Whats a good song for me to use in my English class...we are doing stuff with poetry so a song without a lot of petry stuff in it like assonance, alliteration, symblos, rhyming, repitition, parelellism etc.....im more into heavy metal so if its possible....
Need a song recommendation...
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Rage Against The Machine - Wake Up. Not heavy metal but I found a website before with explanations of the symbols and the things that make references to past events... the word starts with an A... for RATM songs and there's a lot of those in there. I can't remember it!
I had to do that last year in English class but there wasn't as much focus on that stuff. I did a Ten Foot Pole song that only had some alliteration and just had to figure out the meaning. But a RATM song should combine alot of that stuff in there.
It even has the words "radically poetic" in that song, that sounds like extra credit to me.
I had to do that last year in English class but there wasn't as much focus on that stuff. I did a Ten Foot Pole song that only had some alliteration and just had to figure out the meaning. But a RATM song should combine alot of that stuff in there.
It even has the words "radically poetic" in that song, that sounds like extra credit to me.
<< Rage Against The Machine - Wake Up. Not heavy metal but I found a website before with explanations of the symbols and the things that make references to past events... the word starts with an A... for RATM songs and there's a lot of those in there. I can't remember it! >>
Actually that entire album is like that. It's their self-titled debuet....really good stuff.
Some stuff to be aware of:
1) There is some "colorful" words in the other songs ("Wake Up" doesn't have too many, if at all)
2) Some of their lyrics may be deemed as "unpatriotic." This might not go well with the teacher.
3) Some of their lyrics talk about how bad teachers are. This might not go well with the teacher.
Yup good points Robert. Wake Up is actually one of the few songs on there that doesn't have as much of that. At least he'd not be using Killing In The Name or Take the Power Back (hitting below the belt there).
edit: allusion!! Ah there it is
). edit: allusion!! Ah there it is
NoFX - The Decline
Where are all these stupid people from
and how did they get to be so dumb
Bred on purple mountain range
Feed amber waves of grains
To lesser human beings, zero feelings
Blame it on human nature, man's destiny
Blame it on the greediocracy
The fear of God, the fear of change, fear of truth
Add the Bill of Rights
Subtract the wrongs, there's no answers
Memorize and sing
Star spangled songs, when the questions
Aren't ever asked
Is anybody learning from the past
We're living in united stagnation
Father what have I done.
I took that 22.
A gift for me from you to bed with me each night.
Kept it clean polished it well.
Cherished every cartridge every shell
Down by the creek under brush under dirt
There's a carcass of my second kill
Down at the park under stone under pine
There's a carcass of my brother William
Brother where have you gone to I swear
I never thought I could I see so many times
They told me to shoot straight, don't pull
The trigger squeeze, that will insure
A kill, a kill is what you want
To kill is why we breed
The Christians love their guns the church and NRA
Pray for their salvation
Prey on lower faiths
The story book's been read
And every line believed
The curriculum's been set
Logic is a threat
Reason searched + seized
Jerry spent some
Time in Michigan
A 20 year vacation
After all he had a dime
A dime is worth a
Lot more in Detroit
A dime in California
Just a 20 dollar fine
Jerry only stayed
A couple months
It's hard to enjoy
Yourself while
Bleeding out the ass
Asphyxiation is
Simple and fast
It beats 17 fun years
Of being someone's bitch
Don't think
Drink your wine
Watch the fire burn
His problems not mine
Just be that model citizen
I wish I had a schilling for every senseless killing
I'd buy a government. America's for sale and
You can get a good deal on it and make a healthy
Profit, or maybe tear it apart you start with
Assumption, that a million people are smarter than 1
Serotonin's gone she gave up drifted away
Sara fled though process gone
She left her answering machine on
The greeting left spoken sincere
Messages no one will ever hear
10,000 messages a day a million more transmissions lay
Dead victims of the laissez faire 10,000 voices
100 guns, 100 decibels turns to one, one bullet
One empty head now with serotonin gone
The man that used to speak
Performs a cute routine.
Feel a little patronized.
