Wednesday, January 4, 2012

The meal inside

Have some today my lord
You have to eat today somemore
No, it’s not Tainted I have been assured
Served with Rice on a board
And it’s been
Ooh the meal inside keeps on churning
 I’ll surely be dead tomorrow
Meal inside keeps on churning

A whole Tbone without the bone
Two whole course casserole
Oh I’m getting too full
It comes with the pain
Don’t think im going to do this again
The bile id rizing
Will soon see the day

Ooh the meal inside keeps on churning
 I’ll surely be dead tomorrow
Meal inside keeps on churning
Oh oh III I’ll Die tomorrow

Ooh the meal inside keeps on churning
 I’ll surely be dead tomorrow
Meal inside keeps on churning
The meal inside keeps me turning
Ah I will be done, I will be done

Ah Ooh the meal inside keeps on churning
 I’ll surely be dead tomorrow
Meal inside keeps on churning
Oh I’m dead I don’t know when
meal inside keeps on churning
 the meal inside keeps on churning
meal inside keeps on churning

A parody of the wheel in the sky by journey

Song analysis 1

11/9/11
American Woman
American woman, an iconic protest song released in 1970 had Its beginnings as a jam, an improvised song that the Guess Who, a Canadian band was using to pump up the crowd at a concert at a curling rink in Kitchener Ontario. The lyrics were reworked through later performances. Eventually because of this song, the Guess who was denied visas to tour in the United States, even though they were invited to perform at state functions in the United States. Though on the surface, American woman by The guess who appears to be a song about a man asking prostitute to not “coming knocking at his door”, however through the techniques of a chauvinistic allegory, Dazzling Imagery, and a Rejecting Motif in order to show that the American, imperialistic whore is pushing an agenda which is unwanted.
    On the surface, This song appears to be about a man trying to get an “American Woman” to leave him alone, however the song references Directly the issue which the song is about with the “war machines,” the nuclear missiles that the United states was trying to Install in Canada during the cold war which was at its peak with the Vietnam War occurring at the time of this song’s inception. This song is about the discontent of some Canadian citizens in this song and that they feel that the Canadian people should look America “right in the eye” and leave, or get out of Canada and stop meddling in their affairs. The use of the allegory of the "American woman" as the United States, wanting to break up with them. The use of a relationship in this song references the relationship between the United States and Canada. Another interpretation of this song is that is a song about draft dodging with recruiters and draft letters" hanging around at my door" and the government using "colored lights" or propaganda on television, and/or law enforcement to intimidate citizens into accepting their conscription, and the speaker of this song fleeing to Canada to escape the Vietnam War, and being forced into the armed services. This is especially evident in the line "You’re no good for me
I’m no good for you" and when the speaker says to "sparkle someone else's eyes" meaning to go and try and recruit someone else, because I refuse to serve.

    A dazzling and destructive set of imagery compliments this allegory in portraying both the pushiness of the "American woman" and the destructive consequences of allowing a progression of these actions. If Canada were to receive more of America's "war machines, this would lead to "ghetto scenes" this could reference the life after a nuclear war which could result from America, or it could be a reference to the protests that were to inevitably come from a military mobilization, which had already occurred throughout the late 60's with the era of the Vietnam war, the assassination of JFK, and the resignation of LBJ, as well as the most active phase of the civil rights movement in America. “Ghetto scenes also references the horrific conditions in Vietnam, and in Canada with the people trying to escape the draft, which the people were forced to see because of the poverty that existed because of the existence of the war.
The Motif of Defiance which is prevalent throughout the song is perhaps the most famous and identifiable theme in this song. Common in many songs to this day it plays on the human need to affect the world around them and to become independent, especially among the young fan base which the who enjoyed in the late 1960's and early 70's. It is the most varied emotion in its expression, and powerful in it's identifiably, even when it is ineffectual
The vague meaning of this song due to its impromptu, ad-hoc construction is part of what made this song so famous. The use of specific, yet universal, themes and imagery allow for a broad number of interpretations, ranging from draft dodging, imperialism, and Defiance allow this song to be recognizable and identifiable, especially with it's repetitive nature both musically, and lyrically, and its use of devices applicable to all of these themes, makes it capable of representing a broad range of subjects. The fact that it originated as a riff is evident in its structure and unclear lyrics and shows the level of improvisation required by a successful musician

