The American life can easily be classified as stereotypes that are usually close to being right. American Ride by Toby Keith uses these stereotypes to show how things work in the life of the Americans. “Momma gets her rocks off watching desperate house wives” stereotypes all of the stay-at-home moms and wives that watch shows like Desperate Housewives because that is how they get their entertainment and enjoyment out of life. This song also mentions how the dad in the family is the one who works to provide for the family and hopes to be part of the ‘good life’ that everyone strives to reach. This song also stereotypes kids who go on “YouTube [to learn] how to be cool” because as a kid not being cool puts you in a bad position socially. Also, this song references how being a mean girl is part of building up your social status as a teenager. This song is about how as Americans we find social status to be very important and we live by the rules of trying to have the best status and having everybody like you.
Teenagers think they know everything. They know how to do things without getting caught by their parents, and they think that they are awesome in general. When you are a teenager in high school or in college, you are not really out in the real world living your life. And where you stand, you know everything there is to know while in that position. This song represents learning about life when you get out of the college lifestyle and transition into living in the real world. There are so much more things to learn about life and values, and you go from knowing it all to learning about everything important to know about life. This song is about growing up and learning how to live in society and how there are always things to learn; you will never truly ‘know it all.’
I'm Still A Guy by Brad Paisley
Men are very sensitive about their masculinity. They do not like to show weakness or any femininity. But, sometimes when a guy is with a girl, she can have an influence on him. He will do things that are feminine like getting their eyebrows done, highlighting their hair, or holding their girlfriend’s/wife’s purse. Brad Paisley performs the song I’m Still a Guy to show that even though a guy will do feminine activities they are still a man. This song is defending all of the men who succumb to doing feminine activities because of their girlfriend’s or wives, saying that they are still a man and they can’t do feminine things all the time. And, he is saying that men don’t see things as women do; such as a French painting or a lake because they are guys. This song is social relevance for all men in relationship who are ‘whipped’ and do things that a girlfriend or wife influences them to do.
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