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Amiri Baraka performs his poem "Something in the Way of Things (In Town)" with The Roots in their 2002 album Phrenology. This album is full of issues reflecting love and fight for social justice. The album collects various issues that affect people in the underground fighting to have their rightful position in the world. In this song, Amiri Baraka and the band use stomp like hip hop beats to express their view on inequalities in the American society. The title of the song comes from Baraka’s poem “In Town” and he raps the lyrics from his poem where ...

Akin to the interpretive interaction of reading a poem so goes the process of analyzing song lyrics. Reading or listening to the lyrics of the modern song by Arcade Fire called Modern Man lends to identifying its social and cultural significance as applied in the 21st century evolution of the age of technology from its birth with the Industrial Revolution of the 18th into the 19th century.
In the process of analyzing these lyrics some may find them somewhat enigmatic and fitting the observation as "the decline of middle class society contemplation became a school for social behavior; it was ...

1) Who is the best of the CNN Heroes? Please rank these seven entrepreneurs in terms of which person is doing the most significant work.

Personal Ranking of CNN Heroes:

1 – Kakenya Ntaiya
2 – Dr. Georges Bwelle
3 - Robin Emmons
4 – Chad Pregracke
5 – Dr. Laura Stachel
6 – Yash Gupta
7 – Dale Beatty
In my mind , Kakenya is doing the most significant work of them all, providing impoverished children in Kenya with the chance to learn and fulfill their dreams. This is a fantastic idea, as this allows these children to grow up and become successful, productive ...

“A HARD RAIN’S A-GONNA FALL”

1. Introduction:
Every piece of literature, be it a book or a song, literary devices have always been used to support their theme and meaning. The stronger the use of these devices, the stronger their impact would be. Most of the times, writers and authors use imagery as a tool to create this effect, but in terms of songs, artists make use of different techniques such as repetition, to make their songs stay longer inside the head of the listener. In this essay, we have analyzed such a song called “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall” by Bob Dylan. Also, the lyrics ...

In 1995, popular hip hop artist Tupac Shakur released a song entitled “California Love” that topped the Billboard Music Charts. In 2011, Time magazine named the single on their list of All Time 100 Songs (Adams). The song’s video also became an instant success. The video begins with an image of a woman undressing for the visual pleasure of man who nods his head at the camera with a smile as if to affirm his desirability. Most of the video features scenes of a party where scantily clad women dance around the artists and includes several close-up shots of women’s bottom’ ...

A Research Proposal

The issue concerning whether music lyrics should be censored is fraught with controversy. In the United States, there is a strong desire to uphold the values of the Constitution and the First Amendment which gives the right to free speech. On the other hand, the limits to this amendment are created by other legal doctrines such as in instances of clear and present danger, fighting words, obscenity, conflicts with other legitimate governmental or social interests, and time, place, and manner (“Limits” n.d.). Whether or not music lyrics should be censored depends upon whether the lyrics violate the doctrines that limit the ...

Rap has entered the history of American art over a century ago. The people who have laid the foundations for rap as we know it today were the two big ethnical groups of the American society: African Americans and people from the Caribbean Islands. Folk artists of the mentioned origins were telling rhymed stories with the accompaniment of rhythmic music (drums and sparse instrumentation). This music already existed years before hip-hop was developed and became popular.
Rapping is actually reading or chanting of rhythmic lyrics that were designed to set a beat. Many specialists are of the opinion that ...

Introduction

If one listens to Demi Lovato, in her song “Skyscraper” the incantatory, oratorical and the how she recites is clearly apparent of her good delivery. This pattern always the words’ meaning to live the audiences’ mind in which state they are remembered and also through this interaction the audience can derive further meaning. Demi Lavato song is common in all cultures. However, it plays different roles across cultures. In some, it is considered as natural as speech, while in others, it is a real call of duty. In such communities, where singing the Lavato song, it is vital; everyone is ...