Song Analysis 2

Though The song was inspired by a children’s book which John Foggerty’s son read, and Wrote some of the lyrics, Foggerty is able do Intertwine A Narrative in which he in coming “coming home from Illinois”, probably referencing returning from a gig and Hanging out with his kid at his house and a dreamlike depiction of the events, effectively by Implementing Fanciful Imagery, Local color Featuring Americana of the time or even earlier , and a paternal point of view in order to reveal the Rewarding nature of spending time with one’s child without “no sorrows”

The presence of fanciful imagery combined with parental symbolism in looking out my back door, is used to both display the imagination that only a child could have, and to evoke a sense of juvenile fascination with the events unfolding in the song. These depictions show ridiculous and pointless things such as giants doing cartwheels, and a statue wearing high heels. These two contrasting images represent the fun that can be had by a child with adults the “giants” and the uniform, cold nature of them in other situations. Essentially whit these symbols are conveying is that Foggerty is a “fun dad” and that his mother is cold like a statue. The happy creatures could be children who are present. In the chorus the “tambourines and elephants” help to reinforce that the father is in a band, but is still implying that he is fun, because of the abnormal nature of this. The “flying spoon”, taken by some as a drug reference most probably represents the cliché “airplane” role play that comes with feeding a young child, and symbolizes the contorting difficulty of “Illinois” and home as well as reinforcing the theme of imagination throughout the song.

Local Color in this song helps o reinforce the nostalgia that one feels for being home, especially when on tour. The Dinosaur Victoria playing buck Owens, a musician from the time whose unique sound featuring archaic types of instruments such as the fiddle and the petal steel guitar, is something likely familiar to Foggerty, another musician of the time period. The use of the phrase Dinosaur Victrolla in the place of an ole record player helps to enrich the song with detail, an old record player of American manufacture helps to set the tone of the song, by adding common images that one would see at home.  A less obvious example of this is Foggerty’s desire to “sit down on the porch” a motif of Southern Hospitality; a stereotype of the manner in which people from the American south are expected to treat guests and the pleasantries of home.

The father’s point of view is crucial to the message of this song. The fact that he is telling his child to “lock the front door oh boy” is indicative of the mood the father is that he wants to ignore his other responsibilities for a while and just spend time relaxing at home. The Imagination that sets that is felt when he is “resting on the porch” helps to reinforce that he is content doing nothing when he is at home. The Music that is playing in the narrative of the song is a buck Owens song, buck being a current star on a TV show at the time “he has” a children’s program. This implies that this is for the benefit of his son.

Just got home from Illinois lock the front door oh boy!
Got to sit down take a rest on the porch.
Imagination sets in pretty soon I'm singin'

CHORUS:
Doo doo doo Lookin' out my back door.
There's a giant doing cartwheels a statue wearin' high heels.
Look at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn.
A dinosaur Victrola list'ning to Buck Owens.

CHORUS
Tambourines and elephants are playing in the band.
Won't you take a ride on the flyin' spoon?
Doo, doo doo.
Wond'rous apparition provided by magician.

CHORUS
Tambourines and elephants are playing in the band.
Won't you take a ride on the flyin' spoon?
Doo, doo doo.
Bother me tomorrow, today, I'll buy no sorrows.

CHORUS
Forward troubles Illinois, lock the front door, oh boy!
Look at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn.
Bother me tomorrow, today, I'll buy no sorrows.

Monday, December 12, 2011

trogdor

      Brandon Deal

Trogdor- the Green Serpent
        The Trogdor is a beast first reported in the seventeenth century In the Japanese highlands. The name means Moist Leaf, Referring to the green color of its scaly hide. The Trogdor is a class 3 Dragonoid. It has the characteristic of having a constantly changing physical form, meaning that as the creature ages its physical form changes, its humanlike features disappear and it becomes more reptilian.

“It typically happens suddenly, the heat, and buffeting of air can be felt miles away from the site of an attack from the beast, though nobody has ever gotten a clearly lit image of it, we all know its name, and the signature of its presence. The name of this curse is still TROGDOR.”

