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funn_ali
Dec 12, 2007, 10:21 AM
Hii can someone plzz help me with this... for my english HW, I need to annotate a song which is a lyric poem... a lyric poem is feelings and thoughts of a single speaker... I want help find a good english song as I don't listen to english songs... thanx... it could be from anyone but has to be english and has to be a lyrical song... Plzz help me out guys... I need this before the 14 dec 2007...

templelane
Dec 12, 2007, 10:43 AM
Umm here goes a couple of songs that might be good to analyse,

Alkaline Trio > Another Innocent Girl
It's not written in the first person but is about the speaker, there is quiet a bit of ambiguity you can go into.
Alkaline Trio > Maybe I'll Catch Fire
Definitely a lot of thoughts and feelings here but might be a bit blunt for analysis.

Jenny Was A Friend of Mine - the Killers
This has a similar theme and narrative to the 17th centuary poem "Porphyria's Lover" by Robert Browning.

Fast Car > Tracy Chapman
Lovely song, definitely worth a look, it is about escaping

Manic Street Preachers
Any of their songs has tons you can analyse, here are a couple of relevant ones

Black Dog On my Shoulder- about depression the 'black dog' as Winston Churchill called it
Faster- only try this if you are feeling ambitious, it is very poem like, it is basically the distilled thoughts and feelings of a very desperate man.
My Little Empire

Try this site to get you started if you don't like the above suggestions
SongMeanings (http://www.songmeanings.net/)

George_1950
Dec 12, 2007, 12:29 PM
What do you mean, "to annotate"? Try Bryan Adams', "Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman". Good luck