Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Lyrics to "911 is a Joke " analysis:
Public Enemy a rap group that makes their music off of social problems explain their feelings in the song "911 is a Joke".A very good amount of people believed that this song is true about the police force.There are good situations that would explain why they feel this way.Public Enemy believes that the police are no good,selfish,and a joke.
Public Enemy raps about the police being a no good force.There are many situations that can follow this opinion.The first example would be when they start singing "Now I dialed 911 a long time ago,Don't you see how late they're reactin".This explains how they feel that they are no good because right off the back they start of with that line.Which states that 911 is always late.Another example that can be used would be "If your life is on the line they you're dead today".This just plainly shows if your in a situation where you could die then you probably will.If the police take that long then it shows that they really are no good and are pointless.
Public Enemy also writes about how the police are selfish.Examples that you could fall back on would be when they say "They don't care `cause they stay paid anyway".In this line they explain that the cops really don't care about you and don't need to rush because no matter what happens they are still getting money.Another line that can also be used is "Thinkin' you are first when your really are tenth,You better wake up and smell the real flavor".This line is explaining how you are never the first one they go for.Matter of fact the way they say it shows that even when the cops themselves come before you in an emergency.
The last thing that Public Enemy mentions the most in "911 is a Joke" is how they're a joke.For the first example would be "I call a cab 'cause a cab will come quicker"/This makes the police a joke because cabs take a long time to arrive which means if they rather call a cab the police take extremely long.The next example is "was a joke 'cause they always jokin',They the token to your life when its croakin".This line clearly shows that Public Enemy believes that 911 is a joke.
To conclude this analysis to "911 is a joke"by Public Enemy they truly dislike the police.Just the song title itself shows it,but when you go farther and look at the song it completes the questions that you would have in your head.Public Enemy has stated their opinion about the police but there are many people that disagree and think otherwise.What do you think?
Public Enemy a rap group that makes their music off of social problems explain their feelings in the song "911 is a Joke".A very good amount of people believed that this song is true about the police force.There are good situations that would explain why they feel this way.Public Enemy believes that the police are no good,selfish,and a joke.
Public Enemy raps about the police being a no good force.There are many situations that can follow this opinion.The first example would be when they start singing "Now I dialed 911 a long time ago,Don't you see how late they're reactin".This explains how they feel that they are no good because right off the back they start of with that line.Which states that 911 is always late.Another example that can be used would be "If your life is on the line they you're dead today".This just plainly shows if your in a situation where you could die then you probably will.If the police take that long then it shows that they really are no good and are pointless.
Public Enemy also writes about how the police are selfish.Examples that you could fall back on would be when they say "They don't care `cause they stay paid anyway".In this line they explain that the cops really don't care about you and don't need to rush because no matter what happens they are still getting money.Another line that can also be used is "Thinkin' you are first when your really are tenth,You better wake up and smell the real flavor".This line is explaining how you are never the first one they go for.Matter of fact the way they say it shows that even when the cops themselves come before you in an emergency.
The last thing that Public Enemy mentions the most in "911 is a Joke" is how they're a joke.For the first example would be "I call a cab 'cause a cab will come quicker"/This makes the police a joke because cabs take a long time to arrive which means if they rather call a cab the police take extremely long.The next example is "was a joke 'cause they always jokin',They the token to your life when its croakin".This line clearly shows that Public Enemy believes that 911 is a joke.
To conclude this analysis to "911 is a joke"by Public Enemy they truly dislike the police.Just the song title itself shows it,but when you go farther and look at the song it completes the questions that you would have in your head.Public Enemy has stated their opinion about the police but there are many people that disagree and think otherwise.What do you think?
