The Wedding Singer

The Wedding Singer: China Girl

After watching the move The Wedding Singer starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, the song I chose to analyze is David Bowie’s China Girl. David Bowie was an artist and an innovator. He and his style of music defined the 80’s as a generation. This movie was centered on defining the 80’s and this was done mostly through the music played. Like the artist, this song is very well known. It represents the 80’s and its sound is a part of the pop culture of that time.
This song was played during the scene where Glen, Julia, Robbie, and Holly are in a night club on a double date. Where the song is played is important to the mood and is necessary for portraying it correctly. It not only adds to the mood but without it, the scene would not be portrayed as effectively.
The song plays and Julia says how much she loves David Bowie and the song. Robbie agrees. This shows that either Robbie is trying to show her that he likes the same things as her, or that he really does like the song as well or both. Julia and Holly sing along to it and Glen, who is Julia’s fiancé, tells her to stop singing. This not only shows how controlling he is, but also how he does not respect her. It also shows that he cares more about what the other people at the night club think about him then he cares about Julia. The reason that Glen does not like the song is because it is about a woman being in control in a relationship and how he is dependant on her. This is showed when in the song it says “ I’m a mess without my little China Girl.” This is the exact opposite of Glen and Julia’s relationship because Glen tells her what to do and is not dependant on her at all. Julia and Holly sing the lyrics “When I get excited, my little China Girl says oh baby just you shut your mouth.” Glen interjects their laughter and tells Julia to shut her mouth, showing the difference in the two relationships. This whole conversation is a lead up to after Julia leaves the table to go to the bathroom and in the meantime Robbie finds out that Glen has been cheating on Julia and intends to continue to do so even after they are married. This all is so important to the plot line. With the wrong song, not all of the message would have been conveyed. Without the song the viewer would not get the extent of how much of a jerk Glen really is.
Music is something that can make or break a movie. The movie The Wedding Singer is one movie that, without the correct music placement, would not have been as good. Because it was a movie portraying an era in total, music was very important. Also, the 80’s was a decade when music changed forever, and without the most important songs played in the movie, it would have been a less valid portrayal.

Found Poem

Some of us, were hardly ever here.
And in the end,
Everyone ends up alone.
The world keeps testing me.
You do what they tell you to.
If this is what it takes to be
who I am, who I'm not, who I want to be.
I'll walk, I've got to leave.
Our situation is down to the wire.
I hope you can forgive me,
In the end everyone ends up alone.

Repetition of Sounds Analysis Two: John Mayer Daughters

"Daughters"

I know a girl she puts the color inside of my world
She's just like a maze, where all of the walls all continually change
And I've done all I can to stand on the the steps, with my heart in my hands
Now I started to think maybe it's got nothinging to do with me

Fathers be good to your daughters
Daughters will love like you do
Girls become lovers, who turn into mothers
So mothers be good to your daughters too

Oh you see that skin, it's the same she's been standing in
Since the day, she saw him walking away
Now she's left cleaning up the mess he made

So fathers be good to your daughters
Daughters will love like you do
Girls become lovers, who turn into mothers
So mothers be good to your daughter too

Oh
Boys you can break find out how much they can take
Boys will be strong, boys soldier on but
Boys would be gone without warmth of a womans good good heart

On behalf of every man looking out for every girl
You are the god and the weight of the world

So fathers be good to your daughters
Daughters will love like you do
Girls become lovers who turn into mothers
So mothers be good to your daughters too
So mothers be good to your daughters too
So mothers be good to your daughters too

The song "Daughters" by John Mayer has many examples of Repetition of sounds. (yellow: assonance, Pink: alliteration) This song relates to my theme of society because it is about how parents are responsible for taking care of their children. It says that fathers and mothers have a responsibility to be good their daughters because they grow up to be mothers and take care of the children of the next generation. without people taking care of their children our society would be ruined.

Repetition of Sounds Analysis One: Cranberries- Zombie

"Zombie"
Another head hangs lowly,
Child is slowly taken.
And the violence caused such silence,
Who are we mistaken?
But you see, it's not me, it's not my family.

In your head,
in your head they are fighting,
With their tanks and their bombs,
And their bombs and their guns.

In your head, in your head, they are crying...
In your head, in your head,
Zombie, zombie, zombie,
Hey, hey, hey.
What's in your head,
In your head,
Zombie, zombie, zombie?
Hey, hey, hey, hey, oh, dou, dou, dou, dou, dou...

