Analysis Of When That Rough God Goes Riding: Listening To Van Morrison
The “Yarragh” in Visions “Yarragh” is a term that describes uniqueness or strangeness of a song or voice of a singer. As in Greil Marcus book “When That Rough God Goes Riding: Listening To Van Morrison, he describes his thoughts of what Van Morrisons word “Yarragh” is. Van Morrison is an Irish singer who is very unique. “You may need a sense of the song as a thing in itself ” to be able to get a deeper understanding of the singers lyrics you must be able to also and get a feel of the beat of a song and just about everything else about a song. (8). Marcus, then describes “ what he lacked in glamour he made up stangness” In 2010, Claire Elise Boucher also known by her
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artists name “Grimes” came out with her first album. Grimes is a female canadian artist whose genre of music falls into electronic with a little poppy touch. Grimes, also also a producer, songwriter , and musician who started off with doing underground music until she signed with a record label. Her music is known to be unique and some would say a bit strange and weird, but which definitely fits her personal appearance. In 2011, Grimes signed with 4AD Records who then partnered up with Arbutus Records to release her third album in 2012. The album, which was released in 2012 is called “Visions”. The album “Visions” has a variety of songs about love and experiences with a twist of beats that makes it fun enough to make people want to dance and can be captivating. Some of the songs have a robotic sound that is very catchy. Her music may sound different and a bit uncomfortable but as people continuing listening they tend to get comfortable with the uncomfortableness of her music. Grimes voice is soft with a nice dreamy tone; even though she adds an echo effect, it doesn’t over power her soft voice. Grimes music is very unique, which is why her Visions album relates to “Yarragh” in many ways. Oblivion is one of Grimes popular songs from her Visions album.
The song starts off with a slow beat then gradually goes faster and goes into an entertaining beat. With different beats from a keyboard to beats that sound like wind chimes, you wouldn’t have expected this enthusiastic song to be giving a message about a sexual assault. In the song “Oblivion” Grimes sings, “And never walk about, after dark it's my point of view. Cause someone could break your neck” which describes the night she was assaulted. As most artists do,Grimes is sending out a message about being cautious when one is out late at night and could possibly experience her assault if a person is not careful with their surroundings. Grimes then sings “And now it's gonna be tough for me But I will wait forever” referring that moving on from her situation is going to be difficult but she will take all the time she needs to heal mentally from her assault. This is song is very powerful in the way Grimes presents her experience. She puts her own negative experience into a positive song for fans, which is beat to make a person want to dance and enjoy the song. But if you really pay attention to the lyrics you’ll realize the lyrics are opposite from what the beat depicts
. Symphonia IX is Grimes ninth song on her Visions album. This song has a slower beat than what her usual songs have. This is a perfect song to hear how dreamy her voice is. Although at the end of this song, its mood completely changes direction as the beat gets faster it transitions from a heavenly sound to darkness, which many people might think sounds a bit a creepy. This song describes a heartbreak which is very hard to understand because of her high-pitched vocals.
In her lyrics, Grimes sings “ So as you fade away your life I lay dying And i would say yes, oh i would say!” and “See, my wait is you, my wait i you My wait is you (be in the dark in a deep mind) referring that she would feel she is dying from the separation from her and her lover. She gives off a vibe through her beats and lyrics that she is exaggerating what her true feelings are. She insist that she will wait for a person until they are ready, she will have the patience to wait until the person is ready. The uniqueness of this song is when it goes from a dreamy tone to darkness, definitely gives it a “Yarragh” moment.
artists name “Grimes” came out with her first album. Grimes is a female canadian artist whose genre of music falls into electronic with a little poppy touch. Grimes, also also a producer, songwriter , and musician who started off with doing underground music until she signed with a record label. Her music is known to be unique and some would say a bit strange and weird, but which definitely fits her personal appearance. In 2011, Grimes signed with 4AD Records who then partnered up with Arbutus Records to release her third album in 2012. The album, which was released in 2012 is called “Visions”. The album “Visions” has a variety of songs about love and experiences with a twist of beats that makes it fun enough to make people want to dance and can be captivating. Some of the songs have a robotic sound that is very catchy. Her music may sound different and a bit uncomfortable but as people continuing listening they tend to get comfortable with the uncomfortableness of her music. Grimes voice is soft with a nice dreamy tone; even though she adds an echo effect, it doesn’t over power her soft voice. Grimes music is very unique, which is why her Visions album relates to “Yarragh” in many ways. Oblivion is one of Grimes popular songs from her Visions album.
The song starts off with a slow beat then gradually goes faster and goes into an entertaining beat. With different beats from a keyboard to beats that sound like wind chimes, you wouldn’t have expected this enthusiastic song to be giving a message about a sexual assault. In the song “Oblivion” Grimes sings, “And never walk about, after dark it's my point of view. Cause someone could break your neck” which describes the night she was assaulted. As most artists do,Grimes is sending out a message about being cautious when one is out late at night and could possibly experience her assault if a person is not careful with their surroundings. Grimes then sings “And now it's gonna be tough for me But I will wait forever” referring that moving on from her situation is going to be difficult but she will take all the time she needs to heal mentally from her assault. This is song is very powerful in the way Grimes presents her experience. She puts her own negative experience into a positive song for fans, which is beat to make a person want to dance and enjoy the song. But if you really pay attention to the lyrics you’ll realize the lyrics are opposite from what the beat depicts
. Symphonia IX is Grimes ninth song on her Visions album. This song has a slower beat than what her usual songs have. This is a perfect song to hear how dreamy her voice is. Although at the end of this song, its mood completely changes direction as the beat gets faster it transitions from a heavenly sound to darkness, which many people might think sounds a bit a creepy. This song describes a heartbreak which is very hard to understand because of her high-pitched vocals.
In her lyrics, Grimes sings “ So as you fade away your life I lay dying And i would say yes, oh i would say!” and “See, my wait is you, my wait i you My wait is you (be in the dark in a deep mind) referring that she would feel she is dying from the separation from her and her lover. She gives off a vibe through her beats and lyrics that she is exaggerating what her true feelings are. She insist that she will wait for a person until they are ready, she will have the patience to wait until the person is ready. The uniqueness of this song is when it goes from a dreamy tone to darkness, definitely gives it a “Yarragh” moment.