Imogen Heap tells a story in her new album Sparks (released August 19th). No, it’s not a single narrative construct built from the individual tracks. Rather it’s a story of risk, playfulness and joie de vivre. It is a story of embracing and sharing musically all sorts of different experiences, interactions and cultures. If you haven’t chanced upon Ms. Heap’s music, she has a beautifully unique voice which avoids making every song sound alike by her incredible range of songs, embracing experimentation and her impeccable performance. Ms. Heap expresses this sense of experimentation and outright playfulness in her teaser for Sparks. There is a sense of magic in all she does, by which I mean fanciful flights of delightful surprise. She weaves …show more content…
Heap’s music is whimsical and compelling as evidenced by her opening “alarm” in “Run Time” with those incredibly fabulous the music and lyrics: “Sparks might fly, in no time./ It’s a delayed reaction of the third kind. (ooh)/ I’m so ready for this./ Shrink-wrapped tones, I can face the music./ Stop matters bonding us way beyond/ Our best by-days./You know we’ve had it good, we’ve had it bad, so no hard feelings./ We’ve done all we could and all again. I’m done pretending./ Let’s quit while we’re still friends.” In 2012, the village of Sakteng in Bhutan received electricity for the first time. In order to receive that electricity, each family had carry an electrical pole up to the village. In the instrumental piece “Climb to Sakteng,” Ms. Heap celebrates the tenacity of the human spirit evidenced in this climb. “The Beast” depicts those times when we let our anger overwhelm us and those around us. We feed the beast within us with hate to the point that all we cherish is destroyed: “One by one skin hardens, we're becoming the beast/Shear power in the heat of hate brings our army of two to its knees/Steel lungs are screaming the house down, going for the kill from the kiss/ Battle stations are now navigation, have we driven love to this?” The music itself matches the chaos and constant movement of this
Listening then, I just thought it sounded nice, but analyzing it today I can truly appreciate the care that went into their work. There aren’t many songs that give me chills, but every time I hear their rendition of Landslide (written by Stevie Nicks), I can feel it head to toe. The pacing of the instrumentation and harmony coming in is simply perfect.
Song lyrics have set off a great generation of our leisure time than reading poetic devices, therefore song lyrics are better than poetic devices. Song lyrics have dropped numerous lines that attach to us now a days and make us listen to the line over and over unlike poetic devices. Song Lyrics have so much meaning by word choice and by relations.”Mr. Rager” by Kid Cudi, is about people fed up with society and plan on taking a journey. “Dreams” by Edgar Allen Poe, is about a man who dreams of a greater life. Mr. Rager, the song by Scott Cudi, has a better meaning than Dreaming, the poem by Edgar Allen Poe, by personification, allusion, and symbolism.
Music is an art and a wonderful gift to human race. It soothes, stimulates and makes us feel happy. It affects our moods in many different ways from lullaby to war cry for changes in the society. Music is actually distinct to different people. Above all, it has a transformational importance that is captured in its art and nature. Music draws our emotions and it has an impact of bridging different cultures across the continents. Slave songs were very vital channels through which all kind of information was conveyed both positive and negative.
Urie is able to write and perform countless styles of music while somehow managing to contain them all under the band’s original genre of alternative rock. From the smooth, rich, Sinatra-esque pulses of “Death of a Bachelor” to the hellish buzz of, and the music video to match, “Emperor’s New Clothes,” Brendon Urie has done it all. The instrumental background and vocal undertones of every song are distinctly unique to the varying emotions that Urie pours into the pieces and what they mean to him as a songwriter. “Crazy=Genius,” one of my favorites off the album, blends head-banger rock with jazzy trumpet solos and somehow makes it flow so flawlessly and the sound is very similar to a jazz club on crack. Incredibly fast paced and wild, the musical sound alone causes one to feel like anarchy is much more desirable than peace and that who needs peace when they are trapped within the confines of one’s own mind?
... way they are moving from the bad things all around them into the good, that is, the music. In this way they are in a way escaping from the darkness that is around them every day even if only for a short time. It's the only light they have. This is when the author uses the image of darkness for the last time. " For, while the tale of how we suffer, and how we are delighted, and how we may triumph is never new, it always must be heard. There isn't any other tale to tell, it's the only light we've got in all this darkness." This supports that their music is the only thing that is totally good in their lives. With all the violence and despair that is around them all of the time, music is the only way they can free themselves.
Rytell, David. “Music Worthy of a Riot.” David Rytell’s Home Page. 1989. Web. 17 September 2011.
There is one universal language: the language of music. Music has a special quality and ability to bridge both social and cultural divides. A proposed theory by Dr. Gray, Founder and Director of National Musical Arts’ BioMusic Program; describes music has been around longer than human-beings have. Music is the one thing human beings from various backgrounds can relate to. Every living creature would agree. Music is heard everywhere not just among humans, but in nature as well, through the twitting of birds, winds blowing, the soft sound of raindrops against a windowpane, the ocean waves moving back and forth and the hum of the ocean rushing in a sea shell. There is no escaping it; music lives in and surrounds us steadily. While there are countless songs which confer social or cultural consciousness, this paper will analyze and address the dynamics of M.I.A.’s “Paper Planes”, video. Stylistically, the paper will examine the artist point of view, the unique use of lyrical analysis and sound description in relation to its historical, social, political and/or cultural context. This essay will also trace the lyrical analysis and sound description of song and discuss how the elements (visually, sonically, and lyrically) interplay with the theme of immigration and/or violence.