Another mother's breakin',
Heart is taking over.
When the vi'lence causes silence,
We must be mistaken.

It's the same old theme since nineteen-sixteen.
In your head, in your head they're still fighting,
With their tanks and their bombs,
And their bombs and their guns.
In your head, in your head, they are dying... I

n your head, in your head,
Zombie, zombie, zombie,
Hey, hey, hey.
What's in your head,
In your head,
Zombie, zombie, zombie?
Hey, hey, hey, hey, oh, oh, oh,
Oh, oh, oh, oh, hey, oh, ya, ya-a...


The song I chose for to analyze for repetition is the song "Zombie" by the Cranberries. There is examples of both alliteration and assonance in this song. (alliteration: pink, Assonance:Light blue) This song relates to my theme of society in alternative music because this song is about a society in turmoil because of war. In the song it says "with there bombs and their guns...they are fighting." this is an example of assonance and it shows that there is fighting in their society and their nation, but when it says "We must be mistake" this shows that the singer is against their society. They oppose society doing such things to innocent people.

Repetition Ananlysis #2: Maria Mena You're the Only One

Well I saw you with your hands above your head
Spinning around, trying not to look down
But you did, and you fell, hard on the ground
Then you stumbled around for a good ten minutes
And I said I'd never seen anyone look so dumb before
And you laughed and said I still know how to turn you on though

You're the only one who
Drags me kicking and screaming through fast dreams
You're the only one who
Knows exactly what I mean

And I probably forgot to tell you this
Like that time when I forgot to tell you about the scar
Remember how uncomfortable that made you feel?
See you're not what I expected
But you're the only one who knows how to handle me
And you're such a great kisser and I know that you agree

You're the only one who
Drags me kicking and screaming through fast dreams
You're the only one who
Knows exactly what I mean

I hope you can forgive me for that time
When I put my hand between your legs
And said it was small
Cuz its really not at all
I guess there's just a part of me that likes to bring you down
Just to keep you around
Cuz the day that you realize how amazing you are
You're gonna leave me

You're the only one who
Holds my hair back when I'm drunk and get sick
You're the only one who
Knows exactly what I mean

You're the only one who
Drags me kicking and screaming through fast dreams
You're the only one who
Knows exactly what I mean
Exactly what I mean

Well I saw you with your hands above your head
Spinning around, trying not to look down
But you did, and you fell, hard on the ground

This song is an example of anaphoric repetition. The phrase repeated is "your the only one who." This is repeated with two different endings. This relates to my theme of society in alternative because in the song the singer talks about someone being the only one who understands her. This is shown when she says "Your the only one who knows exactly what I mean." This relates to society because it shows that she doesn't feel accepted by society and the person she is talking to is the only person who really gets her.

Repetation Analysis Song One: You Found Me-The Fray

You Found Me

I found god
On the corner of first and Amistad
Where the west was all but won
All alone, smoking his last cigarette
I Said where you been, he said ask anything
Where were you?
When everything was falling apart
All my days were spent by the telephone
It never rang
And all I needed was a call
That never came
To the corner of first and Amistad

Lost and insecure
You found me, you found me
Lying on the floor
Surrounded, surrounded
Why’d you have to wait?
Where were you?
Where were you?
Just a little late
You found me, you found me

In the end everyone ends up alone
Losing her, the only one who’s ever known
Who I am, who I’m not, who I want to be
No way to know how long she will be next to me

Lost and insecure
You found me, you found me
Lying on the floor
Surrounded, surrounded
Why’d you have to wait?
Where were you, where were you?
Just a little late
You found me, you found me

Early morning,
City breaks
I’ve been calling for years and years and years and years
And you never left me no messages
You never send me no letters
You got some kind of nerve, taking all I want
Lost and insecure
You found me, you found me
Lying on the floor
Where were you where were you

Lost and insecure
You found me, you found me
Lying on the floor
Surrounded, surrounded
Why’d you have to wait?
Where were you, where were you?
Just a little late
You found me, you found me

Why’d you have to wait?
To find me, to find me


The I chose to analyze was The Fray You Found Me. I chose this song for the repetition of the phrase "You found me." This is an example of epistrophic repetition because it is the end of a sentence. This relates to my theme of Society in Alternative music because the person addressed in the song could be portrayed as society in a whole. In the song, the singer talks about how he was "Lost and insecure" and that the addressee was found, but "just a little late." This could mean that he was lost in life and felt he did not belong anywhere and society found him, but it was too late for him to be accepted.