Lyric Analysis

Kayla Keeney English 131 Ms. Jones 20 Feb. 2013 non Ready To engage Nice rhetorical Analysis Not Ready To Make Nice, a song released in 2006 by the Dixie Chicks is a controversial song written after Natalie Maines commented that she was hangdog the president of the United States is from Texas (Tyrangie), in between songs at a concert in Britain in 2003. The comment resulted in The Dixie Chicks being dropped from playlists at umteen radio stations across the south (Tyrangie). This song is closely how Maines is not willing to exempt all of the negative remarks and actions made towards the traffic circle, some which include end threats.One rhetorical tool used by the Dixie Chicks is pathos. The first verse, Forgive sounds good/ Forget Im not sure I could/ They articulate time heals invariablyything/but Im still waiting,opens the song showing forgiveness, anger and sadness (Dixie Chicks). They are letting it be known that they would like to forgive all of the people that progr ess to hurt Natalie, and the rest of the bar, due to her comment, but some of the actions taken towards them were so extreme that they are not sure that they could ever forget them.The next verse includes the lines Im through with doubt/Theres nothing left for me to figure out/ Ive pay a price and Ill backing paying (Dixie Chicks). When this, and the lines It turned my whole world around and I kind of like it are sung, Maines is making it absorb that she does not have some(prenominal) regret somewhat her comment towards President Bush and she is enduree doubting herself because of it. She is letting it be known that she may have had to pay a price of the Dixie Chicks music no longer being on the radio, but she is no longer going to doubt herself or regret her comment because she is entitled to freedom of speech.This brings a bitter sweet emotion into play, because she realizes many other people probably feel the akin counselling she just voiced her opinion publicly and is n ot ashamed of it. Pathos is used in that verse when she is talking round the price they will keep paying. Music is their career and it got taken away by one band members comment. That verse brings heartbreak to not only the song, but the band members who are so passionate about their music and career choice, along with the listeners that loved the Dixie Chicks music. Joy and peace is brought into the song when I made my furrow and I sleep like a baby. With no regrets is said.Natalie is saying she is content with what she said and all the trouble she got herself and her band into. She has no regrets. Its a sad, sad story when a mother will teach her daughter that she ought to hate a perfect stranger, and how in the world can the words that I said send somebody so over the edge that theyd write me a letter sayin that I better shut up and chant or my life will be over (Dixie Chicks), brings a confused emotion. In the song when this verse is sung, it sounds like Natalie is going on a blah about how sad our world is today, and an angry tone of voice is used to really show her anger about the situation.She sounds scared, sad, and mad all at the same time. She is confused at society. All of the pathos used already throughout the song, bittersweet, heart break, joy, peace, and confused, is revisited again in the chorus, which states Im not ready to exploit nice/ Im not ready to back down/ Im still mad as hell and I dont have time to go round and round and round/ Its too late to make it right/ I probably wouldnt if I could/ cause Im mad as hell cant bring myself to do what it is you think I should (Dixie Chicks).Ethos is also a rhetorical tool the Dixie Chicks used throughout the song. The Dixie Chicks have credibility writing and singing this song, because it goes a long with a life type of theirs. If another singer or band would have published Not Ready To Make Nice, it would not have had as much meaning or emotion, and it would not have been expressed as it w as by Maines, unless they had a similar experience. After Maines was asked if she was sorry about her London comments, she said no and responded with Sorry about what? Sorry about what?Sorry about not wanting to go to war? And not wanting people to die? (Schorn) Many people entangle the same way as Natalie Maines did, but did not voice their opinion in such a way as she did. She has every right to do so though. It is common for people to not like the idea of going to war. Americans have the right of freedom of speech, in other words, the right to express any opinions without censorship or restraint. Natalie Maines should be able to voice her opinion as she pleases, due to the first amendment, which brings logos into play.Maines Logos in Not Ready To Make Nice includes the comment itself, that was made and freedom of speech. Since the first amendment exists the Dixie Chicks should not have been punished like they were. Knowledge about the comment, and some background about the Dixi e Chicks lives afterwards, is needed to make sense of the song and the meaning behind it. After finding out about the death threats made towards the band, and the banning of their songs on the radio, there is more of an understanding as to why there is so much pathos throughout.It is logical to think that the Dixie Chicks wrote this song as feedback towards bucolic music listeners and southerners, to voice how they feel about the actions done towards them it is their way of expressing their feelings publically a couple of years later. Through pathos, ethos, and logos, the Dixie Chicks are able to give tongue to out publically to let the world know how Maines comment has affected them. Though Maines states she does not regret what she said, she makes it clear that her life has changed forever, along with the Emily and Marties, the other band members.This song is a way for Maines to stand behind her comment and to stand up to President Bush. Behind the words is passion. The Dixie Ch icks are passionate about the meaning they are trying to get across to listeners. They want listeners to feel what this song means to them and they want us to feel their emotions that they have poured into writing this song. Not Ready To Make Nice is a way for them to show courage, by telling the world they are at peace with what was said back in 2003. Works CitedChicks, Dixie. Not Ready To Make Nice. Cowboy Lyrics. cowboylyrics. com. Web. 19 Mar 2013. . freedom of speech. Dictionary. com Unabridged. Random House, Inc. 19 Mar. 2013. . Schorn, Daniel . Dixie Chicks Not Ready to Make Nice. http//www. cbsnews. com/8301-18560_162-1611424. html. CBS, 11 February 2009.