Music has its own way of sharing messages and portraying a theme The song Titanium is about a girl who repetitively says how strong she is and no matter what she won't fall and if she does she will get back up. In this song, the author uses metaphors, and repetition to drive the theme of “Don't let anyone bring you down because you are strong and powerful.”
Ora received a lot of positive reviews and plenty of recognition in this musical venture, earning her nominations at the 2012 MTV Europe Music Awards for Best UK/Ireland Act, Best New Artist and Push Artist. Just recently, Rita made a huge comeback with her brainchild song 'Poison,' which is said to be the first cut on her upcoming second album. It’s been a while since this singer made marks on her musical career, and patrons from all over the world are nothing but excitedly awaiting the musical genius that will surely be displayed by Rita Ora. Poison is said to be Rita’s song for her bad luck in love, which has been sensationalized after known affairs with gargantuan names in the music industry such as Bruno Mars and DJ Calvin Harris. Thousands of posts on Twitter by her fan base dominated the said social networking site with hashtags and proclamations of frenetic feelings about Ora’s follow-up to her musical career.
The song that I choose to do this assignment on is Fight the Power by Public Enemy. Fight the Power was written in 1989 and quickly became a street anthem for millions of youths. It reflects with issues dealing with both the Civil Rights Movement and to remind everyone that they too have Constitutional Rights. This particular song is about empowerment but also fighting the abuse of power that is given to the law enforcement agencies. It gave citizens of the U.S a more modern outlook on the many struggles that not only the African American community is up against but the other minority groups as well. The song’s message was eventually supposed to bring people together and make the world a better place, even though some teens saw it as a way
“There’s nothing to it mister, you won’t hear a sound when your whole world comes tumbling down” refers to bankers being able to steal from citizens but nothing gets done about it. Bruce mentioned a group called Occupy Wall Street, an organization that started the talk about economic inequality, when he described this song, and I think it really shows the community with it. Listeners can feel as though they should voice their opinion, or find others who feel the same and stand together to take on Wall Street or other issues in their lives. “Death to My Hometown” takes a more angry approach to Wall Street with a rock and roll beat. As the song says “no cannonballs fly, no rifles cut us down” but the “robber barons” (the bankers) brought the pain and suffering.
The next verse is “Blood on the leaves, and blood at the root.” This piques my interest, and I can discern that this song is going to have a dark theme, because of the ominous wording of the second line in the song. “Black body swinging, in the southern breeze,” at this point we realise it is clear what the song is talking about, and it is revealed with a shock which I think the composer intended, as to reveal the brutality of the hangings to us with no beating around the bush. I really admire this piece of music because it was so open and honest about the major issue and problems with the allegations and behaviour towards black people. This song was written and performed in the late 1930’s, meaning this song certainly wasn’t the first protest song, but it was the introduction of the truth to the wealthy patrons of the clubs in which the song was sung.
Anais Mitchell’s musical Hadestown exemplifies how the melodious aspect of music allows the message of “Why We Build the Wall” to change entirely when going from written word to a auditory experience. On paper, Mitchell’s song symbolizes a strong, united community that is confident about its decision to build a wall when they repeatedly sing, “We build the wall to keep us free” (Mitchell l.4). Their short, matter-of-fact statements show no wavering in their decision to build the wall or the reason they choose to build it. However, in the song, it is revealed through their tones and the slow, impending music they sing along to that their emotions are different from the words they are speaking. In unison, on paper, suggests a togetherness that is not heard when sung aloud. Instead, the unsettling tone of complete unison appears to be programmed into the singers can only be detected when performed aloud. No single voice stands above another, removing all sense of individuality, which contradicts the idea of freedom they are singing about. Furthermore, the monotonous tone of the voices does not give off a feeling of happiness, but rather they are trapped in a dystopia but too brainwashed to realize. The inflection in their voices does not change when singing about freedom or poverty, suggesting they have memorized a script rather than believe what they are saying. Mitchell’s songs,
Nicholas Sparks is considered to be one of the greatest American authors of today. He provides love, romance, passion, drama, tragedy, comedy, triumph, and mystery in all of his novels. His stories are heartwarming and inspiring. Nicholas Sparks does not have a specific writing style. His writing style is flexible and liberal, and can be described as romantic, imaginative and engaging, and varies depending on the theme of the novel. The theme of the novel is the main thing that affects his writing style. Even though the themes of each novel mostly deal with love, each novel takes on different perspectives of love. His novels can be described as romantic, compassionate beach reads with real, relatable characters.
The album shifts between tracks that illustrate dreams and nightmares. For every downtrodden and troubled tune, there is a joyous song that brings a renewed