YouTube as Literature, or VidLit Devices
British Literature, Internet Goodness.
Fri, Aug 15th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
Themes: Video
[EDIT: I neglected to mention that you should also explain how your video reflects a device.]
For the past week, we’ve been discussing literary devices in British music and (mostly) WWI-era poetry. To move our discussions into the realm of popular culture, we will compile a series of videos that represent our favorite devices. In doing so, we will not only demonstrate understanding and application of the devices, but also (perhaps) defend YouTube as a site worthy of our perusal. Our main challenge will be sifting through the channels for clips worth watching.
Here are the rules of the game:
- First, familiarize yourself with the list of literary devices I handed out in class. We have covered most, but certainly not all, in our discussions this past week.
- Second, add the following devices:
- Allegory
- Anachronism
- Flashback
- Foreshadowing
- Irony
- Satire
- Third (before you head to YouTube), try to come up with an example off the top of your head. (Your journal might be a handy resource for this.) The Simpsons, Scrubs, Seinfeld, and Family Guy are rife with allusions, puns, metaphor, characterization, etc. You can often find a short clip of your example without resorting to browsing the stacks.
- Fourth, If you cannot come up with one, begin your search. Google’s video search is a good place to start.
- Fifth, once you find your video, please make sure it is clean (see your syllabus). I suggest using "not suitable for minors" filter under the Advanced Search button (to the left of the Search bar) on YouTube or Google when undertaking your search.
- Finally, post a link to your example in the comments below. (If you are unable to log in and you’re using a Yahoo! account, follow this link to enable the OpenID feature of your screenname. If you aren’t using a Yahoo! account, send me an email with your comment and I’ll post it for you, or create a Google account.)
- Oh! Idea: If you find yourself without an example after having thoroughly searched, why not make your own video? A short, creative clip illustrating one (or more) of the terms would be awesome (and graded accordingly).
The idea for this assignment came from this post on Todd Seal’s blog. If you click on the link, you can view his examples for most of the devices. As you can see, he hasn’t completed the list. Let’s see if we can all do it in a weekend.
About a Boy Update
If you want to get a head start on About a Boy, go ahead and purchase it. (Gardner’s or Steve’s Sundry usually has a cheap copy.) I’ve ordered a class set at B&N on 41st, so we should begin our discussions on the 25th or 26th, depending on when they come in.
Have a great weekend! I look forward to watching your videos!
50 Responses to “YouTube as Literature, or VidLit Devices”
August 15, 2008 at 3:55 pm
Josiah Biggs
I’ve chosen “conflict” as my choice
Seishun Kyosokyoku by Sambomaster
JAPANESE VERSION
Hikarabita kotoba o tsunaide,
Sore demo bokura SHINPURU na,
Omoi o tsutaetai dake na no fuki nukeru,
Kusunda ano hi no kaze wa,
Kinou no haikyo ni uchi sutete,
Kimi to warau ima o ikiru no da
Sore demo ano dekigoto ga kimi o kurushimeru darou?
Dakara koso SAYONARA nanda.
Kono mama nani mo nokorazu ni anata to wakachi au dake,
Yagate bokura wa sore ga subete da to ki ga tsuite,
Kanashimi wa hoho o tsutatte namida no kawa ni naru dake,
Yureru omoi wa tsuyoi uzu ni natte,
Toke au no yo.
Iradachi to ka sukoshi gurai no kodoku da to ka wa YEAH,
Ittai sore ga bokura ni totte nan datten darou?
Ima wa DORAMA no naka ja nai n’da ze OH YEAH,
“Nee, doudai?”
Sono koe ni bokura furi kaette mo dare mo inai darou?
Dakara koso bokura takara ka ni sakebu no da OH YEAH.
Sore demo bokura no koe wa,
Doko ni mo todokanai darou?
Dakara koso SAYONARA nanda
Soshite mata toki wa nagarete anata to wakachi au dake,
Yagate bokura wa sore ga subete da to ki ga tsuite,
Kanashimi wa hoho o tsutatte hitosuji no uta ni naru dake
Yureru omoi wa tsuyoi uzu ni natte,
Toke au no yo,
Toke au no yo!Toke au no yo!OH YEAH.
Fuki nukeru,
kusunda ano hi no kaze wa
Kinou no haikyo ni uchi sutete OH YEAH
Kono mama nani mo nokorazu ni anata to wakachi au dake,
Soshite anata wa ima ga subete da to ki ga tsuite,
Kanashimi wa hoho o tsutatte namida no kawa ni naru dake,
Soshite bokura wa awai umi ni natte,
Toke au no yo.
