The Irish rock band U2, known for the oftentimes sociopolitical and spiritual basis of their songs, released their seventh album, Achtung Baby in 1991. After being stung by criticism of their previous release, Rattle and Hum, which explored American roots music, U2 decided to reinvent themselves by using alternative and electronic sounds while incorporating darker, more introspective messages.
The album begins with the highly dissonant and industrial, yet ground-setting “Zoo Station”, a song that proclaims that the singer is “... ready for what’s next”, perhaps a nod to the “unU2like” tone of the following tracks.
“One”, the third song on Achtung Baby, is the epitome of a breakup anthem; Rolling Stone Magazine even listed it as the 36th best song of all time. Nevertheless, one does not have to be trying to commiserate pain in order to appreciate the simplistic, melodic beauty and enthralling chorus of the song.
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“The Fly” departed so much from U2’s traditional style that Bono, the lead singer, likened it to the sound of four men chopping down “The Joshua Tree”, an album they released in 1987 that became 48th bestselling album of all time.
The uniqueness of each song on Achtung Baby is exemplified by the transition from the unrefined opening of “Zoo Station”, to the minimalist and Gregorian chant-like closing track, “Love is Blindness”. However, despite the range in tonality, each piece manages to segue smoothly into the next, almost reminiscent of the symphonic sensation of a Pink Floyd
There was a vocal recital on October 19th, 2017 at 7:30PM, held at the performance hall in Mountain view college. Alex Longnecker, a tenor vocalist and Imre Patkai, (pianist) played a series of homophonic textured songs, some being sung in German and others in English. The Three selected songs I will be writing about are, The Lincolnshire Poacher, The Plough Boy, and Im Wunderschonen Monat Mai. This performance played a total of 24 Pieces, composed by 4 composers, being Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ernest Chausson, Benjamin Britten, and Robert Schumann.
This book report is about the book The Songcatcher ,written by Sharyn McCrumb. Sharyn McCrumb is a Local writer whose novels celebrates the history and folklore of the Appalachian mountains . The Songcatcher tells the story of a family over the course of hundreds of years. I find the author's writing style different from anything I have read before. She flips from past to present throughout the book.The author really keeps the reader own edge and guessing what will happen next throughout the pages.I find that I can connect to the book on a cultural standpoint from living in the Appalachian Mountains .It is very interesting to me that she based this on her own family history.The book starts out telling two completely different stories,
The Wiz is a musical/movie released in 1978 that was an adaptation of the popular film “Wizard of Oz”. It included several very popular stars of the time, which were Diana Ross, Michael Jackson and Nipsey Russell. The movie set place in New York City where the main character, Dorothy, suddenly is swept by a tornado in the middle of a snowstorm. She later then found herself lost in a city she had no clue about and curious as to how she could return home. After meeting 3 other characters during her journey that share similarities, they all embarked on a trip to OZ to fix each of their problems. Throughout the movie characters apply their own soundtrack through singing songs in harmony that compliment the mood of each scene.
On Thursday night, the stage at Birdys was adorned with oriental rugs, candles, and vases of flowers to create ambiance. It was nice, but they wouldn’t have needed it, the music spoke for itself. They played songs from two of their albums, Good Dog Bad Dog, but mostly their latest, Ohio. This album is the one that drew the crowd ...
This song to me is very poetic and it speaks so many truths. Not everyone is easy to love, not everyone is perfect. Love is one of the best, yet worse feelings in the entire world. This song in a sense describes myself. I don’t make things easy, I am very stubborn. I do have a very short fuse, when I do get heated I can become a wrecking ball; destructing everything in my path if I need to.
Hip-Hop’s criticism of George W. Bush is a good example of hip-hop’s reflection of Black public opinion. The Republican candidate who already had a low approval rating of 57% amongst African-Americans received an even lower approval rating after his lackluster efforts to support Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 (Jones, 2003; Cillizza & Sullivan 2013).
