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Life's Been Good Analysis
The message of the song “Life’s Been Good” by Joe Walsh is that rich people often live in their own lavish world and don’t care enough to stop and think about those less fortunate. To begin, the song uses diction to discuss some aspects of a rich person’s life and the way these people view their own circumstances, repeating the phrase, “life’s been good to me so far” several times. The artist calls himself “lucky” and “fortunate” and talks about how his fans “tell (him he’s) great” as he tells a story about living this lavish life and how everyone less fortunate around him treats him. The somewhat bland diction in the lyrics conveys the way the artist feels about his life and how all this amazing stuff he has is just ordinary to him. While
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