Don't feel bad. They found
A way inside your head
And you feel a bit misled.
It's not that they don't
Care. The television's
Put a thought inside your
Head like a Barry Manilow
Jingle I'd like to teach the
World to sing in perfect
Harmony a symphonic blank
Stare. It doesn't make you care.
Not designed to make you care.
They're betting you wont care.
They'll place a wager on your greed.
A wager on your pride
Why try to beat them when a million others tried
We are the whore.
Intellectually spayed
We are the queer
Dysfunctionally raised
One more pill to kill the pain,
One more pill to kill the pain
One more pill to kill the pain,
Living through conformity
One more prayer should keep me safe.
One more prayer to keep us safe
One more prayer to keep us safe
There's gonna be a better place
Lost the battle lost the war lost the things
Worth living for lost the will to win the fight
One more pill to kill the pain
The going gets tough the tough get debt
Don't pay attention pay the rent our next of kins
Pay for your sins a little faith should keep us safe
Save us
The human existence is failing
Resistance essential. The future
Written off. The odds are astronomically
Against us only
Moron and genius would fight a
Losing battle against the super
Ego when giving in is so damn comforting
And so we go on with our lives we
Know the truth but prefer lies
Lies are simple. Simple is bliss. Why
Go against tradition when we can
Admit defeat. Live in decline. Be there
Victim of our own design
With status quo built on suspect.
Why would anyone stick out their
Neck fellow member of club
We've got ours. I'd
Like to introduce
You to our host
He's got his and I've
Got mine. Meet
THE DECLINE
Where are all these stupid people from
and how did they get to be so dumb
Bred on purple mountain range
Feed amber waves of grains
To lesser human beings, zero feelings
Blame it on human nature, man's destiny
Blame it on the greediocracy
The fear of God, the fear of change, fear of truth
Add the Bill of Rights
Subtract the wrongs, there's no answers
Memorize and sing
Star spangled songs, when the questions
Aren't ever asked
Is anybody learning from the past
We're living in united stagnation
Father what have I done.
I took that 22.
A gift for me from you to bed with me each night.
Kept it clean polished it well.
Cherished every cartridge every shell
Down by the creek under brush under dirt
There's a carcass of my second kill
Down at the park under stone under pine
There's a carcass of my brother William
Brother where have you gone to I swear
I never thought I could I see so many times
They told me to shoot straight, don't pull
The trigger squeeze, that will insure
A kill, a kill is what you want
To kill is why we breed
The Christians love their guns the church and NRA
Pray for their salvation
Prey on lower faiths
The story book's been read
And every line believed
The curriculum's been set
Logic is a threat
Reason searched + seized
Jerry spent some
Time in Michigan
A 20 year vacation
After all he had a dime
A dime is worth a
Lot more in Detroit
A dime in California
Just a 20 dollar fine
Jerry only stayed
A couple months
It's hard to enjoy
Yourself while
Bleeding out the ass
Asphyxiation is
Simple and fast
It beats 17 fun years
Of being someone's bitch
Don't think
Drink your wine
Watch the fire burn
His problems not mine
Just be that model citizen
I wish I had a schilling for every senseless killing
I'd buy a government. America's for sale and
You can get a good deal on it and make a healthy
Profit, or maybe tear it apart you start with
Assumption, that a million people are smarter than 1
Serotonin's gone she gave up drifted away
Sara fled though process gone
She left her answering machine on
The greeting left spoken sincere
Messages no one will ever hear
10,000 messages a day a million more transmissions lay
Dead victims of the laissez faire 10,000 voices
100 guns, 100 decibels turns to one, one bullet
One empty head now with serotonin gone
The man that used to speak
Performs a cute routine.
Feel a little patronized.
Don't feel bad. They found
A way inside your head
And you feel a bit misled.
It's not that they don't
Care. The television's
Put a thought inside your
Head like a Barry Manilow
Jingle I'd like to teach the
World to sing in perfect
Harmony a symphonic blank
Stare. It doesn't make you care.
Not designed to make you care.
They're betting you wont care.
They'll place a wager on your greed.