Toke au no yo!Toke au no yo!
Yagate bokura wa sore ga subete da to ki ga tsuite,
Yagate bokura wa kanashimi ga hoho o tsutau koto o oboete,
Yagate bokura wa yagate bokura wa anata ga ta to toke au wake desu.
Toke au wake desu.
OH YEAH!BABY!
OH YEAH!OH YEAH!
ENGLISH VERSION
Connecting the dried up words
Nevertheless, we just want to convey our simple thoughts
The blowing and darkened wind on that day
Threw away into yesterday’s ruins
I’ll laugh with you; I’ll live the present
Nevertheless, that event distresses you, right?
So that’s why it is goodbye
While like this, I’ll just share with you without leaving behind anything
Before long, we’ll realize that it’s everything
Sadness travels down our cheeks and merely becomes a river of tears
Our wavering thoughts will turn into strong whirlpools and melt together
Irritations and a bit of loneliness
What in the world are they to us?
Now we’re not in a drama
“Hey, how is it?â€
Even if we turned back toward that voice, there wouldn’t be anyone, right?
So that’s why we’ll shout loudly
Nevertheless, our voice won’t reach any place, right?
So that’s why it is goodbye
And then time flows again, and I’ll just share with you
Before long, we’ll realize that it’s everything
Sadness travels down our cheeks and merely becomes an one-lined poem
Our wavering thoughts will turn into strong whirlpools and melt together
The blowing and darkened wind on that day
Threw away into yesterday’s ruins, Oh Yeah
While like this, I’ll just share with you without leaving behind anything
Before long, we’ll realize that it’s everything
Sadness travels down our cheeks and merely becomes a river of tears
And then we’ll become the pale sea and melt together
and here’s a youtube link Sorry about the video quality but It’s all i could find
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn_DcAj62lQ
Enjoy
August 15, 2008 at 4:02 pm
POINT OF VIEW!
Though I think this was represented well all throughout Fight Club, this scene was the best that I could find.
First Person!
“I am Jack’s imflamed sense of rejection” “I felt like putting a bullet between the eyes of every panda that wouldn’t screw to save its species” “I wanted to open the dump valves on oil tankers and smother all those french beaches i’d never see” “I wanted to breahte smoke”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec2SC0ZW6V4
Let me know if there’s any problems.. this was from a Library computer..
August 15, 2008 at 6:01 pm
I chose Four Winds, by Bright Eyes.
The lyrics are:
Your class, your caste, your country, sect, your name or your tribe
There’s people always dying trying to keep them alive
There are bodies decomposing in containers tonight
In an abandoned building where
A squatter’s made a mural of a Mexican girl
With fifteen cans of spray paint in a chemical swirl
She’s standing in the ashes at the end of the world
Four winds blowing through her hair
But when great Satan’s gone, the whore of Babylon
She just can’t sustain the pressure where it’s placed
She caves
The Bible’s blind, the Torah’s deaf, the Qur’an is mute
If you burned them all together you’d be close to the truth still
They’re poring over Sanskrit under Ivy League moons
While shadows lengthen in the sun
Cast on a school of meditation built to soften the times
And hold us at the center while the spiral unwinds
It’s knocking over fences, crossing property lines
Four winds cry until it comes
And it’s the sum of man
Slouching towards Bethlehem
A heart just can’t contain all of that empty space
It breaks, it breaks, it breaks
Well, I went back to my rented Cadillac and company jet
Like a newly orphaned refugee, retracing my steps
All the way to Cassadaga to commune with the dead
They said, “You’d better look alive”
And I was off to old Dakota where a genocide sleeps
In the black hills, the bad lands, the calloused east
I buried my ballast, I made my peace
Heard four winds leveling the pines
But when great Satan’s gone, the whore of Babylon
She just can’t remain with all that outer space
She breaks, she breaks, she caves, she caves.
I don’t know if you wanted us to post what we found as in literary devices on the comment, but I shall anyway.
When it talks about the “whore of babylon” it is a refrence to Revelations 17:4-18 in the Bible(just one refrence to the it anyway). And along with the man slouching to Bethlehem. These are some Allusions in it.
Along with that is has personification when it talks about the the Bible, Torah, and Qur’an.
It has some alliteration at the begining.
I think there are a few other devices in here also, but I’m not for certian.
Oh and I hope the link works, for somereason my javascript isn’t working and so I can’t watch any videos on YouTube.
August 15, 2008 at 6:05 pm
Alliteration.
“Mind on My Money and My Money on My Mind.”
By Snoop Dogg.
=)
If this does not work then I will try to find something else..but I love it.
