...IL Divo is surrounded by an operatic quartet that plays the music beautifully. My initial reaction about this concert/place is what a magnificent place the Palau Sant Jordi is, it was built in the year 1990 in Barcelona, Spain. I truly wish that I could go and see these four beautiful men sing their hearts out, I would be in awe over how big and beautiful these guy’s voices truly are and I bet in person it would be an amazing gift to hear. The song that IL Divo sang is one of my all time favorite songs from Simon & Garfunkel is/was Bridge over trouble waters. Un- break my Heart originally sung by Toni Braxton who sang it in 1993 and she sounded great when she sang it, but when IL Divo sang this song they blew my mind away with the way their voices are so rich and deep it’s like floating in chocolate and you don’t even care if you drown in it. IL Divo also sang Nights in White Satin by the Moody Blues; The Winner takes it all by Abba; My Way by Frank Sinatra and also Elvis. Also the song called The Impossible Dream. IL Divo likes to sing the songs by translating the lyrics out of English so that they sound and feel more like Opera. About eighteen minutes into the concert IL Divo sings...
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...a producer can choose the songs and their meaning and have the artist sing it to the public. The judicial branch is very similar to a manager because a manager can choose if what the artist sings is appropriate for their image. In a like manner, the judicial branch can do constitutional review, and if it passes then the law is created. The Producer (Legislative Branch) can propose the idea and sound of a song (Law) to the Artist (Executive) If the Artist doesn't like the song, they can refuse to record the song. But if the producer decides that it will make more money and success then they can disregard the Artist idea of not recording the song. However, if the artist disobeys the producers rules, then they can have the power to fire the artist. These acts are identical to how the Executive and Legislative branch check each other....
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...listens when I start to sing I'm so grateful and proud All I want is to sing it out loud So I say Thank you for the music, the songs I'm singing Thanks for all the joy they're bringing Who can live without it, I ask in all honesty? What would life be? Without a song or a dance what are we? So I say thank you for the music For giving it to me Mother says I was a dancer before I could walk She says I began to sing long before I could talk And I've often wondered, how did it all start? Who found out that nothing can capture a heart Like a melody can? Well, whoever it was, I'm a fan So I say Thank you for the music, the songs I'm singing Thanks for all the joy they're bringing Who can live without it, I ask in all honesty? What would life be? Without a song or a dance what are we? So I say thank you for the music For giving it to me I've been so lucky, I am the girl with golden hair I wanna sing it out to everybody What a joy, what a life, what a chance Thank you for the music, the songs I'm singing Thanks for all the joy they're bringing Who can live without it, I ask in all honesty? What would life be? Without a song or a dance what are we? So I say thank you for the music For giving it to me So I say thank you for the music For giving it to me Its Christmas every where Its Christmas everywhere! There’s music in the air from east to west the bells will ring; from north to south we’ll dance and sing! Its Christmas every where...
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...Babylonians posed a strong challenge to their communal faith and self identity with their creator. The people of israel transgressed the covenant and God abandoned their side. This led to their captivity as they went to Babylon full of despair. In this chapter, the mourning is described as running deep as the rivers of Babylon. For this reason, the desire for divine retribution was strong in the hearts of the psalmist and all of israel longed for the people of Babylon to be put through the same sport of destruction that the people of israel were currently going through. Singing a Jewish song in an alien land was an issue for the psalmist. The chapter contrasts the beauty of Babylon with the sorrow of Israel. The exiles sat along the banks of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers in Babylon and wept as they remembered zion, in reference to Jerusalem and its Temple. ‘How shall wesing the Lord’s song in a strange land?’ The whole of Israel with the Psalmist could not forget the recent destruction of the temple of Jerusalem. In addition of the desstuction, the grief was intensified as the...
