BACKGROUND West London-based Mumford & Sons is a folk/indie-rock band that favours atypical instrumentation, conjures up a unique sound, and appeals to a wide range of listeners. Emerging from what some in the media have labeled as the “West London Folk scene”, Mumford and Sons features four 20-something multi-instrumentalists and close friends: Marcus Mumford, Ben Lovett, Winston Marshall, and Ted Dwayne. The English foursome joined forces in December 2007, bonded over a mutual appreciation of folk, rock, country, and bluegrass, and adopted the stage name of Mumford & Sons to give the band a familial connotation. Four years and several live performances later, Mumford & Sons achieved widespread, multi-platinum success with their unique brand of music. Following their performance at the Grammy Awards in February 2011 (alongside Bob Dylan, nonetheless), the band found itself topping music charts, having sold millions of copies of their debut album, Sigh No More, worldwide. However, in the cynical and judgmental world that we live in, it is impossible for any artist - regardless of their success - to go without criticism. Personally, I am a fanatic for the Sons’ songs, which are rich in emotion (musically and lyrically) and electrifying in their deliveries; they combine a variety of instruments (i.e. an electric banjo and a mandolin) with those more commonly heard in popular music, creating a totally new listening experience and a truly unique sound. Every word is sung with passion, and every instrument sings its own song. Yet, others have not been as approving; some critics have even dismissed Mumford & Sons as “Coldplay with a banjo”. Whatever the critics say, the Sons’ star-spangled success is a reality, and surely looks lik... ... middle of paper ... ...a of instruments. Although some critics may disagree, I find the Sons to be refreshingly unique, especially with their instrumentation. Lyrically, Mumford & Sons lay their hearts on their sleeves and compose songs full of substance. On a superficial level, the music of Mumford & Sons is super entertaining, melodic, and singable. However, the music of Mumford & Sons encompasses a repertoire of songs that are seemingly complex, multifaceted, and open to interpretation. The abstract lyrics and complex melodies provide listeners with the opportunity to read between the lines to reveal a more personal meaning. Works Cited 1. http://mumfordandsonsfans.wordpress.com/ 2. http://www.mumfordandsons.com 3. http://www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/mumford_and_sons_2008_interview/ 4. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/mumford-sons/chart-history/1183741?f=377&g=Singles
Florida Georgia Line consists of two country singers, Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard. Ever since the two met at college, their careers have taken off. Florida Georgia Line is well known for its hit, “Cruise” which has had over one million downloads sold and topped both country radio charts. Due to this success, a remix was created with Nelly. This original song was released in 2012, and is part of the album, “Here’s to the Good Times,” whereas the remix was released in 2013.
The song “Ants Marching” by Dave Matthews Band has several connections to Fahrenheit 451. For example, the line “cut, cut on the fence not offend” (Dave Matthews Band) directly ties into the book. People in the Fahrenheit 451 society are so fastidious as to not offend people that they lose the power to change lives through knowledge. These citizens have cut off their ability to truly understand others and the world around them the minute they tossed the first book into the crackling orange-and-red blaze, sparking a nationwide holocaust of valuable lessons and ideas. Another example of this song’s correlation to Fahrenheit 451 would be none other than this quote in part one: “You ask why to a lot of things and you wind up very unhappy indeed,
“Hurt” a song originally recorded by Nine Inch Nails which portrays self-harm and heroin addiction has been covered by many great artists including Johnny cash. When Johnny cash covered this song I got a deferent message from the lyrics while he sings it, maybe it is because of his voice or how he lived his life, but when he is singing this song I get a sense that he is singing about a loved one that has passed on, growing older, and his legacy.
This first song goes well with Holden because we see throughout the whole book, how Holden experiences loneliness. Holden says, “The first thing I did when I got off at Penn Station, I went into this phone booth. I felt like giving somebody a buzz” (Salinger 59) This is just one example of Holden’s loneliness. At this time he is just getting of the train realizing he has nobody to go to and nobody to talk to so he feeling like calling someone even if it’s just to talk to. n the song Talking To Myself, The lyrics say “Is anybody out there?/It feels like I'm talkin' to myself/No one seems to know my struggle/And everything I come from/Can anybody hear me?”(Eminem) This song by Eminem is a good example of Holden’s loneliness because throughout the song it
The Dave Matthews Band has been a musical power house for years. They have meshed together almost every type of music together to create their extremely unique sounds and attractiveness towards their music. Dave Matthews, lead singer and guitarist from South Africa has put together a band that no one will ever be able to create again. Dave picked four extremely talented and unique sounding men to join his band and together they have created some amazing music. The members of the band include Stefan Lessard on bass, Boyd Tinsley on violin, Leroi Moore on saxophone and one of the best drummers in the world, Carter Beauford. Together these men will one day leave behind a similar reputation as one of the all time greatest "jam" bands of time.
Fall Out Boy is originally from Chicago, Illinois and is composed of four members currently. Patrick Stump (vocals), Andrew Hurley (drums), Joe Trohman (guitar), and Pete Wentz (bass, lyricist) are the men who are responsible for that signature Fall Out Boy sound. The band started in 2001 in Chicago and played until 2008 where they went on hiatus. 2008 was a sad time for their fans because they were convinced they had stopped playing, when in 2013, Fall Out Boy surprised everyone with a new album called Save Rock and Roll which was appropriately named for the band when they tried to save their rock and roll career
Imagine a group of people, prisoners, who had been chained to stare at a wall in a cave for all of their lives. Facing that wall, these prisoners can pass the time by merely watching the shadows casted from a fire they could not see behind them dance on the walls. These shadows became the closest to what view of reality the prisoners have. But what happens after one of these prisoners is unbound from his chains to inspect beyond the wall of shadows, to the fire and outside the cave? How would seeing the world outside of the walls of the cave affect his views of the shadows and reality? It is this theme with its questions that make up Plato’s Allegory of the Cave. It is in Plato’s Allegory of the Cave that there are several key ideas presented in the allegory. The ideas presented in the allegory can be related back to themes of education and the gaining of knowledge and in ways that can relate back to “us”, the people.
