Monday, January 30, 2012
New Thoughts
My perception of both the song Dani California and the California Dream have changed a great deal since I embarked on this project. Whenever I listened to Dani California in the past, I rarely focused on the lyrics as much as I did in these last 2 weeks. Initially I thought it was a very cheerful song about how cool California is. The truth is that this song is quite the opposite of that and now I see how much information it actually holds. What's more interesting however, is the fact that this song changed my thoughts on the California Dream as well. Early on I thought that it was the basic concept of going to California and getting rich fast. Through the dissection of this song I found that while surely some people go to California for that reason, more come here to find a new lifestyle. One where you are free to be whomever you want and not have to be afraid about expressing it.
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I know what you mean I never really thought about the words either, but just assumed it was saying how great California is, especially because of how upbeat the video looks. In reference to your older post I actually didn't think about the view that Dani was like a lure who sucks you into a crazy lifestyle, but now it makes a lot more sense.
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