Jump And Ya example essay topic

Bullet in the Head This time the bullet cold rocked yaA yellow ribbon instead of a swastikaNothin' proper about ya propaganda Fools follow rules when the set commands ya Said it was blue When ya blood was red That's how ya got a bullet blasted through ya head Blasted through ya head Blasted through ya head give a shout out to the living dead Who stood and watched as the feds cold centralized So serene on the screen, You was mesmerized Cellular phones soundin' a death tone Corporations cold Turn ya to stone before ya realize They load the clip in omnicolourSaid they pack the 9, they fire it at prime time The sleeping gas, every home was like Alcatraz And mut ha fuck as lost their minds Just victims of the in-house drive-by They say jump, you say how highYeahJust victims of the in-house drive-by They say jump, you say how high Run it! (Guitar solo) Just victims of the in-house drive-by They say jump, you say how high Just victims of the in-house drive-by They say jump, you say how high Check-a, check-a, check it out They load the clip in omnicolourSaid they pack the 9, they fire it at prime time The sleeping gas, every home was like Alcatraz And mut ha fuck as lost their minds No escape from the mass mind rape Play it again jack and then rewind the tape And then play it again and again and again Until ya mind is locked inBelievin' all the lies that they " re tell in' yaBuyin' all the products that they " re sell in' ya They say jump and ya say how high Ya brain-dead Ya gotta fuck in' bullet in ya head Just victims of the in-house drive-by They say jump, you say how highYeahJust victims of the in-house drive-by They say jump, you say how highUggh! Yeah! Yea! Ya stand in' in lineBelievin' the lies Ya bow in' down to the flag Ya gotta bullet in ya head (Repeat x 2) A bullet in ya head (8 times, building to a shout) A bullet in ya head (7 times, shouted / screamed ) Ya gotta bullet in ya fuck in' head! Yeah!

Yeah! (Sustained to end of drum roll) My talk 2 the class for RATE - "Bullet in the Head " Rage against the machine are a band that are completely influenced by recent happenings and political events and they band members portray this through their music and lyrics. The song I chose to do was bullet in the head. The song was written in 1992, which was a very political era. Here is the song I will be talking to you about in which I analyzed. (Play song) As you can see Rage against the machine do a very good job of getting their message across to the fans and everyone out there.

The lyrics heard in this song are mainly about how the US troops were convinced by propaganda to go to the Gulf War. An example of this is "Nothin' proper about ya propaganda " Also the words "Fools follow rules when the set commands ya. Said it was blue, When ya blood was red " Which shows. That someone tells you something and you being a 'fool' believe it without questioning and then finding out what war was really about Also the lyrics "Believin' all the lies that they " re tell in' ya. Buyin' all the products that they " re sell in' ya" has the same meaning as the other mentioned lyrics. The lyrics 'Sleeping gas, every home was like Alcatraz' Alcatraz, as most of you should know is an island prison several thousand feet into San Francisco Bay near San Francisco, California.

It was a virtual torture chamber for society's worst criminals. A breakout attempt occurred there May 2nd, 1946, sleeping gas was one of the weapons used to subdue the inmates. The breakout attempt was by someone who believed that he was framed. So he was trying to get out of the pain. The same pain as war Also the words 'A yellow ribbon, instead of a swastika' is about how a yellow ribbon is used, in the United States, to signify support for its troops in foreign wars.

A yellow ribbon was most recently used to show support of US troops in the Gulf War, the focus of the song. A swastika is the symbol of the Nazi Party, now illegal, in Germany, and of Nazism in general The techniques used in this song to convey the meaning are the extensive use of repetition. The words "Just victims of the in-house drive-by. They say jump, you say how high " Are repeated 6 times and not even the chorus And "A bullet in your head" Hence the title of the song is repeated 20 times There is also quite a lot of rhyme in the song. The whole song has a rhyme pattern of A, A, A, A, B, B, B, B, C, C, and so on. As you can see this song easily tells you about how people can be overridden by media and propaganda.

As they load the clip in. The clip is the propaganda and is the force that makes you decide war is good. This song has also been played live on many occasions but on two momentous occasions, Lead singer, Zack de la Rocha decided to give a speech before the song Here you can read the speeches. (Show projector sheet) As you can clearly see the speeches really show how they members of the band really feel towards the issues they sing about and they want the public to hear the whole truth.

Rage against the machine in my eyes are a guitar driven band that leave a political mark on you with a political meaning to all their songs and "bullet in the head" does not fall short of this honor. Zacks Speeches Before playing the song " This next song goes out to those who still believe that there is an American dream. And still believe that within that dream there is something called freedom. It is time to fucking wake up, and begin to truly think for ourselves, and find new sources of information... otherwise - things like what's happening in the Persian gulf with continue. They will be able to make decisions for you, unless you fucking wake up, and take that vail of complacence from your eyes, and fucking begin to remove the bullet from your head". 'Just for your personal attention, we would announce, and make very clear, that the U.S. government is starting another Vietnam in southern Mexico.

We would like to make this very clear to you, because we believe, we strongly believe that the media in the U.S. is blocking it from your attention. What they " re attempting to do, is prevent you, from getting involved here, to prevent the death of millions of indigenous people who took up arms, against the 65-year-old dictatorship: the P.R.I. And at this moment in time, millions of indigenous people are being chased into the hillsides, by armies... fueled, and funded by the U.S. government. By the Clinton administration, by William Perry, and all them fuck in' pigs up in Washington. And we fell that it's important that we all know that and understand that, and that our action can stop it. So are you stand in' in line?

You believing' the lies? You bow in' down to this flag? You gotta bullet in your head... '.