"Fuckin' Perfect", by Pink is probably one of my favorite songs right now. In the song, Pink employs Pathos by making you feel good about whom you are. People kill themselves everyday because they make bad choices in life and end up somewhere they never thought they would be. However, they never stop to think they can change their life to make if better. This song makes you feel sad at the beginning when it talks about wrong choices, bad decisions, and being underestimated which everyone can relate to; however by the end of the song you are happy to just be exactly who you are. In the song Pink states, "Change the voices in your head / Make them like you instead." Too many people are trying to be like someone else instead of just being who they really are, in the process they are usually very unhappy with how they turn out. Everyone has been disappointed with some aspect of their life and only they can change that. Pink talks about how people do not like the way she looks. This is a feeling most people feel about themselves, when we should just be happy with whom we are. We are perfect just the way we are and it should not matter what others have to say. As everyone knows Pink is not afraid to be herself and she could not care less what people think about her. Everyone should take a lesson from her and we should never feel like less than we are, because we are all perfect just the way we are.
Hi Cristina,
ReplyDeleteI like how you have analyzed the lyrics "Change the voices in your head/Make them like you instead." It isn't easy analyzing how the lyrics employ pathos. What I would like to see though is your analysis about other lyrics that Pink performs in "Fuckin' Perfect".
On an interesting note, I know that Kayde is using this song in the second paper. She found that this song reaches out to those who have had thoughts about depression and suicide. After listening to the song for the first time, did you realize this? It is even more interesting to examine the target audience for Pink. Think about it: she is in her early 30s, white, affluent woman. But what about her attitude? Her dress? What about the context of the rest of the songs?
Ms. C
Grammar: You don't need to capitalize "pathos."