Honk if you love Jesus
Fontez Hill
Dr. McCormick
ENG 210
29 October 2013
Honk If You Love Jesus Antsy McClain and the Trailer Park Troubadours made up the song, “I Was Just Flipped Off by a Silver-Haired Old Lady, with a ‘Honk If You Love Jesus’ Sticker on the Bumper of Her Car,” which was a pretty humorous piece. In the eyes of Antsy though, it’s painfully upsetting rather than funny. The obvious symbol I chose in this work was the bumper sticker that said, “Honk If You Love Jesus.” The sticker symbolizes the love for Jesus. It also symbolizes that the person driving the car, which is the old lady at this moment, has a religious belief in Jesus Christ.
The title itself has great imagery; it is the chorus of the song and it gives a visual of what to expect about the silver-haired old lady and her finger. The chorus is sung four times throughout the song, along with three verses. Antsy gets flipped off by the old lady in the first verse of the song while driving down the road. He says he was feeling “pretty Christian,” and loving all of his neighbors within the first line. Antsy is proclaiming that he was in a good mood, and when he saw the “honk if you love Jesus” bumper sticker and he didn’t think twice about honking his horn. In fact, he said he pushed his horn with conviction so Antsy probably didn’t give the typical horn honk as if the car was just saying hi. He could have beat the steering wheel with his palm multiple times or pressed down on the horn as hard and as long as he wanted to. Whatever he did to that horn, that woman did not like it. Her feelings towards the honk must have not been pleasant for her to give Antsy the finger. In the last line of the first verse Antsy tells us that the lady’s finger had almost put his heart on ice; he went from feeling like a warm-hearted Christian to a cold-hearted driver. In the second verse of the song, Antsy says he may never have the gumption now “to read those one-line sermons.” Before that he says it makes him want to cry.
Dr. McCormick
ENG 210
29 October 2013
Honk If You Love Jesus Antsy McClain and the Trailer Park Troubadours made up the song, “I Was Just Flipped Off by a Silver-Haired Old Lady, with a ‘Honk If You Love Jesus’ Sticker on the Bumper of Her Car,” which was a pretty humorous piece. In the eyes of Antsy though, it’s painfully upsetting rather than funny. The obvious symbol I chose in this work was the bumper sticker that said, “Honk If You Love Jesus.” The sticker symbolizes the love for Jesus. It also symbolizes that the person driving the car, which is the old lady at this moment, has a religious belief in Jesus Christ.
The title itself has great imagery; it is the chorus of the song and it gives a visual of what to expect about the silver-haired old lady and her finger. The chorus is sung four times throughout the song, along with three verses. Antsy gets flipped off by the old lady in the first verse of the song while driving down the road. He says he was feeling “pretty Christian,” and loving all of his neighbors within the first line. Antsy is proclaiming that he was in a good mood, and when he saw the “honk if you love Jesus” bumper sticker and he didn’t think twice about honking his horn. In fact, he said he pushed his horn with conviction so Antsy probably didn’t give the typical horn honk as if the car was just saying hi. He could have beat the steering wheel with his palm multiple times or pressed down on the horn as hard and as long as he wanted to. Whatever he did to that horn, that woman did not like it. Her feelings towards the honk must have not been pleasant for her to give Antsy the finger. In the last line of the first verse Antsy tells us that the lady’s finger had almost put his heart on ice; he went from feeling like a warm-hearted Christian to a cold-hearted driver. In the second verse of the song, Antsy says he may never have the gumption now “to read those one-line sermons.” Before that he says it makes him want to cry.