Influential Singles
Over the years, music has steadily had an important cultural and political influence on real world events and on condition that power for constructive transformation and unity at historic moments. The three Songs that influenced me the most are
1. Sam Cooke- “A Change Is Gonna Come”
2. Public Enemy- “Fight the Power”
3. Flo Rida– “Club Can’t Handle Me” ft. David Guetta – (2010)
These are the songs I grew up listening too. They have the biggest influence in my career and for selecting my path towards Audio Engineering. By Listening to these songs, I learned that music is not only for fun or dance it can also impact the world’s situation it can bring a positive change in critical situation.
1. Sam Cooke- “A Change
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produced by Hugo & Luigi and arranged and conducted by René Hall, the song was the B-side to "Shake".
Cooke wrote this protest song to support the civil rights movement within the US when Cooke heard Bob Dylan’s “Blowin’ in the Wind,” he became determined to put in writing something similar. a few of the lyrics were inspired by an occasion where Cooke and his friends were arrested for troubling the peace once they were denied the space at a motel in Louisiana.
After listening to this track, I used to get inspiration that songs are not made for fun they can also be made for a change in the society. This led me to think of some ideas by which I started producing Melo/slow type of music with orchestral elements and soulful vocals.
In this song, there are so many elements which you can take under consideration Each verse is a different movement, with the horns carrying the first, the strings the second, and the timpani carrying the bridge. The French horn extant in the recording was planned to convey a sense of
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it had been considered to the demand of movie maker spike lee, who desired when a theme for his 1989 film “Do the right issue”. initially issued on the film's 1989 official soundtrack, a unique version was featured on Public Enemy's 1990 studio album worry of a Black Planet.
"Fight the Power" includes numerous samples and references to African-American culture, plus civil rights appeals, black church services, and the music of James Brown.
The Bomb Squad, Public Enemy's production team, created the music for "Fight the Power,"(Rider Polly, 2017) by looping, layering, and transforming of several samples. The track only features two actual instrumentations: saxophone, played by Branford Marsalis, and scratches provided by Terminator X, the group's DJ and turntablist. (Rider Polly, 2017)
This track has great influence in my creativity and my mindset. Because of this song I started sampling from vinyl’s to DAW.
Because of this track I learned how to do sampling and I added these sampling to my production which led me to old school hip-hop and raw sounding
Jerry Rice has won an MVP trophy with the San Francisco 49ers and he’s one of the greatest wide receivers in the world. Operation Desert Storm happened during August 2, 1990 to February, 1991. Jerry Rice was Playing for the 49ers during the 1990’s. Jerry Rice had to do hard work in his early life. Jerry Rice has won three Super Bowls with the San Francisco 49ers.
There are a lot of songs to choose form when there is songs that break down norms and one that reinforce some. There are songs that mean nothing. Great songs always have a hidden mean behind them even if when listen to them we do not know what they are.
Another way Def Jam differentiated from other hip hop labels was through sampling. This was shown in Jay Z’s ‘Hard Knock Life’ in which sampled from the musical ‘Annie’ were incorporated into the mix. The unorthodox hip hop sampling and led the track to be successful and unique due to the technology capabilities at the
“My job is to write shocking lyrics that will wake people up,” said Chuck D. This was his goal as the leader of Public Enemy (Dery, 1990). He wrote lyrics that were awakening and energizing. Public Enemy was a spokesperson for the African American community. Their lyrics contain controversial and popular issues such as drugs, crime, racism, and poverty. As well as the lyrics, the instrumentals are significant to conveying the group’s goal. The instrumental/sound part creates the mood, sets the beat, and prompts the engagementengages of the people. In the late 1980’s, Public Enemy introduced an intense, hard, hip-hop sound, which changed the sound of hip-hop. According to Rolling Stone magazine, “Public Enemy’s inventive production team, the Bomb Squad, tailored a unique, noisy, layered avant-garde-inspired sound that incorporated sirens, skittering turntable scratches, and cleverly juxtaposed musical and spoken samples ” (Simon & Schuster, 2001). All these brand new sounds of their songs were musically revolutionary during the late 1980’s. Public Enemy’s music consists of inspirational lyrics as well as strong and innovative sound. The lyrics and the sound work together, in addition to visual media to make it possible to reach millions of people as political commentary.
“…God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting; 29 being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers” (Romans 1:28-29) In Petrified Man, Eudra Welty writes s great example of mankind being given over to a debased mind. Welty’s story centers on two women, Leota the gossiping beautician and Mrs. Fletcher Leota’s vain customer, talking as hair is being made beautiful; however, the words which flow from their mouths have no semblance of beauty. Welty’s main characters retain not one redeeming quality.
