Analysis Of Courtney Barnett And Kurt Vile

1. “Like a Rock” by Bob Seger, which is an inspirational song that talks about a middle-aged man who encounters frustration in his aging problem. Also, he reminded back to his youth life to reflect memories and compare with now differences. There a lot of shots to focus on the men’s emotion and react; for example, he is smoking and playing the guitar. Around twenty years later, he has got a lot of things, but he still cannot find his own feeling when he was young, such as passion in playing music, rock. Finally, he knows that it cannot change anything and it should have a position to face challenges in his beginning life. In this song recommend many times “like a rock” that means no matter now who you are, people have their own opportunities

Robin Thicke’s music video to his song “Blurred Lines” avidly contributes to the patriarchy, while portraying sexism, gender standards, and beauty standards. His music video can be analyzed from a feminist theory approach, as it’s evident that his song and video contribute to a patriarchal society and its inherently sexist and sexualized ideologies. The ideology behind the song and music video is purely sexual and about male dominance. The lyrics to the song and actions in the video exhibit extreme over sexualization and objectification of the women. Analyzing this piece of popular culture through a feminist approach opens up a provoking conversation about how popular culture functions in a patriarchal culture. Analyzing pop culture though a feminist theory can allow for a larger variety and more in-depth analysis about the social aspects and political agenda within popular culture.

For example, Smash Mouth writes,”i ain’t the sharpest tool in shed/ She was looking kind was looking kind of dumb with her finger in her thumb.”(Smash Mouth) This lyric describes the singer’s personality. He might not be the smartest person and people might judge him, but The singer is smart enough to make his own decisions. This is a great example of a hypole. Another examples of literary devices in the song is,”Fed to the rules and I hit the ground running.”(Smash Mouth) This lyric is an example of personification. It’s personification because it’s giving human traits to the rules. The lyric give detailed information about the singer listening to the rules, but people make fun of him for listening to every rule. That will not stop him for doing his best.

Rage Against the Machine’s single "Testify", the first song from their 1999 album 'The Battle of Los Angeles", is a commentary on the American public’s blindness or numbness to global issues such as war, politics, capitalism, wealth, and power through the filtering of information by the mass news media. As it relates to Sociology, “Testify” deals mainly with Marxist Conflict Theory, and also incorporates many of the topics we have learned about in class throughout the semester.

The first trace of filler, but definitely not the last. Then when the album’s lead single was revealed in August the track song "Shake it off" , most of us were willing to play along with its playful, anti-hater spirit but the breakdown, in which Swift tries her hand at schoolyard rapping, gets more and more cringe-worthy on every listen. Memories of a relationship are recalled on wistfully on “Wildest Dreams” with a heartbeat rhythm, some wispy production and echoing vocals. Almost sounding like a track from Lana Del Rey with its eroticism style. Which is not usually a part of Swift’s vocabulary, but she gets tantalizingly close, here, when she sings “no one has to know what we do, his hands are in my hair, his clothes are in my room.” Makes us think about a wilder side of Taylor, something I did not expected from her. Another Antonoff collaboration, which sounds directly influenced by the circling beats and spearing guitars of New Order’s sublime 1989 single is “True Faith.” But Swift’s regretful lyrics aren’t especially engaging, and the song passes largely without incident or interest. The pre-release buzz for “1989” had this pegged as a potential Katy Perry smack down and while there’s definitely beef here, it’s delivered in plastic jerky form instead of prime sirloin. The

Carter landed a job on pianist Ramsey Lewis's BET Jazz show, "Bet on Jazz.” In January

Chris Stapleton released his debut album, Traveller, in the Spring of 2015. This album is characterized by what I would describe as a traditional country feel, but with a slightly more modern sound, or to be more technical, a country rock meets blues album. This record, and Chris Stapleton himself, went relatively unnoticed by the general public after initial release. It was not until the 2015 CMA awards when Stapleton performed “Tennessee Whiskey” with Justin Timberlake that his album truly took off (Welch). Since then, songs from Traveller can frequently be heard on national country radio stations, as well as on tour, a show I will be attending in May.

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

Many people look at those who are successful and think it is so simple. An example, Slash from Guns N' Roses, he makes shredding on guitar look simple. The thing is though, no one looks at all the hard work that people put in to be successful. Drug addicts, they go through relapses but they still keep moving forward and kick the drugs. Another example would be body builders, it's not like one day they magically decide that they want to have intense muscles. It takes time to be successful. No one really knows how hard it is to be successful until they actually try.

On 29 January 2016. My friends and I went to a concert performed by Tiffany Austin. The concert was entitled Tiffany Austin’s Blues de Voyage hosted by Presidio Officer’s Club at San Francisco in partnership with the San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music. As I attend the concert, I categorize myself as a casual listener to a well performed music. I didn’t have enough knowledge yet back then to analyze critically on the performance as it is my first time attending a house concert. It was an exciting experience and I enjoyed it a lot. The atmosphere was good as everybody in the room also enjoyed the singing and music played by the performers.

The album begins with the hard-rocker “Come Together”. The song is a perfect example of John Lennon’s rock influence in the Beatles. “Come Together” is a song that’s popularity has been

Dave Matthews Band’s album Crash was their second major-label release and debatably one of their most popular albums, as well. The band is made up of multiple brilliant musicians consists of the violinist Boyd Tinsley, carter Beauford the drummer, Dave Matthews the main singer, as well as, guitarist, bassist Stefan Lessard, and finally Leroi Moore playing the saxophone (Dmb Tour Members). Dave Matthews Band was started in early 1991 and has only grown bigger and better throughout the years making them a statement band in our society. The twelve song album bounces from upbeat to mellow songs in a perfect blend that fits together so outstandingly.

Even though one song is based off the other, both The Rolling Stones and Devo are able to beautifully capture unique essences of the song, “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”. The Rolling Stones released the original version of the song in 1965 while Devo’s version was released twelve years later in 1977. In the original version of the song sang by The Rolling Stones, several unique musical characteristics exist which helped establish the song as one of the most recognizable rock and roll songs in history. The title of the song, “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”, creates an appearance of no fulfillment as the singer’s efforts will appear useless. If the title simply read, “(I Have No) Satisfaction”, it would have appeared that the writer is just unhappy with his current state of being. Instead, the title reads “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” alluding to the efforts which the writer has already tried but have proven unsuccessful. The lyrics of the song support this incredibly cynical view displayed in the title.

David Logan in his famous TED segment discuses about the five tribes that human beings belong. Unlike the Indian caste system, where each one of the traditional Indian caste members cannot progress to a higher level, D. Logan suggests that as humans we have the ability to advance to a higher level, level five being the best (Pruthi, 2004). Intricate details outline how each member of different levels is unique with own ideas and perspective in life. End goal is being a member of a level five tribe. This idea of five levels almost comes natural and intuitive. Speaker makes sure he is as articulate as possible to carry the message across, but in my opinion the advancement is not as easy as just rational thinking and some nudges.

Artist No. 2: Tom Waits/ Featured Song: Silent Night/ Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis