Monday, October 18, 2010

Rocky Racoon.

The song Rocky Racoon by The Beatles describes the Wild West as a place of violence and foolishness. In my opinion, the portrayal is nearly accurate. In the song, Rocky gets involved in a shooting with the man who stole his girl. He is shot and receives help from a drunk doctor. Fighting was the way to settle an argument back in those days. There are several ideal topics of the Wild West that this song mentioned. One of them being when Rocky "booked himself a room in the local saloon."Also, the fact that his girl was a prostitue who everyone knew as Nancy. Men were very prideful; considering themselves unstoppable. The Beatles attempted to portray the Wild West with a fun storyline, and in my opinion they succeeded.