August 15, 2008 at 6:17 pm
Oh and the “four winds” is a reference to Ezekiel 37:9.
There is so much in this song that I don’t think I can point it all out.
August 15, 2008 at 9:13 pm
simile
matt reynolds
Such distance from our friends
like a scratch across a lens,
made everything look wrong from anywhere we stood
messes of men by mewithoutYou
August 15, 2008 at 9:26 pm
Hello. I believe this song, “I’m Gonna Miss Her” by Brad Paisley, is a double example of an anomaly. First, Brad has a choice between his wife and fishing and … he chooses fishing. Secondly, it’s a country song about a relationship, which ‘normally’ would be about how the relationship was broken by one or both involved cheating or how the relationship flourished in a non-condusive environment, but Brad talks about fishing, instead.
But, I digress.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8O3Plt8DyMk
Lyrics:
Well I love her
But I love to fish
I spend all day out on this lake
And hell is all I catch
Today she met me at the door
Said I would have to choose
If I hit that fishin’ hole today
She’d be packin’ all her things
And she’d be gone by noon
Well I’m gonna miss her
When I get home
But right now I’m on this lakeshore
And I’m sittin’ in the sun
I’m sure it’ll hit me
When I walk through that door tonight
That I’m gonna miss her
Oh, lookie there, I’ve got a bite
Now there’s a chance that if I hurry
I could beg her to stay
But that water’s right
And the weather’s perfect
No tellin’ what I might catch today
Well I’m gonna miss her
When I get home
But right now I’m on this lakeshore
And I’m sittin’ in the sun
I’m sure it’ll hit me
When I walk through that door tonight
That I’m gonna miss her
Oh, lookie there, I’ve got a bite
Yeah, I’m gonna miss her
Oh, lookie there, I’ve got a bite
August 15, 2008 at 10:12 pm
This is an example of hyperbole, it is also an allusion to a passage in the Torah.
what am I to think of what the writing of a thousand life times could not explain if all the forest trees were pens and all the oceans, ink?
It is from mewithoutYou’s “the dryness and the rain” which can be found, in full, here:
http://www.songmeanings.net/lyric.php?lid=3530822107858623416
August 15, 2008 at 10:22 pm
Check this out, King Theoden is TOTALLY ALLUDING to the best lines from "the wanderer"
the wanderer says:
"Where has the horse gone? where the rider?
Where is the giver of treasure?"…
…"How they have passed away under cover of darkness so it is as if they had never been."
and Theoden says this,(watch the movie)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkx6_qvwemE
the wanderer can be found here:
http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=get&type=text&id=Wdr
August 16, 2008 at 2:01 pm
conflict…
because the neighborhood people are having a conflict with the whistle tip people…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSOSJ68xOBA
August 16, 2008 at 3:14 pm
Sorry about the neglect, guys. I’m back.
@Josiah: Thanks for the translation! Can you explain the conflict more specifically?
@Toni: Excellent! There’s something else there, too. Inanimate object speaking like a person?? Anyone?
@Izzy: Solid analysis. We’ll have to look at this in class. BTW, impressive. Where’d you learn the href html?
@Ashley: Haha nice. You have a video to go with it?
@Matt: Good work. Have a link?
@kastor: That works. Normally an anomaly is a deviation from expected form, but your example is solid.
@Paul: I thought those lines sounded familiar… Good work.
@dancing: Cool. Bonus: What type of conflict?
August 16, 2008 at 4:07 pm
I believe that this song is a good example of a metaphor. This is "Ghost In This House" by Alison Krauss.
(this is jade, by the way.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWRGZaHb8xE&feature=related
I don't pick up the mail
I don't pick up the phone
I don't answer the door
I'd just as soon be alone
I don't keep this place up
I just keep the lights down
I don't live in these rooms
I just rattle around
I'm just a ghost in this house
I'm just a shadow upon these walls
As quietly as a mouse I haunt these halls
I'm just a whisper of smoke
I'm all that's left of two hearts on fire
That once burned out of control
You took my body and soul
I'm just a ghost in this house
I don't care if it rains
I don't care if it's clear
I don't mind staying in
There's another ghost here
He sits down in your chair
And he shines with your light
And he lays down his head
On your pillow at night
I'm just a ghost in this house
I'm just a shadow upon these walls
I'm living proof of the damage
Heartbreak does
I'm just a whisper of smoke
I'm all that's left of two hearts on fire
That once burned out of control
And took my body and soul
I'm just a ghost in this house
Oh, I'm just a ghost in this house
August 16, 2008 at 5:16 pm
Mr. Stallings, any of the three songs that I really really really wanted to do don’t have like official music videos. Should I keep looking?
