Chicken Fried By Zac Brown Band: Song Analysis

Personal statement I love fried chicken. I really do. Fried chicken with a side of mac and cheese, biscuits, coleslaw, and mash potatoes with gravy puts me in a highly euphoric state. “Chicken Fried” by the Zac Brown Band is also my favorite song. This is a classic country tune and I love country music. I never used to be a fan, but now it is rooted at the center of my life. Country music has made me do things I’ve never done before. It’s gotten me through good times and also through bad times. There’s a certain vibe that comes with country music with which many don’t associate. I feel that I do, but that’s a minor component to the genre. What interests me in country music more than anything else is the story that songs tell and the lessons they teach. Many songs within the genre express positive messages like work ethic, inspiration, and love while many songs inside the same genre express negative messages like personal battles, life lost and heartbreak. Regardless, these songs all share a commonality of expressing a
Sure, there has been some bad moments but no longer do I view them as bad experiences. I’ve realized that in order to live happily and have a meaningful life, negative moments must be turned into positive experiences. With a mentality that failures are merely learning experiences, nothing stands in my way of being able to achieve what I want in life. Up until a few years ago, I didn’t realize this. I often dwelled on the negatives and minor complications of my life. My perspective on life started to change when I heard the song “Live Like You Were Dying” by Tim McGraw. This song is about a man who will soon die of terminal cancer and wants to experience the most out of life before his time is up. Hearing this really made me think about how I looked at life. Overtime, I realized that my outlook on life had been too pessimistic and I needed to change in order to be truly happy and achieve the happiness I longed