When writing "Revolution" John Lennon, wasn't focused on providing listeners with several facts and statistics on the war and why people should be against it, he wanted to voice his opinion on the issue of war and hoped that his listeners would agree. The Beatles had such a strong appeal to ethos with their audience, that focusing on logos was less important. Also, by focusing on several cold hard facts the song could actually have a lesser impact on the listeners. In an interview with Rolling Stone Lennon explained that while writing this song:
"I had been thinking about it up in the hills in India. I still had this 'God will save us' feeling about it, that it's going to be all right (even now I'm saying 'Hold on, John, it's going to be all right,' otherwise, I won't hold on) but that's why I did it, I wanted to talk, I wanted to say my piece about revolution. I wanted to tell you, or whoever listens, to communicate, to say 'What do you say? This is what I say.'"
John Lennon wrote this song with the assumption that listeners would be familiar with the current kairotic moment of a time in which people were fighting for peace not war. The Beatles audience wanted to know what stance they should be taking during antiwar movement. Lennon is able to effectively create such a tenacious argument through this song without an appeal to logos, because he focuses primarily on pathos, ethos, and the popularity of the group along side their large following.
-Gina Cole
I agree that the rhetorical appeal logos, in regards to the song “Revolution” is not very apparent. I believe when you analyze the lyrics and think about the anti-war movement you can comprehend the logical message. The Beatles felt that the war was pointless and saw that anti-war protests were becoming increasingly more violent. In an effort to end physical protests they suggested that people wait for peace, rather than forcing it to happen.
ReplyDelete-Jena Baguyos
Logos is not very evident, especially in musical compositions. Rather, pathos and perhaps Kairos are often used in musical realizations. The language employed in the lyrics imply a peaceful solution to the existing war. I can see how you created a logical connection with the lyrics and the argument in the sense that it requires the listener to interpret the meaning of the lyrics through logical processes.
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I agree with the fact that the beetles were trying to make a logical argument with this song. They were asking the questions like "Is war really necessary?" and "What can we do to stop it?". This helps build logical arguments given the time that the song was released.
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When using logos, it makes sense to give the audience reasons in an attempt to persuade them about something. You explain nicely here how in this case, the Beatles were attempting to convince their audience that war was wrong.
ReplyDeleteWhen using logos, it makes sense to give the audience reasons in an attempt to persuade them about something. You explain nicely here how in this case, the Beatles were attempting to convince their audience that war was wrong.
ReplyDeleteI like your analysis and how you explained how the song was written with the assumption that people knew what was going on at the time. This is a timeless piece that you can listen to and automatically be transported back in time.
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