{"id":4976,"date":"2016-12-27T08:58:50","date_gmt":"2016-12-27T14:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/?p=4976"},"modified":"2021-12-10T21:20:29","modified_gmt":"2021-12-11T03:20:29","slug":"a-snowman-gots-a-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/a-snowman-gots-a-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"a snowman gots a heart (frosty&#8217;s sad existentialism)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>the\u00a0\u00a0holiday vlog, <strong>a snowman gots a heart<\/strong>, is the most recent addition to the . \u00a0it analyzes the lyrics and music of the chritmas\u00a0<em>carol <strong>a snowman has a heart<\/strong><\/em> by the <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>peppermint kandy\u00a0kids<\/strong><\/span>. <em><strong>gots<\/strong><\/em> is often substituted for <em>has<\/em>, as a result of the <a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/binge-watching-netflix-gave-me-a-wisconsin-accent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>has got structure<\/strong><\/a> that can replace the verb <em>have<\/em>. \u00a0it&#8217;s not good grammar, but is common, especially with little kids.<\/p>\n<p>a<em><strong> carol<\/strong><\/em> is a christmas song.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4990\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/peppermint-kandy-kids-snowman-has-heart-300x298.jpg\" alt=\"the album cover for frosty the snowman by the peppermint kandy kids\" width=\"300\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/peppermint-kandy-kids-snowman-has-heart-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/peppermint-kandy-kids-snowman-has-heart-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/peppermint-kandy-kids-snowman-has-heart-768x763.jpg 768w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/peppermint-kandy-kids-snowman-has-heart.jpg 910w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h6><em>the third track on this peppermint kandy kids album is <strong>a snowman has a heart<\/strong>.<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>to understand a<em><strong> snowman has a heart<\/strong><\/em>, \u00a0u must know a little about a much more famous\u00a0christmas <em>carol<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/frosty-the-snowman-jimmy-durante\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><em><strong>frosty the snowman<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a>. \u00a0it tells the story of a group of children who build a snowman that\u00a0comes to life. \u00a0they play for an afternoon, then frosty leaves. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-pj6TsNjaoA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener sponsored noreferrer\">a beloved 1969 television special<\/a>\u00a0expanded the idea to a 23 minute story.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4992\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4992\" style=\"width: 281px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-4992 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/2122_FrostyTheSnowman_50-281x300.jpg\" alt=\"frosty the snowman\" width=\"281\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/2122_FrostyTheSnowman_50-281x300.jpg 281w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/2122_FrostyTheSnowman_50-768x820.jpg 768w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/2122_FrostyTheSnowman_50-960x1024.jpg 960w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/2122_FrostyTheSnowman_50.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 281px) 100vw, 281px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4992\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>frosty the snowman as he looks in the famous tv special (advanced graphics.com)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>a snowman gots a heart, from :40 to :50 lists several details that<\/p>\n<h4>give the idea that the snowman with the heart,\u00a0is frosty <em>himself<\/em>.<\/h4>\n<p><em><strong>himself<\/strong><\/em> here emphasizes that we are talking about <em>the same<\/em> snowman.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/richyrocks-youtube-subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fun elt practice\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/simple-smile.png?w=668\" alt=\":)\" width=\"17\" height=\"17\" \/>\u00a0richyrocks english on youtube<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"a snowman gots a heart\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7J8Sxaglyao?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>one of the most important realities that frosty the snowman faces is <em><strong>melting<\/strong><\/em>, <em>turning from snow to water<\/em>. at 1:28 addresses this with the comment that frosty is at a\u00a0<em>\u00a0high risk <i><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">of melting<\/span><\/i><\/em>. <em>melting<\/em> is in the -ing form because <em><strong>of<\/strong><\/em> is a preposition.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/bcDSQHjpWW-10.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4993\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/bcDSQHjpWW-10-300x250.png\" alt=\"a snowman melting\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h6><em><i><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">melting<\/span><\/i>:\u00a0every snowman&#8217;s greatest fear. (drawception.com)<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>at 1:46, there is a compliment for the peppermint kandy kids<\/p>\n<h4>let&#8217;s <em>give it up for<\/em> the <em>groovy<\/em> instrumentation.<\/h4>\n<p><em><strong>give it up for<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0means <em>recognize<\/em>, <em>applaud<\/em>. <em><strong>groovy<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(cool, great) is a word associated with the hippie days of the late 1960s and early 1970s that is still used today. \u00a0as the video explains, a snowman has a heart was released in 1972.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4995 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/8c1fd16ebad8a4b55fa104927e3decbb-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"groovy peace symbol\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/8c1fd16ebad8a4b55fa104927e3decbb-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/8c1fd16ebad8a4b55fa104927e3decbb-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/8c1fd16ebad8a4b55fa104927e3decbb.jpg 564w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>the observation at 2:00 is that<\/p>\n<h4>the drum <em>kicks in<\/em> only in the chorus.<\/h4>\n<p><em><strong>kick in<\/strong> <\/em>means <em>enters<\/em>, <em>joins the rest of the music<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>at 3:00 and 3:15, there are\u00a0references to frosty <em>singing\u00a0out loud. <strong>out\u00a0<\/strong><strong>loud<\/strong><\/em> means <em>audibly<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4996\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/teacher-reading-students-80295317-small-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"a teacher reading out loud to students\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/teacher-reading-students-80295317-small-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/teacher-reading-students-80295317-small.jpg 605w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h6><em>a teacher reading <i><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">out\u00a0<\/span><\/i><u>loud<\/u>\u00a0to her students<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>like the video points out, the vocabulary in the verse that is read from 3:18 to 3:31\u00a0is full of great vocab.