1. What is popular music? Popular music is any music since the mid 1800’s that is within liking and preferences of middle class. 2. What theme does pop music typically use in the lyrics? Describe one pop song that uses this theme. Why is this theme such a popular one? Pop music centers around the theme of love and relationships. “When I was your man” by Bruno Mars uses this theme by explaining feelings of breaking up in the song. This theme is so popular because many people can relate to love
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How significant was popular media in the progression of African-American Civil Rights from 1830-1969? Jimi Hendrix stated that ’music doesn ’t lie - if there is something to be changed in this world then it can only happen through music ’1 and perhaps this attitude towards music is the starting point for my argument on the impact it had on the Civil Rights Movement. Billy Joel called it ’an explosive expression of humanity‚ ’2 whilst Beethoven stated it to have ’higher revelation than all wisdom
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3/24/11 Psych 208 #2 Tuning in a radio can be a very diverse experience. All sorts of kinds of sounds come blaring from the speakers‚ some familiar‚ others not‚ depending on the listener. It is easy to distinguish the sounds of different generations‚ just as it is easy to distinguish their styles. On the surface‚ the popular songs of today sound very different from those that dominated the charts half a century ago. Legendary guitar rifts and pioneering vocals of artists such as Jim Morrison
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Reba McEntire: Country Queen For most people living or visiting Nashville‚ country music is the music they love most because Nashville is country music central. What makes each country star special? What’s the difference between Taylor Swift and Reba McEntire’s song? Reba has been around country music for nearly thirty years versus the average country star‚ Taylor Swift which stay in the spotlight two to six years. Reba is seen as queen of country because of her outstanding achievements and number
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American Roots Music To me‚ American roots music is the broad range of genres of music originated from people such as the Native Americans. Different styles of music come from different types of groups of people based on things like morals‚ traditions and customs‚ and religion. For example‚ some Native American tribes have songs to welcome back fighters from battles because they believe that it will calm the soul and mind from the gruesomeness of battles. These songs and traditions will start
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The song that I chose to listen to was “Hound Dog” by Big Mama Thornton and the cover by Elvis Presley. This is a very popular song and I’ve known it for a long time (as it was in the Disney movie Lilo and Stitch)‚ yet I didn’t know until I was reading the textbook this week that Elvis Presley was not the original performer of this song. I really enjoyed listening to Big Mama Thornton sing it. She has a very deep‚ rich voice. I like that she sang it more smoothly‚ kind of legato‚ than Elvis Presley
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Research by Arnett (1995) supports‚ "Some youth cultures derive their names from a specific music genre and may be used within the lyrics‚ for example‚ ’rockers’‚ ’punks’‚ ’metal kids’‚ and ’ravers’ (p.436). These musical names can provide adolescents with values‚ beliefs‚ and social identities which have raised a concern as a controversial issue. Additional controversial issues that may arise in the lyrics include satanism‚ lewd sex‚ rebellion‚ and substance use (Christenson & Roberts‚ 1998). For
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Rebellion comes in many forms‚ not only in teens but in children‚ movies‚ books‚ and music. Teen rebellion in specific is widely spread across the country in things such as movies‚ books‚ and music. For example‚ in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet are two teenagers who rebel against their parents in an act of love. This can also be compared to the movie The Breakfast Club. Teen rebellion can not only found in movies but found in books‚ books like the book Paper Towns. Teen rebellion
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It is a common idea to people who don’t listen to country music‚ that it is only about trucks and tractors‚ breakups‚ etc. but to people who do listen to country music know that there is more to it than that. Yes‚ there are several songs that fit the stereotype‚ for example “We Rode in Trucks” by Luke Bryan‚ and “Before He Cheats” by Carrie Underwood‚ Which is one of the most well known breakup songs in country music. But there Are several songs that show that country music is more about the story
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Like all things Music is ever changing‚ making it one of the most diverse art forms we have on earth. Over the centuries music has been created by people who have built upon what they have seen and heard around them. Rarely do we see brand new ideas. Rather new ideas implemented into pre-existing forms. These new ideas some would say have led to a turning point in music‚ where a particular style or tone has been made acceptable and in many cases independent. In the early beginnings of music‚ we
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