Because any of the three songs are perfect for this project!
August 16, 2008 at 6:03 pm
@Jade: Looks good! Can you explain the metaphor for us?
@Samia: No problem, just give us the lyrics. I was hoping to move away from the musical analysis with with this project, but it seems most people are going that route.
August 16, 2008 at 6:44 pm
This is probably one of the best examples of Imagery.
It also is a pretty good example of Allusion too.
Here’s your future by The Thermals
“God reached his hand down from the sky
He flooded the land then he set it on fire
He said, “Fear me again. No, I’m your father.
Remember that no one can breathe underwater”
So bend your knees and bow your heads
Save your babies, here’s your future
Yeah, here’s your future
God reached his hand down from the sky
God asked Noah if he wanted to die
He said no sir
Oh, no, sir
God said here’s your future
It’s going to rain
So we’re packing our things
We’re building a boat
Where God will create the new master race
Cause we’re so pure
Oh, we’re so pure
So here’s your future
God told his son it’s time to come home
I promise you won’t have to die all alone
I need you to pay for the sins I create
His son said, “I will but Dad, I’m afraid”
Yeah, so here’s your future
Here’s your future
Yeah, here’s your future
So here’s your future
So here’s your future
So here’s your future”
When I watched Weeds (3rd season), I noticed they used that song. And if you watch it, and follow what had happened that episode (end of the second episode/ they have the clip on youtube, but it wouldn’t be appropriate to show in front of the class), they couldn’t have picked a better song.
August 16, 2008 at 7:33 pm
Cole Bailey-like we talked about on Friday, im not very good at this.. but does this work well for tone?
The artist being very serious about preparing for a conflict, and if you aren’t prepared and trained well, you will die.
Title: You Know My Name
Artist: Chris Cornell
If you take a life
Do you know what you’ll give?
Odds are you won’t like What it Is.
When the storm arrives
Would you be seen with me?
By the merciless eyes I’ve deceived
I’ve seen angels fall from blinding heights
But you yourself are nothing so divine
Just next in line
Arm yourself because no one else here will save you
The odds will betray you
And I will replace you
You can’t deny the prize it may never fulfill you
It longs to kill you
Are you willing to die?
The coldest blood runs through my veins
You know my name
If you come inside
Things will not be the same
When you return to my eyes
And if you think you’ve won
You never saw me change
The game that we have been playing
I’ve seen diamonds cut through harder men
Then you yourself but if you must pretend
You may meet your end
Arm yourself because no one else here will save you
The odds will betray you
And I will replace you
You can’t deny the prize it may never fulfill you
It longs to kill you
Are you willing to die?
The coldest blood runs through my veins
Try to hide your hand
Forget how to feel (forget how to feel)
Life is gone
With just a spin of the wheel (spin of the wheel)
Arm yourself because no one else here will save you
The odds will betray you
And I will replace you
You can’t deny the prize it may never fulfill you
It longs to kill you
Are you willing to die?
The coldest blood runs through my veins
You know my name (You Know My Name)
You Know My Name
You Know My Name
You Know My Name
You Know My Name
August 16, 2008 at 7:34 pm
forgot the youtube video..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7j93Bf-EyI
August 16, 2008 at 7:43 pm
well the song is about two friends, and they are having a conflict for the first time. the First friend tries to cut his ties with the other friend, but the second friend tells him that he wishes it was different but he will learn to understand.
August 16, 2008 at 8:05 pm
@Samia: Very cool. I appreciate your good judgment.
@Cole: I think you nailed it. We’ll look at the song in class on Monday and discuss why that fits.
@Josiah: Nice. Thanks.
August 16, 2008 at 9:33 pm
So, I missed the explanation of this in class. I’m a little lost but I’m going to take a shot.
I’ve chosen alliteration, and the piece I’m using is “Workin’ On Leavin’ The Livin'” by Modest Mouse.
There isn’t an official music video, only film clips from “Babel” set to the song. Let me know if you would rather that I use:
– A different song with a music video worth showing
Or
– An actual clip from a TV show or movie (like you had originally planned for the project)
August 16, 2008 at 10:07 pm
Just kidding, I’m changing my example to “Nantes” by Beirut.
Well it’s been a long time, long time now
Since I’ve seen you smile
And I’ll gamble away my fright
And I’ll gamble away my time
And in a year, a year or so
This will slip into the sea
Well it’s been a long time, long time now
Since I’ve seen you smile
Nobody raise your voices
Just another night to mourn to
Nobody raise your voices
Just another night to mourn to
“Oh non je t’en prie, nous ne sommes pas chez nous.
