What Does It Mean To Modal Birds
Ridge Vinson
12/3/2012
6th Period
Research Paper
“Errything that I got, I got from slangin birds!” (2 Chainz). What does it mean to slang birds? As times change so does music and the culture around it. Times have been changing and creating a mold for what we now call pop music and rap. The pop culture and the pop music go hand and hand in these ever changing times. The youth that are growing up in society today are being exposed to new and distasteful music which it is having a negative effect on them. A lot more is allowed on radio and public broadcast than what used to be viewed as acceptable. This has made a negative shift in the culture of youth. Heavy factors for this are suggestive lyrics, scandalous videos, fashion among …show more content…
The concept of a music video has changes many times over the last few decades. They all still have the basic concept to get as many likes as you possibly can. They also try to get the most attention so that they can become more famous and be seen by many. This increases the target audience and intern more people will see it and download the music. Recently within the last decade or two the best way to do this has been to appeal with a scandalous and sexually manner. Humans are naturally curious and enjoy the idea or a scandalous video that tells the story in a song with out it being like porn. “Exposure to lots of sexually degrading music gives them a specific message about sex, said lead author Steven Martino, a researcher for the corporation in Pittsburg. Boys learn they should be relentless in pursuit of women and girls and learn to view them as sex objects”. (“Raunchy music influences teens sexual habits”, Theage.com). Many pop, rock, and rap artist have started to introduce real strippers in their videos so that many people will talk about it and view it. Along with strippers and dancer is an appeal with cash. It is the dream of many American to become rich and have lots of money so showing lots of money in a music video makes it more desirable to watch. This is a good method that recording studios and directors have taken because it reaches millions of teens. The teens see what …show more content…
A lot can be said by just what you wear. It’s once thing that people are judged on. “Support of the music industry and the individual artist and bands can be seen everywhere, one chest at a time. Music related or influenced fashions accounts for nearly a quarter of all clothing sales to teenagers ages 12-19. However clothing is the just the beginning of the influence”. (“How music influences your teen’s fashion”, Family.go.com). Its true that many artists have crated fashion tends such as snapbacks and tattoos. One rapper named Lil Wayne has his own clothing brand called TruckFit, which has trended largely in the last few months and it can be seen in schools all over. This creates many types of groups among teens and makes outcast. Teens separate themselves into groups based on music and fashion most of the time because we like to hang out with people who have the same interest as us. “White students who listened to ethnically diverse Top 40 pop music showed equal support for groups focused on whites, African Americans, Arab Americans, and Latino Americans.” (“Rock, pop, White power: How music influences support for ethnic groups, Eurekalert.org.). This relates to them all listening to similar music which will show in there fashion and cliques. It is nature to be around what makes you comfortable so humans seek out similarity. That is why the fashion among teens has
12/3/2012
6th Period
Research Paper
“Errything that I got, I got from slangin birds!” (2 Chainz). What does it mean to slang birds? As times change so does music and the culture around it. Times have been changing and creating a mold for what we now call pop music and rap. The pop culture and the pop music go hand and hand in these ever changing times. The youth that are growing up in society today are being exposed to new and distasteful music which it is having a negative effect on them. A lot more is allowed on radio and public broadcast than what used to be viewed as acceptable. This has made a negative shift in the culture of youth. Heavy factors for this are suggestive lyrics, scandalous videos, fashion among …show more content…
The concept of a music video has changes many times over the last few decades. They all still have the basic concept to get as many likes as you possibly can. They also try to get the most attention so that they can become more famous and be seen by many. This increases the target audience and intern more people will see it and download the music. Recently within the last decade or two the best way to do this has been to appeal with a scandalous and sexually manner. Humans are naturally curious and enjoy the idea or a scandalous video that tells the story in a song with out it being like porn. “Exposure to lots of sexually degrading music gives them a specific message about sex, said lead author Steven Martino, a researcher for the corporation in Pittsburg. Boys learn they should be relentless in pursuit of women and girls and learn to view them as sex objects”. (“Raunchy music influences teens sexual habits”, Theage.com). Many pop, rock, and rap artist have started to introduce real strippers in their videos so that many people will talk about it and view it. Along with strippers and dancer is an appeal with cash. It is the dream of many American to become rich and have lots of money so showing lots of money in a music video makes it more desirable to watch. This is a good method that recording studios and directors have taken because it reaches millions of teens. The teens see what …show more content…
A lot can be said by just what you wear. It’s once thing that people are judged on. “Support of the music industry and the individual artist and bands can be seen everywhere, one chest at a time. Music related or influenced fashions accounts for nearly a quarter of all clothing sales to teenagers ages 12-19. However clothing is the just the beginning of the influence”. (“How music influences your teen’s fashion”, Family.go.com). Its true that many artists have crated fashion tends such as snapbacks and tattoos. One rapper named Lil Wayne has his own clothing brand called TruckFit, which has trended largely in the last few months and it can be seen in schools all over. This creates many types of groups among teens and makes outcast. Teens separate themselves into groups based on music and fashion most of the time because we like to hang out with people who have the same interest as us. “White students who listened to ethnically diverse Top 40 pop music showed equal support for groups focused on whites, African Americans, Arab Americans, and Latino Americans.” (“Rock, pop, White power: How music influences support for ethnic groups, Eurekalert.org.). This relates to them all listening to similar music which will show in there fashion and cliques. It is nature to be around what makes you comfortable so humans seek out similarity. That is why the fashion among teens has