One of the first blogs I wrote was on music. I broke down and explained a verse in a song and what it meant to me. So many songs use figures and tropes.
"I'm feeling like a love sick crackhead" Ke$ha. The singer is saying she's really into that guy or she really loves him. She isn't really a crackhead, I'm pretty sure she doesn't have an actual addiction, but that's the point she is trying to make, is that she's addicted to him.
"Halle Berry" Hurricane Chris. I think this song could be considered a metonymy, hyperbole, or even a methphor. The singer is saying that that girl is 'fine' or 'hot', just like Halle Berry. It could be a metonymy because now when I guy sees a hot girl he's going to refer to her has Halle Berry. It's also a hyperbole because I don't think anyone can be as pretty or attractive as Halle Berry besides Halle Berry. And lastly it is a methaphor because they're comparing these hot girls to Halle Berry, but like I said, that's a hyperbole because I don't think anyone is as hot as Halle except for herself.
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I like music because it is something everybody can interpret differently. For instance, Breaking Benjamin's song "Into the Nothing" is dedicated to our soldiers overseas. However, they say that it can be taken at a more personal level especially for those feeling like they are going into the nothing. Songs are great hyperboles, metomynies and metaphors because everyone can find a way to connect the song to themselves.
ReplyDeleteOur pedagogy presentation focused on the rhetorical triangle's place in music. Your post expands on areas where music can also be used as a good instrument of instruction.
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