He eventually kills himself which really shows what happens to the soldiers coming back from war and the pain and misery after and most soldiers would suffer for PTSD or some kind of trauma. The song was made in 1971 by John Prine. The stories about vietnam and the songs are very similar not in the sense that they're all about
The slippery slope argument is a misconception that reasons that an event will occur after a specific event has occurred; in other words, it is the idea that when an event occurs, another event will follow, thus it is necessary that the first event must be stopped. As for the event that follows, the first event will be judged and the second event that occurs will be accepted as the outcome of the first event, even though there is no evidence that the second event will occur. According to Jerry Fodor’s Where is my mind, Clark states that in order for the mind to process information, it must go through a series of causal chains. Although, according to Clark, if Otto writes his information down into a notebook, it will not be considered as the
This is showing how the war affects soldiers and how they is these circumstances are put into deadly positions that often lead to them having to experience such devastating occurrences. People lose their innocence in war and they lose their
It shows what life is like during the time of war, and how many of the soldiers coped with
The song One Tin Soldier, written by Dennis Lamber & Brian Potter, is a song that is about the demonstrations in America during the Vietnam War. This song is trying to say that the higher-ups have something they want which is “Peace on Earth”, or in this case the Earth being Vietnam, they want to end the war. The artists are saying that the conditions of these demonstrations are caused the by the ‘One tin soldier riding away,’. It seems like the artists make it so that the soldier is not going by will, they’re forced to go. This is referencing the draft, a ‘soldier’ leaving town heading to war, causing the people to be angered.
The tone of “American Soldier” is determination and proud. He is proud he is an American and will do anything to keep America’s freedom although he gives up a lot along the way. He mentions being a soldier for America does not give him all the money he needs, he never has days off, and if he has to die for our freedom he would gladly do it as he is an American soldier. I would say the message of the “American Soldier” is that everyone needs to make sacrifices to produce what we have now as American citizens and to never give up once you are set on your American Dream. I chose this song because I agree with Toby Keith in that you do not just get what you want, you have to work for it and make sacrifices along the way, but if you are dedicated
LYRIC MEANING At the Beginning of the song he yells the line “Why do they always send the poor?!” they send the poor because they will follow their orders so they don 't need to do it themselves. To emphasize how the presidents don 't fight in the war or how the president should try harder to prevent them they say, “Where the f**k are you? Why don 't presidents fight the war?
Moreover, the two transitions between the three verses (0:52-1:10; 1:43-2:00) also prove compelling. First, the electric guitar has a high pitch sound and it is distorted thus generating a sound that feels almost chaotic. This combination of sounds may be a reference to the general confusion that people felt towards the outcome of the Vietnam War during the 1960s. Moreover, even though the instruments build up in intensity, it feels like they never truly unleash the frustration and anger that characterizes the lyrics; this choice could be an allusion to Hendrix 's anti-violence beliefs. Therefore, not discharging all the pent-up resentment could be his way of suggesting that violence is not - and will not - be the solution to anything, neither in a war nor in a song.
Some even believe it is about the Kent State Shootings although the song was released years before that event occurred. Even though there is not strong evidence to back up this song's true meaning, it
The song sketched the career of the green beret, one of America’s best (James pg 135). Sadlers song is one of many pro-war songs within the Rock n Roll genre of music. Rock was huge in the socio cultural uproar of the Vietnam War through anti-war music and pro war music as
In this song, he is accusing the oil companies of only caring for profits. The oil companies campaign to have the service men intervene because the United States Government is the biggest benefactor of the oil that is being protected. This becomes one giant cycle. This song was written in the 1980’s while the Afghanistan Civil War was taking place. However, this song could have been written in the early 1990’s with the United States invasion of Iraq, or even in today’s political climate, but this predates all of that by thirty
The upbeatness of the song made it more memorable to people. It got people to agree with their lyrics of protesting against the Americans for being part of the Vietnam War. This song was written against the War, it was made to be upbeat so people can sing along with it and protest together. However, since the War was, and currently still a serious topic and many people died in it, the song should be more sorrow and sombre to respect the soldiers that died during the Vietnam
In the pieces that made up Joe's Garage, Zappa used a wide variety of instruments. He used a synthesizer, drums, electric instruments (guitar/piano), and potentially more instruments. It is difficult to identify all the instruments because a synclaire could be producing sounds that may sound similar to instruments. There are highly offensive lyrics and interesting (not pretty) singing. When I first started listening to the pieces from Joe's Garage, I was having great difficulty getting over the lyrics.
The third verse portrays their view the best: “a time of love, a time of hate/a time of war, a time of peace/a time you may embrace/a time to refrain from embracing.” Many people already shared this belief, but this song put it into music, spreading it to those who did not see things this
The poem aims to glorify soldiers and certain aspects of war, it goes on to prove that in reality there really isn 't good vs bad on the battlefield, it 's just a man who "sees his children smile at him, he hears the bugle call, And only death can stop him now—he 's fighting for them all.", and this is our hidden meaning.
