I chose the song "Superhero" by The Weekend. I decided to look up lyrics of his because from the pop hits he has on the radio, I now find myself really rolling my eyes at what I hear, after analyzing topics discussed in this class.
The lyrics below describe a girl in a bar already struggling, feeling pain brought on from another guy. He is going to help her though this and be the one to save her from being emotional, as she must be because she is a woman. This assumes that we cannot handle ourselves, and "hospitality" is needed from him. Obviously this is going to be a sexual reference too. Personally, I turn to my girlfriends if I am upset over a guy, and not another one to make me feel better. In reality, a girl isn't going to be sobbing, or having "tears running down [her] face" at a bar. We disguise it better than that, most likely.
This last paragraph implies that he will fix all of her pain, and that he is the right choice. Yes all songs whether it be male or female will say that they are the remedy their potential date needs. We boost ourselves up and lyrics are created to show power and confidence. Too much of this can be misconstrued. He is not the most perfect guy out there, and isn't going to fix all the girls' problems he is referring to.
It shows the sexism in our world in the fact that he is making a song based on girl's emotions and needing to be saved.
Because this song is not a main hit, there is no public music video. I chose this song because out of many, even though it is not a hit, still shows the type of music he takes part in.
Help you through your misery, hospitality that you need from me
And girl, I can hear the pain inside (your voice)
Argue every night but that's a choice and I can take it all away
Let me rescue you, I can see the truth
I can see right through the pain
Let me rescue you, let me fill his shoes
No more tears running down your face
I thought it was really interesting how you brought up the point about a girl sobbing in a bar and how you personally wouldn't be like that at a bar. Honestly neither would I, I would most likely be drinking excessively and dancing if I were to be emotionally distraught. Which leads me to think how many of these women that they claim as prizes are actually emotionally damaged but their way of blowing off emotional steam is by going to these men, who are further emotionally damaging them by treating them as objects.
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ReplyDeleteI do think these lyrics are pretty ridiculous. I think it is a common trait in masculinity to "save/rescue" a woman, because men want to be strong and the ones we go to for saving. It boosts their sense of power when they feel that they can rescue us.
I love how you mention that we girls won't go to a bar to cry about our boy troubles, we go to our girl friends. Which is so true but so many men like to think that we are weak and are constantly looking for attention from the opposite sex. I have never really realized how gross the lyrics are in many of the hip hop/pop songs of today.
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