"Badfish"

When you grab a hold of me You tell me that I'll never be set freeI'm a parasite,creep and crawl I step into the night.Two pints of boozeTell me are you a badfish too? Are you a badfish too?Ain't got no money to spendI know the night will never endLord knows I'm weakWon't somebody get me off of this reefBaby your a big blue whaleGrab the reef when all duck diving failsI swim but wish I never learnedThe water's too polluted with germsI dive deep when it's ten feet overheadGrab the reef underneath my bedAin't got no quarrels with god Ain't got no time to grow oldLord knows I'm weakWon't somebody get me off of this reefAin't got no quarrels with God Ain't got no time to grow oldLord knows I'm weakWon't somebody get me off of this reef

METAPHORS IN SUBLIME'S "BADFISH"

In literature, and often in music, writers will use techniques such as analogies and metaphors to compare two topics. The band sublime plays punk/ raggae music. However, thier music may sometimes be considered ska music. The song "Badfish" by Sublime involves multiple metaphors.
There are many metaphors in the song "Badfish". In this song, the writer refers to himself as a "Badfish". He also refers to himself as a parasite, "I'm a parasite, creep and crawl into the night". The artist sees himself as a small parasite, in the sense that he does not really matter much as a person. "Aint got no money to spend I know the night will never end Lord knows im weak Wont somebody get me off of this reef". He feels like he does not mean alot because he has no money and he is a weak person. Another metaphor in this song is that the artist is referring to the tough time in his life as a reef.
Clearly this song has a lot of metaphors. "Badfish" is a very negative song. This song is a good example of pessimism in ska music .

IRONY IN ALANIS MORRISETTE

There are many music artists that use irony in their writing. Alanis Morrisette focuses on irony in her song “Ironic“. Alanis Morrisette is very popular in the United States. “ Ironic” is one of her more popular songs. The song includes many examples of irony, although some of the examples are not actually ironic. Thus, making the title of the song “Ironic” very ironic because the song is not entirely ironic.
An excellent example of irony in the song “Ironic” would be , “It’s a death row pardon two minutes too late”. This would be ironic because someone that was about to be let off death row but he dies two minutes before. The person was going to be given their life when in fact their life was actually taken from them. Another example of irony would be, “It’s a black fly on your Chardonnay”. This is a clear example of irony because Chardonnay is a very classy drink. A black fly is very gross and dirty. High class chardonnay and a dirty fly are very opposite and represent two totally different things. Its ironic also because when someone has a classy drink one would never expect to have a dirty fly around it.
On the other hand, some of the lines in the song are not ironic at all. One can see how Alanis thought they would be ironic when they are just unfortunate coincidences. An example of this would be, “It’s the good advice that you just didn’t take”. This is not ironic because the person knew it was good advice but chose not to take it anyway. They knew what the advice was and they chose not to take it. Therefore, it is not ironic because it was their own fault that they did not take it. Some of the examples in the song are definitely not ironic . One example of these would be, “A traffic jam when your already late”. It would not be ironic at all to come to a traffic jam if one is already running late. They are already running late so it does not matter if they are more late or not. They already expected to be late anyways. It would be ironic if someone left their house earlier than usual to be on time but got caught in a traffic jam and ended up being late anyways.

Alyssa Poirier

PHOTOS OF JIMI HENDRIX

TIMELINE OF JIMI HENDRIX'S LIFE

1942- Born November 27
1958- father bought him first guitar
1958- joined first band called "The Velvetones"
1961- left home to enlist in U.S. army
1962- Earned right to wear "Screaming Eagles" patch for paratrooping in the Army
1965- played with Tina Turner, Sam Cooke, The Isley Brothers, and Little Richard
1966- began playing at small venues ( got signed by Chad Chandler)
1967- moved to London where his song "Hey Joe" topped U.K charts at #6
June 1967- Returned to America
1968- took greater control over the direction of his music
1969- music grew significantly
1970- died of o.d

10 interesting things about Jimi Hendrix

1. His mother was a Cherokee Indian
2. One of few lefty guitarists
3. He played guitar upside down because it was right handed. He could not afford another one
4. He was a comepletely self -taught musician who could not read music
5. Was in the U.S Army
6. Left Army with a paratrooping injury
7. He could play guitar with his teeth and also behind his head
8. Rather than smashing guitars after performances he lit them on fire
9. His manager Michael Jeffery had him kidnapped for 2 days by "New York Mobsters" and then "rescued" him to bolster his role as manager
10. Died choking on his own vomit after overdosing on 9 pills of barbiturate vesperax


HENDRIX 'HEY JOE' SOLO WITH HIS TEETH