Fortunate Son by Creedence Clearwater Revival Links to Social 30-1 “Fortunate Son” by American band Creedence Clearwater Revival‚ was released in September 1969‚ during the height of the Vietnam War. During this time‚ conscription played a prominent role in recruiting men for the United States to combat the communist forces in South-East Asia‚ though it was not without criticism and opposition. “Fortunate Son” offers a voice to the anti-war movement. Its arguments against conscription‚ as well
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The two artifacts that we will be discussing are the original song “Can’t You See‚” by the Marshall Tucker Band‚ and the song that I parodied from its lyrics. The original song is classified in the genre of country rock. On the other hand the parody that I created would most likely fall under the genre of a comedic parody. I will mainly focus on how in the original artifact the hero just gives up all hope and accepts his fate right from the beginning‚ while the protagonists in the second one makes
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“All We Are” a song performed by One Republic would be a perfect fit for the soundtrack of The Outsiders‚ a novel by S.E. Hinton. These lyrics connect with the understanding and change of some characters throughout the novel. Furthermore the entire song would be a great asset to the movies soundtrack. In lines 12-17 of the song‚ the lyrics “We won‘t break‚ we won’t die it’s just a moment of change all we are‚ all we are is everything that’s right all we need‚ all we need‚ our love is at a bind” are
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would say Elvis and others might disagree. Rock and roll to me is as the words sound‚ but written into lyrics of a song. Rock is an object that is hard and its shaped in many different was. Roll metaphorically speaking is ever going‚ like a ball rounding down the hill‚ which needs friction to continue rolling on. Songs with a strong vocal edge and hard-hitting musical instruments are what make rock and roll different then rhythm and blues. R&B is more of a southing even tempo style then rock and
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seem like a harmless habit‚ one rarely ever stops to decipher the connotation of the popular songs being played. While an adult might mindlessly sing along to the Top 40‚ a listening child may easily grasp the immoral principles the songs distribute. Some people might declare that not all songs convey a bad message‚ but in reality‚ the mass majority of music is offensive in some manner. Not only do many of songs contain foul and abrupt language‚ but there are also several cases of misogyny and sexism
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Persepolis Song Assignment Kyle Andersen 5/23/13 If someone came into our country and started play music that denounced freedom‚ football‚ and Christianity would many Americans be offended? The answer to this question is also the answer to as why the ruling party in Iran in the 1980’s banned all music that went against the principles of Islam. The Muslim religion denounces drugs‚ adultery‚ alcohol‚ gambling‚ renouncing Islam‚ and the consumption of certain animals. During the 1980’s‚ American
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“Adam’s Song” was produced by Blink-182 and was released in 1999. “Adam’s Song” was a part of the Enema of the State album. This song was extremely different from most songs Blink-182 made. The tempo is much slower and the lyrics are considered much more depressing. Most songs produced by Blink-182 were up-beat and the lyrics did not touch on such sensitive topics. This song does a good job of using the instruments to create the sense of sadness and hope‚ and uses the lyrics to explain how someone
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Baerwald‚ and Kevin Gilbert. This song fits under the genre of country Pop. This song rose to #2 on the Billboard “Hot 100” chart in 1994. The form of this song is a simple verse-chorus that also has pre-chorus. The verse and chorus are both built on the same 3-chord‚ 4-bar chord progression‚ but the chorus departs from the progression in the last two bars at each time. The sequence of the song starts with the verses that then lead to pre-chorus section. Then it pushes the song forward to the chorus. The
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The world of a country song writer is a different one‚ requiring him to prove his capability time and again. With millions of aspiring artists that make their appearance on the scene annually‚ the song writer has to work very hard to stay adrift otherwise he is likely to sink into anonymity before he can even realize it. A 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
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When I was growing up in a foreign country‚ I remembered my dad actually playing this piece by The Beatles on repeat. The song‚ “Let It Be” was one of his favorite songs to listen to and I also had quickly gotten accustomed to it. “Let It Be” is one of the songs of multiple albums that The Beatles have notoriously won nominations to awards being that they were highly regarded and arguably debated as the most influential idols of the rock era. This specific song actually had come from Paul McCartney’s
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