-Oh je t’assures que ce n’est pas grave.
-Non laisse moi !
-Qu’est-ce que tu as aujourd’hui ?
-Je sais que les hommes me dégoutent. Vous ne pensez qu’à ça”
Well it’s been a long time, long time now
Since I’ve seen you smile
And I’ll gamble away my fright
And I’ll gamble away my time
And in a year, a year or so
This will slip into the sea
Well it’s been a long time, long time now
Since I’ve seen you smile
In the song, Zach Condon uses allusion when quoting a French film directed by Jean Renoir called “La Bete Humaine” or “The Human Beast”.
The main reason I chose this was because of an amazing video produced by La Blogotheque’s video podcast project, “Take Away Shows”
The end result was “this” video of Zach performing in the streets of Paris with his band.
August 16, 2008 at 11:00 pm
When the song says, “I’m just a ghost in this house”, the ‘ghost’ could represent a human being, probably a figure who’s unwanted by society or unseen, so to speak, and the ‘house’ part could mean the world. So being a ‘ghost in this house’ could mean being just one person, unwanted and unseen in the world or the worlds eyes.
Also, in the song when it says, “I’m all that’s left of two hearts on fire that once burned out of control. You took my body and soul”, this could mean that the speaker could have, for example, gotten into a fight with the other person their talking about or maybe they were in love, but it got out of hands. The speaker says ‘You took my body and soul’. That probably meant that the speaker loved that person with their body and soul. But now said person is gone, perhaps dead, or maybe said person just left the speaker.
August 17, 2008 at 12:00 am
My example is the song "I came as a rat" written by Modest Mouse.
http://www.youtube.com/v/fFNTiPGrYf4&hl=en&fs=1
When he says:
"I came as call
I came as flat
I came too soon so I came back
I came as flowers
I came as nice
I came as dirt and I came as it's price
It takes a long time but God dies too
But not before he'll stick it to you
I don't know but I been told you never die and you never grow old"
My interpretation of this song is that it's written in a depressing tone. He is using metaphors to name all the things he came as(including a rat). These are used to show that he has made many mistakes at some point in his life. But he says everyone dies, even god, but god will kill you before that happens.
August 17, 2008 at 7:51 am
Ha, I probably know too much html for my own good.
I learned it on myspace(how lame) while learning to write layouts and such.
August 17, 2008 at 11:43 am
Mine is conflict,
we have Captain Picard and his crew facing the galactic empire.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNxhrPaaCA4
August 17, 2008 at 12:34 pm
“oh i should feel
like a polar bear…”
is an example of personification from the song bird mad girl by the cure. Because he’s personifying himself as a polar bear.
“this girl just burns with love
she’s burning burning deep outside”
from the same song is an example of connotation, because the girl isn’t really burning.
-parker.
August 17, 2008 at 2:40 pm
@Alana: Exactly what I was looking for. I knew I should have taken French instead of German… La Blogotheque is brilliant. I’m definitely adding this to my RSS feed.
@Jade: Solid explanation. With your interpretation, the story seems to become an allegory (which is a type of extended metaphor).
@Kevin: Great song. Since the words have such a depressing tone, how do you explain the upbeat music?
@Izzy: Extremely un-lame. I might have a question or two for you if I run into more problems with my blog layout.
@Chipp: Sweet.
August 17, 2008 at 3:15 pm
Juliana Lynn
Perspective, imagery, and personification.
The song I am a Town is told from the town’s perspective, it has very realistic imagery of what this town is like, and since the town that is speaking, that is kind of like personification…right?. I’m not completely for sure about the personification part.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Lak0_iSfG0
LYRICS:
I’m a town in Carolina, I’m a detour on a ride
For a phone call and a soda, I’m a blur from the driver’s side
I’m the last gas for an hour if you’re going twenty-five
I am Texaco and tobacco, I am dust you leave behind
I am peaches in September, and corn from a roadside stall
I’m the language of the natives, I’m a cadence and a drawl
I’m the pines behind the graveyard, and the cool beneath their shade, where the boys have left their beer cans
I am weeds between the graves.
My porches sag and lean with old black men and children
Their sleep is filled with dreams, I never can fulfill them
I am a town.
I am a church beside the highway where the ditches never drain
I’m a Baptist like my daddy, and Jesus knows my name
I am memory and stillness, I am lonely in old age; I am not your destination
I am clinging to my ways
I am a town.
