Song: Paid My Dues by NF
Three Phrases That Strike Me:
“They get paid for trashin’ people, I get paid ’cause I stay workin’”
“… you really gotta dig in your heart if you wanna get to the root of an issue”
“Just remember though, I’m only a man, I’m a human being.”
Those lines strikes me because they have a very deep message. I feel like many people go through different things in life, they are being criticized, they are being affected by social media, and etc.
Three Repetitions:
“Paid my dues, made it through”
“Spread the news, I need some room”
“Thought we’d cool Well, don’t assume, don’t assume”
Two Changes That I’ve Noticed:
One of the changes I noticed in the music is that the beat builds up as it gets to the chorus.
Another change that I noticed is the song starts from the piano and goes to a hard beat.
Song: Paralyzed by NF(Remix)
Three Phrases That Strike Me:
“ I’m scared to live, but I’m scared to die ”
“ I’m at the bottom and I don’t know what the problem is ”
“ And if life is pain then I buried mine
A long time ago ”
Those lines strike me because the artist explains what it is like to feel depressed. When you are depressed you lose a will to live and it just shows how hard a life can be sometimes.
Three Repetitions:
“ I’m paralyzed, where are my feelings?”
“ I no longer feel things, I know I should”
“ I’m lost and it kills me inside, I’m paralyzed”
Two Changes That I’ve Noticed:
The song starts from the piano and goes into a hard beat in the middle of the song.
The song starts from singing to rapping and goes back to singing again.
Listening Log Week 3
Song: Photograph by Ed Sheeran
Three Phrases That Strike Me:
“And it’s the only thing we take with us when we die ”
“Loving can mend your soul ”
“ Where our eyes are never closing
Hearts are never broken”
This song is about struggles of long-distance relationships. Ed Sheeran’s song “Photograph” tells us that when life gets tough you always can take out a printed photograph and remember the good times.
Three Repetitions:
“ Loving can hurt sometimes
But it’s the only thing that I know”
“ We keep this love in a photograph”
“You won’t ever be alone”
Two Changes That I’ve Noticed:
-The song starts from a guitar but when the song comes to its middle the drums are starting to add up to the melody.
– At the end of the song the only instrument that is playing is the guitar.
Listening Log Week 4
Song: “Numb” by Linkin Park
Three Phrases That Strike Me:
“Don’t know what you’re expecting of me
Put under the pressure of walking in your shoes”
“Can’t you see that you’re smothering me
Holding too tightly, afraid to lose control?”
“Every step that I take is another mistake to you”
This song is about children whose parents set very high expectations for their children. With that kind of pressure children don’t feel like they can do something that will make parents proud of them.
Three Repetitions:
“I’ve become so numb, I can’t feel you there”
“Become so tired, so much more aware”
“I’m becoming this, all I want to do
Is be more like me and be less like you”
Two Changes That I’ve Noticed:
-The song starts calm and slow and then suddenly gets heavy.
-The very end of the song also changed suddenly, from the heavy rhyme to clam and slow melody.