Journal Prompt: Hendrix's Star Spangled Banner
Tues, Jan 12
(We watched a video of Jimmy Hendrix at Woodstock, playing The Star Spangled Banner. We were then asked:)
What is he protesting?
The rockets' red glare. Hendrix is using his noise (i.e: wailing guitar, etc.) to show how he feels about the fighting and warfare. He keeps the bits where the lyrics are about the flag to show that he loves his country, but hates what his country is doing. (Teacher then told us "It's something more than the Vietnam War.") I think Hendrix is protesting conflict of any sort. He's showing this through his version of the song and using it as a comparison against the way it's most often sung. When our anthem is often sung, the singers often don't pay attention to what the words are actually saying, instead going for the impact. Hendrix is showing his awareness of the words to our anthem, and is protesting the violence both in the song and in America with his rendition.
The more direct prompt didn't give me much room to make it poetic or anything, and I'm not overly fond of my writing on this one.
(We watched a video of Jimmy Hendrix at Woodstock, playing The Star Spangled Banner. We were then asked:)
What is he protesting?
The rockets' red glare. Hendrix is using his noise (i.e: wailing guitar, etc.) to show how he feels about the fighting and warfare. He keeps the bits where the lyrics are about the flag to show that he loves his country, but hates what his country is doing. (Teacher then told us "It's something more than the Vietnam War.") I think Hendrix is protesting conflict of any sort. He's showing this through his version of the song and using it as a comparison against the way it's most often sung. When our anthem is often sung, the singers often don't pay attention to what the words are actually saying, instead going for the impact. Hendrix is showing his awareness of the words to our anthem, and is protesting the violence both in the song and in America with his rendition.
The more direct prompt didn't give me much room to make it poetic or anything, and I'm not overly fond of my writing on this one.