Martina McBride - This One's for the Girls!

Martina McBride – This one’s for the girls

1. Argument – What are the consequence of being who you really are at any age on the women of our society?

2. Audience – Anyone of the female gender

3. Goal – To let women know that they are great no matter what age they are and they have so much to offer. As women I feel we get discouraged from time to time because we feel we are not old enough, or we’re too old, the time is not right to do this or that. Martina McBride’s song is saying whatever age you are at, enjoy it, be the best you can be.

4. How – The works of Martina McBride stand on their own. She has so much power and energy in her songs and they all have very profound meaning. Ethos/Pathos/Logos.

a. Ethos – The credibility issue comes from the singer being a woman herself. She inserts herself into the video as “one of the girls” which means she can have compassion for all the women she is singing about because in one way or another she has had these same thoughts and emotions.
b. Pathos – The emotion in this video is the energy. It’s a feel good song while singing about feeling good and being the best you can be at any point in your life.
c. Logos – The words of the song are what give it it’s logicality; hang on to your virtue as a teen, don’t lose sight of your dreams and a young women, your laugh lines show wisdom, not age, we’re all the same inside no matter what age we are at…They are all words of wisdom.

5. Is it effective? Do to the wide popularity of Martina McBride (yes, I know there are non-country people out there, but this one crosses lines) it’s effectiveness comes across as a feel good song. At the end of the song and video the listener feels good about who she is. I always judge the effectiveness of a song or movie by how I feel at the end…if I feel like humming the tunes…it was good for me.