"1984" the big brother is watching you.....

1. Orwell's“1984” in the music
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Radiohead
2+2=5
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The Muse
Resistance
Uprising
Prof.ssa Anna Grazia Panebianco

2.  Orwell's 1984

3. https://youtu.be/Z4zC0hPJt38
1984 Radiohead 2+2=51984 Radiohead 2+2=5
Radiohead 2+2= 5

4. Inside “2+2=5”
Are you such a dreamer? / Sei un tale sognatore?
To put the world to rights? / Da voler mettere a posto il
mondo?
I’ll stay home forever / Io resterò per sempre a casa
Where two & two always /Dove due più due sempre
makes up five / Fa cinque
I’ll lay down the tracks / Giocherò lungo linee già
tracciate
Sandbag & hide / Mi mimetizzerò
January has April’s showers / Gennaio ha piogge
d’Aprile
And two & two always / E due più due sempre
makes up five / Fa cinque
Exercises
1) Explain the meaning of the first four lines taking into
account what you know about the novel 1984.
2) What about “ January has April's showers”? Can you
find connection with other authors you have
studied?

5. The Muse Resistance
https://youtu.be/TPE9uSFFxrI

6. Inside the lyrics “Resistance”
Is our secret safe tonight
And are we out of sight
Or will our world come tumbling down?
Will they find our hiding place?
Is this our last embrace
Or will the walls start caving in?
.....................
Love is our resistance
They'll keep us apart and
they won't to stop breaking us down
.........
You'll wake the thought police
We can't hide the truth inside
Exercises
Here are some lines of the lyrics.
1) How can you connect them with the plot of
1984?
1) Who may the two lovers be and why?

7. The Muse Uprising
https://youtu.be/w8KQmps-Sog

8. Inside “Uprising”
...
They' ll try to push drugs
Keep us all dumbed down and hope that
We will never see the truth around
..........
Another promise, another scene, another
package not to keep us trapped in greed
With all the green belts wrapped around our minds
And endless red tape to keep the truth confined
Exercises
1) Explain the first three lines referring your comment to
the word “truth”
2) What does the line “green belts wrapped around our
minds” refer to?
3) What may the “red tape” be symbol of?
Answer all the questions referring to the novel of
Orwell.