A wager on your pride
Why try to beat them when a million others tried
We are the whore.
Intellectually spayed
We are the queer
Dysfunctionally raised
One more pill to kill the pain,
One more pill to kill the pain
One more pill to kill the pain,
Living through conformity
One more prayer should keep me safe.
One more prayer to keep us safe
One more prayer to keep us safe
There's gonna be a better place
Lost the battle lost the war lost the things
Worth living for lost the will to win the fight
One more pill to kill the pain
The going gets tough the tough get debt
Don't pay attention pay the rent our next of kins
Pay for your sins a little faith should keep us safe
Save us
The human existence is failing
Resistance essential. The future
Written off. The odds are astronomically
Against us only
Moron and genius would fight a
Losing battle against the super
Ego when giving in is so damn comforting
And so we go on with our lives we
Know the truth but prefer lies
Lies are simple. Simple is bliss. Why
Go against tradition when we can
Admit defeat. Live in decline. Be there
Victim of our own design
With status quo built on suspect.
Why would anyone stick out their
Neck fellow member of club
We've got ours. I'd
Like to introduce
You to our host
He's got his and I've
Got mine. Meet
THE DECLINE
Tangled Up in Blue
Bob Dylan
Early one morning the sun was shining; I was laying in bed
Wondering if she'd changed at all, if her hair was still red
Her folks, they said our lives together sure was gonna be rough
They never did like Mama's homemade dress, Papa's bankbook wasn't big enough
Me, I'm standing on the side of the road, rain falling on my shoes
I'm heading out to the old east coast, lord knows I've paid some dues
Getting through; tangled up in blue
She was married when we first met, soon to be divorced
I helped her out of a jam, I guess, but I used a little too much force
We drove that car as far as we could, abandoned it out west
Split up on a sad dark night, both agreeing it was best
She turned around to look at me as I was walking away
And I heard her say over my shoulder, we'll meet again some day
On the avenue, tangled up in blue
I was living in the great North Woods, working as a cook for a spell
But I never did like it all that much, and one day the axe just fell
So I drifted down to New Orleans, where I happened to be employed
Yeah I was working for a while on a fishing boat, right outside of Delacroix
And all the while I was alone, the past was close behind
I've seen a lot of women, but she never escaped my mind
And I just grew tangled up in blue
She was working at a topless bar, and I stopped in for a beer
I just kept looking at the side of her face in the spotlight so clear
Now, later on the crowd thinned out, and I was just about to do the same
She's standing there in that back of my chair, she said, don't I know your name?
Well I muttered something underneath my breath, she studied the lines on my face
I must admit I felt a little uneasy when she bent down to tie the laces
Of my shoes; we were tangled up in blue. I know, I know, I know....
She lit a burner on the stove and offered me a pipe
I thought you'd never say hello, she said, you look like the silent type
And then she opened up a book of poems and handed it to me
Written by an Italian poet from the thirteenth century
Every one of those words rang true and glowed like burning coal
Pouring off of every page like it was written in my soul
From me to you; tangled up in blue
I lived with them on Montague Street
In a basement down the stairs, yeah
There was music in the cafes at night
And revolution in the air
That's when he started into dealing with slaves
And something inside of her died, just died
She had to sell everything she owned
And she froze up inside
And finally, when the bottom feel out, I became withdrawn
The only thing I knew how to do was to keep on keeping on
Like a bird that flew
Tangled up in blue
Now I'm heading back again, I got to get to her somehow
And all the people that I used to know, they're an illusion to me now
Some are mathematicians, some are carpenters' wives
I don't know how it all got started, I dunno what they're doing with their lives
But me, I'm still on the road, headed for another joint
We always did feel the same, we just saw it from a different point
Of view, tangled up in blue. I know, I know, I know....
