Monday, 14 December 2009

Does anyone know of any songs that have deep meaning and use figurative language? The criteria is to find a song with deep meaning and to identify...

Building
from number 2's post, "Like a Rolling Stone" is replete with images and comparative
language with the theme of how loneliness is unavoidable.  Bob Seger's "Feels Like a
Number" is a song that redescribes modern isolation in a number of ways.  Pink Floyd's
"Comfortably Numb" uses language that actually sound like what alienation would sound
like.  On a lighter note, the song "Lollipop" by the Chordettes features examples
ofand other poetic devices.  I believe it is currently being used in the new Dell Computers
Commercial.

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