Had Sigmund Freud lived 40 more years (to the overripe old age of 123), he would have been delighted to hear such a wonderful example of his life's psychoanlytic work embodied in the haunting lyrics of "Mother." Or had Oedipus lived a few millennium longer than his fictional death he would have found an adversary in the youthful Pink, a young boy whose desire for maternal acceptance and love is arguably equal to the greatest mother-centered protagonists in the history of literature. Contrary to the eye-gouging antics of Oedipus or even the grandiose melodrama later in Floyd's album, "Mother" is relatively low-key and emotionally subtle. The music itself is interestingly split, though with few if any seams to show for it, between the gloomy and simple verse chords and the effervescent, nursery rhyme-like chorus. Coupled with these seemingly disjointed yet oddly congruent styles are the blistering guitar solo and unsettling lyrics, all of which culminate in a perfect example of Floydian schizophrenia. The simple chord progression and uncomplicated lyrical delivery reflect Pink's childhood innocence at the time the song takes place. The very inquisitiveness emulates those youthful stages when the world is one big mystery. Why is the sky blue? Why does the ocean have waves? Where do babies come from? While the steady stream of inquiries seems to imply that Pink is rather young, with most children going through the "question" phase of development around 3 or 4 years of age, the level of seriousness shrouded behind the questions characterize Pink as being fairly older. The implications of governmental conspiracy and public ridicule indicate Pink's age as being around 12 to 14, that age when one learns that many of the world's most time-honored institutions are nothing more than hollow shells of public hope and dictatorial vanity. Santa Claus isn't real and there are many major religions that worship other deities than Christ. It's an age of discovery and self-recreation, when one must adapt and reinvent himself or herself in light of new knowledge. By this reading, the song's question (Pink) and answer (Mother) technique fits perfectly with this stage of budding self and global awareness. From the great Greek philosophers who used questions and answers to illustrate and promote self-realization and their own philosophical i...
In itself, music has intrinsic value. From Ludwig Van Beethoven to Miles Davis, instrumental music can stand on its own legs, and have meaning that transcends grammatical meaning. However, the implementation of words that are either spoken or sung creates a new genre, and a different aesthetic. In a sense, this is literature juxtaposed over rhythm and melody. This has the effect of giving a more concrete meaning to the music, and more emotion to the words or lyrics. It is a matter of taste, and a subject of intense debate to try and say one style of music does this the best. Blues music, one of America’s greatest exports, is a contender for this title, and is also interesting in a linguistic sense.
In times of war it is quite common for people to start questioning their values and their actions and be unsure of the path they are taking. This is common because to protect our values we often are told that we have to take actions that conflict with those values. One example would be how to protect our liberties we must sometimes restrain those liberties during treacherous times. However, the ultimate question is whether or not going against the very values we stand for is a hypocritical and wrongful action plan. Bruce Springsteen approaches this very issue in his song “Devils & Dust”, from the CD with the same title, and he subtly criticizes how the United States is betraying its values.
A song that helped me throughout my life is Already Gone by Bayside. The song was released on the Killing Time album in 2011; the year my life took a different turn. All within the year 2011, I had graduated high school, been accepted to California Baptist University, had two serious bodily injuries where one required emergency surgery, and had been working near full time as a lowly pizza delivery driver to make ends meet.
Plato was one of the earliest philosophers who present a complete analysis of philosophies. The allegory of the cave is about the Platonic ideal of education. It has been recognized, understood, and transformed throughout the entire course of the history of philosophy. In the “Allegory of the Cave,” Plato explains Philosophy as a middle stage of ignorance. In addition, Plato emphasizes the Philosophy through intelligence and accomplishments of wise mind, and precisely it means love of wisdom. In terms of this, wisdom is the exercise of intelligence, manipulation of knowledge in different technique in everyday life and that is actually Plato talked about in the western philosophy. “Allegory of the Cave” and “The Symposium,” the author focuses on the importance of the knowledge and education, and its want of it on human nature along with pursuing knowledge with passion and the beauty of love.
...orgettable. Research shows that “There’s this unifying force that comes from the music and we don’t get that from other things.”(Landau) Bruce Springsteen is a great storyteller and has captured some of the experiences of the American working class. Even when the lyrics are dark or the subject matter is depressing, he manages to provide hope, too. For as long as I can remember, my mother has been playing Springsteen’s music. When I hear a song of his now, it reminds me of driving down the road with the windows down belting out a song with my mom. As Dave Marsh from Creem Magazine prophetically wrote in 1975, “Springsteen’s music is often strange because is has an almost traditional sense of beauty, an inkling of the awe you can feel when, say, first falling in love or finally discovering that the magic in the music is also in you.” (Bruce Springsteen Biography 2)
Throughout their career, Coldplay have continued to develop their sound whilst staying grounded and in touch with the world around them. Over almost the past two decades Coldplay has been taking the world by storm with their music reaching all corners of the world, Coldplay have a very diverse range of fans and followers aiding in their ever-increasing involvement in issues affecting a broad majority of the world. Though their journey to fame was a relatively slow burn, Coldplays flare for entertaining, passion for performance, ongoing release of music and constant charity work has kept them in the publics’ line of sight for over 18 years. Coldplay have been nominated for and won a multitude of awards during their career and have been and still