The title of this song is THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY BY KENNY LOGGINS
This is an analysis made by Zacchaeus Tierra
for a homework on Research.
-What do you think is the
story behind the story in the song?
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The story for me is about a love of a father
to his son. The father was distant to his child it’s like the father have not
seen him for years and the last time he saw the child is when it was a kid. The
father is like an overseas worker or divorced to his wife. So the son had an
anger to his father, he grew up with only a mother by his side. Now the father
is asking for another chance to be with his son after those years that they are
distant to each other. But the son can’t forgive him.
-What could have been the explicit and
implicit message of the composer?
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The writer wanted to say that if he could to
turn back time, he would never leave and stay for his son. We would do the
right choice and rewrite his mistakes for sake of his love to his child.
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The father also want to tell to his son that
even with those years that they are distant he still loves his son and he
misses him every day .
-How do you relate with the
theme of the song?
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I feel like I’m in the side of the son. In
the past my father and I‘s relationship is not that close. We only talk like,
“How are you?” and I always reply “I’m fine” and our conversation will end like
that but I really want to say so much than that. He expects much from me but I
can’t meet his expectations and that build a wall towards our relationship. But
then i understood that he just want me to have a better future and he just want
me to become a better person.
-Use any technique or
theory to analyze the poetry of the lyrics. How creative and how critically
minded the composer is?
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The instrumental’s pureness and the voice of
the singer sang the song wonderful. So is it’s meaning, there is a story trying
to implicit that makes the listeners to repeat it again. And there is this
connection of the singer to his listener that is so emotional and everyone can
feel.
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