The song I have chosen is "Mr.Highway is Thinking About the End" by A Day To Remember. This qualifies as a ballad for two reasons. Reason number one is because it is a song about revenge and getting what you deserve. Number two is because it repeats the same message over and over in the music to get the point across. The revenge story is all about someone taking what another person deserves, and the other person being angry about it.
Lyrics in video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMNrrSN7TtE
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ReplyDeleteThis a a ballad because it is song about revenge and getting what you deserve. I agree people get what the deserve. good work
ReplyDeleteThis is a good example of a folk ballad. As you said, the song repeated the same idea over and over to get across the message the artist was trying to convey. Furthermore; I believe that this song is about unrequited love, but rather than coming from the the viewpoint of the person loving someone and being rejected, like in most cases, it is coming from the viewpoint of the person who is done with the person they had once loved.
ReplyDeleteJoey, I'm offended you didn't comment on mine, but somehow all the other ones I chose to comment on, you did. Uncool, man.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, Andy, your song choice is definitely a good example of a ballad. It has repetition going on, along with some unrequited love on the part of the story teller. Very nice Job.