February 4, 200620 yr OK...so I have this assignment for my English class. I need to write a two page analytical essay on the meaning of a poem or song. Naturally, I want to do a Coldplay song...but I'm having trouble picking one. I was thinking Swallowed in the Sea for a time, but it just seems too literal. Does anyone have any ideas for a Coldplay song that would be good for this assignment? Or, any other songs for that matter...I'm a big U2 and Beatles fan, too. :D I thank you for any inspiration you could give me!
February 4, 200620 yr I think that Low could be a good one to do...a lot of messages and meanings in that one, and its not as famous as other ones, so you could draw your own meanings from it? Most of Coldplays lyrics are good for analysing.. ps. I love your avatar...hilarious..."free love on the freelove freeway!!" :lol:
February 4, 200620 yr Author Low is actually a really good one...I'll have to keep that in mind. I also came up with A Rush of Blood to the Head. And Clocks sounded good, but then I realized that I have NO idea what it's about. :lol: And David Brent is one of my heroes...although, Michael Scott (from the American Office) is pretty hilarious, too.
February 4, 200620 yr which arugment do you want to talk about? I can list a lots of U2 songs which lyrics are amazing :)
February 4, 200620 yr Author I'm up for any ideas you have. :) With U2, I was thinking Until the End of the World...and how it kind of relates to the story of the Last Supper and such. Anything you can help me with is great, though!
February 4, 200620 yr That is one of the songs I was thinking too :) Then there are also One (of course), Running to stand still and Bad (linked to the use of drugs), Where the streets have no name (linked to Africa situation), or also Love is blindness which someone thinks deal with an act of terrorism :cool:
February 4, 200620 yr i know this would be a little obvious, but i would do sunday bloody sunday as a U2 fan, for the political message and all. cheesy maybe, but still. let us know what you pick!
February 4, 200620 yr i know this would be a little obvious' date=' but i would do sunday bloody sunday as a U2 fan, for the political message and all. cheesy maybe, but still. let us know what you pick![/quote'] Yes this is awesome too..and besides this concerning the troubles in Northern Ireland there is also Tomorrow, which also speaks about Bono's mother death ;)
February 4, 200620 yr A couple years ago we had to do the same thing. My English teacher actually used a U2 song as an example. I ended up doing Rush of Blood. It was before X&Y came out, so yeah.
February 4, 200620 yr Unlike my english teacher..she once made us seen a Take That VHS to exercise our listening :stunned:
February 4, 200620 yr i suggest Coldplay: 1. Politik, cause it would be controvetial 2. AROBTH 3. Clocks 4. Only superstition U2: One Miss Sarajevo One Step Closer WTSHNN Love and peace or else...
February 5, 200620 yr Author I didn't even think about Pink Floyd.... :cry: ...now I'll have to go searching through their songs. Well, I was actually to narrow it down to about six songs that I think I could fill up two pages (or more) with and have fun doing it. You guys tell me which one you think would be best. Coldplay--A Rush of Blood to the Head U2--Until the End of the World The Verve--Bittersweet Symphony The Beatles--Strawberry Fields Forever Jack Johnson--The Horizon Has Been Defeated The Beatles--I Am the Walrus Now you might question the I Am the Walrus selection...but John Lennon wrote the song after reading fan mail from a student who was analyzing Beatles lyrics in English class. Lennon wanted to write a song with no meaning whatsoever. :lol:
February 5, 200620 yr If I were to choose a Coldplay song I'd go for Twisted Logic U2 offers loads of possibilities though...
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