"The Twist" by Chubby Checker has not died yet. This song was first introduced in the year of 1960. Chubby did not think this was going to be such a hit but it was number one in 1960 and 1962. This song is very interesting to the history of rock 'n' roll because this was one of the first songs in which people started dancing unique moves of rock 'n' roll. This song was able to bring all generations together and it let them admit that they all truly liked rock 'n' roll. After 50 years this is still true. Furthermore, many musicians used and some still use the Chubby Checker's moves. For example, Michael Jackson and Britney Spears. "The twist" also inspired other moves such as, The Fly, The Funky Chicken, the Hucklebuck, the Locomotion, the Pony among many more.
This song was a very happy song;
"Take me by my little hand and go like this
Eo-oh twist baby baby twist
Oooh-yeah just like this."
Just by reading these lyrics without listening to the beat one could tell this is a song that involves a lot of movement.
"My daddy is sleepin' and mama ain't around
Yeah daddy is sleepin' and mama ain't
We're ganna twisty twisty twisty."
When I read these lyrics I remembered that adults were scared of rock 'n' roll and it made sense for the first time. They talked about things that songs from before never talked about. These song wasn't too out there but it still alarmed parents.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Lyrics Analysis
"Hey Jude" is a song by The Beatles. This song became the most successful song that they ever released. It sold more than 10 million copies in the Unites States. When I first heard this song I fell in love with it. Out of all the songs we have listened to in class, this one was the ones that caught my attention the most. After listening to the song a few times I realized that the message was a little unclear which is why I wanted to analyze this song. After making a little research, I learned that this song was written to Julian. Julian is Cynthia's and John's son. His parents were going through a divorce. Mc Cartney wanted to give a message to Julian through this song but Julian didn't know this until 19 years later. Now the lyrics make much more sense.
"And anytime you feel the pain, hey jude, refrain,
Don't carry the world upon your shoulders"
This basically means to let everything out, to not stay with it inside. When one keeps everything inside the pain only grows and grows.
"For well you know that it's a fool who plays it cool
By making his world a little colder"
This part means that John is cold but that Julian knows that and he shouldn't let that affect him.
Furthermore, I think it is really interesting how different people took the song in different ways. For example, John thought the song was for him because of the following part "go out and get her". I think it is even more interesting that Julian didn't realize the song was written for him. All in all, the song was trying to make Julian feel. In my opinion they should have told him since the beginning and not waiting 19 years.
"And anytime you feel the pain, hey jude, refrain,
Don't carry the world upon your shoulders"
This basically means to let everything out, to not stay with it inside. When one keeps everything inside the pain only grows and grows.
"For well you know that it's a fool who plays it cool
By making his world a little colder"
This part means that John is cold but that Julian knows that and he shouldn't let that affect him.
Furthermore, I think it is really interesting how different people took the song in different ways. For example, John thought the song was for him because of the following part "go out and get her". I think it is even more interesting that Julian didn't realize the song was written for him. All in all, the song was trying to make Julian feel. In my opinion they should have told him since the beginning and not waiting 19 years.
Muse Workshop
I attended the Loan Consolidation Workshop on Tuesday, December 1st, 2010. In this workshop they talked about how to pay loans one has taken out. In my opinion this workshop was very useful because I got a lot of information that could be helpful in my future. It is much better to take all of your loans from one lender. This is better because like this you only have to pay one person and not 10 different ones. I also learned that after obtaining your first degree you will have to pay tax fees even if attending grad school. The process of obtaining a consolidation loan is the following:
verify all loans amounts and current holders.
There are many ways in which one could repay loans. For example, standard repayment(fixed amount form 10-30 years), Graduated Repayments(these start out low but then increase every 2 years up to 30 years), Extended repayments(you need at least to have a loan of $30k and like this will get 25 years to pay back), and Income Contingent Repayment Plan (ICR)(this is based on income and family size). Attending this workshop helped me get a better idea of how loans look like. I now know that it is much better to take loans from one lender only. Most importantly one has to look at the taxes one has to pay for every loan.
verify all loans amounts and current holders.
There are many ways in which one could repay loans. For example, standard repayment(fixed amount form 10-30 years), Graduated Repayments(these start out low but then increase every 2 years up to 30 years), Extended repayments(you need at least to have a loan of $30k and like this will get 25 years to pay back), and Income Contingent Repayment Plan (ICR)(this is based on income and family size). Attending this workshop helped me get a better idea of how loans look like. I now know that it is much better to take loans from one lender only. Most importantly one has to look at the taxes one has to pay for every loan.
