Listening Journal: September 6, 2011

My original SOAPSTone for the song "Good Old Desk" by Harry Nilsson was his desk was the subject with an occasion of the 1970s and his audience was his listener base. The purpose was to show his love for his desk with a cheerful and happy tone. The speaker was an average worker. When I learned the subject was actually God, the occasion stayed the same along with the tone and audience, but I said the speaker was a guy who respects his God and has a purpose of showing his love for his God. I thought Nilsson was saying that the desk was a constant in his life. Things in the world are always changing, but his desk is always there. The desk represents God. He is always there for Nilsson. God doesn't talk back to us or leave us, we control our relationship with God. Three lines that made the point that Nilsson was talking about God was "its always there", "its the friend I've got", and "its the one thing I've got".