Only Women Bleed-Alice Cooper- Motorcycle Soundtrack by Destiny Guerrero

Motorcycle Soundtrack Quote Sandwich “The women’s liberation movement was as far away from our parents consciousness as the moon.” The Sahagun Family had more of a sexist, old school mindset where the father was the kind of his home, and whatever he said everyone had to follow. Because of this many of his daughters couldn’t have a boyfriend or even male close friends for that matter. The oldest was Carolina who was 23 and was still expected to follow her dad’s orders. When Carolina brought home her man (Tom), papa Sahagun was enraged, unable to speak properly but scream at his oldest daughter, whom was warned by her mother not to bring her man near her father. Tom was at the door way which left Mr. Sahagun no other option than to let his pride take over and question his oldest daughters authority, “Dating? Who gave you permission to date? Was it your mother?”. As a quick panic move the leader of the Sahagun pack now questioned his dear queen, which shows how he’ll be quick to take down anyone in his path going against his order. Nevertheless Carolina stands her ground and asks if Tom was asked to leave she would too, which unveiled anger causing him to scream at her out get out. As the family was praying for Chuy, Tom reappeared and asks to join them which MR. Sahagun accepted, Carolina did it she got her acceptance and the “women’s liberation movement “ was a success. Summary of the Scene In Chapter 9 of the novel, “Motorcycle Ride on the Sea of Tranquility,” by Patricia Santana, Carolina deals with a life changing experience that could either turn out really well or really bad. Carolina was willing to take a step further with her boyfriend Tom. She was ready to finally invite him over to her house. Carolina was eager to have Tom be introduced to the Sahugan family so she decided to have him come on a surprise visit. Although she was aware that her mom advised her not to invite Tom over, she did it anyway. Carolina knew that if Tom came over to her house, her dad would not react to her expectations. While knowing the potential outcome, Carolina was determined that it was time for her family to meet her boyfriend Tom. When the family heard the knock on the door from Tom, Carolina was ready to face her fears and act like an adult for this matter. As soon as her dad saw him walk in his words were “Get out.”(162) Carolina was not surprised that her dad reacted this way but she did not give up with what she believed. A conversation went back and forth between Carolina, Tom, and her dad. This incident quickly turned into a family dilemma that felt like it would never end. Carolina continued to give valid reasons to her father by saying comments like, “Papa, I want to do this the proper way. I want you to meet my friends, to approve.” Carolina was continued to be put down by her father. Later when Tom came in mid-prayer for Chuy, Tom asked if her dad if he could join in and he did. Tom was later than accepted by the family and Carolina finally was satisfied for the acceptance of her boyfriend. Song Analysis Song analysis Alice Cooper’s song Only Women Bleed was released April 1975, the song was written by Alice Cooper and Dick Wagner. Despite the backlash the song received from listeners (mostly feminist groups) because it was believed to be a song about menstruation and promoting domestic abuse. Alice Cooper and Dick Wagner later cleared up in an interview by telling the interviewer "It's really a song about domestic violence. It was misunderstood when it first came out. It was supposedly about a woman's period, but it wasn't. It was about a woman's subservient position in society to a man. I'm a firm believer that women are the superior sex. 'Only Women Bleed' was a liberating kind of song." This ballad was a centerpiece of Alice Cooper's Welcome to My Nightmare tour, and his biggest hit from the album. The song also became an anthem of empowerment for many women around the world. Alice Cooper didn’t expect the song to be the biggest hit on his album or an anthem for women, he said he wrote the song because he felt the album needed a ballad. In the song Alice Cooper sings “Man's got his woman to take his seed. He's got the power – oh. She's got the need she spends her life through pleasing up her man she feeds him dinner or anything she can.” This part of the song Cooper is talking about how women do everything to take care of the man in their life, she makes sure he eats even if it means she eats later or not at all just as long as he’s fed. However, even though the woman does everything she possibly can to please her man it is still not enough and she gets beaten. The husband is unhappy as well as her but she doesn’t leave just continues to try and make the relationship work. Background of the Artist Alice cooper began in 1964, playing in a parody band known as the Ear wigs it was more of a parody band that did covers for famous bands in that era. They soon stopped in order to pursue they’re on going career as rock artist. Alice cooper soon parted with Earwigs and decided to make another band named “the spiders”. In fact Vincent Damon Furnier was his name before all the success, which went on till 1971 when the first single came out, “I’m eighteen”. Alice cooper was already recognized to be the first to bring Garage rock and Shock rock to mainstream music, which took the whole country by surprise. Never realizing it would be such a successful genre, Alice cooper swept the nation with his controversial lyrics which made a big impact for newspaper headlines. For example in one of his songs he had a male play a woman killer, and a female trying to run and get away screaming bloody murder on stage while the band performed. The controversy of the whole show was meant to portray that its what the bane “Alice Cooper” stood for and they’re mouths won’t be shut about controversial issues that society ignores Lyric Chart Summary in the song only women bleed the song covers how women go through very high and difficult obstacles to keep their men happy because it is what is expected of him Reflection Alice Cooper puts in perspective all that women do in order to keep their man happy but sometimes it still isn’t enough but they still continue to try. Paraphrase Although the women love their men and some are even happy to do everything they ask for them with no complains at the end of the day she is still being treated like a maid and not a wife. Which makes the wife unhappy but she still continues to do what is expected. Reflection in the story when Carolina tells her mom about bringing Tom over her mother tells her no and warns her and says if you being that boy to this house you’ll make your father do unspeakable things. She didn’t bother to try to call at her house since he is the breadwinner it is his house and their family is just living in it Lyric “Man's got his woman to take his seed He's got the power - oh She's got the need She spends her life through pleasing up her man She feeds him dinner or anything she can” Mama doesn’t dare even try to stop papa from kicking Carolina out the house because he has the power this is his house even though mama basically runs it. Recommendation The Novel, Motorcycle on the Sea of Tranquility is an astonishing book that everyone should read because it allows readers to build a relationship with the family that many people could relate to. Hispanic families can deeply connect to this book because it deals with adapting to a new environment and many Hispanic families deal with the same everyday problems. This story is about a young man named Chuy who returns from the Vietnam War. When he comes back home, the family notices that he isn’t the same person he was before. In Yoli’s point of view throughout the entire novel, it allows us to view her love for her brother regardless of his actions. The family works as a team to handle certain situations that not only come from Chuy, but everyday problems that they may face. Overall, this book is a underrated and should be read by people who believe that that they could get through the toughest situations in life.