Binary Thesis (Classwork 4/7/14)

Though both “Rock ‘n’ Roll Band” by Boston and “Have a Cigar” by Pink Floyd both highlight the process that they went through to achieve a record deal, “Have a Cigar” uses mockery to convey the haughty and condescendingly greedy qualities of the record label while “Rock ‘n’ Roll Band” expresses the band’s elatedness and eagerness to sign the record contract from the guy who’s “got great expectations.”

Binary Thesis

Though Knuckle Puck's "Stateside" and Real Friends' "I've Given Up On You" both convey the speaker's sorrow of losing the person they once loved and their decision to give up on her, Knuckle Puck utilizes confident, reassuring repetition to emphasize that he "could care less" and will move on from the situation while Real Friends incorporates a first person perspective with desperate and powerful tonal qualities to express his inability to forget the person he once had feeling for.

Knuckle Puck "Stateside"

Real Friends "I've Given Up On You"