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. This song is about a man with some emotional troubles who is on a train going nowhere. While he’s on the train he sits in silence with a gambler. The gambler breaks the silence by giving the man some advice seemingly about gambling but also about life. The gambler then puts out his cigarette‚ goes to sleep
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person narrative poem ‘Father and child’ by Gwen Harwood‚ is structured in two sections each with seven stanzas and six lines. It focuses on an individuals revolt against authority and the consequences of such an action‚ as well as an insinuation of the imminent death of a parent. Harwood uses persuasive and implicit means to “mirror” the loss of innocence and its effect on the sense of appreciation or acceptance of the complexities existing in the wider world. Overall‚ ‘Father and Child’‚ demonstrates
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likeable song in the album. The song is about the events that took place in the book Lord of the Rings‚ The Return of the King. “The Battle of Evermore” was recorded using a mandolin and a guest folk singer‚ Sandy Denny. In the song‚ Robert Plant played the role of the narrator while Sandy Denny represented the town crier. This is the only Led Zeppelin song ever to be recorded with a guest singer. “Stairway To Heaven” is 8 minutes and 2 seconds long‚ and it is one of the most famous rock songs of all
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Winters are cold‚ but it is the coldest when people are suffering from loss. Most of Kanye’s songs have a hidden message and in this song his message may be unclear unless you know about his life. In all the song in the album Kanye’s lyrics have a deeper meaning than what the average music lover can read or listen to. Coldest Winter is actually a depiction of the singer’s relationship with his mother and his fiancee as depicted through the themes of loss‚ loneliness‚ and doubt. Kanye’s lyrics
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Ojibwe/Chippewa were very ritualistic. In George Catlin Braves’ Dance‚ Ojibwa‚ 1835–37 Ojibwe/Chippewa oil painting as well as Snowshoe Dance at the First Snowfall‚ 1835-37 displayed how ritualistic and grateful the Natives were. They would sing a song to the Great Spirit for allowing them to wear their snow shoes to hunt better. This shows you how much of their lives revolved around hunting and thanking the Great Spirit. In the Braves’ Dance Painting we are not sure why they are dancing but we see again
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Fortunate Son My song is "Fortunate Son" by Creedence Clearwater Revival. "Fortunate Son" was created in 1969. "Fortunate Son" was created as a Anti-War song that was written about the Vietnam war during the time. The song reached #3 on the charts for Billboard. "Fortunate Son" received a gold disk award in December 1970. The song was also added to the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress because of it being Culturally‚ aesthetically and historically significant. Although
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Essay on Zulu dance According to Zulu Culture.com‚ thousands of Zulu virgins dance at the Enyokeni Zulu Royal Palace each September at the Reed Dance Festival‚ or Umkhosi Womhlanga. The tradition begins with the virgin maids gathering reeds from the river and bringing them to the Zulu king. The girls dance with the reeds in front of the king‚ and then he chooses his bride. Besides the bride choice‚ one of the main purposes of this ritual was to encourage girls to remain virgins until marriage.
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This song is about a woman who is a tease. The woman will kiss the man and even turn them on but will have nothing else to do with them. Eventually the man gets addicted to this girl and believes that she’s the one. He tries to break his addiction of her but she will always be the one. In the end the man keeps trying to break her and she resists. I think this song tells an interesting story about real life and love at first sight. The amount of imagery in this song immediately draws
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LION DANCE THE HISTORY EARLY BELIEF According to traditional Chinese belief‚ the lion signifies courage‚ stability and superiority. The lion’s dance is performed to chase away ghosts and evil spirits. This is derived from folklore about a monster called Nian. This lion-like monster eats human-flesh for living and hunts for food in a village near the mountain. One day‚ the villagers decided to chase the monster away by throwing firecrackers and playing loud music. To come to their surprise‚ it
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Leah Minjae Song (PAP) Senior year is like listening to a broken radio that repeats the same phrase over and over again. As an incoming freshman in college‚ we are still unable to throw this broken radio out. We’ve been forced to listen to the phrase "How are you going be successful in college?" I believe that everyone has a different definition of being successful in college. For me‚ being successful in college is keeping up with my grades and living my life to the fullest. I am the typical straight
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