RA- song analysis- "Hate That I Love You"

"Hate That I Love You" by Rihanna

Songs in general I think are great users of pathos. The music can help you feel what they are trying to portray. It helps get people into the music and can sometimes involve you to the point where you barely know what is being said.

Then the second strength, in good music, and I like it in this song, is the lyrics. The lyrics can speak both through the pathos and logos. I guess it could through the ethos, but more through the first two. In this song I think it is going more towards the pathos as a strength. It is talking about people who are experiencing the fine line between love and hate. I think most people, at least one day, will eventually experience this, so I think most people can relate to it. I think in this song they are in a fight, yet they still know that they love the other person and that frustrates them. Not really, but they want to be mad at them and frustrated.

I think it pretty sufficiently goes through the emotions to help people relate to the song. And it is typical, in the fact that people who have felt this way could probably describe things pretty similarly. There is no manipulation in trying to convince us to the way it feels, and everything is relevant. When everything is not relevant, it makes the song, long-winded, not concise, easy to get lost in the meaning of the song, etc.

I think the song is successful. The lyrics are clever and the music fits it. It's mellow but has a lilt to it. So you don't feel the anger, as they probably aren't really either, they simply want to be mad at the other person and so are in a sense sad that they can't be mad. And so, the r&b feel is accurate, with jazzy singing style. Maybe that's why I like the song so much! :)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xK1AplNw3-8