Twenty One Pilots - Car Radio (Readers Response Essay)
Readers Response Essay
“Car Radio” In order to read and analyze a particular work of creative exposure put into the form of writing. I must first give that of a general basis of background information, then a generic overview as well as my own interpretation of the song through that of its very own lyric’s and then finally talking about how the song relates to me in my own personal way and format. Now, the song that I chose to read and interpret was that of a song by the name of “Car Radio” created by the band, Twenty One Pilots. First however, I feel that in order to do this song justice, I must first provide some background information upon the author of these lyrics… which of course is none other but the members of the band. The band was in 2012 and after just having been the local favorites of their very own home state of Ohio; they were put into the big leagues by the producers of Fueled by Ramen. Twenty One Pilots consist of two members, Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun. Twenty One Pilots became famous because of their thought provoking and deeply poetic lyrics. But most of all they are loved for their energized and interactive live performances. The name of the band has a deep abyss of meaning behind it. The name Twenty One Pilots came to be when the singer/writer Tyler Joseph had to read the play All My Sons by Arthur Miller for his language and composition class in college. The play was about a father who had to run a company that provided parts for airplanes that were to be used in the war of “World War II”. However, the man comes to a crossroads when he finds out that the parts he has to provide are rather faulty. He then has a difficult decision to make, either he can take the parts back and lose a lot of money as well as “taint” that of his companies name as “unreliable”, but inevitably doing the right thing to do. Or he can send out the parts, make money, provide for his family and keep his business “untainted”. In the
“Car Radio” In order to read and analyze a particular work of creative exposure put into the form of writing. I must first give that of a general basis of background information, then a generic overview as well as my own interpretation of the song through that of its very own lyric’s and then finally talking about how the song relates to me in my own personal way and format. Now, the song that I chose to read and interpret was that of a song by the name of “Car Radio” created by the band, Twenty One Pilots. First however, I feel that in order to do this song justice, I must first provide some background information upon the author of these lyrics… which of course is none other but the members of the band. The band was in 2012 and after just having been the local favorites of their very own home state of Ohio; they were put into the big leagues by the producers of Fueled by Ramen. Twenty One Pilots consist of two members, Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun. Twenty One Pilots became famous because of their thought provoking and deeply poetic lyrics. But most of all they are loved for their energized and interactive live performances. The name of the band has a deep abyss of meaning behind it. The name Twenty One Pilots came to be when the singer/writer Tyler Joseph had to read the play All My Sons by Arthur Miller for his language and composition class in college. The play was about a father who had to run a company that provided parts for airplanes that were to be used in the war of “World War II”. However, the man comes to a crossroads when he finds out that the parts he has to provide are rather faulty. He then has a difficult decision to make, either he can take the parts back and lose a lot of money as well as “taint” that of his companies name as “unreliable”, but inevitably doing the right thing to do. Or he can send out the parts, make money, provide for his family and keep his business “untainted”. In the