Psychology 257 Music Project 2013
Japanese Folk Tale Song- Furusato (Home) It's a song about Christmas, but the singer has such a great voice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqeVs_GTPo0
“All the Wine” by the National
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMZtrGVpmJ8
Commentary: I feel that this song speaks to the culture that I live in very aptly. First off, the lyrics of the song speak to an almost narcissistic level of self, embodying the individualistic thinking associated with our culture. All the wine is for the speaker, in that all the fine things in life are simply his for the taking. Building on this is the gender expectations of men, in that not only is the deep voice of the singer stereotypically masculine, but the speaker is the one taking everything and telling the motorcade to go around. This represents the take-charge, powerful idea of men in Western culture. Additionally, the music of the song says something to me about our culture too. It is a fusion of fairly normal rock and more synthesized sounds and rhythms. This speaks to our culture’s curiosity for modernity and technology, while also maintaining our more traditional values and heritage.
Jurasic 5 -
"Freedom" mp3
[Chorus]
**Hold on to this feelin', Freedom (Freedom!)** [2X]
[Chali 2na]
Yo, Seldom travel by the multitude
The devil's gavel has a cup of food
My culture's screwed cause this word is misconstrued
Small countries exempt from food cause leader have different views
You choose
[Akil]
What meen the world to me is bein' free
Live and let live and just let it be (Let it be)
Love peace and harmony, one universal family
One God, one aim and one destiny
[Marc 7]
Are we there?
Imagine life without a choice at all
Given no hope without a voice at all
These be the problems that we face
I'm talkin' poverty in race
But no matter what the case we gotta...
[Chorus]
[Soup]
Yo, I'm the first candidate to hate
Had to beat on the drum to communicate
For what was to come to those who were hung
They would decapitate the tongue if you would mention the word (Freedom)
[Chali 2na]
Got people screamin' free Mumia Jamal
But two out of three of ya'll will probably be at the mall
I'm heated wit ya'll, been defeated before
And complete an unsolved when the word freedom's involved
[Akil]
Yo, my forefathers hung in trees to be free (Rest in peace)
Got rid of slavery but kept the penitentiary
And now freedom got a shotgun and shells wit cha name
Release the hot ones and let freedom ring
[Soup]
I'm the former vote prisoner
Hollywood visitor
Dance for cats segregated on wax
My color got me HANDY-
-CAP amos and andy
For the freedom they just won't hand me
[Chorus]
[Marc 7 (2X)] **Hold On**
Cause there's not a lot of time **To**
Your heart, body, soul and your mind **This**
They're so true and they been hurtin' so long **Feelin'**
Thats the reason why we named this song **Freedom**
Wannabe - Spice Girls were pioneers in the pop culture and are iconic super stars still today. Growing up as a young girl in the 90’s it was everything spice girls. They were “thee” girl group. I idolized them along with all me peers. They taught me about empowering myself as a girl, “Girl Power”. Everything about them created a culture from their clothing(style) to personalities and music. They had the largest gay following for their time. They formed me into the girl I am today. As a Canadian we do not have a distinct music culture. My Father is French Canadian and my Mother was born and raised on the west coast they grew up with North American music. Canadians have the freedom to listen to the music of their choice. I choose Spice Girls and I was not forced to listen to any particular music.