Because of this, happy music becomes nothing more than a jumble of words sung in a repetitive melody. I will like most songs that contain a positive message greater than what is said in the lyrics, however, it is my belief that sad songs will always consist of a greater meaning than what can be found in happy songs. This meaning often evokes emotion in it’s listeners which leads them to adopt a similar positive sense of morality. The people who listen to sad music are often those who have either gone, or are going through, a rough patch in their life. Because of this I believe that sad music is one of God’s ways of communicating with the people who are in most need of his assistance. My childhood wasn't the greatest, because of this I have always flocked towards songs with sad lyrics because I myself constantly felt bitter and melancholy. I despised happy music because I could never understand it. I still firmly believe that most happy songs contain no meaning. Many of them are written by the privileged few who have not had to endure a struggle in their life. During my endeavor I was afraid to ask for help so the only thing that could console me was the music that I loved so much. Had I listened to modern music that is characterized as happy I believe that I would likely have become an immoral person who holds dear the negative ideals that are put forward by many of today's
Atwood, Margaret. "Owl Song." Poetry Foundation. Poetry Foundation, n.d. Web. 17 Nov. 2015. [The poem is utilized to analyze and illustrate themes that can be juxtaposed to Sylvia Plath's poetry. In case themes, literary elements, and biographical elements are drawn together, then there is a commonality amongst eminent female writers. However, the use of the poems and comparisons is to find the underlying factor that traces these possible connections; in case it is not due to mental illness or embracement of death, then The Sylvia Plath Effect may be redrawn to a new possible hypothesis.]
Rytell, David. “Music Worthy of a Riot.” David Rytell’s Home Page. 1989. Web. 17 September 2011.
There is one universal language: the language of music. Music has a special quality and ability to bridge both social and cultural divides. A proposed theory by Dr. Gray, Founder and Director of National Musical Arts’ BioMusic Program; describes music has been around longer than human-beings have. Music is the one thing human beings from various backgrounds can relate to. Every living creature would agree. Music is heard everywhere not just among humans, but in nature as well, through the twitting of birds, winds blowing, the soft sound of raindrops against a windowpane, the ocean waves moving back and forth and the hum of the ocean rushing in a sea shell. There is no escaping it; music lives in and surrounds us steadily. While there are countless songs which confer social or cultural consciousness, this paper will analyze and address the dynamics of M.I.A.’s “Paper Planes”, video. Stylistically, the paper will examine the artist point of view, the unique use of lyrical analysis and sound description in relation to its historical, social, political and/or cultural context. This essay will also trace the lyrical analysis and sound description of song and discuss how the elements (visually, sonically, and lyrically) interplay with the theme of immigration and/or violence.
The instruments utilized by the songwriters in “Bullet the Blue Sky” created a chaotic vibe for me as I was reading the poem. The big intro before the first verse of U2’s song helped me feel the tension in the song before the lyrics even commenced. I noticed that “Bullet the Blue Sky” kept referring to the tune of “The Ants Go Marching In.” I thought it was an excellent fit to the lyrics of the song, the tune symbolizing the United States military marching into the country of El Salvador. In “Minority Poem,” I enjoyed how Lum integrated tone, active voice, and explosive consonants into his poem to catch the audience’s attention. The symbols he utilized in his poem, such as apple pie, caught my attention. I was impressed with how Lum was able to convey a sarcastic tone in the poem merely by using certain words. The fact that Lum writes his poem in an aggressive tone gave me a sense that he was describing the hostility in which Caucasian Americans treat minorities in the U.S. in the active form. The words themselves in “Minority Poem” imply assertiveness and demonstrate the fact that Caucasian-Americans really dislike minorities. Overall, the poetic techniques and figurative language utilized in both poems set up a tone that helped me emotionally relate with the
For many of us, one of the most accurate and effective ways to express the feelings that really matter to us is through music. We don’t only grow to attached to songs that are catchy, but also those with lyrics that we can relate to. It is not uncommon to feel like sometimes, artists can convey the way we feel better than we could ourselves. The storybook-like lines you read at the start of this page are a collection of lyrics
...ng been reminded of past heartache and pain through the music, one now is able to relate with Elvira's situation and sympathize with her on a new and deeper level than before.
... was meant to serve as insight as to how Brooks used the tone to create a mood that was inconsistent with an overlying theme of self-pity. She has a way with words, and I feel that this ballad is very representative of her skill as a writer.
... This poem provides that hope and that is why it provides emotional and social value to the audience.