Music and Death
Aspcets of Death and Dying
1/18/02
Music and Death: The Songs and Deaths of Rockstars
That Have Shocked the World
Music as we know it today is the voice of a generation. It gives us entertainment, and
speaks out for a community of people in many ways. Most people listen to at least some sort of
music, and serves a purpose in almost every facet of society. Just about any expression can
be shared through music, including ideas and feelings about death. Music is used in various
way when pertaining to death, including songs about how a death occurred, or songs at a
service mourning a death. Whichever way you look at it, music serves an important purpose,
and the songs about death and the death of certain performing artists has a great impact on
society, especially the youth of society. It will be interesting to think about some of these
songs and musicians, and the effect their short lives and music can have in our society.
No matter which way you turn your head, your going to hear many different kinds of
music. Many artists look to cover as many topics in their music, and death and dying is a topic
that everyone in this world will sooner or later deal with, so it is a topic that it is covered. It is
interesting when looking at Rap industry, and two artists come to mind right away when speaking
about death. The Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur are two rap artists who both have died
within the last five years, and were both extremely popular. What one may look at is the fact that
both seemed to have an idea that they were going to die right before they did, and it was not
because of a terminal illness, it was in fact by being murdered.
Tupac Shakur was a very popular artist, whose talents were respected by people who
weren't or aren't even rap music fans. He was very young when he passed, at age 25, and there
are still people who listen to his music toiday, and there are
1/18/02
Music and Death: The Songs and Deaths of Rockstars
That Have Shocked the World
Music as we know it today is the voice of a generation. It gives us entertainment, and
speaks out for a community of people in many ways. Most people listen to at least some sort of
music, and serves a purpose in almost every facet of society. Just about any expression can
be shared through music, including ideas and feelings about death. Music is used in various
way when pertaining to death, including songs about how a death occurred, or songs at a
service mourning a death. Whichever way you look at it, music serves an important purpose,
and the songs about death and the death of certain performing artists has a great impact on
society, especially the youth of society. It will be interesting to think about some of these
songs and musicians, and the effect their short lives and music can have in our society.
No matter which way you turn your head, your going to hear many different kinds of
music. Many artists look to cover as many topics in their music, and death and dying is a topic
that everyone in this world will sooner or later deal with, so it is a topic that it is covered. It is
interesting when looking at Rap industry, and two artists come to mind right away when speaking
about death. The Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur are two rap artists who both have died
within the last five years, and were both extremely popular. What one may look at is the fact that
both seemed to have an idea that they were going to die right before they did, and it was not
because of a terminal illness, it was in fact by being murdered.
Tupac Shakur was a very popular artist, whose talents were respected by people who
weren't or aren't even rap music fans. He was very young when he passed, at age 25, and there
are still people who listen to his music toiday, and there are