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…
Jan Perkowski created a ten-part analysis outline to be used for analyzing different characteristics and functions of vampires that appear in film, television, and literature. This outline can be used to analyze the film The Lost Boys, and how the vampires in the film function as a metaphor for drug use, American nationalism, and a broken family structure, all of which were common in the 1980’s.…
During the sixties, in the poem Homecoming, Bruce Dawe expressed a rather solemn, empty and somehow tranquil view of the impact the Vietnam War had on society. He writes in such a way that those who could not fathom or recognise the devastation it brought may now have the chance to comprehend it.…
Soul music, is music that was originated in black America gospel singing, is closely related to rhythm and blues, and is characterized by intensity of feeling and earthiness. Soul music is more of a calming type of music, it's has songs from regret and hate, to love and happiness. The song I've chose was "When a Man Loves a Woman" by Percy Sledge. This song is somewhat slow and also talks about love. And the instruments in this song just make it more enjoyable.…
. Despite the attack and much deliberation, Marley still played at the show. The motivation behind the attack was never uncovered, and Marley fled the country after the concert. Living in London, England, Marley worked on Exodus, which was released in 1977. The title track draws an analogy between the biblical story of Moses and the Israelites leaving exile and his own situation. The song discusses returning to Africa. The concept of Africans and descendents of Africans repatriating their homeland can be linked to the work of Marcus Garvey. Released as a single, “Exodus” was a hit in Britain, as were “Waiting in Vain” and “Jamming,” and the entire album stayed on the U.K. charts for more than a year. Today, Exodus is considered to be one of the best albums ever made. Marley had a health scare in 1977. He sought treatment on a toe he had injured earlier…
In this song, 2pac tells a story about a young girl who was brought up in the ghetto. She gets pregnant and tosses the baby in the dumpster. Even though she wanted to run away, she couldn’t leave the baby crying in the dumpster so she kept it. Since her family wouldn’t help her, she decides to be a prostitute so she could make money to support her child. She ends up getting killed while prostituting.…
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…
“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.…
In the article “The Lost Boys,” the writer documents the journey of three Sudanese brothers. The oldest of the three brothers is Peter Dut, he is 21 and is the caretaker of his younger brothers Maduk (17) and Riak (15). The brothers’ journey begins in the midst of a civil war in Sudan. The boys and thousands of other sudanese people varying between the ages of 8 and 18 are seeking refuge from their home country. They endure a travel of over 1,000 miles on foot facing many troubles like militias, bandits, starvation, and dehydration. Out of the `10,000 boys only around half of them survived and only 3,600 were granted admission to The United States. When the three brothers arrive in the United States they are unaccustomed to American ways and…
Paper Towns starts with nine-year-olds Quentin “Q” Jacobsen and Margo Roth Spiegelman discover the corpse of Robert Joyner, a soon to be divorced man who committed suicide in the Jefferson Park. Nine years later, Quentin and Margo grew apart from each other considering that they are neighbors. One night, Margo shows up in Quentin’s window with black paint on her face. She asks Quentin to help her that night with eleven missions to get revenge on the people that have hurt her throughout her high school years. She especially needs Quentin's car and assistance driving. Margo convinces Quentin to take his mother’s minivan, sneak out of his home on a school night, and help her seek revenge. Margo takes Quentin to an adventure filled with fish, vandalizing,…
If I were making a soundtrack to my life, I would pick the song“Listen to Mama’s Words” by Jay Zhou, “ Father” by Chopstick Brother, “One Likes Summer the Other Likes Autumn” by Weiqi Fan, the music “Eine kleine Nachtmusik” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s and “Nocturne” by Chopin.…
“Riot” by Three Days Grace tells not to give up on myself even though I have already made regretful mistakes. Every day I listen to this song to mind me to keep my head up and not to look down at disappointment. I live everyday like normal because I tell myself that mistakes are meant to be made so I’m never giving up on myself thanks to this song. So far these two songs remind me of the bad thing and I’m not letting it bother me and so the next song motivates me like no other.…
Don't look at me is the first line of Christina Aguilera's song "Beautiful." This instant whisper from the voice of Aguilera creates an ashamed vibe for the song. It is spoken quietly and without any musical instrumentation. As the music softly and brilliantly builds up to the first verse listener's already have a misinterpretation of the lyrics. The audience presumes that the song will be about depression or shame and disgrace because one would associate not wanting people to look at you with shame. However, once they read more into the lyrics they notice that the meaning of the song is much deeper than shame and actually has an opposite message. When the audience hears the title of the song they could also make the assumption that the song is about beauty and the images of pop stars, although it is about finding beauty in everyone. Beautiful is something or someone that is 'pleasing to the senses.' We all have inner beauties that define us as individuals.…
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.…