Timeline:
*1982-Public Enemy formed
*1987-had a live show in London &Yo!Bum Rush the Show was released on Def Jam Records
*1989-spent time preparing 3rd album
*1990-released "Welcome to the terrordome"
*1992-band began to lose momentum as they toured 2nd leg of U2's 200 TV Tour &Flavor Flav was repeatedly in trouble w/the law
*1993-Public Enemy was an hiatus as Flavor attempted to wean himself off drugs
*1994-Flavor Flav returned in the summer
*1995-Chuck D retired Public Enemy from touring as severed ties w/Def Jam
*1996-released 1st debut album "The Autobiography of Mistachuck"
*1997-Chuck D published autobiography in the fall & also reassembled original Bomb Squad & began work on 3 albums
*1998-Public Enemy kicked off their major comeback w/their soundtrack to Spike Lee's "He Got Game"
*1999-"Revolverlution"was finally released in stores
*2005-CD/DVD combo "It Takes a Nation" appeared & the new album "New Whirl Odor"
*2006-"Beats and Place"appeared also
*1982-Public Enemy formed
*1987-had a live show in London &Yo!Bum Rush the Show was released on Def Jam Records
*1989-spent time preparing 3rd album
*1990-released "Welcome to the terrordome"
*1992-band began to lose momentum as they toured 2nd leg of U2's 200 TV Tour &Flavor Flav was repeatedly in trouble w/the law
*1993-Public Enemy was an hiatus as Flavor attempted to wean himself off drugs
*1994-Flavor Flav returned in the summer
*1995-Chuck D retired Public Enemy from touring as severed ties w/Def Jam
*1996-released 1st debut album "The Autobiography of Mistachuck"
*1997-Chuck D published autobiography in the fall & also reassembled original Bomb Squad & began work on 3 albums
*1998-Public Enemy kicked off their major comeback w/their soundtrack to Spike Lee's "He Got Game"
*1999-"Revolverlution"was finally released in stores
*2005-CD/DVD combo "It Takes a Nation" appeared & the new album "New Whirl Odor"
*2006-"Beats and Place"appeared also
10 Interesting Facts:
- Public Enemy was formed by Chuck D in 1982 in Long Island,NY when he was studying graphic design at Adelphi University
- Their real names are:
*Chuck D-Carlton Ridenhour
*Flavor Flav-William Drayton
*Terminator X-Norman Rogers
*Professor Griffs-Richard Griffin
- They came up with Public Enemy because Flavor Flav told Chuck that a local rapper wanted to battle him.So they made a song called Public Enemy#1.They prepared 4 songs by the time Rick Rubin(of DefJam)came for an album deal.Two of the songs contained the words "Public Enemy".So Hank Shocklee suggested to call it Public Enemy instead of SpectrumCity.
- Chuck D's first words to Flavor Flav were "you cant smoke up here.You have to go outside".
- Terminator X is an Ostrich farmer when hes not with Public Enemy.
- Flavor Flav got the idea of wearing the clock around his neck because Chuck D wore a little stopwatch around his on the 1st few shows of the Licensed to 111 tour.Chuck bought 3 clocks from a furniture store and gave Flavor Flav one suggesting to "wear the same thing I'm wearing".Flavor wore the clock to signify what time it was.
- Public Enemy's 1st tour was The Licensed to 111 tour(Beastie Boys)
- Chuck D used to move furniture for his father's shop w/Flavor Flav and also worked at a photo lab processing film before he was in Public Enemy.
- Public Enemy rapped about all kinds of social problems,particularly those plaguing the black community
Monday, September 15, 2008
Irony In a Song
"Ironic" by Alanis Morisette is a very interesting song that is filled with different ironic situations.That is one of the reasons that the title of the song itself is "Ironic".This song has many exemplary,acceptable,and questionable ironic situations.
There are many ironic situations that are exemplary.Such as "a free ride when you've already paid".This is ironic because how is a ride free when you paid for it.Another exemplary ironic situation would be "Its like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife".Its ironic because when you need that one thing you can never find it under all of the other materials.The last great exemplary ironic situation would be "Mr.PlayItSafe was afraid to fly,He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids goodbye,He waited his whole life to take that flight ,And as the plane crashed down he thought ,Well isn't this nice".This is very ironic because its talking about this man who is afraid of taking a plane because it was going to crash.Next thing you know the first plane that he takes ends up going down.These are the best pieces in"Ironic" that show irony the best.