Bob Dylan
Early one morning the sun was shining; I was laying in bed
Wondering if she'd changed at all, if her hair was still red
Her folks, they said our lives together sure was gonna be rough
They never did like Mama's homemade dress, Papa's bankbook wasn't big enough
Me, I'm standing on the side of the road, rain falling on my shoes
I'm heading out to the old east coast, lord knows I've paid some dues
Getting through; tangled up in blue
She was married when we first met, soon to be divorced
I helped her out of a jam, I guess, but I used a little too much force
We drove that car as far as we could, abandoned it out west
Split up on a sad dark night, both agreeing it was best
She turned around to look at me as I was walking away
And I heard her say over my shoulder, we'll meet again some day
On the avenue, tangled up in blue
I was living in the great North Woods, working as a cook for a spell
But I never did like it all that much, and one day the axe just fell
So I drifted down to New Orleans, where I happened to be employed
Yeah I was working for a while on a fishing boat, right outside of Delacroix
And all the while I was alone, the past was close behind
I've seen a lot of women, but she never escaped my mind
And I just grew tangled up in blue
She was working at a topless bar, and I stopped in for a beer
I just kept looking at the side of her face in the spotlight so clear
Now, later on the crowd thinned out, and I was just about to do the same
She's standing there in that back of my chair, she said, don't I know your name?
Well I muttered something underneath my breath, she studied the lines on my face
I must admit I felt a little uneasy when she bent down to tie the laces
Of my shoes; we were tangled up in blue. I know, I know, I know....
She lit a burner on the stove and offered me a pipe
I thought you'd never say hello, she said, you look like the silent type
And then she opened up a book of poems and handed it to me
Written by an Italian poet from the thirteenth century
Every one of those words rang true and glowed like burning coal
Pouring off of every page like it was written in my soul
From me to you; tangled up in blue
I lived with them on Montague Street
In a basement down the stairs, yeah
There was music in the cafes at night
And revolution in the air
That's when he started into dealing with slaves
And something inside of her died, just died
She had to sell everything she owned
And she froze up inside
And finally, when the bottom feel out, I became withdrawn
The only thing I knew how to do was to keep on keeping on
Like a bird that flew
Tangled up in blue
Now I'm heading back again, I got to get to her somehow
And all the people that I used to know, they're an illusion to me now
Some are mathematicians, some are carpenters' wives
I don't know how it all got started, I dunno what they're doing with their lives
But me, I'm still on the road, headed for another joint
We always did feel the same, we just saw it from a different point
Of view, tangled up in blue. I know, I know, I know....
Smashing Pumpkins - Mayonaise
fool enough to almost be it
cool enough to not quite see it
doomed
pick your pockets full of sorrow
and run away with me tomorrow
june
we'll try and ease the pain
but somehow we'll feel the same
well, no one knows
where our secrets go
i send a heart to all my dearies
when your life is so, so dreary
dream
i'm rumored to the straight and narrow
while the harlots of my perils
scream
and i fail
but when i can, i will
try to understand
that when i can, i will
mother weep the years i'm missing
all our time can't be given
back
shut my mouth and strike the demons
that cursed you and your reasons
out of hand and out of season
out of love and out of feeling
so bad
when i can, i will
words defy the plans
when i can, i will
fool enough to almost be it
and cool enough to not quite see it
and old enough to always feel this
always old, i'll always feel this
no more promise no more sorrow
no longer will i follow
can anybody hear me
i just want to be me
when i can, i will
try to understand
that when i can, i will
fool enough to almost be it
cool enough to not quite see it
doomed
pick your pockets full of sorrow
and run away with me tomorrow
june
we'll try and ease the pain
but somehow we'll feel the same
well, no one knows
where our secrets go
i send a heart to all my dearies
when your life is so, so dreary
dream
i'm rumored to the straight and narrow
while the harlots of my perils
scream
and i fail
but when i can, i will
try to understand
that when i can, i will
mother weep the years i'm missing
all our time can't be given
back
shut my mouth and strike the demons
that cursed you and your reasons
out of hand and out of season
out of love and out of feeling
so bad
when i can, i will
words defy the plans
when i can, i will
fool enough to almost be it
and cool enough to not quite see it
and old enough to always feel this
always old, i'll always feel this
no more promise no more sorrow
no longer will i follow
can anybody hear me
i just want to be me
when i can, i will
try to understand
that when i can, i will
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