Music

“Lost Your Head Blues” was popular during the last half of the Roaring Twenties. It was sung and written by Bessie Smith, a black singer from Chattanooga, Tennessee who became known as the Empress of the Blues. Frank Music ASCAP published the song in 1926. The style is down home blues from the South with a city feel. The instrumentalists were trombonist Charlie Green and cornetist Joe Smith; the pianist may have been James P. Johnson. “Flow my Tears” was written by John Dowland who was born in England in 1563. He composed and played songs for the lute. This song ...

The week of my birth (January 20, 1995) the number one song was “On Bended Knee,” performed by the R&B group Boyz II Men. Boyz II Men was formed in the late 1980s at Philadelphia’s High School of the Creative and Performing Arts as the vocal quintet Unique Attraction (Billboard, para. 2). They were discovered in 1989 when they performed an a cappella version of New Edition’s “Can You Stand the Rain” for Michael Bivins of Bell Biv DeVoe backstage at a concert (Billboard, para. 2). The quartet has four members: bass Michael McCary, baritone Nathan Morris, ...

Overview

One of the most influential rock bands that rose to prominence in the early 2000s is the band The Killers. This group is composed by vocalist Brandon Flowers, guitarist Dave Keuning, bassist Mark Stoermer and drummer Ronnie Vannucci and they are best known for their signature song “Mr. Brightside”, the lead single from their album Hot Fuss. The name of the band is derived from the New Order’s music video for their single Crystal (“The Killers”, 2007).
The band is known for their indie and synthpop vibe, with a touch of New Wave and Heartland Rock. So far, ...

Music is food for soul, a statement that clearly defines the importance of music in our lives. People with different tastes listen to different types of music to clear their head or just to give their minds a little time out. The rhythm beats and the lyrics, altogether, can inspire, encourage, and help the listener in the best of ways. However, are these effects of music always positive? Profanity and vulgar language in music has become not only an open concept but common too. This essay attempts to explain that obscenity in music negatively affects one’s mind and personality. It ...

Ice T, Taylor Swift, and How Cultural Considerations Inform Their Music

“Fuck the police” chants Ice T, in his hit “Cop Killer,” “tonight we get even.” These are the some of the lyrics to one of his most successful, and most controversial, songs. Released in 1992, this song was written partially in protest of the acquittal of two police officers who beat Rodney King in LA. Conversely, almost twenty years later, we have another pop star, Taylor Swift, singing “Drew walks by me, can he tell that I can’t breathe?” She continues, “He’s the reason for the teardrops on my guitar. The only thing that keeps me wishing ...

John Lennon Working Class Hero-Musical and Labour Analysis

‘Working Class Hero’ by John Lennon is regarded by many one of the most prolific protest songs of its generation in large part to the way that writer could express his ideas through simple lyrics and song writing to people from all classes. This paper will examine the goals, perspective and struggles of workers communicated through the song ‘Working Class Hero’. It will examine how the ‘worker’, ‘owner/boss’ or workplace environment is portrayed within the song. Furthermore it hopes to clarify how employment-related activities are portrayed in the song. It will mention the geographical and historical context in which ...

This paper compares and contrasts the lyrics and video of the song, telephone, by Lady Gaga featuring Beyonce. Lady Gaga sings the lyrics through a concise interval and consequently sings the chorus throughout the remaining part of the song. The song begins unassumingly, with Lady Gaga sings in a somber voice over a melody produced by a harp and then immediately changes to a pounding beat. Fundamentally, Lady Gaga is situated in an entertainment spot and her boyfriend calling. Nonetheless, she cannot answer the phone because she is dancing to her much loved song and is drinking. The song is made up of an ...

Introduction

Music has become a vital part in the modern world and in our daily lives. We listen to music for various purposes which include enjoying ourselves, informing ourselves about a particular topic, among other crucial reasons. The music industry has in fact grown tremendously and as a result of this it has in one way or another lead to many opportunities to be created where the talented people have ventured in. In fact, the society has evolved through music. For a very long time music has been accepted as a social change tool but many individuals do not realize that social change itself affects ...

