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Got any favourite lyrics from songs that you'd like to share? Why do they mean so much to you, and what makes them stand out from other lyrics?
NOTE: This is NOT an excuse to simply post song lyrics. The impetus is to get you to explain why the lyrics mean so much. Thank you. :D
For me, the lyrics to the song 'America' from the film version of West Side Story are the first to come to mind. The music in and of itself is great, with its constant time sig changes, and the choreography in the movie is a dream... but what makes that song stand out over the others in the film are the lyrics. Sung by Puerto Rican immigrants that have recently emigrated to the US, the women in the group are exhalting the praises of their newfound home, while the men find it fit to point out all the 'opportunities' promised to them are only really for white people.
This is probably my favourite exchange in the song, but there are many others like it:
GIRLS: Here you are free and you have pride
BOYS: Long as you stay on your own side
GIRLS: Free to be anything you choose
BOYS: Free to wait tables and shine shoes
BERNARDO: Everywhere grime in America/Organized crime in America/Terrible time in America
ANITA: You forget I'm in America
So, what about everyone else?
NOTE: This is NOT an excuse to simply post song lyrics. The impetus is to get you to explain why the lyrics mean so much. Thank you. :D
For me, the lyrics to the song 'America' from the film version of West Side Story are the first to come to mind. The music in and of itself is great, with its constant time sig changes, and the choreography in the movie is a dream... but what makes that song stand out over the others in the film are the lyrics. Sung by Puerto Rican immigrants that have recently emigrated to the US, the women in the group are exhalting the praises of their newfound home, while the men find it fit to point out all the 'opportunities' promised to them are only really for white people.
This is probably my favourite exchange in the song, but there are many others like it:
GIRLS: Here you are free and you have pride
BOYS: Long as you stay on your own side
GIRLS: Free to be anything you choose
BOYS: Free to wait tables and shine shoes
BERNARDO: Everywhere grime in America/Organized crime in America/Terrible time in America
ANITA: You forget I'm in America
So, what about everyone else?