<\/p>\n<h4>and oh the <em>fuss<\/em> to <em>dress me up<\/em> in things a snowman <em>wears<\/em>; a hat, a broom, a long, long <em>scarf<\/em>; but they can&#8217;t see <em>what&#8217;s hidden there<\/em>.<\/h4>\n<p><em><strong>fuss<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0is <em>excessive, unnecessary attention<\/em>. <em><strong>dress up<\/strong><\/em> refers to <em>putting clothes on<\/em> the snowman. <strong><em>wear<\/em><\/strong> is the verb to use when talking about the clothes someone has on, NOT <em>use<\/em>. \u00a0a <em><strong>scarf<\/strong><\/em> is <em>a piece of clothing worn around the neck for warmth<\/em>. \u00a0<em><strong>what&#8217;s hidden<\/strong><\/em> is <strong>passive voice<\/strong>. (<em>what&#8217;s<\/em> \u00a0is a contraction of what is, <em>hidden<\/em> is the irregular past participle of hide).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/snowman-broom-cartoon-layered-vector-high-resolution-jpeg-files-available-44926834.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4985\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/snowman-broom-cartoon-layered-vector-high-resolution-jpeg-files-available-44926834.jpg\" alt=\"a classic snowman\" width=\"293\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h6><em>a snowman holding a broom and wearing a hat and a long, long scarf (dreamstime.com)<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>in addition, <em>what\u00b4s hidden there<\/em> along with<em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><b>introspection<\/b><\/em> (self-examination), <em><strong>metaphysical <\/strong><\/em>(spiritual), <em><strong>existentialism<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(concerns about existence) all point to the troubled emotional state that frosty the snowman is in.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4997\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/introspection-300x250.jpg\" alt=\"introspection definition and photograph\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/introspection-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/introspection.jpg 454w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h6><em>a visual for one type of <i><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">introspection<\/span><\/i><\/em><\/h6>\n<p>similarly, at 3:45, \u00a0the statement that<\/p>\n<h4>frosty really, really <em>hammers home<\/em> the <em>neglect<\/em> he&#8217;s feeling from the kids.<\/h4>\n<p><em><strong>hammer home<\/strong><\/em> means <em>emphasize the importance of<\/em>. <em><strong>neglect<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0is a <em>lack of attention<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/images-32.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4998\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/images-32.jpeg\" alt=\"mario using a hammer\" width=\"213\" height=\"236\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h6><em>the idea of <i><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">hammer home<\/span><\/i>\u00a0is related to hammers.<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><em><strong>spoken word<\/strong><\/em> is a common technique in popular music where <em>the singer speaks instead of singing<\/em>. at 4:30, the analysis of the <em>spoken word<\/em> in<em> a snowman has a heart\u00a0<\/em>mentions the piano solo that <em><strong>leads up to<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>(precedes)\u00a0it. \u00a0the piano solo is <em>groovy<\/em>\u00a0and at the same time, really <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/corny-definition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>corny<\/strong><\/em><\/a> (excessively sentimental, <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/cheesy-def\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cheesy<\/a>). <strong><em>corniest<\/em><\/strong>, the superlative of <em>corny<\/em> is used at 4:40 as part of the description of the song: \u00a0<em>too sad for\u00a0<\/em><em><i><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">mainstream<\/span><\/i><\/em><em>\u00a0christmas celebrations<\/em> and\u00a0<em><i><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the corniest<\/span><\/i><\/em><em>\u00a0fucking thing on the planet<\/em>. <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/mainstream-def\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>mainstream<\/strong><\/em><\/a> means\u00a0\u00a0<em>conventional<\/em>, <em>standard,\u00a0the opposite of underground.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>when frosty says he <strong><em>wouldn&#8217;t mind<\/em><\/strong> staying outside, (4:52 in the video) it means <em>it wouldn&#8217;t bother him<\/em>, <em>it would be ok<\/em>. in this iconic <strong>temple of the dog <\/strong>song, <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/chris-cornell-soundgarden-black-hole-sun\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener sponsored noreferrer\"><strong>chris cornell<\/strong><\/a> and <strong>eddie vedder<\/strong> express the same idea (but using present continuous) when they both admit several times in the lyrics that they <em>don&#8217;t mind<\/em> stealing bread.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Temple Of The Dog - Hunger Strike\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VUb450Alpps?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>at 5:25 , another opinion about the video is that <em>a snowman has a heart<\/em><\/p>\n<h4><em>coulda just as easily been<\/em> a song about a toilet brush<\/h4>\n<p><em><strong>coulda<\/strong><\/em> is a reduction of <em>could have<\/em>. this is an example\u00a0of<strong> third conditional<\/strong>, i.e. a hypothetical situation in the past. this christmas carol imagines a snowman with feelings and wants listeners\u00a0to feel bad about\u00a0not paying enough attention to those feelings. but hypothetically, u could say\u00a0that any object in a house has feelings, e.g. a toilet brush.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5000\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/536085_bae1_625x1000-269x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"269\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/536085_bae1_625x1000-269x300.jpg 269w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/536085_bae1_625x1000.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px\" \/><\/p>\n<h6><em>in this bathroom, it&#8217;s the toilet seat that gots a heart.<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>that\u00a0perspective\u00a0is the motivation for the criticism of the peppermint kandy kids and frosty at 5:43 on the richyrocks video<\/p>\n<h4>peppermint kandy kids, come on. frosty, don&#8217;t <em>put that on<\/em> the kids.<\/h4>\n<p><em><strong>put on<\/strong><\/em> in this context means <em>hold them responsible for it, blame them<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5001\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5001\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-5001 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/H1885-300x254.jpg\" alt=\"a snowman with a heart\" width=\"300\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/H1885-300x254.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/H1885.jpg 446w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5001\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>(embroidery inc 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