There have been many songs written by artists that have provided young people with a manner to express their concerns for social change and also encourage consciousness to other essential issues for their generation. These emotions stem from the catchy choruses, soothing melody’s, possessing harmonies and memory associations people hold.
Music holds a tremendous power over a person which evokes all types of emotion. This song almost worked as a way to hope for peace when they didn’t have any. This song plays and she thinks about wanting to get out of the war due to the large number of kids getting killed. Growing up in the 60’s, it’s tough to not think about the Vietnam War. When interviewing my mon, the first song that she could think of was For What It’s Worth by Buffalo Springfield. After this song came out, as a response Lynyrd Skynyrd came out with “Sweet Home Alabama.” Southern man when will you pay him back.” He’s asking Southerners to make amends for the fortunes built through slavery. This song has to do racism and slavery in the South. The next song I chose is called Southern Man by Neil Young. The music video to this is mind-blowing, and I would suggest watching it in class. “I can kill cause in god i trust.” “2010 watch it go to fire.” Eddie Vedder said it himself twelve years ago. “Do the Evolution” covers issues of global warming, pollution, rape, and corruption of religious instutions. The first song that came to mind was “Do the Evolution” by Pearl Jam. A week late it also became a reactionary anthem to 9/11. They wanted to address the problems of the world and promote peace and love just like Marvin Gaye had done. On the September 5, 2001, less than a week before 9/11, 44 artists met in New York to re-record Marvin Gaye’s song. “What’s Going On” is a song written by Marvin Gaye and was a response to the issues and problems of the 1960s. “What’s Going On”- Variety of artists, 2001 The lyrics talk about the military draft during that time and how it was a young man’s duty to go off to war, only to return home to a dead end job and struggling economy. “Born in the U.S.A” is a patriotic song written as a reaction to the Vietnam War and the effects it had on the American people. “Born in the U.S.A”- Bruce Springsteen, 1984 The song also refers to problems of the world that Joel claimed were “fires” that his generation did not start. The song is made up of short references to major events, people, and politics that were so embedded in culture during that time period, people understood every line. The song was written as an anthem for the baby boomer generation. The lyrics are comprised of headlining events that occurred between 19. “We Didn’t Start the Fire” was written by Billy Joel. “We Didn’t Start the Fire” – Billy Joel, 1989 I also came up with some others that had an impact on later generations. When talking to my parents about songs that inspired their generation, they immediately thought of “Man in the Mirror” by Michael Jackson, and “Revolution” by The Beatles. Many artists have written political songs advocating for the American public to give them a voice in the world and to represent their opinions. It can speak to an entire nation and give the people a common anthem to rally behind. This trap heavy tune features T.I., Too $short and Twista.Music is a powerful mechanism when addressing any wide spread issue. GKMC cut that was planned to release a month before the album but ended up getting scrapped due to creative differences between Gaga and Kdot: Many consider this being the song that ruined Wale's career (released a couple months before Lady Gaga broke out into stardom):
Do you think Lady Gaga should make more music with rappers? Just wanted to share some songs that you all may not know of.
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