Someone Else's Star

Every person, at some point in their life, will have the dream to find that special someone that makes them feel complete. Just like every other person, Bryan White tells his story of misfortunes he has with finding the right person, in the song, “Someone Else’s Star”. Bryan White is a multitalented country singer who over the years has become a multi-platinum artist. The uniqueness of his songs tells stories about White’s life experiences that help bring the listener closer to him as a person. Bryan White is a “master stylist” who is determined to build on his career and success. “Someone Else’s Star” is a heartfelt single that describes the success other people have finding their lifelong partner, while the artist seems to have the worst luck out of everyone. Bryan White incorporates the literary devices of imagery and alliteration to enhance the song as a whole.

“Someone else’s star” revolves around the theme of never receiving what you want regardless of how hard one may try. The entire song is an allusion to the nursery rhyme of wishing upon a shooting star. The man keeps wishing on the bright stars, “Oh I wish I may/And I wish with all my might”, but every time he seems to wish on a star another person, besides him, seems to fall in love. Imagery is used throughout the song to enhance the song, and allow the reader to fully imagine what Bryan White is trying to portray. While looking at the sky, “the stars are shining bright” is showing the setting of the night as he stares up at the sky. The night is dark and lonesome but the stars give a twinkle and a sense of hope for Bryan to try and find love again. At another instance “I sit here in the dark/and stare up at the sky”, the listener of the song would picture the great outdoors on a cloudless night to fully grasp the song content. The use of the imagery adds a sense of creativity and vividness to the theme of the song. Bryan White makes the song more artistic by adding alliteration throughout the song. While still outside the singer looks up to see that the “stars are shining” all over the dark sky. The repetition of the constant sounds helps to give the song a little bit of rhythm.

Bryan White is an artist that writes about personal experiences and hardships he has faced and overcome. “Someone else’s star” is a great song to show the emotions that writers experience while trying to write a particular song. White is going through pain in the song and he expresses the pain of loneliness throughout. The artist tells his story of wishing upon stars but never seeing any progress. As he wishes on the stars his friends seem to be the lucky ones. Bryan shows distraught when wishing to be someone else that is able to find the type of love that he is looking for. It is seen as lucky to wish upon a star when you want something, but Bryan is receiving the opposite of what he wants, pain.

Alone again tonight

without someone to love

The stars are shining bright

So one more wish goes up

Oh I wish I may

And I wish with all my might

For the love I'm dreamin of

And missin in my life

You'd think that I could find

A true love of my own

It happens all the time

To people that I know

Their wishes all come true

So I've got to believe

There's still someone out there

Who was meant for only me

I guess I must be wishin on someone else's star

It seems like someone else keeps gettin what I'm wishin for

Why can't I be as lucky as those other people are

I guess I must be wishin on someone else's star

I sit here in the dark

And stare up at the sky

I can't my heart

One good reason why

Everywhere I look

It's lovers that I see

Seems like everyone's in love

Everyone but me

I guess I must be wishin on someone else's star
It seems like someone else keeps gettin what I'm wishin for
Why can't I be as lucky as those other people are
I guess I must be wishin on someone else's star

Why can't I be as lucky as those other people are
I guess I must be wishin on someone else's star

Reflection

On the billboard top 100 chart, “Throw It In the Bag” by Fabolous and The-Dream is ranked at number nineteen. The content of the song is based mainly on the idea of money. The two singers/rappers sing about the idea of no limits on money. They buy what they want when they want regardless of price. In a way the rappers are showing signs of haughtiness, by saying price tags are not for them, “I’m the one with them ones/ F*** the price tag, just throw it in the bag”, money sets no limitations for the two rappers, because of the amount that they make. The fact that this song is ranked at number nineteen shows that America is materialistic. We favor songs that talk about nice clothes, cars, and houses even though many people do not have that particular lifestyle, “I keep her in Louboutin, Louis Vuitton/Gucci down to her feet, yup, just like me”. Gucci and Louie Vuitton are extremely expensive brands; dressing in the clothes is a way of showing materialism by needing the top of the line clothing. In this song the gender role plays an important part. The rappers sing about how they earn the money, and how they spend it on the women. It shows that they go along with the theory of men being the provider of the household. In this particular song success is not measured by how many record one sells, but by the amount of money that they make singing. The song is written in first person, it is a story of how the narrator spends money on unnecessary items, to flaunt that he has money.
The second song that I choose is also on the billboard top one hundred songs. “Good Girls Go Bad” by Cobra Starship and Leighton Meester made it’s was to number twenty-two on the charts. The song is a stereotype of rich girls who fall for the bad guy “I know your type/You’re daddy’s little girl”. There are two singers, a boy and a girl, who each give their opinion of the night and each other. The song is sung in first person, by both of the people. In one of the lines Cobra Starship uses the alliteration to show that he can make any girl like him not matter the type of girl, “She was so shy”. The girl was so shy but he is going to make her become a bad girl by the end of the night. In this song as well as “Throw it in the Bag” gender plays a big role. The song is sung mostly by Cobra Starship, a male, who believes that since he is a considered a bad boy he can get any girl. The idea that America has voted this song number twenty-two shows that as a population, we enjoy songs that tell a story. The song tells the story about a shy girl who plays by the rules. She is sitting with her friends, when this troublesome guy walks up to her and makes her bad for the night.
“Already Gone” by Kelly Clarkson has made its way to number twenty-three on the billboard top one hundred songs. The song is about a relationship that went bad. Everything in the relationship seemed well, but it was not working out for one person. Kelly Clarkson loves the man she was with, she loves him enough to give him away, “Looking at you makes it harder/But I know that you’ll find another/That doesn’t always make you want to cry”. This song shows that America enjoys listening to songs about love and hardships. The gender of Kelly Clarkson plays a somewhat important role in the song. Because Kelly Clarkson is a woman it shows that women are just as likely to make hard decisions in their lives as well as men. Women are just as likely to end a relationship if they feel as if there is a disconnection between their partner and themselves. The repletion of the line “already gone” is used to show that nothing can change her mind. She is already out of the relationship and nothing is going to bring her back into a relationship that will not work out.