Music is an amazing thing, i know i stress this in every post, however i
completely agree with it! Since I'm having a bad case of writers block, I've
decided to go into detail about a time that i had a great time listening to
music.
The summer of 2013 was the summer i became best friends with Allie Payne,
she is still my best friend to this day. Although we are very different we are
also similar in a lot of ways and are pretty much perfect as best friends.
Some of my best memories were from last summer. Allie had a foreign exchange
student named Cilea and Allie and I showed her all about what it was like to be
a teenager in Cedar Rapids Iowa. This involved pretty much just driving around
town blasting music. Me and Allie don't really listen to the same thing music
wise, however we both agreed that we should listen to more of a pop type music
because that's what Celia seemed to like.
One day we all decided to go to Palo beach and so we all piled into Allies
little two door Ford Escort and book it to the beach, on the way there we were
blasting Katy Perry and we were all screaming it on the top of our lungs while
speeding waaaay to fast down the road! We were having a blast and didn't care
about anything else. We were literally carefree. This is and forever will be
one of my favorite summers. we danced in the rain, splashed in puddles, drove
everywhere (also with the music blasting) and were inseparable, all three of us
were always together, and sometimes they guys were there too. We jumped in the
river from the docs, we swam all the time, we were constantly outside and
constantly having a blast!
Although this doesn’t have much to do with music, I thought that they were good memories and they remind
me of how music can bring us together. Allie is my best friend, and although we
fight, there is nothing that will ever truly separate us, and music is one of
the things that will keep us together, we listen to very different things, but
both of us will always listen to what the other wants, we take turns and
sometimes find that we like what it is the other chose. Oath is our song and it
is so perfect to describe our relationship. I love Allie, and I love music.
Sunday, March 30, 2014
Stereotypes
Just like with everything else, music has stereotypes too. Each type of
music has a few stereotypes.
Country for example has the stereotype of all of the songs being the same, like all of the songs are about women, their dog dying, the county, etc. Rap music is known for only being about three things, money, pu$$y and drugs. Rock is known for provoking bad things in people, and a lot of people think that you cant understand screamo therefore its awful.
Although all of these things can be true, and are a lot of the time, there are always times were they aren't true. Eminem is a perfect example, he is a well known rapper, who is known and loved for his lyrics about real things vs. money, pu$$y and drugs, though all of those things are in his music he also sings about his daughter and this hard life he lived as a kid.
I completely disagree with the fact that rock provokes bad behaviors in people. Although I may be biased because I love rock the most, I don’t believe that any type of music provokes bad behavior, I believe that other people do. I think that the energy that rock music gives off can be a little crazy. Like at concerts for instance, however the thing about concerts is that a lot of people are drunk, and in a crowd like that a lot of people are feeding off of each other’s energy and emotions.
With country music, I do agree that most of the music is the same, however there are many different kinds of country music. There is straight up country music, there’s soft country, more of a rocky country, pop country, etc. A lot of different songs are about similar things, but they have different story lines, and can have a completely different feel to them.
Screamo can be very hard to understand, however if you look at the lyrics there is so much more to it, and not all screamo is strictly screaming, there are a lot of bands that sing as well, Halestorm for instance is a great example, they aren’t screamo, they’re rock, however they have songs with a lot of screaming in it. Music, as well as everything else, has its stereotypes, but that’s all they are, nothing more.
Country for example has the stereotype of all of the songs being the same, like all of the songs are about women, their dog dying, the county, etc. Rap music is known for only being about three things, money, pu$$y and drugs. Rock is known for provoking bad things in people, and a lot of people think that you cant understand screamo therefore its awful.
Although all of these things can be true, and are a lot of the time, there are always times were they aren't true. Eminem is a perfect example, he is a well known rapper, who is known and loved for his lyrics about real things vs. money, pu$$y and drugs, though all of those things are in his music he also sings about his daughter and this hard life he lived as a kid.
I completely disagree with the fact that rock provokes bad behaviors in people. Although I may be biased because I love rock the most, I don’t believe that any type of music provokes bad behavior, I believe that other people do. I think that the energy that rock music gives off can be a little crazy. Like at concerts for instance, however the thing about concerts is that a lot of people are drunk, and in a crowd like that a lot of people are feeding off of each other’s energy and emotions.
With country music, I do agree that most of the music is the same, however there are many different kinds of country music. There is straight up country music, there’s soft country, more of a rocky country, pop country, etc. A lot of different songs are about similar things, but they have different story lines, and can have a completely different feel to them.
Screamo can be very hard to understand, however if you look at the lyrics there is so much more to it, and not all screamo is strictly screaming, there are a lot of bands that sing as well, Halestorm for instance is a great example, they aren’t screamo, they’re rock, however they have songs with a lot of screaming in it. Music, as well as everything else, has its stereotypes, but that’s all they are, nothing more.
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