Music has been around since the beginning of time. Many artists express themselves by writing songs to convey emotions, tell fictional stories, or to share their own experiences. The human mind attaches many senses and feelings to melodies; they are tied to moments in life. Everyone feels the same emotions even though people are all different and unique. Songs are written about all sorts of feelings such as happiness, sadness, angriness, and sorrow. For example, if a person is having a bad day he can find a song relating to how he is feeling. American Idol, a reality show, auditions millions of young adults who have a passion for music and want their talent to be recognized. Carrie Underwood is the season four winner of the show. Since her success in 2005, she has become a very popular country music star by having many hit songs and receiving two Grammy's. The song "Before He Cheats," is one of her best, because it shows off her award winning vocals and expresses emotions of strong willed females.…
Our next song, Don’t Stop Believin’ is based on the original Glee Arrangement by Adam Anders and Tim Davis. It was written by the composers Steve Perry, Neal Schon, and Jonathan Cain. Don’t Stop Believin’ was originally released by Journey, an American rock band in their album Escape, which came out in 1981. Don’t Stop Believin’ is featured in the final performance of the first part of the series finale in Glee. It is sung by the New Directions with solos by Finn and…
- The music illustrates the words, for instance when he sings 'the air is humming'.…
Mademoiselle Reisz inquired Edna how has she been using her time and is shocked to hear of Edna’s choice of becoming an artist. She warns her that an artist must be brave, possessing “a courageous soul that dares and defies.” Edna assures her that she has persistence if nothing else, and Mademoiselle Reisz laughs, hands over the letter to Edna, and begins to play the Chopin Impromptu that Edna asked to hear. The music deeply affects Edna, and she weeps as the pianist glides between the Impromptu and another piece, “Isolde’s song.” When Edna asks if she may visit again, Mademoiselle Reisz replies that she is welcome at all times.…
After I annotated this song and actually looked into what the lyrics were saying I learned that not everyone is who you think they are. For instance, you hide a lot of things from people not because you want to ,but because you don’t know how to tell them or maybe you’re afraid of what they will think of you. In the song ‘Demons’ by Imagine Dragons the singer says,”I wanna hide the truth’(Imagine dragons line 8 box 3) ,but then he says,” don’t want to hide the truth.”( Imagine Dragons line 35 box 8) I think that he is having mixed feelings what he should do. He is afraid that if he tells you that you may leave him or you won’t look at him the same way ever again.…
Singing in the Rain is an upbeat musical tying into a sweet love story. The movie begins with the main character, movie star Don Lockwood, escaping from a wild mob of fans and jumping into a random car where he meets Kathy Selden. Falling in love with independent Kathy Selden, Don Lockwood faces the problem of finding her again after the escapade of jumping into her car. Even when Don finds Kathy again, Lina Lamont, the glamorous actress alongside Don Lockwood in all the movies, becomes a problem. Lina observes Don’s love for Kathy, and wanting Don for herself tries in every possible way to tear the two apart. When ‘talking pictures’ replace silent films, everything grows more complicating as the movie studio struggles with what to do with…
Following World War Two, the two legitimate world powers were the United States and the Soviet Union. With the Soviet Union under a communistic government and the United States being a nation founded in Capitalism, tensions between the two nations rose, resulting in the Cold War. Against the wishes of the United States, small countries in East Asia began to turn communist. Fear that one country turning would have a chain reaction turning many more, the United States turned to a policy of ‘containment’. This policy was tested in the Korean War and would be again tested in the Vietnam War. Starting as a War with the communist North Vietnam against South Vietnam and the French, with the French’s withdraw from the War, the United States intervened to preserve democracy. This would prove to be the most controversial war in American history which spawned large scale protest including the rock group, Creedence Clearwater Revival and their song, “Fortunate Son”.…
How is it justified in anyway that we all spend money on luxury goods for ourselves at the cost of other lives? If we can prevent something bad from happening at a comparatively small cost to ourselves, we should indeed do so and do have a responsibility on situations like this. Singer states that we ought to prevent death and suffering from lack of food, shelter and medical care. As many may think that they have nothing to do with this, they clearly do. Many individuals would rather spend money on a shirt that they do not need while there are many who are dying of hunger at a speeding rate. How do these things go unnoticed? In this society today, most feel as if they have to keep up to “fit in”, by doing so, they think they should make every purchase that they see…
In the memoir, A Long Way Gone Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, by Ishmael Beah, music plays a significant role in Ishmael’s life. There are several songs that have lyrics that relate to the book. My favorite song, “Car Radio”, by Twenty One Pilots, has lyrics that relate to this book and Ishmael’s life. The lyrics, “Sometimes quiet is violent / I find it hard to hide it / My pride is no longer inside / It's on my sleeve / My skin will scream reminding me of / Who I killed inside my dream / I hate this car that I'm driving / There's no hiding for me / I'm forced to deal with what I feel / There is no distraction to mask what is real”, are important to me and they relate to the book.…
The hit musical "Singin' in the Rain" may possibly be one of if not the greatest musicals of all time. With it's tale of the film world of the mid 1920's and its creative underlining love story between Don Lockwood (Gene Kelly) and Kathy Selden (Debbie Reynolds), it provokes the interest of someone who would not generally be attracted to a musical. It is a classic masterpiece that set the standards that musical films of today will be judged by. It is a classic performance by the great Gene Kelly and displays outstanding performances by Debbie Reynolds and Donald O'Connor. As well as starring in this brilliant movie, Gene Kelly teams up with Stanley Donen to make their mark in film history.…
The poem "Rhapsody on a Windy Night" by T. S. Elliot shows the dark times that happened in the 20th century Although not explain exactly nothing. His words in his poem are so dark that makes you wonder what inspired him to write this piece. He walks around town for four hours watching the world. Seeing all non-functional in the world is. Which was exactly how the year 1900 were. Although he does not know yet, the 1900s would go through difficult times. The Great Depression and World War II. Both dark ages in the 1900s.…
“Talking shit about a pretty sunset,” is a song that portrays an overall apathetic outlook on life. The listener can clearly hear the discontent expressed in the words sung and the execution in the music. Thoughts of suicide, phobia of commitment, lack and gain of motivation, fixation and illusions of a better life are all present. Through the complex breaks and climax of the song, tells an emotional story of revelation, realization and self-actualization.…
The poetry “Amazing Grace” by John Newton is one of the most famous poems ever written and composed. “Amazing Grace” has been particularly influential and has affected lives since it was written. The reasons why “Amazing Grace” is influential are for the same reasons why I found this poem very interesting and engaging. The literary elements that attributed to the poem’s quality and importance are its form, content, and tone. These elements are what make “Amazing Grace” such an important and significant piece of poetry in history.…
In The Song of Songs, the Shulamite and her lover are everything but what society conforms to. In their Hebrew society there are rules and restrictions pertaining to sexual relations and who is allowed to marry who. These rules are stated in the book of Deuteronomy, and if the citizens do not abide by the laws written in the book, the punishments were harsh and brutal. However, the Shulamite and her lover seemed to be living in their own world where they could not care less about what society thought of them. In this poem, The Shulamite and her lover break many laws, and in most cases, desire seems to be considered a higher law to them than anything written in Deuteronomy.…
Lieder ohne Worte (Song without Words) is written by the Romantic composer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. It is a collection of forty-eight short lyrical piano pieces of markedly song-like character that he wrote at various periods of his life between 1809 and 1847. They are well suited to the study of musical form because of their artistic value. Op. 19b, No. 1 Andante con moto in E major was written in 1830 and is the first in the collection. The piece is in the key of E major and modulates from E to B to G major.…