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.