To be able to view the complete lyrics of the song please follow the link,http://www.lyrics007.com/Guns%20N'%20Roses%20Lyrics/Welcome%20To%20The%20Jungle%20Lyrics.html
Released on late 1987 the hit by the rock band Guns N' Roses, Welcome To the Jungle, was able to make it to number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. Welcome to the Jungle was the second single from the band's debut album, Apetite for Destruction. The song was written by two of the band members, lead vocalist Axl Rose, and lead guitarist Slash. The writer's have explained how the song was written describing what it was like to be in Seattle and how "if someone comes to town...the can find whatever they want." Many also believe that the song has to do with a rockstar's lifestyle and how it is to be living that type of lifestyle.
A rhetorical device used in the song is metaphor. In the song's title, "Welcome to the Jungle", jungle is what Axl explained to be Seattle or it can also be translated into being the type of lyfestyle that rockers live. In one of the verses of the song this metaphor is extended as the singer speaks of learning to "live like an animal", and of by having "the hunger" for it you'll eventually take what you want. By sayin that in the "jungle" you'll learn to "live like an animal" Axl and Slash could have been trying to explain what it is like to be a member of a rockband and the way that they live. I believe that he is trying to say that rockers have a "I don't care, I'll do what I want" attitude.
One other rhtorical device that the writers of the song used was the use of anaphora. In the last verses of the song the word "jungle" is used very prominently. The word is used to explain to how once you've enetered the jungle "you're gonna die" and you are going to be seen by others "falling to your knees" and nobody will help you. The phrase "Welcome to the Jungle" is also used several times in the last part of the song. This might be as a sign from the rockers to beware of the jungle and be careful when it is entered. Ofcourse, this is only my interpretation of the song and you might have your own thoughts, so let me know.
Friday, January 23, 2009
Hot N' Cold. Katy Perry
To be able to view the complete lyrics of the song please follow the link,http://www.metrolyrics.com/hot-n-cold-lyrics-katy-perry.html
From Katy Perry's second album, One of the Boys, Hot N' Cold was released in 2008. The song was the third single from the album, following the singles Your So Gay and I Kissed a Girl. Hot N' Cold reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100. After two very controversial singles Perry's third single came as a relieve to many. The lyrics of the song have been speculated to be about Katy Perry's relationship with the a group member from Gym Class Heroes Travis McCoy. It speaks of how the man of her life is bipolar as he is regularly getting mood swings and changing his mind.
One of the rhetorical devices that seems to be the most prominent in the lyrics of the song is the use of antithesis. Some of the antithesis she uses is, "You're hot then you're cold," and also "It's black and it's white." Perry uses the antithesis in over 75% of the song to describe to the listeners the actions of the person she is speaking about. The use of anthithesis makes the song a lot more intersting because it doesn't allow the song to be dull. Without the use of antithesis she would be trying to describe the person by sayin things like, "You don't have stable emotions," or "You're always changing your mind." Not very interesting.
A second rhetorical device used in the song is the use of anaphora. Many of the antithesis used in the song are also part of a larger structure that froms the anaphora. In the chorus of the song the use of "You're" before every action is what forms the anaphora. Another anaphora in the song's lyrics is where Perry says, "We fight, we break up, we kiss, we make up." The use of several we's is what forms the anaphora. The use of anaphora in the song is used to show how it is not just one thing that is unstable in the relationship but many.
From Katy Perry's second album, One of the Boys, Hot N' Cold was released in 2008. The song was the third single from the album, following the singles Your So Gay and I Kissed a Girl. Hot N' Cold reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100. After two very controversial singles Perry's third single came as a relieve to many. The lyrics of the song have been speculated to be about Katy Perry's relationship with the a group member from Gym Class Heroes Travis McCoy. It speaks of how the man of her life is bipolar as he is regularly getting mood swings and changing his mind.
One of the rhetorical devices that seems to be the most prominent in the lyrics of the song is the use of antithesis. Some of the antithesis she uses is, "You're hot then you're cold," and also "It's black and it's white." Perry uses the antithesis in over 75% of the song to describe to the listeners the actions of the person she is speaking about. The use of anthithesis makes the song a lot more intersting because it doesn't allow the song to be dull. Without the use of antithesis she would be trying to describe the person by sayin things like, "You don't have stable emotions," or "You're always changing your mind." Not very interesting.
A second rhetorical device used in the song is the use of anaphora. Many of the antithesis used in the song are also part of a larger structure that froms the anaphora. In the chorus of the song the use of "You're" before every action is what forms the anaphora. Another anaphora in the song's lyrics is where Perry says, "We fight, we break up, we kiss, we make up." The use of several we's is what forms the anaphora. The use of anaphora in the song is used to show how it is not just one thing that is unstable in the relationship but many.
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