Ap Victor Bono Analysis

After watching “The Language You Cry In” in class, I found myself reflecting on how music has impacted my life and with whom I have shared it with. It’s truly incredible how a simple, 5 line chorus ultimately allowed this woman to discover her history as it traveled from Sierra Leone all the way to the Gullah society in Georgia. The really displays the power that music can have over not only individual societies, but over the globe. No matter what political movements were occurring and throughout the immense inequality and slavery that was being faced, music has always remained reliable. This song brought people together and allowed them to embrace their heritage even in the worst of times, and I believe that this is still true today.

Gene Weingarten’s “Pearls before Breakfast,” published in 2007. It was originally published in the Washington Post. The targeted audience includes general newspaper readers. The purpose of the text is to enlighten the value of free God gifted talents that are hidden somewhere in the ignorance of people who remain busy in their personal lives. Nowadays, people usually favor and follow popular artists by their titles, and bands names. On the other hand, artists who perform on streets, bus stations, and subways their talent become viral through modern media. When unknown talent captured in cameras by unknown spectators and the unusual performances become highlighted than people show empathy towards them. Although adaptability of poverty and ignorance of the world makes unknown artists so much ignorable in the eyes of the world that donations make their day and they come to know at the end of the day that how many spectators did observe them. However, I argue that people shouldn’t build an invisible wall between stage and street artists by ignoring artistic languages, disliking of physical appearances, and focusing on price tags rather than originality of artistic work.

For my rhetorical analysis paper I chose to use one of the most influential British singers of all time, John Lennon. In his song Imagine, the very first line, "Imagine there's no heaven, it's easy if you try," (John Lennon, Imagine), causes the listener to automatically begin thinking. The song is emotionally filled and full of instances where a listener is forced to think of what Lennon is saying in the song. Lennon was considered a very influential leader in efforts of world peace during his time, and still to this day his messages reach across the world in his music. Songs such as “Imagine” which still have a strong and powerful message decades after its first release. Lennon had a simple style and approach which left nothing for deliberation, leading the listener straight to the point of his messages. "Imagine" is one of the best examples of this, Lennon establishes his point multiple times throughout this song and it creates a bond with his listeners which in turn creates a trust within himself and his words.

All across the United States, people go through a time of struggle. Sometimes, the specific type of struggle is minor, and could be easily fixed, while on the contrary, some types of struggle is severe, and could cause life-threatening issues. Either way, these times of struggle affects a person or people emotionally, mentally, physically, and socially. However, even though these dark and depressing times are obviously not a good part of life, it inspires musical artists to write a song or multiple songs about their struggling times. Musical artists like Drake, XXXtentacion, Kendrick Lamar, Youngboy Never Broke Again, and Joyner Lucas tell about how they struggled through environments of hate, and poverty.

Popular singer Elton John once said; “music has healing power; it has the ability to take people out of themselves for a few hours”, and for most, music is the portal to an out of body experience. African American lyricists especially have been found to use the art of music to escape the real world, commencing from the slavery era and onward. The blues song titled The Tracks of My Tears does just that; expresses the ability to remove your soul from a treacherous reality. Similarly, the lyrics from popular modern songs, written by black artists, speak volumes about what is presently going on in the country, parallel to the way African American slavery songs did. Music written at an earlier period have been found to correlate to music of the past through providing strong emotion toward present day commentary.

Millions of people in the world listen to music for all different reasons. Most people all over the world listen to different genres of music in order to relax, but not too many people pay attention to the actual lyrics of a song. If you listen to the lyrics of a song you will realize that many songs have important messages or themes to them. An example of this is the lyrics of the song “Changes” by Tupac Shakur. If you listen to this song, you will realize that Tupac raps about not only the problems that African Americans face from society, but also the struggles that poor people in society have to endure and overcome. Many

At only 22, he was crowned the voice of a generation. His audiences became mesmerized with his expressive lyrics and soulful harmonica. He changed the way the world looks at songwriting and protest, and inspired countless future musicians from the moment he stepped up on the stage in his railroad hat, denim jacket, and harmonica brace. However, it is clear that there is so much more behind Bob Dylan than just a rough voice and a collection of poetic songs. As one man said about Dylan’s early days in Greenwich Village, “There’s a quality of determination and of will that some people have that when they’re doing something, they’re really doing it and you

Furthermore, various songs are specifically written with certain intentions and nuances to express the artist’s values and beliefs about a topic such as, love or the natural phenomena. Based on the passage, “ Source 2: Selling Out Not Worth the Risk”, it states “ But when outside interests enter the mix, they can replace the passion in an artist’s music and turn the art into just another tool for corporations.” To emphasize, businesses have the power to change any lyric in the song, so the song would lose it’s meaning and instead be about the product the business is selling. Even though, allowing corporations use an artist’s song for advertising a product, enables the artist’s song to be heard from an even more

The “church folk” share a brand community, because gospel is a brand in itself (Solomon, 2013). Gospel and churches are celebrated in a big way at the Stellar awards annually, so names like Shirley Caesar are popularized within that community. “Church folk” are a consumer tribe of their own, but now the scope has been widened by an Instagram video that has gone viral (Solomon, 2013). The beat under it and the videos added on top of the track have made it into a

“My music is not for everyone. It’s only for the strong-willed, the (street) soldiers music. It’s not like party music-I mean, you could gig to it, but it’s spiritual. My music is spiritual. It’s like Negro spirituals, except for the fact that I’m saying ‘We shall overcome.’ I’m saying that we are overcome.

In Oates’s Where Are You Going, the protagonist, whose name is Connie, is used to an ordinary life that is ruined when she hears the words “Gonna get you, baby”. Throughout the story a main theme is religion, which can make one curious to why Arnold Friend does what he does. Through his looks and ability to know what the family is doing, we see that Arnold Friend appears to be some supernatural entity. Bob Dylan produces music that “could be religious”. Lastly, the family does not attend church.

Typically, when prompted with the word “rap”, the average person will not steer towards anything church related, but somehow a man by the name of Lee Givhan opened our eyes. As told by Debbonnaire Kovacs, Lee’s story is one of hardship, trial and victory—sure to bring hope to anyone. She writes about how great this ministry is, buffing the story until it shines. Kovacs provides a lot of first-person evidence, but lacks a counter argument which would allow for a difference of opinion.

Merle Haggard? Now usually when we say, "Artist," we think painter, but there are many, many different types of artists.

Since Keith did that, it has encouraged other Christian artists to compose songs from bible stories, which is why Keith’s religion has left its mark artistically on the Christian music

In this document I will tell you whether modern day people should be in songs. I agree this aspect should be talked about with the most seriousness. Yes whether you’re a hero or a nobody it’s no issue to put someone in a song whether it’s good or bad. You can diss someone in a song and it will be good i am not going to lie.So music can be about anything and be either a good or bad song.