go like this, alright
While my mother waters plants my father loads his gun.
He says, "Death will give us back to God,
just like the setting sun
is returned to the lonesome ocean."

And then they splashed into the deep blue sea.
(Oh,)It was a wonderful splash.

We must blend into the choir, sing as static with the whole,
We must memorize nine numbers and deny we have a soul,
And to this endless race for property and privilege to be won
We must run, we must run, we must run.

We must hang up in the belfry where the bats in moonlight laugh
We must stare into a crystal ball and only see the past
And (in)to the caverns of tomorrow with just our flashlights and our love
We must plunge, we must plunge, we must plunge.

And then we'll get down there,
way down to the very bottom of everything
and then we'll see it, oh we'll see it, we'll see it, we'll see it.

Oh my morning's coming back
The whole world's waking up
Oh the city bus is swimming past.
I'm happy just because
I found out I am really no one.








"Sunrise, Sunset."
Sunrise, sunset.
Sunrise, sunset.
Swiftly go the days.
Sunrise, sunset.
You wake up, then you undress.
It always is the same.
a sunrise and the sun sets.
You’re lying while you confess, keep trying to explain.
a sunrise and the sun sets you realize
then you forget what you’ve been trying to retain.
But everybody knows it’s all about the things
that get stuck inside of your head,
like the songs your roommate sings
a vision of her body as she stretches out on your bed.
and she raised her hands in the air asked you,
When was the last time you looked in the mirror?
cause you have changed.
Yeah, you have changed.
Sunrise, the sun sets.
You are hopeful and then you regret.
The circle never breaks.
With a sunrise and a sunset there’s a change of heart or address.
Is there nothing that remains?
For a sunrise or a sunset.
You’re manic or you’re depressed.
Will you ever feel ok?
for a sunrise or sunset, your lover is an actress.
Did you really think she’d stay?
For a sunrise or sunset.
You’re either coming or you just left but you’re always on the way.
Towards a sunrise or a sunset, a scribble or a sonnet.
They are really just the same.
To the sunrise and the sunset.
The master and his servant have exactly the same fate.
It’s a sunrise and a sunset.
From a cradle to a casket.
There’s no way to escape.
The sunrise and the sunset.
Hold your sadness like a puppet, keep putting on the play.
But everything you do is leading to the point
where you just won’t know what to do.
And at that moment you may laugh
but there is someone there who will be laughing louder than you.
So it’s true, the trick is complete.
become everything you said that you never would be.
You’re a fool! You’re a fool!
Sunrise, sunset.
Sunrise, sunset.
The sunrise and the sun sets.
Sunrise, sunset.
Sunrise, the sun sets.
Sunrise, the sun sets.
Sunrise, sunset.
Go home to your apartment
put the cassette in the tape deck and let that fever play.
Sunrise, sunset.
Where are you Arienette?
Where are you Arienette?

playlist.


