Music has always had the power to strike emotions good and bad‚ which is why it is so attractive to people. This has not changed since the days when the Beatles shocked the world. What has changed is that popular music lyrics and videos have become much more explicit. The question is to censor or not to censor? I say not to censor. Explicit music is merely a way for musicians to freely express their feelings and experiences and if we eliminated it‚ we would be violating freedom of expression‚ alienating
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having it as an entertainment. The South African government had banned music from the civilians. One of the reasons were the mainly because of the lyrics especially by Roger Lucey‚ an artist whom was mentioned in the chapter. He continues to produce music while the South African government continues to reject it due to the lyrics in his music. The lyrics in one of his album called The Road Is Much Longer‚ was forwarded to the Publications Control Board for consideration. “Roger had not only attacked
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or on scores in a separate aggression questionnaire. According to Hanson and Hanson (1990)‚ people have a hard time processing the lyrics of heavy metal songs because the music itself is too distracting. This finding was confirmed in this experiment. A sample of the lyrics used is \"I should just get a gun and shoot you myself\". The researchers felt that if the lyrics would have been examined alone‚ or if the participants would
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you read that first sentence‚ you can’t help but to rap the words‚ and hum the tune as you envision a young Will Smith spinning on his royal chair with the graffiti background. The effect of the lyrics and the music video to this intro song goes way beyond pure entertainment value. The music video and lyrics spread happiness‚ smiles‚ and even helped to usher in a new generation of kids with the carefree fresh prince mindset. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air was a show that comes around once every generation
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lyricists’ perspective. Through music and poetic devices‚ songs can appeal to an audience by engaging them through a nice beat‚ as well as the subject of matter in the lyrics. The audience may or may not agree with the lyrics depending if mutual emotions and opinion is shared within the song or a personal relevance can be found with the lyrics. The song ‘Revolution’‚ by the John Butler Trio is about contemporary issues going on in our society and finding redemption in it. ‘Revolution’ appeals to me by
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Comes the Sun”‚ by The Beatles. The lyrics state‚ “Little darling‚ it’s been a long cold lonely winter/ Little darling‚ it feels like years since it’s been here/ Here comes the sun.” All the campers and counselors have been waiting all year long to be back at camp and they all think it has taken a lifetime to be back. In the rising action‚ Helena becomes best friends with Winn. The song that relates to the rising action is‚ “Complicated” by Avril Lavigne. The lyrics state‚ “But you become/ somebody
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song writer has to face stiff competition and this aspect is even more emphatically seen in the case of the genre of country song writing. This is because country lyrics are comparatively simple in their structural form. They do not need the backing of fine accompaniments. Often the country song writer himself sets music for his lyric which may be a few simple chords of a guitar or a piano. The versatility of a country song is another aspect which attracts composers to try their
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The song “Stairway to Heaven” is a song that moves me emotionally whenever I listen to it. It has a positive impact on my life and it reminds me that I can and should always take the right path. This message is represented in the song through its main theme which is make the right choices in order to go to Heaven. Hard Rock is a subgenre of Rock and Roll. It originated in the United States during the 1960’s during a period where Rock and Roll was flourishing. At the time‚ more musicians were finding
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violence and substance abuse to women. It was taken in as an ugly picture. In my opinion‚ I do not like this gender of music‚ but their lyrics open the eyes to other to feel what they have experience. There are a lot of different styles of rap‚ and rappers have truthfulness of the political system and others don’t. Some of rap lyrics have beautiful lyrics and other lyrics is just not quite understandable. Rap music can either send a good or send the wrong message. It all depends on the style of rap or
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Back in the day a performance qualified as someone walking on stage and bearing their soul. It was about the music‚ and it was about the talent. Now an artist qualifies as someone who is so bizarre‚ so outgoing‚ so appealing they can sell anything. Lately the music industry has been lacking in real talent. Many artists are truly talented‚ that goes without saying. But this talent tends to be hidden because of the glamour and popularity of their appearance. The reason why certain artistes are so
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