I’m a town in Carolina, I am billboards in the fields
I’m an old truck up on cinder blocks, missing all my wheels
I am Pabst Blue Ribbon, American, and “Southern Serves the South”
I am tucked behind the Jaycees sign, on the rural route
I am a town
I am a town
I am a town
Southbound.
August 17, 2008 at 3:23 pm
I’m sorry, I made a mistake.
I meant ‘point of view’, imagery, and personification.
August 17, 2008 at 4:21 pm
Well the videos i found were not clean.
Alot of bombs..
August 17, 2008 at 5:26 pm
-Charlie
okay, like i wasnt sure if anyone had chosen this. I chose Conflict
and its person vs fate
or Person vs self
kinda works both ways
On My Own – Three Days Grace
I walk alone
Think of home
Memories of long ago
No one knows I lost my soul long ago
Lie too much
She said that she’s had enough
Am I too much
She said that she’s had enough
Standing on my own
Remembering the one I left at home
Forget about the life I used to know
Forget about the one I left at home
I need to run far away
Can’t go back to that place
Like she told me
I’m just a big disgrace
Lie too much
She said that she’s had enough
Am I too much
She said that she’s had enough
Standing on my own
Remembering the one I left at home
Forget about the life I used to know
Forget about the one I left at home
So now I’m standing here alone
I’m learning how to live life on my own
Lie too much
I think that I’ve had enough
Am I too much
She said that she’s had enough
I’m standing on my own
Remembering the one I left at home
Forget about the life I used to know
Forget about the one I left at home
So now I’m standing here alone
I’m learning how to live life on my own
Forget about the past I’ll never know
Forget about the one I left at home
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aidozfYPWtA
There it is
August 17, 2008 at 10:05 pm
Wesley-
I didnt no if someone had chosen it but i choose theme.
The song i choose was “we made it” by busta rhymes ft linkin park.
i no its cliche but the theme is making the best out of a bad situation. here are the lyrics.
the video is clean but i had to change some of the lyrics to make it clean.
Together we made it
We made it even though we had our backs
Up against the wall
[Busta Rhymes]
See a n**** survived the worst
But my life is glorious (uh!)
But I know that I leaped every hurdle
And I’m so victorious (uh!)
Take a look I’m a symbol of greatness
Now call a n**** Morpheus (yeah)
As force securin’ the win, but they
Believe I’m so notorious (yeah)
You know that I’ve been ’bout my bread
Even though we rappin’ now (yes)
We used to live on the strip even though
A n**** higher level trappin’ now (oh!)
Superseded everyone of my little struggles and (uh!)
So your head never ever been an option (trust)
A n**** paper long like rush hour traffic
And I’m about to take the hood shoppin’ (get it!)
[Chorus: Chester Bennington (Busta Rhymes)]
Together we made it (you see we did it n****)
We made it even though we had our backs
Up against the wall (come on)
Forever we waited (ah hah)
And they told us we were never gonna
Get it But we took it on the road
(To the riches)
on the road
(To the ghetto)
on the road
(In the projects, to this bangin’ instrumental)
on the road
(Rise with me)
on the road
(Come and get it)
on the road
[Mike Shinoda]
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yo
When it all got started we were steadily
Just getting rejected
And it seemed like nothin’ we could do
would ever get us respected
At best we were stressed at the worst
They probably said we’re pathetic
Had all the pieces to that puzzle
Just the way to connect it
I was fighting through every rhyme
Tightening up every line
Never restin’ the question if I
Was out of my mind
It finally came time to do it and let it die
So we put the chips on the table and
Told them to let it ride, sing it (yeah)
[Chorus: Chester Bennington (Busta Rhymes)]
Together we made it (you see we did it n****)
We made it even though we had our backs
Up against the wall (come on)
Forever we waited (ah hah)
And they told us we were never gonna
Get it But we took it on the road
(To the riches)
on the road
(To the ghetto)
on the road
(In the projects, to this bangin’ instrumental)
on the road
(Rise with me)
on the road
(Come and get it)
on the road
Yeah, yeah, yeah, look
In case you misunderstand exactly what I’m buildin’
This s*** that I can leave for
My children’s (children’s) children’s (children)
Now on the wake up I smile, to see how far I’ve come (yeah)
Fighting for sales when I’m stripped
To negate the hustle from (yeah)
From nights in jail on a bench using my muscles son (yeah)
To countin’ money like Dre and Jimmy and Russel was (yeah n****)
But now I live when I dream, you see we finally did it (oh!)
