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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Christian rock band Ashes Remain‚ has composed a song to explain the difficulties of the struggles for those who do not like to ask for help. That song is called “On My Own”‚ a song released in 2011 in the album What I’ve Become. This song should be acknowledged for the Nobel prize because it has the power to reach out to
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The song I chose is “Help Is on The Way” by Rise Against‚ a punk rock band. I like a lot of the songs by then not only because they sound good but they also sing about problems and issues in our society today and “Help Is on The Way” is no different. The band is also very proactive in promoting activism with this song does very well especially alongside the music video. I chose this song because it has a strong meaning and is about issues that had occurred that most people already know the background
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Singer CeeLo Green has released a song called “Robin Williams” which is a tribute to the late actor. Williams‚ a seemingly happy man‚ was battling depression and committed suicide in August 2014. "Robin Williams" is the first single from Green’s upcoming album Heart Blanche. Although the song is good‚ I can’t help but think that it’s a blatant cash-grab. The upbeat and catchy song features lyrics that relate to Williams and his battle with depression. The lines "we don’t know what the next man’s
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Every song tells its own unique story; however the stories they tell are often up to interpretation. Bob James‚ the creator of the song Orpheus‚ wrote the song based on his interpretation of the myth. The music of Bob James continued to evolve and captivate audiences thought the world. Discovered by Quincy Jones at the Notre Dame Jazz Festival in 1963‚ Bob recorded his first solo album‚ Bold Conceptions‚ that year for Mercury Records. 36 more solo albums would follow through four decades; that number
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Prominent protest songs of the 21st century are often found in genera’s containing boldly outspoken and poetically powerful lyrics such as contemporary rap and hip hop. However‚ a female country duo who debuted their first album in 2015 is stirring the gender inequality pot by crafting their music with brutal honesty. Maddie and Tae‚ two twenty-one year olds from Nashville‚ Tennessee‚ have dampened the burning fire in modern country music‚ referred to as “Bro Country.” These two ladies have taken
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to the actual lyrics of a song. If you listen to the lyrics of a song you will realize that many songs have important messages or themes to them. An example of this is the lyrics of the song “Changes” by Tupac Shakur. If you listen to this song‚ you will realize that Tupac raps about not only the problems that African Americans face from society‚ but also the struggles that poor people in society have to endure and overcome. Many people in society can relate to this song and I personally believe the
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The song that chose for my solo performance is Under the Bridge by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The composers were John Frusciante‚ Anthony Kiedis‚ Flea and Chad Smith. John Frusciante did the guitar parts. This piece was composed in America at a studio session in preparation for their second album with John‚ "Blood Sugar Sex Magik." The characteristics that define this piece of work was the speed‚ which it was quite slow‚ intensity‚ which it wasn’t too intense‚ the type of singing‚ which it was done
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Throughout many of my favourite songs the topic of relationships is reoccurring. In one of my favourite songs by Vic Mensa titled “16 Shots” the topic of relationships is occurs a lot. In this song the artist explains the day to day conflicts between African-American citizens and racist police officers. He also talks about the level of power that the police have and how often that they abuse their power. In the song the artist talks about the conflict between police officers and African Americans
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How this sing was crowned this title I really don’t know but as it turned out this is the song many of those gay males that were standing in the night club in 1995 were just coming out the closet and something about the words in this song gave them a sense of freedom and feeling better about themselves as they now were faced with a fear of not being accepted by society. This song was there comfort music to there heart the words made them feel loved made them feel like everything was
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