Sunday, 11 December 2011

Analysing songs

1FrancesLobo - Don't Know Don't Care
http://www.unsigned.com/1franceslobo




Late evening, London Town. Circles from fair, merry go round
We go round and around, do you hear the sound
Up and down, feet don't even touch the ground

These first sentences show that she might be confused, as they say we go round and around, like a relationship that is stuck on the same thing. the line "feet don't even touch the ground" could connote that there is something falling short, hencing why they don't quite reach. the fact that it is late in the evening and in london sets the mood that they could of been on a night out, so from the first couple of lines we know there is possible a couple,  where they are and have a clue that they have had a row. The fact that it is late evening, could link to the target audience that it wouldn't be for children or early teens as its late so they wouldn't usually be out.

Yeah I told ya', warned ya' i would rather be dead
Than be stuck here, waiting while you stick your head
In the tank engine, you did it again
Get me a blade for my wrist, i cant be bothered with it

from these lines the argument has become clearer. From the lines, "stick your head in the tank engine" "rather be dead" and "get me a blade for my wrist" shows forms of violence, or possible suicide caused by the arguments. These lines also connote that there is repeated violence or arguments as guessed from the line "you did it again", also hinting at the other person has done something, like cheat, or another bad thing.


Said you don't know, you don't care, the way I'm feeling, yeah, yeah,
Said you don't know and you don't care. 
I been thinking, i can't take you anywhere


These lines indicate that she is embarrassed about him or doesn't want to be seen with him. The lines 2i been thinking, i can't take you anywhere" tell us that she has been thinking about it for a while and she has had enough. Also from these lines, we can tell that he doesn't try in the relationship and puts no effort into how she feels. 


Your alone, stand high, blushing bride
Yeah a guy I'll find coming over to mine
Though i'd like you to try, look your behind
As you just had sick dripping from your lip line


The four lines above show that there has been a drunk night or a party, as There is guys coming to her house, and someone has just been sick. This links with the target audience again showing that there is drunken parties so it still links to the age and interest of parties.


Yeah i've tried to smile, shake my momma behind
Gotta get who you got for for I'll go home and cry
I feel stuck in a world but trying to find
How f*cked is a word that comes to my mind


"I've tried to smile" this line shows how she is unhappy and trying to keep a happy face and how when she is at home she cries. Again connoting that she is abused or falling out with her other half. The second part of this says how she feels stuck, almost trapped as if she can't leave where she is, the person she is with and the home she is in, and how everything has been ruined, as to the word that comes to her mind. 


*chorus again*

Sitting pissed, you come over and say 
Please take this, look after my bags
You throw it at me, walk briskly away
To the man you just want for some stuff and play


In these lines we see that she is angry and frustrated, and he comes over and throws bags at her, then walks away to a man.  The man could be a business man, or a friend, but either way he has left a load on her, possibly multiple times.


Not a thought, think again, this is not what I expect
To come out with you, and be taken for a fool 
You better believe me now, gonna show you how
Gonna take your phone, call your boys and hoe

*last chorus*


The last paragraph before the chorus shows that she has had enough and is fighting back, as we tell from the lines, "gonna show you how" and "gonna take your phone". She isn't going to take this anymore and bye the end of the song she fights back.






The target audience I feel for this song would be teenagers like myself up to the age of say 25, as its a young song, has some swearing in it and is about a boy and a girl typically having a fall out. I feel that it suits any ethnicity and would be for people mainly in the UK. I feel that this song was made for the female population as its a song from the girls point of view and about the boy she is dumping. 


- The beat isn't that fast, but its not a slow song and the beat is repetitive but doesn't make the song drag on. 
- The beat goes with the lyrics and she sings faster the beat goes in time and as she sings higher so does the melody.


I feel that this song would have a music video of "footage" of the relationship. For example, as she is singing, the image on screen through some parts would be showing them fighting or her throwing him out, especially at the end. Also At the beginning, showing the singer walking down the London Town roads, like an interpretative video. 

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