In the music video of “Starman”, he paints this idea as he stands in the middle of stage alone singing his song wearing these weird colors which were weird even for that time. In the background, there was a lot of people dancing and having fun and dressed according to that time period. Even if you do not listen to the song and saw the video, you will feel like it is a person struggling to fit in even though that is all what he wants. You can only notice something like this if you take a step back and take minute to realize the meaning behind a song like…
“Big Brother” is a song where West truly conveys the brother like relationship he has with Jay Z. The song gives allusion to how Jay Z’s knowledge from mentor Biggie Smalls lead to him becoming a stupendous mentor to West, both personally and professionally. West also makes a genuine statement in the 4th line, stating we should show respect towards our beloved ones while we can. Ultimately, this is a great song that shows the genuine relationship between two friends who have greatly affected each other’s…
Both artists made such an impression on their fans that their music remains almost unparalleled; except within the realm of their comparison to one another. But that’s truly where their similarities end.…
Songs are exactly like poetry, maybe even a little better (Griggs, Does poetry still matter?). The song “Car Radio” by Twenty One Pilots is more poetic and artistic than the poem “Acquainted with the Night” by Robert Frost because of the use of repetition, rhyme and symbolism.…
Twenty One Pilots is an alternative/indie band made up of two members, Joseph and Josh Dunn. They are known to occasionally rap and include specific tempos and beats that correspond with each song’s thought provoking lyrics. In the song “Oh. Ms. Believer” by Twenty One Pilots they use the analogy of snow to describe a young girl going through depression. The band accurately describes the feeling of being trapped inside one's mind as they go through the hardships of this mental illness. Although at first this song may be interpreted as another cliché alternative hit, the meanings hidden beneath the lyrics are sure to tug at the listener's heart strings as he/she looks through the eyes of someone who struggles with a loved one who is depressed.…
Founding Brothers, whom the author is Joseph Ellis, had six sections that are used to show how the leaders of the Revolutionary Generation reveal their uncertainty about the ability of the new republic to survive and the two issues that threaten the nation, slavery, and the parties’ differences. The book is focused on Aaron Burr, George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin, James Madison, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson. The six sections outline the events Ellis sees as main points in the time period after the founding of the U.S. Out of the many events he could’ve chosen to write about, he chose to use a section to explain The Duel,…
The breakfast club has one of the most unique and memorable soundtracks of all time. Something that made the movie gave it such a memorable track and the movies “theme song”, "Don't You (Forget About Me)" by the band Simple minds. Something that the movie did that not none to many movies had done at that point. They used this song twice, once at the beginning at once at the end. The two times this song is played in this movie, each function is shown. It shows genre because the movie was release in 1985 and this is around the time new wave music (the song’s genre) became popular. It sets the mood both at the beginning and at the end of the movie. It sets mood at the beginning because of the tempo and rhythm makes…
A song’s cheerful and upbeat structure can greatly contrast the message a song attempts to convey. Take Foster the People’s “Pumped Up Kicks” for example. “Variations on a Cloud” shares the same makeup. Both songs portray a disaster hidden behind a façade of well-being, usually hiding right under our noses. ミラクルミュージカル (Miracle Musical) has done just that, only more head-on.…
The lyrics have a powerful message hidden within it. Neo artist are known to write about love and how life with someone is intended to be .When listening to a neo-soul artist they are really detailed and expressive in getting their message across no matter what the subject maybe.…
In the story Anthem by Ayn Rand, the main character, Equality 7-2521, displays this futuristic totalitarian government as a technologically declined government. The conditions for scientific and technological advancement came to a halt and started to decrease rapidly. In this story, Ayn Rand tried her best to describe a totalitarian future that turned their backs on technology, and how they didn’t like people who were smarter than their peers.…
emotions that create a message. Each of these songs have a deep history of their…
This article explains how hip-hop artists can actually have a great impact on the US economy which is really important since we still in a period of recession. It’s a column written by Rick Wade who strongly believes in the power of hip-hop artists to give back to the community that makes them so famous. The author explains how hip-hop artists can not only use their money to buy big houses and cars but also invest into business that would show good examples to their fans; it would therefore create job opportunities. Wade explains how some of the money earned can be invest in big companies as Energy, Technology, or in job training that would help the lower class as more rooms would open. He believes during all these big award ceremonies artists should acknowledge those between them that contribute in the expansion of the country and encourage other to get involved. He states that if people are willing to spend money to look like them, they would surely see no issues in wanting to get up and do something that would actually define them instead of following someone’s dream.…
Country Music The song that I chose was The Gambler by Kenny Rogers. I have heard this song before but I’ve never listened that closely to the song. As the title suggests that it is about gambling.…
The world of music has endless types of music, country, pop, electronic, jazz, blues, and tons more. One of these types of music are rap, a toneless, beat driven, fast paced, rhyming song. On the opposite side of the musical spectrum is music of Broadway, a musical type of music used in a lot of theatre productions. These two types of music are interesting to compare, since while they appear very different at first, the two types of music actually have a few things in common. Although the rap genre and Broadway genre are slightly similar in terms of the music production, they are, however, much more different in the way that they are performed, and the reasons the songs are written.…
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.…