War in Country Music

Out of 50 songs to choose from, the first song I chose was "Whatcha say" by Jason DeRulo. This song caught me by the eye because of it's title which is a line in the song "Hide and Seek" that was made popular by an SNL skit. Not to my surprise, it turned out to be another unoriginal song that just remixes an old one like Kanye West's "Stronger" which is a rip off of Daft Punk. Regardless, this song must be reviewed so here goes nothing. First off the practically stolen chorus comes on, which is actually a verse from none other than "Hide and Seek". After the chorus comes the first verse, where it becomes obvious that the point of view is, like most of today's music, of Jason apologizing to this girl for something that he did wrong. This song contains only rhyme, the occasional alliteration, like "So, now I know I should of treated you better/But me and you were meant to last forever" and one instance of a metaphor about Jason cheating on someone "Cause when the roof cave in and the truth came out." This song being #4 of today's music really shows that people don't care what the music is about, they just want to dance to it. It also recommends that men in our culture abandon girls a lot and are stupid for it. All in all, this song is just another cliche song about a guy apologizing to a girl, stole lyrics from another song, and means nothing whatsoever.

The second song that i have chosen is "I gotta feeling." This song was written by Black Eyed Peas, which is a pretty well known band. This song starts off with the chorus repeating itself over 9000 times. This isn't necessarily a bad thing but a great deal of songs do this. After the parade of a chorus' the song jumps into motion and starts talking about living up the night, breaking stuff, wasting money, and being stressed out. If you piece the puzzle together it becomes clear that this song is an extended metaphor about getting drunk. After listening through this song 4 times the only thing that i have noticed other than an extended metaphor is rhyme, rhyme, and rhyme. The song is very catchy, which is most likely why it is rated #5 in America, but it does not contain more than 2 poetic devices. This song is another instance of people our generation not caring what music says and just liking it because it's good to dance to.

The third and final song i chose was Miley Cyrus' "Party in the U.S.A." I felt this song was appropriate because the last 2 songs that i reviewed contained no more than 3 poetic devices and i did not expect Miley Cyrus to have ANY poetic devices. Somehow i was wrong, it has a whopping 1. Surprisingly this song actually has rhyme! Apparently all you need in this generation is a catchy tune and a rhyme to become successful. Alright, I'm being a little harsh, this song is also a narrative, but that's it! This song backs up my theory of people in this generation do not care about what a song means, but only if it is catchy. This is not a bad thing, but it would have been nice to see an oxymoron or, god forbid, a simile.