That's Just The Way It Is Bruce Hornsby Analysis
That’s just the way it is
By Bruce Hornsby, from the album Bruce Hornsby and the Range
‘That’s Just the Way It Is’ written by Bruce Hornsby and Elliot Scheiner, from the album Bruce Hornsby and the Range. The song made it to number 1 on the American charts, but only reached 15 on the UK charts.
Bruce grew up in east Virginia, a place fairly untainted by racism. So, you might be wondering where the inspiration for this song came from. Well, something hinting at it is when Bruce was interviewed by NME he said: "When I was brought up, the vibe I got of Martin Luther King in my town was that he was a real evil man - just the vibe in the air, that he was terrible. And if you grow up in that environment you can't help but be affected by it a little bit.” …show more content…
This song is able to move minds and hearts because it takes real life examples, and plays out the typical outcome, coloured people being treated unfairly because of how they look. It can still do so today because the issue is still present in modern society. ‘That’s just the way it is’, changed attitudes and thinking in the late 1980’s because it confronts the social issue of racism head on, and is straight to the point. It made people rethink their actions and how they treated
By Bruce Hornsby, from the album Bruce Hornsby and the Range
‘That’s Just the Way It Is’ written by Bruce Hornsby and Elliot Scheiner, from the album Bruce Hornsby and the Range. The song made it to number 1 on the American charts, but only reached 15 on the UK charts.
Bruce grew up in east Virginia, a place fairly untainted by racism. So, you might be wondering where the inspiration for this song came from. Well, something hinting at it is when Bruce was interviewed by NME he said: "When I was brought up, the vibe I got of Martin Luther King in my town was that he was a real evil man - just the vibe in the air, that he was terrible. And if you grow up in that environment you can't help but be affected by it a little bit.” …show more content…
This song is able to move minds and hearts because it takes real life examples, and plays out the typical outcome, coloured people being treated unfairly because of how they look. It can still do so today because the issue is still present in modern society. ‘That’s just the way it is’, changed attitudes and thinking in the late 1980’s because it confronts the social issue of racism head on, and is straight to the point. It made people rethink their actions and how they treated