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Fever Chapter #7
While reading this chapter I started to realize that Rock 'n' Roll has influenced a lot of people. Rock 'n' Roll made whites and blacks equal and in this chapter we learn about inspiration. Many Rock 'n' Roll singers have inspired fans to stand up for themselves. In chapter 7, the story of Tina Turner is shared to us. Tina Turner was a singer that had a husband that would abuse her. When she decided to leave him and move on, she started to sing songs that talked about his personal story. This is wonderful because fans are followers; therefore fans took this as an example and got inspired to leave their abusive husbands. It shocking how for 6 years TIna Turner was the only woman to sing songs that influenced others. After 6 years Barr got inspired by Tina's actions and started to to support subjects like teen sex and parental ambivalence.
Fever Chapter #6
While reading this chapter, Bruce Springsteen caught my attention. I think it is really interesting that he is the only American rock star that gets compared to Elvis. Springsteen got inspired by many people such as, Presley to Phil Spector, girl groups to Dylan, R&B covers to frat rock. In addition, his concerts were four and half hours long. The part that was REALLY interesting to me was that Springsteen would shuffle his songs often. This means that he would change the tone of each song to make it have a different emotional tone. This helped not get the fans bored of listening to the same songs every night. Last but not least, I would like to talk about how Springsteen was able to gain fans by singing romantic songs. Women from that era and even from today's society love music that say sweet things and not music that puts them down(make them feel less powerful) like the music Dylan would sing.
MOVIE SOUNDTRACK: "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian"
1. Bob Marley: Is This Love
This song goes perfectly with the theme of Love. In the story, Junior the main character falls in love with Penelope. Penelope is a rich white girl that attends the same school Junior decided to move to. He decided to go to that school to obtain a better education and a better future. At the beginning Junior saw Penelope as an impossible dream but as they got to now each other, they began to like each other and Junior decided to take her to the Winter Formal.
(pg 122)
"Penelope and I were so happy to be alive, and so happy alive TOGETHER, even if we were only a semi-hot item and we danced every single dance.
Nineteen dances; nineteen songs.
Twelve fast songs; seven slow ones
Eleven country hits; five rock songs; three hip-hop tunes.
It was the best night of my life.
Of course, I was a sweaty mess inside that hot polyester suit.
But it didn't matter. Penelope thought I was beautiful and so i felt beautiful."
I picture this scene as the following,
Penelope and Junior dancing to different songs. . . but instead of us listening to the music they are dancing to, we would listen to this song.
This songs goes with the theme of love because Junior is in love with Penelope.
2. Queen: We Will Rock You
This songs fits in with the theme of Patriotism. Junior decided to move schools like mentioned previously. When he moved he got really interested in basketball. He became part of his new school's basketball team and played against his old friends. He didn't care about what his old teammates thought about him. His goal was to win and he wanted to defeat his best friends Rowdy. All the people from his old school and his town hated Junior for "trading" them. Junior's team and him wanted to win the game no matter what.
(pg. 144)
"If these dang Indians had been organized when I came to school here, maybe I would have more reasons to stay.
That thought made me laugh.
So I laughed.
And my laughter was the only sound in the gym.
And then I noticed that the only Indian who hadn't turned his back on me was Rowdy. He was standing on the other court. He passed a basketball around his back, around his back, around his back, like a clock. And he glared at me.
He wanted to play.
He didn't want to turn his back on me.
He wanted to kill me, face-to-face.
That made me laugh some more.
And then Coach started laughing with me.
And so did my teammates.
And we kept laughing as we walked into the locker room to get ready for the game."
I picture this scene as the following,
As Junior's new team walks into the gym, the gym comes to a complete silence.
I picture the team walking in the middle of the huge gym with all eyes on them. As the walk this song plays on the back.
This song goes with this scene because Junior as well as his teammates want to really win this game.
3. Johnny Cash- Hurt
This song goes perfectly the theme of death. Junior had to go through the pain of losing many of his loved ones. He first had to go through the pain of losing his grandmother. Junior's grandmother was the closest person Junior had. He would look up to her and look for her when he had problems. After this big loss he had to go through it again when his sister died.
I picture this scene as the following,
(pg. 201)
"Arnold, I'm sorry." she said.
"But I just got a phone call from your mother.
It's your sister. She's passed away."
"What do you mean?"I asked.
I knew what she meant, but I wanted her to say something else.