The critical acclaimed “A Change Gonna Come” begins with Cooke’s smooth yet emotional vocals yelping “I was born by the river in a little tent”. The words are not very far from the truth. Cooke began his life on January 22, 1931 in Clarksdale, Mississippi. Born Samuel Cook, he was the fifth child of Reverend Charles and Annie Mae Cook. Reverend Cook moved his family from the “up from the Mississippi Delta” (Krajicek) to Chicago in 1933. Cooke was raised in a God fearing household were his father instilled the importance of working hard for everything you want in life. At a very young age Cooke made it clear to his family that he intended on being a being a singer; he never planned to work a normal job (Krajicek). Cooke by no means desired to live the life of an average job, bec...
Throughout our history, music has constantly been influenced by trends of its time, reflecting social, economic and political changes. On the other hand, music has defined the culture and social events or leading them to social revolution. For instance, guys like Bob Dylan and Stevie Wonder greatly contributed to social events. Such leaders and musical revolutionaries have existed throughout history.
Bob Dylan’s “Blowing’ in the wind” was considered to be a civil rights national anthem, a more folky spin on Sam Cooke’s “ A change is gonna come” The asking of open ended questions made the song catchy and relatable to the era’s racially charged demeanors. According to the 1976 issue of Christianity Today magazine “Early in his career Dylan wrote many finger-pointing songs about man's inhumanity to man. He sang out against racial prejudice, hatred, and war. Freedom and sin are major themes in a number of Dylan's songs. "With God on Our Side" (1963) is a satirical justification of war. In "Masters of War" (1963) he lashes out at the war profiteers who make money from young men's lives. Bob Dylan was ultimately considered to be an unauthenticated front man for the civil war, Dylan touched on humanitarian aspects such as racism, poverty, corruption and the war. “Me, I don’t want to write for people anymore – you know, be a spokesman. From now on, I want to write from inside me …I’m not part of no movement… I just can’t make it with any organization”(Dylan, 1964)
Impact on music is the most drastic of all the impacts the Beatles have made. They changed up the style of music that was made during the 20th century no other music artist has before. Such as in huffingtonpost.com “They pushed envelopes, broke out of boxes, both musically as well as functionally, and changed the way record labels and recording studios operate forever.” This comes to show that people and artist noticed that the Beatles weren’t afraid to break boundaries to make good music. This changed music career’s drastically. According to rockhall.com
Bob Dylan was considered one of the greatest influences on popular culture of all time, and though influential, Bob Dylan’s rise to idol status in popular culture was more brought about by historical factors, his life was affected by many historical events including, The Cuban missile crisis, the Vietnam War, the Kennedy assassination and the civil rights movement, to name a few. His songs became known as protest songs, despite Bob Dylan’s apparent lack of understanding for the meanings the public attached to his writing.
After the pizzeria is burnt down and we are shown the destruction, the song written for the film, which became the theme song “Fight the Power” is played throughout the entire film, but only during moments of high tension conflict. The song itself ‘symbolizes the need to fight the man, when the man is wrong, immoral, or unjust.’ (wbaggett3, 2011). However it appears that during the film, each differing race group is fighting one another, rather than fighting the power. With the power possibly being the white policemen who caused Radio Raheem 's
Bob Dylan is one of the most influential artists, especially in the Vietnam era where everything seemed to be falling apart. He wrote so many different rebel ballads that I most definitely think impacted the turnout of the 60s and 70s. Many of his songs are still popular today and so many different generations know of him and his work. Bob Dylan influenced many artists and is still is inspiring people and will continue to for many years to come.
For me, I felt that singing it in a calmer (almost sadder) tone was appropriate. Sam Cooke sings this song big, as he is fighting for a change. I focused more on the hardships and troubling times that they had to go through, but made it light on the phase “A Change Is Gonna Come”; sticking true to how Cooke would keep it. Cooke didn’t ever want to perform this song, and said that to him it sounded like death (Sam Cooke And The Song That Almost Scared Him, 2014). Although cooke did end up singing this song publicly, but only once.
The song that I choose to do this assignment on is Fight the Power by Public Enemy. Fight the Power was written in 1989 and quickly became a street anthem for millions of youths. It reflects with issues dealing with both the Civil Rights Movement and to remind everyone that they too have Constitutional Rights. This particular song is about empowerment but also fighting the abuse of power that is given to the law enforcement agencies. It gave citizens of the U.S a more modern outlook on the many struggles that not only the African American community is up against but the other minority groups as well. The song’s message was eventually supposed to bring people together and make the world a better place, even though some teens saw it as a way
Robert Burns was a man who was well respected during his time. His songs, his poetry, and other writings was one of the most influential to present the country of Scotland during that time. Burns leff a great legacy passionate poetry that is remained sung and perform to this day. Not only his poems and his song were cherish, but also for his character.