The American south, or simply the south, has been one of the most stereotyped areas throughout the history of the United States. The negative portrayal of the southern inhabitants has been going on for long to the extent that southerners have come to accept the portrayal. Majorly, individuals living in the south tend be viewed as overly backward in comparison to those living in other sides. In retrospective, the media, through music, has always been a contributing factor to these stereotypes. An epitome of these is reflected in McRobbie’s lamentations. McRobbie reflected that music is the most noticeable and ...

Analysis and Evaluation of an Argument

Mississippi Goddam is a politically charged song of 1964 sung by Nina Simone. Simone performed the song at Carnegie Hall in New York to a predominantly white audience. The song is filled with political statements, anger, frustration and solidarity with the civil rights movements that was at its peak in America. Although New york city did not witness the struggle of the civil rights activists and the southern government's’ brutal response to it, Simone felt it was time to take the song to a newer and wider audience. Simone’s song is a reaction to the civil rights movements ...

Analysis

Clearly, music videos function to enhance an artists’ idea, and help the listeners understand the exact message they are trying to pass. As much as the music videos help an artist in making more money through more sales, they are vital in expressing the artist’s ideas. Therefore, music videos are more than just ideas, and when bonded with the lyrics, they create a perfect picture of what an artist is singing about. Evidently, this can be seen in Avcii’s video called Wake Me Up. His musical video creates a story about two stars who seem to be lost and ...

Many people in the society today love music depending on how it relates to them. There are songs that explain what is going on in the society and some that talk about people’s hopes and dreams. In the twenty first century, the songs still have the same purpose, and many of them are about what is going on in the society today. An example of a 21st century song is Royals by Lorde. The song talks about the way the people today focus on material things. It is an interesting song, slow, with good instrumentals that make the song ...

In the global world of the 21st century, music is among the few elements that have the capacity to cross both the political, cultural and the physical borders. The songs reflect and shape social life. In Kenya and Tanzania for instance, hip hop is an influential tool for political participation. Thus the reason various bodies such as the Independent Study Project have focused on the role played by hip hop music particularly in the youth culture. It is through hip hop that artists express their views in an open system that allows individuals, especially the young, some room for ...

Hip hop is a genre of music and art that has come, over the years, to define a significant portion of the African-American community, and many communities outside of those circles. Stemming from the South Bronx in the 1970s, it has sprung forth into a full-blown cultural phenomenon, defining popular culture to a great extent since its inception. Hip hop has a rich history, and is not shy from controversy or danger. In this paper, we will discuss the history and cultural impact that hip hop has had on American culture and beyond.

Hip hop music stems greatly from Jamaican traditions of reggae and ...

“Hotline Bling,” a song co-written and performed by Canadian rapper Aubrey Drake Graham, known simply as Drake, rose to popularity in late 2015. While it was well known for its corresponding music video, it has also been critically praised for its emotional depth. Essentially, “Hotline Bling” is an emotional appeal from the narrator, Drake, to a former lover, who remains unnamed in the song. Throughout several stanzas that center around the phrase “ever since I left the city,” Drake uses the rhetorical devices of pathos and ethos in an attempt to compare and contrast his past and current relationship ...

1) “By the Rivers of Babylon”: Exile as a Way of Life (Diaz, 149-163) is an essay about how a Cuban in exile relates her life story to Psalm 137. It is about sorrow, longing, nostalgia, hope, vengeance, struggle and forgiveness of those exiled from Jerusalem to Babylon and the Cubans who seek refuge to the United States of America since Castro’s regime. The writer explained through a literary review why she keeps holding on the Psalm as she tries to keep life going in a foreign land. Like the Christians who were forced to exile in ...

This article is about “Nirvana”, the American rock band. Background - Something unusual happened in1991, and Michael Jackson saw his numbers off the charts by a new single by a group Nirvana. The widespread punk rock music scene thrived during the conservative era of the 1980s. The music went beyond bands and musical performers, thus encouraging independent record companies, zine writer, and general fans. The American rock band – Nirvana enjoyed a newly found mass audience with their songs talking about the youth subculture. The youth simply loved the acidic lyrics with its abrasive tones in their music (Mattson 69). ...

