This is the first Open Dialogue Section. Please use the Comments function to post a link to a video or song and tell me why you chose this piece of art and how it relates to class and/or the book.
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davis.3371
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkOd27NYo_Y
During class we talked about the British invasion. The Beatles transformed music. We watched videos at the beginning of class of people singing Beatles songs. The movie "Across the Universe" reinvented the Beatles in the 2000's. "Let it Be" wasn't a popular Beatles song, and once the movie aired this song was one of the number one downloads.
@davis.3371 Why is this song particularly meaningful to you? Why choose this one?
ReplyDelete@mccool29 I like this song or chose this one because of the song in the movie. The song tells such a strong story of life in despair. I believe the movie captured this emotion and story tremendously. The scene in the movie is my favorite scene, the song and the story are one in the same.
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ReplyDeleteI picked this song by Elvis Pressley because we talked about how influential he was to the rock and jazz industry. This song has a meaning to me because I remember listening to this at my grandfathers house when I was little. I remember I listened to it over and over and dancing to it just like Elvis did with his crazy hips.
I chose this song by Queen because Queen was one of the most successful and powerful hard rock bands in America in the 70's that we discussed in class and that I studied in the book. This song has special meaning to me because in 6th grade a few of my friends and I had to perform this song in front of the whole 6th grade without any background music. We had to use household objects as instruments and sing the lyrics. It's one of my most fun memories. Needless to say, Queen does a much better job with "We will rock you" than we did :)
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ReplyDeleteThe Beatles were the best part of the British Invasion. They brought life to the American public of rock and roll. They had powerful songs representing the way of life in the 60's and 70's. With A Little Help From My Friends is a song that holds true to my life, which is why I chose this song. Friends are always up to have a good time and get high when you feel lonely. will.99
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBDF04fQKtQ
The grateful dead is one of my favorite bands. The book talks about how the dead introduced psychedelic music to the college student of the 1960s. The dead revolutionized the psychedelic seen with thousand of follower’s nicknamed “dead heads” that fallowed them around the country. The book tells us that the band originated from blues and bluegrass. New Minglewood Blues is a perfect example of this. Notice the double entendres and the provoking lyrics. Not the happy loving lyrics you would expect, Enjoy.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfNmyxV2Ncw
ReplyDeleteFor this post I went with "Cryin'" from Aerosmith. As we talk about the history of music and music videos this is the first that comes to mind for me. This may have been the first music video that I really noticed as a kid. I can remember watching MTV waiting for this to come on. It kind of took me by surprise to hear that Aerosmith was a bit resistant to videos at first, mainly because I grew up on Aerosmith videos.
schwartz.1696
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtoQbXzNqkg&feature=related
ReplyDeleteThis link is the commercial with the firefly/lightbulb insect reminding people to play to play it safe around electricity. I chose the link because this was the first thing that I thought about during Dr. Savage's lecture with the "Duck and Cover" commercial. I remember seeing this on the television while I was growing up. I think that it is interesting that through commercials, America tries to address safety and moral concerns of importance at that time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS4qeLaGhCg
ReplyDeleteThis link is a video for the song by Lil Wayne entitled "Go DJ". This week in class we were discussing the hip hop culture and the usage of the DJ and MCs. It was said that many times when the MC came about, the DJ was often forgotten about. The MCs became the popular ones leaving the DJs, who were the real talent, behind. The DJ is the backbone to any good song whether it be rap or pop music. To me, this song is a modern on that does recognize the DJ and how this character is influencial on a song.
plymale.21
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTheG--2NE0
ReplyDeleteWe talked a lot in class about how music can pour into pop culture and vice versa. I picked this video because I am a big Queen fan and it's an example of how popular music can be taken by Hollywood and gain a new identity separate from the artist.
Cheng Qian
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH5izSL8UM4
This is a song made by the most famous Chinese singer, Jay Chou, who has been known widely in America by his movie "The Green Hornet". As a Chinese student, when I learnt about the R&B and Pop music this quarter in this course, the first singer came to my mind is Jay Chou, who is the creator of Chinese R&B and popular for more than 10 years. This song was the first song I was addicted to, while it has changed the characteristic of Chinese music in foreigners' minds.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBDF04fQKtQ
ReplyDeleteWe talked pretty extensively in class about the British invasion, particularly The Beatles. This is one of my favorite Beatles songs of all time. It reminds me of my friends and I. "Oh I get by with a little help from my friends, oh I get high with a little help from my friends." That line pretty much defines the relationship between my best friends and I.
The Beatles changed music. Their influences span all generations of music. They truly were revolutionary.
meyer.760
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5am1Wrq1p28
ReplyDeleteThis is my favorite song from this iconic musican. We discussed the folk movement in the 1960's and certain artists that defined the movement. My favorite fold artist has to be Bob Dylan, though by true folk musicians he was a trader by incorporating electric guitar and electrified rock music in his songs. I still think he helped the genre gain its name.
Justin Miller(.5024)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtqy4DTHGqg
ReplyDeleteBlack Sabbath - War Pigs
I read in the book about Black Sabbath. Funk mentions that Sabbath uses direct refrences to the occult, which this song is a very good example of. Also, you can hear the distinct tonality difference in Iommi's guiar as a result of his finger injury.
http://www.arthistoryguide.com/The_Starry_Night.aspx
ReplyDeleteI chose Starry Night for this post because it has a great sense of movement and learning how to describe how a piece of art moves the eye has been a big part of our assignments for this class. The simplistic brushstrokes draw the eye up away from the small town at the foot of the mountain towards the swirling sky all the way to the glimmering moon. The movement cycles and is recycled throughout the piece.
riley.324
dancy.10
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA7gnSyuIik
This clip relates to class because the artist, Ludacris, starred in the movie we watched in class, Crash. I chose this song because its a great, classic song by Ludacris!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSIajKGHZRk
ReplyDeleteUncle John's Band by The Grateful Dead! Such a great song. I hadn't really heard of The Grateful Dead until this class. Some of my friends listen to this band but I never took the time to youtube any of their videos until our Professor had them up during one of our lectures. The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area.The band was known for its unique and eclectic style, which were made up of elements of rock, folk, bluegrass, blues, reggae, country, improvisational jazz, psychedelia and for live performances of long musical improvisation. These various influences were distilled into a diverse and psychedelic whole that made the Grateful Dead "the pioneering Godfathers of the jam band world." They were ranked 55th in the issue The Greatest Artists of all Time by Rolling Stone magazine.
Enjoy!
mangaraj.5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVo8g7T39A4
ReplyDeleteI chose this video because I have been to all of the places shown in the video. I like the real to life depiction used in the video to spark emotion in the viewer. I was a big fan of the original version of bad company by bad company but I find myself liking the toughness of Five Finger Death Punch's sound. There representation brings a whole new feeling to the song. I am not a big fan of the group name but as for there music it is growing on me. I think they show a lot of patriotism to a very real issue today. Another example of art reflecting media, politics, and life.
gongwer.12