Monday, September 15, 2008

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Bob Dylan: The Rolling Stone
Did you know...
1.] Bob Dylan was born as Robert Zimmerman.
2.] He wrote "Blowin' In The Wind" in a little over ten minutes.
3.] He has written 500 songs.
4.] He has produced over 40 albums since 1962 called just "Bob Dylan".
5.] His son, Jakob Dylan is also in the music business, as a solo artist and the front man in the Wallflowers.
6.] He had an intimate relationship with the socialite, Edie Sedgwick, leading her to have to have an abortion, because of her eating disorders and drug abuse.
7.] He is considered by many people an amazing poet, while he doesn't consider himself a poet.
8.] In 1966 he almost died after crashing his motorbike near his Woodstock home.
9.] He wrote "Just like a Woman" and "Like a Rolling Stone" about the original "It" girl, Edie Sedgwick.
10.] He learned to play the harmonica and piano by the young age of ten.
Timeline.
May 24, 1941: Bob Dylan was born.
April 11, 1961: Bob Dylan’s New York City debut occurred at Gerdes’ Folk City.
1962: Bob Dylan’s eponymous debut album released; as is Peter, Paul & Mary’s self-titled debut
1963: ‘The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan’ is released, containing “Blowin’ In the Wind”, “A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall” and “Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright”.
July 26-28, 1963: The Newport Folk Festival, featuring Bob Dylan, , Joan Baez and Phil Ochs, is held in Newport, Rhode Island. It is a defining moment in the folk-protest movement.
June 20, 1965: ’ folk-rock version of Bob Dylan’s “Mr. Tambourine Man” will spend a week at the top of the charts.
July 25, 1965: Bob Dylan strode onstage at the Newport Festival with an electric guitar in hand and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band backing him up. He is booed off stage.
1965: Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone” reaches #2.
April 29, 1966: Bob Dylan, backed by the Hawks (better known as ), perform in Stockholm, Sweden. Six more weeks of dates follow across Europe in what will come to be regarded as one of rock’s most historic tours.
July 29, 1966: Bob Dylan was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident near his home in Woodstock, New York.
January 20, 1968: A tribute concert to folksinger is held at New York’s Carnegie Hall. Featured artists include Bob Dylan, , Judy Collins and Richie Havens.
October 18, 1968: ’s version of Bob Dylan’s “All Along the Watchtower” is released. “Before I came to England, I was digging a lot of the things Bob Dylan was doing,” Jimi said. “He is giving me inspiration.”
1969: Bob Dylan hits #7 with “Lay Lady Lay.”
October 27, 1973: Bob Dylan hits #12 with “Knockin’ n Heaven’s Door.”
January 17, 1974: Bob Dylan’s ‘Planet Waves,’ which reunites him with as his backing group, is released. Dylan and undertake a six-week, 40-date tour together.
June 20, 1974: ‘Before the Flood,’ a live double album by Bob Dylan and , is released.
April 5, 1975: Bob Dylan hits #31 with “Tangled Up In Blue”.
1988: Bob Dylan is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
December 14, 1994: MTV premieres “MTV Unplugged” with Bob Dylan.
"Just Like A Woman" Song analysis
In 1965 Bob Dylan was rumored to have an intimate relationship with the iconic Edie Sedgwick. "Just Like A Woman" is widely rumored to be written about this tragic beauty. The imagery and honesty is truly amazing. Every word he sings into the microphone you can re-enact the scene in your head, and he doesn't decorate anything. He's quite blunt, and forward with what he has to say. He describes the girl as very fragile, and almost seems like he kept her a secret from the world, which he very much did with Edie. They were very private, and not many were aware of their relationship.
"Ev'rybody knows that baby's got new clothes" he sings, as different scenarios with a woman and her full wardrobe glazes your mind. "She takes just like a woman, and she makes love just like a woman, and she aches just like a woman, but she breaks just like a little girl." he sings, as your heart quenches as he describes how very fragile this girl is. You feel as though you know who this girl is, making her seem very relatable. He describes how she thinks she so responsible, and how she thinks shes mature, and can survive on her one, but once you get rid of the shell, and hurt her, she just crumbles. It seems like she just can't handle the pressure, and is a very emotional person, almost too emotional, and very easily disrupted. "Nobody has to guess that baby can't be blessed, 'till she finally sees that she's like all the rest." He portrays her as if her heads are in the clouds, she loves everyone, but almost feels above them, because of her ability to have all new clothes as he says in verse one, she feels as if she is better than others. "When we meet again, introduced as friends, please don't let on that you knew me well." Again, talking about how she was almost a secret, but he's honest. He lets her know that if they are introduced, act unaquainted. He is quite honest, and just has a way with words so you picture exactly the scene is singing about.
Bob Dylan describes Miss. Sedgwick as a very fragile child inside. she may have a job, and money and be beautiful, but inside shes nothing but a little girl. she can't handle herself. His honesty is admired, and imagery breath-taking. He wasn't afraid to admit, that she was fragile, and state his opinion of her, and how it really was.
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