Puck and Natty
It all began with an interracial rap group called Puck & Natty. One half of this group was
Berkley graduate Stephan Jenkins. Together, this duo's fifteen minutes of fame came on the
90210 soundtack, which gave Jenkins enough to buy groceries. The group eventually split, and
Jenkins was on his way. Soon Arion salazar crossed his path, and on his heels was guitarist
Kevin Cadogen. Once Brad Hargraves signed on, Third Eye Blind was born. Jenkins bought
out his former partner, and claimed rights to the beginning of a catchy tune that would soon stick
in all of our heads. "Do do doo, do do do doo, do do doo, do do do doo," became "Semi-
charmed Life", and launched this band right into the hands of Elektra Records. The group
signed on, and began recording their debut album, which Jenkins produced himself. In
1997,the album was released and went on to sell four million copies. Third Eye Blind's debut
album contains an amazing combination of poetic lyrics and edgy music that make it an
experience for the listener.
The song,"Semi-charmed Life", may have started it all, but it soon became controversial. It
was said to be, "A little ditty about Crystal Meth and oral sex."(Durchholz 1). These opinions did
not stop millions of people around the world from eating up the groups next single, "How's it
gonna be," a tune with a guitar solo that sent chills up my spine. Next came another catchy
hit,"Losing a whole year", followed by "Jumper", a song about suicide. This song became the
perfect background for PSA's. Maybe, afterall, there was more to this band than sex and drugs.
This album has a bit of each of the necessary elements to becoming a hit. In fact, it has
much more. Lyrically, it would take a Lit grad, such as Jenkins himself, to decipher the
meanings of his words. Jenkins puts things in a different context rather than the traditional "I
love you", "I hate you" lyrics filling up the airwaves. Rather than simply saying "I want to be
with you", he says,"I want to taste the salt of your skin"(How's it gonna be). Instead of saying,"I
want to spend the rest of my life with you," he writes,"wThere will be no regrets hen the worms
The rock and roll album I selected is license to Ill by the Beastie Boys. The album first released in November 15, 1986. The Beastie Boys are an American hip-hop group, which formed in 1981 in New York. The Beastie Boys group consisted of three members for most of their career, Mike D, MCA, and Ad-Rock. The group first began doing hardcore punk, and later transitioned into a rock/ hip-hop style in 1984. (Erlewine) License to Ill released only two years after the group left their punk image for Hip-Hop. Def jams were the record company that first released the album in 1986. License to Ill runs forty-four minutes and thirty-three seconds in length, with thirteen tracks.
The analysis of this song lead me to actually dislike the song because I found that my first impression of the song was much different than after analyzing it for weeks. I love the bands music but I just don't like this one particular song. I guess there are many ways to interpret this song but I feel as if the song is way to deep in thought for a singer such as Dave Matthews. As Dave stated at one of his concerts, "Some people drink, and some don't; some people like to smoke a bowl, and some don't. Some people do and some people don't but its ok `cause it was ment to be that way." Dave Matthews is no Wordsworth, but its ok because it was meant to be that way!
When artists go through an emotional down fall in there career’s you see some stars fall and other’s reflect to back when it all started to better themselves. As Katy Perry stated in her interview with U.S.A Today Prism is “less over-the-top and more “me””. I have come to realize that when artist put out an album, it isn’t just to see how many copies they can sell but it’s about making music with feelings, getting into there inner self and reaching out to those who admire them, the social text of the music is the heart of every song and the album altogether. A lot of the time artist will write about their emotions but never really behind the sense of what occurred. Here I will take two artists and break down there trails and show how they made them into triumphs through the context of there music. I will describe how these artist were able to create pieces of music that took over a particular emotion and were able to get it’s point across to the listener. These artists will be Katy Perry, and Britney Spears.
Alternative rock music of the nineties successfully captured the distress of a young generation afflicted by multiple struggles. First and foremost, this music genre accurately voiced the concerns of those who could not imagine a thriving future as prosperous members of society, and for whom the American dream was nothing but a distant notion. For instance, in his song “Loser”, Beck Hansen skillfully described the apathy that overtakes an individual’s being when he is faced with life´s unavoidable grim prospects. Similarly, this kind of music resonated with all those individuals who were struggling to feel comfortable in their own skin. To illustrate, in one of its most popular songs, “Creep”, the alternative rock band Radiohead managed to convey the excruciating angst experienced ...
Some of the music inspirations were from divorce, loss of parents, abandonment, and even being an outcast at school. Many of these bands suffered from all of these. In lyrics mixed with anger and sadness, it brought the band and the fans together as a whole. These bands such as, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, and RATM, all had their troubles growing up. Some in which listened to classics like the Beatles and Led Zeppelin, and even some got their music inspirations from Metallica, Black Sabbath, Kiss (“Nirvana” 1 , “Alice in Chains” 1-2
“Lies, Greed, Misery” by Linkin Park show a fully shadowed sage, and his distaste for the world around him. He never sees an end to the Lies, Greed, and Misery.
on the change that he made with his music. “Heggins said, “I was inspired and
So hard to follow yet so good to live by, those words also describe the course of the musician's
of conveying the fragility of life that somehow really nailed it. When he sang sad
When did they start? According to Mitchell, G. (2009), work began in earnest in August 1982. Jackson wrote several of the songs: "The Girl Is Mine," "Beat It," "Billie Jean" and "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'." Among the other writers was former Heatwave
songs about suicide. Yet, one question could almost be echoed around the world – Why?
In todays society poetry is all around us, we use it in music to deliver messages to the average radio listener. According to SelectUSA (The creative Media industry in the United States) The United States music industry in 2011 reached 15.2 billion dollars. With the information given a person can tell that a lot of time and money goes into music in today’s society. The music people listen to have many different elements that an average listener would not pick up. Many songs have poetic techniques that give great meaning to the song that makes the song unique. The song I Love the way you Lie by Eminem and Rihanna and the song Airplanes by B.o.B are similar in ways they use poetic devises and how the over all message of the two songs can relate to the average person that listen to the song.
The relevance of the song was portraying that using drugs and alcohol will help you escape life situations. Regardless of how hard or tough it is. All you need to do is to get drunk or get high, than your problems will flush away. But the video don’t explain the reality of the outcome of how drugs and alcohol will or could affect your lifestyle and how it could lead you to lose your job, family and life. All it shows is the fun side of being intoxicated. Which, it raises a big flag on kids or teens that do have access to the media like the
Lyrics have been transformed almost completely into a colloquial text language where words are shortened, and hold nearly any literary techniques. A writer, William Briggs said “Nowadays, we are told we are surrounded by genius. When critics are presented with less, they find more to praise.” This an accurate comment when critics are comparing the band One Direction to that of the musically ...
The genre of pop rock has taken the music industry by storm, giving record companies enormous amounts of power and endless financial success along with a way to reproduce it. Owing its popularity to the “light” nature and simplistic, yet catchy melodies, pop music is one of the broadest genres. There’s no way of clearly defining parameters as to what distinguishes a pop music song from other genres. This is largely due to the genre's’ reliance on popularity. Pop music has taken many forms over the decades, keeping characteristics through each generation it passes through.