by Elizabeth Chirico
I thought it would be interesting to really delve into a pop song's lyrics and examine what message the song is really communicating. I picked a relatively mild song to analyze, one of Kelly Clarkson's latest hits: "My Life Would Suck Without You." This song invites the listener in with a catchy melody and a fun, almost techno sounding beat and pushes Clarkson's tune more into the pop category than anything else. We hear a beautiful vocal performance from Clarkson imploring that she and the subject of her song "belong together," but she then goes on to say how dysfunctional they really are. Once one has read the rest of the lyrics of the song it is evident that the relationship is clearly not a healthy one.

Rating: 5.0/5

In the last few weeks, my sister-in-law has asked me several times about the appropriateness of certain songs for my nine-year old niece. As an avid music listener and music-lover, I was more than happy to provide her with an "appropriateness review" for each song she mentioned.

Rating: 4.5/5