"Your sister is gone," Miss Warren said. . . . . .
"No," Miss Warren said. "Your sister, she's dead."
Right after those words, this songs plays.
As the song plays you could see Junior with a shock face.
This song goes this theme because people died and made Junior really really sad.
This song goes perfectly with the theme of Love. In the story, Junior the main character falls in love with Penelope. Penelope is a rich white girl that attends the same school Junior decided to move to. He decided to go to that school to obtain a better education and a better future. At the beginning Junior saw Penelope as an impossible dream but as they got to now each other, they began to like each other and Junior decided to take her to the Winter Formal.
(pg 122)
"Penelope and I were so happy to be alive, and so happy alive TOGETHER, even if we were only a semi-hot item and we danced every single dance.
Nineteen dances; nineteen songs.
Twelve fast songs; seven slow ones
Eleven country hits; five rock songs; three hip-hop tunes.
It was the best night of my life.
Of course, I was a sweaty mess inside that hot polyester suit.
But it didn't matter. Penelope thought I was beautiful and so i felt beautiful."
I picture this scene as the following,
Penelope and Junior dancing to different songs. . . but instead of us listening to the music they are dancing to, we would listen to this song.
This songs goes with the theme of love because Junior is in love with Penelope.
2. Queen: We Will Rock You
This songs fits in with the theme of Patriotism. Junior decided to move schools like mentioned previously. When he moved he got really interested in basketball. He became part of his new school's basketball team and played against his old friends. He didn't care about what his old teammates thought about him. His goal was to win and he wanted to defeat his best friends Rowdy. All the people from his old school and his town hated Junior for "trading" them. Junior's team and him wanted to win the game no matter what.
(pg. 144)
"If these dang Indians had been organized when I came to school here, maybe I would have more reasons to stay.
That thought made me laugh.
So I laughed.
And my laughter was the only sound in the gym.
And then I noticed that the only Indian who hadn't turned his back on me was Rowdy. He was standing on the other court. He passed a basketball around his back, around his back, around his back, like a clock. And he glared at me.
He wanted to play.
He didn't want to turn his back on me.
He wanted to kill me, face-to-face.
That made me laugh some more.
And then Coach started laughing with me.
And so did my teammates.
And we kept laughing as we walked into the locker room to get ready for the game."
I picture this scene as the following,
As Junior's new team walks into the gym, the gym comes to a complete silence.
I picture the team walking in the middle of the huge gym with all eyes on them. As the walk this song plays on the back.
This song goes with this scene because Junior as well as his teammates want to really win this game.
3. Johnny Cash- Hurt
This song goes perfectly the theme of death. Junior had to go through the pain of losing many of his loved ones. He first had to go through the pain of losing his grandmother. Junior's grandmother was the closest person Junior had. He would look up to her and look for her when he had problems. After this big loss he had to go through it again when his sister died.
I picture this scene as the following,
(pg. 201)
"Arnold, I'm sorry." she said.
"But I just got a phone call from your mother.
It's your sister. She's passed away."
"What do you mean?"I asked.
I knew what she meant, but I wanted her to say something else.
"Your sister is gone," Miss Warren said. . . . . .
"No," Miss Warren said. "Your sister, she's dead."
Right after those words, this songs plays.
As the song plays you could see Junior with a shock face.
This song goes this theme because people died and made Junior really really sad.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Music List #4
1) Bruno Mars- A lot of his songs talk about girls and love. His songs could make girls feel better because of the lyrics. It is pretty relaxing.
2) Ne-yo- He talks about love and love problems in a lot of his songs.
3) Usher- He just makes me relax just by listening to his lyrics.
4) Aventura- This is a spanish band. I love this band I now almost all of their songs. They also talk about love and they have made a lot of couples get back together. When I am stressed out I listen to them and they just help me relax.
5) Drake- I like him because sometimes I can't really understand what he says so I just listen to the beat and I don't think for a little. Sometimes it is good not to think a lot because this helps our brains rest. =]
2) Ne-yo- He talks about love and love problems in a lot of his songs.
3) Usher- He just makes me relax just by listening to his lyrics.
4) Aventura- This is a spanish band. I love this band I now almost all of their songs. They also talk about love and they have made a lot of couples get back together. When I am stressed out I listen to them and they just help me relax.
5) Drake- I like him because sometimes I can't really understand what he says so I just listen to the beat and I don't think for a little. Sometimes it is good not to think a lot because this helps our brains rest. =]
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