Tuesday, September 15, 2009




I picked this video because it has alot of character and emotion, this group is very political, almost all their music is anti-government. I might not agree with all their statments but I like the group for the fact that their music has a cause. To them it is to change the feelings of people and let them know their government is not what they think. This Rage Against the Machine video has alot of communication through ethos. The group decided to perform live on stage for there video this shows their true emotions about their music. They use alot of body language in the video hopping around stage showing their anger in the actions they potray on stage. They also have much ethos in the songs lyrics, it sends out an angry message. It also sends out a message of reform, they wish to change the government through music.




These performers use a great amount of emotion in their song you can almost feel the anger through their movements on stage. This usage of pathos draws the audiance into the song and convey's their message. "Those who died are justified, for wearing the badge, theyre the chosen whites" this lyric has much emotion. It speaks of death and race, that people can have justifed deaths. That there are chosen whites that are there to die for a reason, one that they feel is not correct. This band uses much sarcasm which is easy to understand if you know the bands political views.


In terms of logos there is not much structure to the argument they are trying to convey. They repeat their lyrics many times "And now you do what they told ya " and "Some of those that were forces are the same that bore crosses" these two lyrics are refered to many times. The lyrics build off each other into the argument that the goverment is killing the people. That we need to stand up and stop this killing.

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