Introduction

Simply put, popular culture also known as pop culture refers to perspectives, attitudes, ideas, images, phenomena and memes that are contained in the cultural mainstream. The advent of pop culture was most pronounced in the Western culture of the 20 the century. The same is also being accentuated in the global mainstream that has become prominent in the 20th and 21st century. Popular culture has therefore suffused mass media and is readily manifested in the day-to-day lives within the society. In most cases, popular culture may betray the perspectives or representations of race and race relations in a particular society ...

When hip hop first broke onto the music scene in the early 1970s, it was dominated by a collection of predominately African American men based in New York City. Hip hop music combined rhythmic music with a consistent beat and rapid chanting, now referred to as rapping. It was almost fifteen years before women began to take an active part in the production of hip hop music. All considered to be among hip hop’s pioneering women artists, three women—Yolanda Whitaker, Lana Michele Moorer, and Dana Elaine Owens—have each had successful careers as hip hop artists, actresses, and activists. ...

Introduction

Free speech is expressing oneself without restrictions. It incorporates any act of receiving, imparting or seeking ideas or information irrespective of the medium used. It is noted that the right to freedom of speech is not without limit in any nation. There are often restrictions given in order to regulate the far with which one expresses themselves without offending or infringing other people’s rights. These limitations include copyright violation, sedition, slander, obscenity and the likes (Costagliola, 2010).
In response to this essay, it is apparent that drawing a clear cut line on what is acceptable and that which ...

Culture in a broad sense means the way of life of people. It encompasses beliefs, knowledge, morals, art, dressing, eating habits, customs, laws, and any other habits acquired by man as a member of a given society (Spencer, 2006). Indicators of culture include fine arts, classical music, literature and philosophy. According to Ferraro (2010), “Culture is everything that people have, think and do as members of their society.” (P. 20). Culture has a powerful influence on personal development since. People draw deeply from elements of culture they have learnt since birth as they interact and communicate with each other. In today’s highly ...

Alice Faye was a famous American actress and singer between 1930s and 1940s. Only at 13, she dreamt of becoming a showgirl. Therefore, she lied about her age and projected herself to be of 16 years to acquire a role that she desired. During the early 1930s, Alice was a singer for the Rudy Valle band and she managed to reach to the top with the help of the film “George White’s Scandals”. By 1938, subsequent to featuring in pictures such as “In Old Chicago,” “Alexander's Ragtime Band,” “Rose of Washington Square,” and “Lillian Russell,” Alice was being looked up as a top ...

Elvis Presley the king of Rock N Roll was born in 1935 Tupelo, Mississippi. His first interaction with the music happened at the local church where he sang along with his family (Wallace, p.101). Elvis was an only child. He comes from a poor family, that did not stop him from reaching a peak in his career and becoming an internationally acclaimed artist of all times, but before that he had to go a long way from a truck driver to a talented singer. Indeed, he used to think to become a truck driver that was eventually replaced by ...

Rock music has evolved over the ages and can be traced back to the years of the 1940s. Rock music emerged after fusion of different music genres like country music, jazz, blues western swing, rhythm and blues amongst other (Covach 3). The early rock musicians are like Little Richard, Bill Haley, and Chuck Berry. They are credited with the popularization of rock music in the world as they presented unique fashion styles, dance moves and even integrated pop culture in their music. Though this genre of music was in existence in early 1940, it came to acquire its name ...

The classic novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald follows the life of Nick and Jay Gatsby in their pursuit to live life in the fast lane. Gatsby had eyes on Nick’s cousin, Daisy since the teenage years but lacked ways in which he would approach her. However, their future together does not come true because Daisy finds love in another man and marries him. Their marriage is on a rocky climb, and she rekindles her affair with Gatsby behind her husband’s back. All goes well till the husband knows of the secret affair and aims to end it ...