Let’s make a toast to the hustle
Regardless how you get it, sing it
[Chorus: Chester Bennington (Busta Rhymes)]
Together we made it (you see we did it n****)
We made it even though we had our backs
Up against the wall (come on)
Forever we waited (ah hah)
And they told us we were never gonna
Get it But we took it on the road
(To the riches)
on the road
(To the ghetto)
on the road
(In the projects, to this bangin’ instrumental)
on the road
(Rise with me)
on the road
(Come and get it)
on the road
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coD8540ge9E
August 18, 2008 at 3:39 pm
S. Sullivan
Theme-
In this video, Satan gives life to clay figures, which represent the human race, in order to teach children the nature of people.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqi5F5MqqTQ
I also like the quote, “I can do no wrong, I don’t know what it is.”
I think that quote sums up the whole video.
August 18, 2008 at 3:53 pm
For the second time;
This song has the political “point of view” of Kimya Dawson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN6AhU10XmY
August 18, 2008 at 4:19 pm
I chose Theme for the song “Beautiful Tragedy” by In This Moment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khairmZadHg
“Beautiful Tragedy”
Silent night, let me sleep away these memories within
sacrifices of purity are turning into sins
And this judgement day is growing near
And this confession is killing me again
This beautiful tragedy is crashing into me
This dying destiny
So now you lay yourself down in this grave with shattered eyes
Beautiful melodies to try and wash away the lies
And this judgement day is growing near
And this confession is killing me again
This beautiful tragedy is crashing into me
This dying destiny, take me away
This beautiful tragedy come crashing into me
This dying destiny
Will you be there
Will you be there by my grave
Or will you be the death of me
My beautiful tragedy
This beautiful tragedy is crashing into me
This dying destiny, take me away
This beautiful tragedy come crashing into me
This dying destiny
I chose this song because it is somewhat dark. My interpretation of it is that it is about a terrible tragedy that every sees as horrible but she is seeing it as beautiful. I can see where that would work out. Like if there was a death of a really close person to her but they were terminally ill she would see it as a good thing that they passed. Or maybe its about how the world is doing a lot of wrongs or sins as she says. She says the “judgment day is near” referring to religion and how the world will end and everyone will be judged to see if they go to heaven. She also says “will you be there next to my grave” Thinking maybe because she has commited sins and will not be chosen to go to heaven.
August 18, 2008 at 4:22 pm
by the way “What” is Amanda F. I’m not too savvy on this internet blog stuff.
August 18, 2008 at 4:47 pm
Charlie: What’s your reasoning? I don’t think you are wrong; I just don’t see it.
Wesley: Thanks for the edit. Cliche is only lame if you don’t say something new with it. Those kinds of over-arching themes connect all literature. It’s the stuff of papers.
S. Sullivan: Can you expand on that theme a bit? What is the portrayed nature of people? What happens when you look at the people’s bickering from the angel Satan’s point of view? That is quite a disturbing video, but very interesting. I did some digging and found that it is based upon Mark Twain’s unfinished work The Mysterious Stranger. I haven’t read it, but I assume it is similar to (but darker than) his Diary of Adam and Eve.
James: The song is solid, but what specifically is the point of view? What is she arguing?
August 18, 2008 at 4:51 pm
Amanda: Solid interpretation. How else could you describe the tone if the author sees the events as “beautiful”? I think you’re on the right track with “dark,” but there must be a more specific word.
August 18, 2008 at 6:50 pm
Sarah-
I chose a scene from Sweeney Todd that shows PERSONIFICATION. The song is called ‘My Friends’ and is really creepy and stange because hes talking to his razors and then Mrs. Lovett comes up behind him and is all, like, caressing him… Its clean, I promise.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMRROxerQfM
Sweeney Todd: These are my friends
See how they glisten
See this one shine
How he smiles in the light
My friend
My faithful friend
Speak to me, friend
Whisper – I’ll listen
I know, I know
You’ve been locked out of sight
All these years
Like me, my friend
Well I’ve come home
To find you waiting
Home
And we’re together
And we’ll do wonders
Won’t we?
You there, my friend
Mrs. Lovett: I’m your friend too, Mr. Todd
Sweeney Todd: Come let me hold you
Mrs. Lovett: If you only knew, Mr. Todd
Sweeney Todd: Now with a sigh
Mrs. Lovett: Ooh, Mr. Todd
Sweeney Todd: You grow warm in my hand
Mrs. Lovett: — You’re warm
Sweeney Todd: My friend…
Mrs. Lovett: You’ve come home
Sweeney Todd: My clever friend
Mrs. Lovett: Always had a fondness for you, I did
Sweeney Todd: Rest now my friends
Mrs. Lovett: Never you fear, Mr. Todd
Sweeney Todd: Soon I’ll unfold you
Mrs. Lovett: You can move in here, Mr. Todd
Sweeney Todd: Soon you’ll know
BOTH: Splendors you never have dreamed all your days
Mrs. Lovett: Will be yours
Sweeney Todd: My lucky friends
Mrs. Lovett: I’m your friend
Sweeney Todd: ‘Till now your shine
Mrs. Lovett: — And you’re mine
Mrs. Lovett: Don’t they shine beautiful?