http://www.valleynewslive.com/story/16301983/Hellokittytruckfire

this is all it said in the Email that as sent to me from the director of the Monster Hunters International Association of Truth. I had recently been promoted in this online organization for my successful proving of the existence of the Chupacabra in my search of south Texas, mostly in the San Antonio area. Intrigued, I decided that it would be a good idea to find out what this was all about. I booted up laptop in my Custom 1993 Extended wheelbase Express 2500 Cargo van and set to work researching the Trogdor.
Obviously the general masses are not going to believe that such a miraculous creature could exist, however the legend of the beast is widely known in the monster hunting communities. From a quick search I found that a Zoologist, Reginald Veljohnson had recently published a paper on interspecies trancendention and had specifically cited the legend of the Trogdor in his paper saying that it would be genetically possible for a komodo dragon to grow in such a manner if exposed to the correct stimuli, namely Irradiation, and the introduction of new genetic material into it’s embryonic cells.
The link that came from the email led to a news story about a truck carrying the popular Japanese franchise’s merchandise had been burned to smoldering heap of warped metal, and in the trailer there was evidence of human remains. There was more evidence as well that the Trogdor was a player in this in that the container that the truck had been hauling  had been loaded in Fukishima Japan
It looked as though my life was about to move north.
The firestorm was still raging out of control. The fire departments from almost every county in the state have been called in to control it. The Gridlock on the roads leading out of the zone was severe, however the road in, though broken in some places was sparsely populated, and only by National Guard vehicles, and other emergency management agencies.
I knew that something had gone horribly wrong in the twenty two hour drive from San Antonio. However I was best equipped to handle the situation because I knew what the cause of the disaster was while the authorities had only been able to guess the cause was a terrorist attack.
Not wanting to be stopped I used a tactic I had often used in Texas and installed my stolen Government plates and my Door magnets claiming that I was a part of the Bomb squad in the san Antonio police department.
As I was doing this, a tremendous buffeting occurred. The overpass on the highway had fallen and I was going to have to find a way to get around it. I didn’t have to be concerned for long though because immediately I knew the cause of this. A surge of air pushed away the dust rising from the rubble, and I saw the creature that I knew would be my next victory.
The creature was indeed impressive with its single beefy arm and its s shaped serpentine body and its v shaped oversnout crest. It would look great as a hood ornament on my Express.
At that moment my phone rang. It was another bank call. They were looking for me because of the huge loan I had taken on my house that I inherited in order to find the Chupacabra. I knew that it was a lost cause to try and repay them and that I was going to loose the house, however at this particular moment that had been one of the best decisions of my life, because when the phone started ringing the Trogdor froze in place, standing so still that he looked part of the landscape.
I had decided that before I left I would find the weakness of the beast, and I could see it in the way it reacted to my Ringtone.  It was subdued by the alluring rhythmic powers of Rock and Roll.
Immediately I thought of plan 38 A in the episode of my favorite TV show, Torchwood. In it the creature from the rift was mesmerized by the sound of Susan Boyle. The same could be applied here.
I immediately left the area, with the creature letting me go. Unfortunately, my camera lenses had been covered with dust from the bridge collapse so I couldn't get a clear shot.
I called my cousin Squeedly and he came down right away. I had a plan.
Squeedly pulled up with his trailer laden with the fertilizer that we would need to pull off this plan. Mixed with gas it would create a violent enough reaction to slay any incarnation of the Trogdor.
Meedly, Squeedly's brother started playing his bass in the back of my van and the creature followed. The truck was hidden in a hanger at the airport. From this we were able to lure the creature to the bay, and stage an impromptu concert. The calmed look in the magnificent specimen's eyes told me that it was working, and Squeedly started to perform his own music. Then medley began with his to counter. The beast enraged by Meedly's effort to upstage the more skilled musician immediately set fire to Meedly, causing me and Squeedly to bolt. In our run to the van we heard the sound of a success. All ten tons of phosphorus went up shredding the hanger to bits. I then decided that I would need help so I called in the fire department to put out the flames. As the fire was put out I couldn't help but notice an absence of the smell of burnt flesh associated with something biological being on fire. This is because there was no fire.


I opened my eyes to find that I was in my room.
And then there was fire. It was not a pleasant sensation knowing that the smoke could suffocate me. I ran to the window in order to get air, but I was unable to open it because the wood had warped from the heat. I knew that this would be my final resting place. I slowly slipped into the inky blackness of unconsciousness.
My name is Carl Winslow and I am a monster hunter.

Trogdor!

Trogdor!

Trogdor was a man

I mean, he was a dragon man

Or maybe he was just a dragon

But he was still Trogdor!

Trogdor!

Trogdor!

Burninating the countryside,

Burninating the peasants

Burninating all the peoples

And their thatched-roof cottages!
Thatched-roof cottages!

Whoa, this has wicked dueling guitar solos

It's like squeedly versus meedley over here

Go squeedly!

Go squeedly!!

Squeedly wins!!!

When all the land is in ruins

And burnination has forsaken the countryside

Only one guy will remain

My money's on


Trogdor!

Trogdor!

And the Trogdor comes in the night .