Some acceptable ironic problems would be when "An old man turned ninety-eight,He won the lottery and died the next day".This is an acceptable ironic situation because the man just turned 98.And he also won the lottery but couldn't even spend it because he died the next day.But this could also just question the irony because the man was already 98 and was old.So it would've just been his time to pass.Although its just horrible because the man waited for that moment and when it finally came he couldn't enjoy it.The next acceptable problem would be "A traffic jam when your already late".This piece falls under acceptable because you can kind of see the irony in it.I you were late now its just going to be worst because of all the traffic.This makes you think what are the odds.But on the other hand it could just have been bad timing in the situation.Lastly my example would be"Its like meeting the man of my dreams,And then meeting his beautiful wife."This is acceptable because in one way you finally found that one man and he ends up being married.But it makes you think because if this man is the one of your dreams chance are hes already going to have someone.There are many ways to look at these situations and make you think.
My last pieces that could be ironic are very questionable.They could just fall under the category of a horrible day/timing.As "Its like rain on your wedding day".This could fall under the ironic category because its suppose to be that special day where everything goes right.But then again it would've just been a bad day where the weather guy was wrong.Another questionable situation would be"A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break".This piece isn't as ironic as someone may think.Truly if its your break haven't you been around the building to know where your able to smoke.This is not as much as an ironic situation as someone would think.
Finally to conclude the analysis on"Ironic" by Alanis Morrisette she was able to think of many great situations that just makes sense.She was able to name the song "Ironic" and had made almost every line in it go along with the title.There are just so many ironic situations that gets you to think is it really ironic or is it just a day gone bad.
There are many ironic situations that are exemplary.Such as "a free ride when you've already paid".This is ironic because how is a ride free when you paid for it.Another exemplary ironic situation would be "Its like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife".Its ironic because when you need that one thing you can never find it under all of the other materials.The last great exemplary ironic situation would be "Mr.PlayItSafe was afraid to fly,He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids goodbye,He waited his whole life to take that flight ,And as the plane crashed down he thought ,Well isn't this nice".This is very ironic because its talking about this man who is afraid of taking a plane because it was going to crash.Next thing you know the first plane that he takes ends up going down.These are the best pieces in"Ironic" that show irony the best.
Some acceptable ironic problems would be when "An old man turned ninety-eight,He won the lottery and died the next day".This is an acceptable ironic situation because the man just turned 98.And he also won the lottery but couldn't even spend it because he died the next day.But this could also just question the irony because the man was already 98 and was old.So it would've just been his time to pass.Although its just horrible because the man waited for that moment and when it finally came he couldn't enjoy it.The next acceptable problem would be "A traffic jam when your already late".This piece falls under acceptable because you can kind of see the irony in it.I you were late now its just going to be worst because of all the traffic.This makes you think what are the odds.But on the other hand it could just have been bad timing in the situation.Lastly my example would be"Its like meeting the man of my dreams,And then meeting his beautiful wife."This is acceptable because in one way you finally found that one man and he ends up being married.But it makes you think because if this man is the one of your dreams chance are hes already going to have someone.There are many ways to look at these situations and make you think.
My last pieces that could be ironic are very questionable.They could just fall under the category of a horrible day/timing.As "Its like rain on your wedding day".This could fall under the ironic category because its suppose to be that special day where everything goes right.But then again it would've just been a bad day where the weather guy was wrong.Another questionable situation would be"A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break".This piece isn't as ironic as someone may think.Truly if its your break haven't you been around the building to know where your able to smoke.This is not as much as an ironic situation as someone would think.
Finally to conclude the analysis on"Ironic" by Alanis Morrisette she was able to think of many great situations that just makes sense.She was able to name the song "Ironic" and had made almost every line in it go along with the title.There are just so many ironic situations that gets you to think is it really ironic or is it just a day gone bad.
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