Relationships are such an important part of the human experience and of the natural progression of continued communication. I have chosen to expand on how this most integral and often confusing human experience can become a source of extreme pain as well as pleasure. How we can fall in love and out of love. How we decide to "Burn" the love in a relationship and hurt ourselves in the process, due to the love we still have for the person. The song chosen by me to demonstrate such feelings is "Burn" by the R&B singer Usher.
I have chosen Usher's music because I think that his songs have accomplished something that many others musicians have yet to reach. That is to have his music loved by all kind of people. From the younger generations that listen to his music in the clubs, to the more mature generations that reminisce about their experiences. From the rockers to the hip hopers that do not realize they are listening to R&B music. I think he was able to accomplish this due to the topics he decided to base his songs on and how he sings it.
"Burn" is a song that describes the feelings people go through when a couple love runs out in a relationship. He illustrates how hard it is to tell someone you care about that you no longer are in love with them. The whole experience is as painful to the person who is breaking up the relationship as to the person that is being rejected. Many people can associate with such experience. There is also the way he sings it. His voice reflects a kind of pain he is going through. The tone of his voice and the lyrics of the song give the music a unique sound that can grab anyone's attention as it is played by radio stations.
The song tells us about love in a relationship that is no longer as strong as it was in the beginning. The song goes to say how he is tired of trying to work things out. Instead of helping it is just separating them even more. He realizes th...