Hotel Califorina

Even as an alternative rock fan I love this song and knew it right away. What is cool with this time is this is where a lot of really good guitar solos really shined in my eyes and the people who played them at this time perfected the art of playing the guitar. This song is really long at about 6 minutes and 30 seconds. I wish that they had done a version where it was a little shorter, but it is still a great song. I also found it funny when this song became a meme these last few years. I think this will be a classic that should not go away for a long time. What is great about this song is even though this song is from back in 1976 it does not feel out of place today. One of the things that I enjoy about this song is it is very relaxing. The starting guitar solo is very soft and smooth. The singing is very soft but I like that it is at a good pace because it is not too slow or too fast. The tone of his voice is very fitting for this song.

Eleanor Rigby

 

Eleanor Rigby is very interesting to me. It is one of those songs where if you did not focus on the lyrics, it sounds happy but when you read the lyrics and listen to it closely you can see the themes of depression that is in the song. The different lyrics I'm seeing this in are: “Eleanor Rigby died in the church and was buried along with her name nobody came Father McKenzie wiping the dirt from his hands as he walks from the grave No one was saved” One of the things that the song does a lot of is having a negative outlook on things. So, this quote is talking about how the lady died and no one cared about her and did not show up to the funeral. Then the pasture who buried her did not care to much about burying her. I notice through a lot of the verses take this negative look at these people and saying how no one cares about them and that they are lonely. As far as the music style goes this song reminds me of crooning simple because the voice seems close to the microphone and they voice is softer.

Sh-Boom

I don't know why this song is so familiar to me, but I know I've listened to it before. I enjoy that it is a fast-paced song. One of the things I don’t like with Jazz is how sad it sounds because they use a deeper tone of voice. But with this song, it doesn’t seem as sad. It doesn’t sound like a romantic song, but it does talk about how if the girl says yes that her life could be a dream which at least makes it a romantic song. When I listen to it without paying too much attention to the lyrics it totally doesn’t sound like a love song. The lyrics sound like this guy is in love with this girl and that he is going to ask her to marry her. The reason I think that is because of him using a lot of pet names throughout the song. He also says if you would let me spend my whole life lovin’ you which normally if you are wanting to spend the rest of your life with someone it is for marriage. Which is obviously him wanting to marry that girl.  I enjoy that it has multiple singers in the song. It gives it a better range in my eyes.

Taking a chance on love

 Taking a chance on love is a nice song to listen to but I think it has a better fit for slow dancing. When listening to the song I can imagine how people back in the day would slow dance with their significant other to it. One of the things I find interesting with the song is that the start of the song with the instruments by themselves, it sounds like the same rhythm that she sings in a little bit later. I thought it was a nice touch to add and after listening to it the second time and noticing that by the third time I was thinking the lyrics in tune with the instruments. I can relate to the lyrics a little bit because she repeats “here I go again” and one of the parts says, “taking a chance on love”. I can relate to this because finding one isn’t easy and it takes a lot of tries to find that person. I think that the part that says “taking a slide again” is either meaning dumping the person or going through the breakup. But later in the song, it talks about how “I’m taking the game up and the ace of hearts is high” When I heard that I was thinking she was meaning she thought she found the one and was really putting her heart out there. Then the song continues to repeat that part of “taking a chance on love” Which I take as even though you might get married to someone you always have your heart out for them so you’re always “taking a chance on love” because they could break it at any point with a divorce or treating you badly.