WEALTH
The Beatles, "Money (That's What I Want)," Rock, 1963.
Fifty Cent, "Straight to the Bank," Rap, 2007. *WARNING* (This song contains unfriendly words. You have been given a head's up.)
Nickelback, "Rock Star," Rock, 2006
Bruno Mars, "Billionaire," Pop/Rock, 2010
The Beatles, "Baby, You're A Rich Man," Rock, 1967
SALVATION
Creed, "Higher," Rock, 1999.
Switchfoot, "Dare You To Move," Rock, 2005.
Conshafter, "Only Thing to Save Me," Rock, 2004. (This band is pretty local to Richmond, so no music video)
U2, "Elevation," Rock, 2001.
Evanescence, "Wake Me Up Inside," Rock, 2003
As it was with the first assignment, one aim was easier to locate songs for than the other. More songs are written and sung about making money, having nice homes/cars/ladies/everything than about feeling saved and/or liberated from something. And, as it was true with the first assignment, I don't see this as a bad thing. I understand why the weathly songs are more popular, it's because people like to hear about them more than people like to hear about someone's experience in feeling saved or freed. Most of the songs I found about salvation or liberation all had a sort of religious undertone, at least in my understanding. I think that's because people do genuinely feel "saved" by their faith. As far as worldly success goes, easy peasey. People want to be rich, and if not rich, they want to be comfortable. Especially during a time when a lot of people are unemployeed, these songs have become quite popular. I think that a lot of the time we connect what we have in the bank to what our value as a human being is. When people are loaded, they have more, they do more, and they seem to have more fun living as opposed to those of us scraping by.
I agree with the statement that one aim is easier to find than the other and for me in both pleasure and worldly success were both that was popular in american pop music. Most songs are about money fame, girls. With liberations songs most of them do have a religious undertone to it and with that we are able to connect our experiences and struggle to the song
ReplyDeleteBefore I begin - I didn't comment on your previous post, but you used a Powerline song from "A Goofy Movie." Congratulations, you are now my favorite person in class... so awesome!
ReplyDeleteYou made a good point about how it's easier to find songs about worldly success. So, people are making more songs about making money and expensive jewelry and driving fast cars. Why do people listen to that though? Is it because we all secretly want that? The irony is, we can all have liberation - it's FREE. We can all work for community service - TODAY... it doesn't cost a thing. Why do people long for fleeting worldly desires?
I love the title "Liberate your finances" because all America cares about is money. I know that its the way the world works but more songs about community service and unity would be nice
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