Music has always played a very significant role in people’s culture and development. Since ancient times it was the way of sending hidden messages and reaching the desirable audience, sometimes even to make people do something. For instance, one can easily observe that his/her mood changes greatly when listening to certain song or track. Moreover, it is not a secret anymore that certain type of music is used in commercials in order to make listeners buy certain products or services. Basically, music is one more way of mass media that manipulates people greatly without them even realizing it.

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‘I don’t like no blues,’ but when you ain’t got no money, and can’t pay your house rent and can’t buy you no food, you damn sure got the blues. If you ain’t got no money you got the blues, because you’re thinking evil. That’s right. Any time you’re thinking evil, you’re thinking about the blues.” (Music to die for, 2009)
Every song has something special the narrator wants to tell us about. Blues music is about some blue feelings and experiences we gain after our tests of life. ...

Identify and Organize an Opinion

Hip Hop provides entertainment for millions of people throughout the world, but there is divided opinion about the benefit or detriment of the music on America. The controversial lyrics often discuss poverty, racism and sexuality; they are often seen as derogatory and exclusionary by many. This paper will argue that Hip Hop is of benefit to America because its controversial content provides African American and minority youth with a space. A community of like minded people can safely discuss social and political issues that affect them in this space. Like Blues, Jazz and Folk Rock before it, it is a modern ...

The song chosen for this analysis is Mario’s song titled “LET ME LOVE YOU,” and will be used to illustrate social psychological principles from chapter 10 of Social Psychology by Aronson, Wilson and Akert (2013). This is a love song and portrays the initial stage of a romantic relationship which in this case is attraction. The singer is trying to start up a relationship with a woman and talks of her beauty in the lyrics where he describes her beauty to be so intense to the extent of hurting (Barret, 2014).
The woman’s beauty attracting the singer illustrates the psychological ...

The influence that hip-hop has made on modern world, society and culture is extremely strong. Nowadays hip-hop is already considered to be not just a genre of music - it is a culture itself; for plenty of hip-hop fans it becomes the style of life, a complex of ideas and concepts, a way of self-expression and communication between people. It has reflected in many spheres of today’s life and such impact is explained by the origin of the hip-hop – it is the style of streets, hence – the phenomenon of independent thinking. The influence of hip-hop on today’s communication – both oral and ...

For That He Looked Not upon Her: Poetry Analysis

This beautiful use of lyrical self-description often goes underappreciated as does George Gascoigne. George convincingly wrote the lyrics to read as though it was his feelings and situation he was describing. The complex attitude of the speaker in For That He Looked Not upon Her using his form, diction and imagery to evoke the audience to question his enchantress. For That He Looked Not upon Her: was written to entertain Queen Elizabeth and her company during the sixteenth century. The poem appears to be still in its original Elizabethan Era language and not revised in modern language. The title ...

ENGL 1010/8:10 TR

I Can’t Read by Lamont Carey
(This is a response to a spoken word by Lamont Carey)

Introduction

This essay is in response to Lamont Carey’s I Can’t Read. His lyrics are all about a young boy who is eleven years old who can’t write and read. However, his teacher is always passing him because he plays very well in basketball. Responses will be written based on the highlights of the lyrics to answer the lyrics’ issues.

Responses

As I started listening to the lyrics, the first few lines seem to be one of the issues why he can't ...

The UK Queen’s song “Show Must Go On” without exaggerating the fact has become one of the most well-known inspiring songs for already 2 generations of people all over the world. Recorded in 1990 and officially released on the 14th of October 1991 the song can be easily recognized by those who like rock as a music genre, as well as those who have never been interested in rock. The reason for this is simple as it can be. “Show Must Go On” has become something more than just a song. It is also a motivation for people, who have something ...

Vocal music is the form of music performed one or more singers. This genre of music may be performed with or without the use of instruments as accompaniments. Vocal music is principally formed of sung words known as lyrics (Apel, 1969). However, there are some forms of vocal music that are presented as sounds, noises and non-linguistic syllables. A song refers to a short portion of vocal music that is made of lyrics. Vocal music may be referred to as the oldest form of music since it does not depend on instruments. It mainly depends on the human voice, which ...

