Blog # 38: Song analysis

Our English class visited the local museum on campus to discuss in greater detail about to analyze a photograph. Honestly, I do not think the trip to the museum helped me necessarily on my essay, but could easily have helped a different student on their essay if they were in fact writing their essay over analyzing a photograph. Since I am writing my essay over high school cliques, I do not think the trip to the museum was significant for me.
Anyways, our class was assigned to make a play list of ten different songs that we liked and only pick one of those songs to analyze. There are millions and millions of songs out there to choose from and I am only allowed to pick ten? Oh my goodness this is going to be tough. Music is my life! I do not go a single day without listening to my iPod or to the radio. I listen to music to lower my stress levels, do homework, and I listen to music even when I drive my car.
The ten songs that I choose from my iTunes play list is as following: “Heavy” by Collective Soul, “Before Tomorrow Comes” by Alter Bridge, “Pokerface” by Lady Gaga, “Walk with me in hell” by Lamb of God, “Enter Sandman” by Metallica, “Pour some sugar on me” by Def Leppard, “It’s my life” by Bon Jovi, “Stairway to Heaven” by Led Zeppelin, “Dark side of the moon” by Pink Floyd, and “Badfish” by Sublime.
Out of those ten songs we are supposed to analyze in great detail. We are supposed to pick the song that represents us the most. Sublime, Collective Soul, and Def Leppard are my favorite bands, but which song can I choose from? I guess I will decide to analyze the Sublime song since I know more about sublime than any other band I have chosen from.
The song is titled “Badfish” because that is another named used for someone exposing someone else to heroine for the first time. Bradley Nowell battled drug addiction when he invented the band Sublime. He was the lead singer and a guitarist for the band. Unfortunately the band did not survive very long due to Nowell’s overdose on heroine.
If you really listen to the lyrics, you will quickly notice the song is about Nowell and his drug addiction. There are lyrics that say, “Lord knows I am weak, wont somebody get me off this tweek?” That section of lyrics quickly implies that the song is trying to kick addiction, with the “Big Blue Whale” being the actual drug in this song. The Big Blue Whale, is the “badfish.” Unfortunatley, for Nowell, he was not able to kick addiction from heroine by releasing this song.
The reason why I love this song so much is because it reminds me of my high school years. I would listen to this song while I was with my friends and it put me in such a great mood. I loved sublime so greatly that I inked the sublime sun on my ribs. It hurt, but it was well worth it!