How can someone take a song, and put a political story behind it?  Almost everyone knows about the Beatles.  If not, the Beatles are a British band that became popular in the US in the mid 60's.  Some of their songs were taken and were the inspiration for the movies Across the Universe.  The movie centered around songs like, Hey Jude, Across the Universe, Let it Be, and Blackbird. The movie focused on 5 main characters during the Vietnam War.  One of the characters ended up being drafted. The movies took the song, I Want You She's so Heavy, and made it about Uncle Sam wanting men to join the army for the war.  They writers took a very popular songs and changed the meaning behind the lyrics.  They were able to put a political meaning behind a Beatles song that John Lennon wrote about his wife, Yoko Ono.  The writes of Across the Universe, took these popular songs, usually about love, and put a politically story behind them.  This makes me think of what other songs could you take and put a different meaning/story behind them.