The "blues" trace their history from the early 1900s, originating from the African-American slaves and plantation workers of the time. It often speaks of mourning, melancholy, pain, hardship, bad luck, and oppression, among others, but there are blues songs that also sing about overcoming adversities and trials in life. Generally, the lyrics are frequently sentimental and the music uplifting and speaks volumes about deep, authentic emotions (Kopp, 2005). Comprised of several blues genres, the songs may be categorized into traditional country blues, boogie-woogie, jump blues, cool blues, Chicago blues, and West Coast blues (Kopp, 2005).
One blues subject ...

My experience with literacy involves two different languages. I am an international student and did not learn English when I was young. Instead I learned the language most commonly spoken in my native country. When I was learning my mother tongue, I never thought much about literacy. It just seemed to be something that happened naturally, that as long as I learned to read and write I would be literate. However, when I began to learn English, I discovered that literacy involves more than just reading and writing a limited amount of words. Literacy in English means that I can ...

Jimi Hendrix’s cover of the Bob Dylan folk song, “All Along the Watchtower,” adapts the song from Dylan’s mellow and malicious folk song to an exuberant, angry rock anthem for young people in the late 1960s. Under Jimi’s alterations, the instrumentation turns ominous and aggressive, his exuberant vocals sounding almost pleading. The song contains a limited chord structure and longer-than-usual musical sections, as well as unsettling improvisation and call-and-response from the vocals and guitar (Zak, 2005). The combination of all these musical elements make the listener, especially one who was young in 1968 (when the song was ...

For my comparative essay I decided to take next songs: No Doubt – “Just a Girl” (1995) and Colbie Caillat – “Try” (2014). I was thinking a lot about the topic of these songs. It seems to be that they are about gender or sexual identity, because each of these songs is about girls imagine. But after listening to the lyrics several times I understood both of songs describe gender identity. These songs are about girls but very different images of girls.
The first song by band “No doubt” tells us about typical American girl of middle 90: she has her ...

The new wave of feminism in the pop culture has developed newfound respect and meaning for the feminist pop icons and their music. One prominent feminist celebrity is Meghan Trainor. The musician is a self-proclaimed positive advocate of feminism who specializes in aesthetic and poppy doo-wop lyrics and videos that motivate young women to love themselves and reject the traditional pressures. While in most of her songs, the message seems to be positive, a closer analysis reveals several unsettling truths about the feminist messages. This essay strives to formulate a feminist assessment of the video and lyrics for “Dear ...

In this paper there will be the analysis of various children’s games and songs. In this exercise, the lyrics of the songs will be provided with a detailed description of the game or the movement that is involved. The range of age that the song is recommended for will be mentioned and the purpose of the song will be noted. It is said that songs and other games help in the growth of the children and their IQ. The analysis of this will be looked into as a research paper will be analyzed and the findings will be ...

Blues is a genre of music that is influenced by country music and the American folk culture. Moreover, the music draws from work hollers and songs, folk ballads, European hymns, traditional songs, and a rich mix of African-American spirituals. The first recorded blues was published as sheet music in the 1910s when the music had taken the form of AAB lyrical structure, 12 bars, and an unprecedented scale with the seventh and third notes flatted (Jackson 14). Blues is also an evolution of West African music that was brought to the United States by slaves who used it to ...

American hip-hop music has achieved its global popularity over decades. It gives young people a lot of acoustic and visual pleasure as a music genre, but it also shows public issues, like poverty, race, human equality, etc. Young people are often attracted to this kind of music because those lyrics reflect their own living situations and mental states. Because of its provocative nature, the influence of American hip-hop music can be a double-edged sword: On the one hand, it can encourage people to participate in social movements; On the other hand, it can be used as a propaganda that ...

Love is a wonderful feeling, an experience that a human being cannot resist. The song entitled “Stereo Hearts” is a song full of questions, yet, it brings assurance to the one he or she loves. The writer is apparently inspired and adored someone whom he offers and expresses his or her love through his or her music and willing to give everything. A true love knows no boundary, willing to apologize, forgives, and forever protects a special someone.
Both the figurative language from the lyrics of the song that says “My heart’s a stereo” (a metaphor) and “Hear ...