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...Anthony Jackson Of the Sorrow Songs W.E.B DuBois Black American Studies Term Paper Professor Serrano African American slaves were faced with not only physical, but emotional hardships such as family tragedies, heart aches and trauma. There were numerous amounts of struggles that forced them into needing a loop-hole, or getaway for the mind. This led to the tradition of singing the famous “Sorrow Songs”. All of the unfortunate injustices they were put through were resolved by a new tradition: singing sorrow songs. W.E.B DuBois’s text, “The Souls of Black Folks” talks about the songs, which all originated in the south, that African American slaves sang and then passed down from generation to generation to get them through all of the hardships and pain through the years. Each song represented a different feeling the slaves had while working, but each one also portrayed hope. Du Bois states that the Negro Folk Song “stands as the most beautiful expression of human experience.” These songs were taught and passed down through African American grade schools where the African American kids would teach the teachers the songs, while the teachers would show them how to sing. The teachers would learn the songs and then teach other African American children who then taught other people and so on. This is how the songs were kept alive as a tradition. In most cases, the songs were misunderstood by bystanders and people of other ethnicities and cultures who could not...
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...In the song, “Hair,” the artist Lady Gaga chants about her hair and how she wants it to flow freely to define herself. She sings about the disagreement on her own hairstyle by the boundaries set by society as well as her family and was unable to wear certain hairstyles. Gaga emerged and gave a purpose asserting her position on her hair expressing who her character really is. The singer symbolism with her hair is vital for the effectiveness of the song. She uses her hair as a definition of her personality. As an example, the singer chants, “Free as my hair” multiple times. The symbolism of the artist’s is to help connect with her listeners to aid the powerful message for being who you really want to be. Don’t let other people be your limits....
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...popular in America. Rain, a Korean singer, recently held a concert at the Madison Square Garden, which was sold out. SNSD was on the David Letterman Show. A song by Wonder Girls was included in the Billboard Hot 100 Songs. A Korean-Pop chart was even added to the Billboard charts. But why is Korean music becoming so popular in America? Korean music is different from the music in America. In my opinion, the Korean artists have unique musical and performance styles, which are new and fresh compared to some American styles. For example, a famous Korean band named 2AM will just stand on the stage and sing slow and emotional songs, while American artists such as Lady Gaga, Rihanna, and Katy Perry all sing and dance. The reason 2AM performs this way is because they focused on their actual ability to sing and understand the song more than on performance. Another group from Korea is a group called f(x). They sing about things that don’t really make sense together – they will sing about a ‘Pinocchio’, and go straight into saying they are in danger. 2AM and f(x) are two of the many examples of how Korean music is different from American music. The other artists all have unique styles and they are different from each other. The Korean artists are ‘perfect’ at what they do. The Korean artists are groomed by their companies to look, sing and dance extremely well. The entertainment companies will plan every step needed for their artist to succeed. Some of these steps include vocal training...
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...Critique the songs and dancing: Music in the movie “West Side Story” is necessary to understand the meaning of the film that has a musical genre. I think that all the songs in the movie are excellent because they fit and explain the scenes really well. The songs that are more representative in the movie in my opinion are those: - "Maria": The song that Tony sings after the dance to express his love for Maria and he sais the only thing that he knows about her, her name. It is a wonderful song. - "Tonight," a song sung by Maria where she express her feelings for Tony, the boy that just just met. In the song she explains that it was the most especial night of maria’s life. In those two songs there is no choreography. - "I like to live in America": The girls from the gang o the Sharks sing a song explaining how happy are they because of living in America and they talk about all the good things that they get being American. This is my favorite song in all the movie, it is a fun song that has a dialogue between the boys and the girls. Girls play and dance moving their skirts creating really good movements and the boys dance and jump while they are...
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...Mockingbirds are a big part of the story in Harper Lee’s classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Mockingbirds sing their hearts out, that’s just what they do. They don’t hurt others or damage any trees, they sing a beautiful tone for all to hear. As Mockingbirds sing, so do people, they have their own characteristics and ways that they express themselves in. Atticus says that it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird, and so it would be a sin to kill someone’s voice or the way they stand up for others. Three characters that I think are mockingbirds that sing their own song are Atticus Finch, Scout Finch, and Jem Finch. Atticus Finch is the person that does the dirty work, he is a wise and great father to his children, he teaches them many great life lessons...
