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Stan ( Elton John and Eminem) In this presentation I will talk about the following: Introduction Choice of song Lyrics Powerful Message

Introduction: This song has changed my live, it has made me aware of how hard life is for some. It is sung by the legendary singer Elton John and the undisputed America’s best rapper Eminem. Firstly, I would like to clear out one aspect in this song which might lead into confusion. This song “Stan” is known as the one sang by Dido and Eminem, the “Stan” I will present is a different version, with the same lyrics but it is sang by Elton John and Eminem. I have picked this song because it is truly original and the imagery it gives the listener is immense. It is the type of song which makes you feel melancholic and wistful which everybody likes having sometimes. The two singers don’t have any relation between themselves at the time of singing, they are totally opposite, but when the contrast there two singing ways you end up having a master piece as “Stan”.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY2p7oE7Bpw

Lyrics:

Those lyrics are really simple and clear to understand.

This song talks about a number one fan of Eminem which sends him letters explaining him how much he likes him, what’s going on with his family, things that have amused him about Eminem... Then, he writes another letter which tells him to explain why he had passed in front of them without giving an autograph to Matthew, his little brother, which was waiting for Eminem for a long time after his concert. At this stage of the song, the fan starts losing its nerves because Eminem doesn’t answer him back. Later on, he jumps of a bridge with his son and wife in a car because his obsession in life doesn’t mind about him. At this stage, Eminem is writing a letter in forgiveness because of his delay and the grumpiness he had with Matthew. At the end of the letter, Eminem tells him to calm down so that no more deaths could be caused as the one which happened last week. In the final phrase, he discovers it was him. Come to think about, his name was... it was you Damn!

Choice of song:

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">I have chosen this song because at the first time I heard it, I knew I would never listen to something so similar because it really had everything a person can appreciate if they have the minimum knowledge about music. A clear contrast of voices are recognisable, this creates it to be an original song. The song starts out being calm and as the time goes by, the nerves increase until the last part of the song, this creates different states of mood in the listener which in my opinion is incredible.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Powerful message:

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">The message given to the listener is very powerful and realistic. The main idea of this message is to give us the perception that famous people don’t have any responsibility in what their fans do. Secondly, the fact that famous people as Eminem don’t have much time to give a send back of all of the letters their fans have sent him does not mean they don’t want to; this makes us aware that popular and important people also have disadvantages. The third and not least important point is the fact that this song was sang by Elton john and Eminem so that Eminem could stop having a reputation as it having an intolerable posture to homosexuals. At the end of the clip, Elton John and Eminem hug each other. This hug was more than a simple hug.

===**<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Sorry for the presentation and for it not having the lyrics but I couldnt get more information on it. I hope you understand. **===