The main purpose of the current assignment is to consider one of the most popular music genres of the 20th century and discuss its meaning and significance in terms of describing and discussing the issues of casual life in America of those years. Particularly, the following paragraphs will analyze four blues songs that are somehow related to the realities of American life in the 20th century. These songs tend to discuss life experiences of the poor Americans in a radically explicit and honest way; in addition, this is highlighted by the rawness and emotionality of the performers’ vocals.
The ...

Music – Song Critic

Introduction
Greensleeves is amazingly a beautiful song sung by Loreena McKennitt. The song is from the album “The Visit”. The album was released in 1991. It is one of few most memorable songs for me. The song appeals thousands of music lovers like me for its ultimate romantic feelings. It’s a plea of a lover, who has been rejected by his beloved. I like this song because of its fine combination of romantic and melancholy note. The deep feelings of the lover are accompanied by the perpetual velvet voice of Loreena McKennitt. The way she sings, creates an ...

The following paper is going to consider, characterize and compare the most famous examples of the movies aimed to describe the complicated relationships between the English and the Irish through the course of history along with the significance of the events occurring then for the people of the time along with building contemporary behavioral models for both nations living in one country. Therefore, the next paragraphs are going to discuss the movie “Hunger” shot by Steve McQueen and compare it with Terry George’s “Some Mother’s Son” along with their messages to the viewers and descriptions of the ...

Acoustic guitar and drums are heard during the intro. The overall texture of the song is thin because it is the acoustic song. Drums are keeping the tempo during the song. I would say that the tempo of the song is slow. The mood of the song is sad. One of the features that show that is the acoustic instruments. I do like the mood of the song. It is slow and resembles meditative music. The dynamics of the song does not change. It is rather difficult to change the dynamics of the song, because it is acoustic. The ...

Introduction

Music disparity is the literal difference in music based on various grounds such as social and geographical background of the music, its producer and listeners, the genre of the music, age factor and the social class associated with the music industry. Music serves many purposes in the society today, and it is because of these disparities that people tend to classify music according to the suit to its fans and lovers. Equally, different genres of music have risen today in the music industry that tends to identify and create its own group of followers. Everyone likes music but one ...

Video Analysis in the light of

Introduction
The theme of the music video, Lilly Allen’s, ‘Hard out There’ is all about the typical behavior of women and thinking of men about the general womanhood features. When it comes to women, thinking of men is all about their sexual appeal. If a woman is very appealing in appearance, men get overwhelmed by her thoughts and take her on for a single time partner rather than being with them for a lifetime. Appealing women lose their attraction earlier than desired as they ought to interact with men more in order to create a demand for themselves. However, for becoming ...

Smokey Robinson has an impressive resume. He’s been inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame, among many other honors. Words like “visionary” and “pioneer” get thrown around a lot when talking about artists, but these words do truly apply to Robinson. He has helped define the motown sound since its inception.
Robinson actually started the entire motown scene when he was in high school. He started the group The Miracles while there, and the group included Berry Gordy. Gordy, encouraged by Robinson, would go on to found Motown Records, ...

Musicals are theatrical performances that feature dance, spoken words, art, singing, play, and dialogue. The content of a musical can be original ideas, or founded on a film, play, other books, or novels. The themes and emotions of the musicals such as love and humor are usually communicated to the audience through live performances of music, word and actions. Musical theatres have gained popularity and have become integrated with the popular culture of many societies. Musical performances have long been combined with theatrical presentations in the early days, but the contemporary musical theatres especially the American musical, bear their origin in ...

Music is not just for entertainment and information purposes, but also an avenue through which artists articulate issues in the society. Protest songs have been used severally to express discontent in certain societal matters. The Masters of War by Bob Dylan was one such song whose message reverberated across both national and global circles. In order to understand the meaning behind the song, it is important to not just interpret the lyrics, but also consider the political, economic and social conditions that inspired the song. The Masters of War was inspired by various events happening prior to its release. ...