Sweeney Todd: Was merely silver
Mrs. Lovett: Silver’s good enough for me
Sweeney Todd: Friends…
Mrs. Lovett: Mr. T…
Sweeney Todd: You shall drip rubies. You’ll soon drip precious rubies… At last! My arm is complete again.
August 18, 2008 at 7:18 pm
This is climax,
we have squall who after traveling to the future to save the world becomes trapped in the thralls of time. This is him at the end starting to forget everything.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXKAjJJ7iu8
August 18, 2008 at 8:27 pm
Caroline Spine – Mrs. Sullivan.
Flashback
-Kenzie
August 18, 2008 at 9:57 pm
Excuse the “dark” rather i say be MORBID!
August 18, 2008 at 11:14 pm
Alright, a little late, but good if I do say so myself.
Personification: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJkPWMaNaIM
Anachronism: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae12Io9hzRo
The video on anachronism will probably not make sense to you, because it has to do with the show as a whole, not just the clips, and since it’d take a bit long to explain here, ask me at school, and I’ll explain it all.
-Sean Harris
August 19, 2008 at 6:54 pm
SIMILE
haha this old lady at my work was walking by one of the cat kennels to get her cat and a cat attacked her though its cage and the lady
almost had a heart attack and said “some words” and then smacked the kennel and said:
“That cat is a mean as a garbage disposal with forks in it.”
its a simile but im not sure i understand it.haha
thought i would share.
August 19, 2008 at 7:23 pm
This one may be a little cleaner and more to the point
http://www.godlimations.com/webfolder/bang.html
August 19, 2008 at 9:49 pm
Ashley: That’s hilarious. You’re liking the new job?
August 19, 2008 at 10:01 pm
Yeah I am liking it. I have been exhausted more then ever, but I love it. You would not believe how mean cats can be haha. I have had to sneak attack at least 4 cats since i have started. There is a secret device that has to be used sometimes to extract cats from kennels, its kinda scary, I do not think owners know about the device..haha.
August 19, 2008 at 10:13 pm
I’m imagining a big claw. Like a sideways crane game.
August 19, 2008 at 10:20 pm
Hysterical! Close.
You open it like a claw, but it has blue netting, then you close & lift out like the game.
Except if you drop the prize, you dont loose a quarter, you loose an eye..or an arm.
August 21, 2008 at 11:15 pm
woosh..Here is Taryn's "assignment".
Taryn said: "Doctor, Doctor, I've got an emergency, It seems I'm head over heels, a case of L-O-V-E!" is a metaphor.
Family Force 5 is comparing love with a disease. Addict is someone who is addicted to something. The way they use the word love seems like they are comparing love to a drug.
LUV ADDICT by FAMILY FORCE 5 lyrics-
Hold up, wait a minute, put a little love in it
Doctor, Doctor, I've got an emergency
It seems I'm head over heels, a case of L-O-V-E
It's like I'm glowing inside
Yeah, a light I can't hide
And if this feeling is bad then I don't wanna be right
What I've got in my soul gives me the highest delight
Oh yeah it's better than drugs
In fact it's sent from above, huh huh
Hold up, wait a minute, put a little love in it
Hey, Can't kick the habit
Yeah, I got to have it
Yeah, I 'm what they call a
Love addict, Love addict
Hey, can't live without it
Yeah, G'on shout about it
Hey, I'm a symptomatic
Love addict, Love addict
Need a refill cause I just can't get enough
I've got a fever, oh yeah, and the prescription's love
So lay the truth on me
Cause that is all that I need
Hold up, wait a minute, put a little love in it
Hey, Can't kick the habit
Yeah, I got to have it
Yeah, I 'm what they call a
Love addict, Love addict
Hey, can't live without it
Yeah, G'on shout about it
Hey, I'm a symptomatic
Love addict, Love addict
I'm blessed, I must confess
My heart is pounding in my chest
Cause this love's the best
I'm just a love addict
Coming down with something outrageous
Lookout now cause it so contagious
This feeling's got me reeling
So amped up that I hit the ceiling
Gotta clear my throat
Huh huh, now I gotta have some more
Hold up, wait a minute, put a little love in it
& here's the video..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPXvf67g9fY