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...How music connects to time Before I get write about the music I grew up with I wanted to say that this is the best assignment so far. I love music not only listening to it but writing it and singing it as well. Here goes, when I was growing up I listened to a lot of music from the 50’s and 60’s my parents grew up during this time and loved this type of music I enjoyed this type of music and still do. I heard songs from Leslie Gore, Elvis, Dion and the Belmont’s Ray Patterson just to name a few. Sometimes I would cry and sometimes I would be happy depending on what song I was listening to let me explain. When I heard the song Sunshine Lollipops and Rainbows from Leslie Gore I would be happy I thought that if we had sunshine rainbows and lollipops (I love lollipops) then the world would be peaceful and everyone would want to live in it. the song that I always made me cry was tell Laura I love her by Ray Patterson the reason I cried was it was sad it’s a song about how a guy is in love with a girl and all he wants to do is marry her so he decides that the only way to get her a ring is to enter a stock car race well he dies while he is racing and Laura is left alone without the man she loves. I think that if I had to reflect on how these songs helped me through childhood I would have to say that they helped me to understand that life is not about sunshine rainbows and lollipops but about love and death. Leslie Gore: Sunshine Lollipops...
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...Ellison utilizes this power of music to expose the raw culture of the black community and how the Invisible Man associates with it. This exposure allows for the Invisible Man to embrace his individuality, therefore allowing him to develop his new, true identity. Ellison uses many different music genres, specifically African American Gospels or jazz, to connect the Invisible Man to his roots at home. There are multiple cases where the Invisible Man has the opportunity to listen to a song pertaining to something he connects with, arousing in him a sense of homesickness. This sense of melancholy occurs most often when he...
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...always been interested in the "physics of pop culture" and how we can analyze the culture that we love to consume every day with data science. To further explore this curiosity I did a deep dive into Alisun Pawley and Daniel Mullensiefen's research on The Science of Singing Along for a quick [Metis](http://www.thisismetis.com) investigation presentation. The presentation deck and an overview of key concepts is included below and you can check out the full article [here](http://www.doc.gold.ac.uk/~mas03dm/papers/PawleyMullensiefen_Singalong_2012.pdf)! #### Data The study investigates the contextual and musical factors that incite audiences in music venues...
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...playback singer Instruments Vocalist Years active 1944–1980 Mohammad Rafi (Urdu: ,عیفر دمحمHindi: मोहम्मद रफ़ी; 24 December 1924 – 31 July 1980), was an Indian playback singer whose career spanned four decades.[1] He won a National Award and 6 Filmfare Awards. In 1967, he was honoured with the Padma Shri by the Government of India.[2] In a career spanning about 40 years, Rafi sang over 26,000 film songs.[3] His songs ranged from classical numbers to patriotic songs, sad lamentations to highly romantic numbers, qawwalis to ghazals and bhajans, and from slow melancholic tunes to fast and melodious fun filled songs. He had a strong command of Hindi and Urdu and a powerful range that could accommodate this variety.[4] He sang in many Indian languages including Hindi, Konkani, Urdu, Bhojpuri, Oriya, Punjabi, Bengali, Marathi, Sindhi, Kannada, Gujarati, Telugu, Maghi, Maithili and Assamese. He also recorded a few English, Persian, Spanish and Dutch songs. An article in Times of India, published on 24 July 2010 sums up his voice as, "If there are 101 ways of saying "I love you" in a song, Mohammed Rafi knew them all. The awkwardness of puppy love, the friskiness of teen romance, the philosophy of unrequited love and the anguish of heartbreak - he could explore every crevice of ardour. It wasn't just love, his voice could capture the navras of life - a failed poet's melancholy, a fiery unionist's vim, a debt-ridden farmer's despair, really anybody at all. Rafi, whose career spanned nearly...
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...What was popular than is way different now In today’s society girls groups sing, dance, and have very unique styles. In the beginning there was not as much dancing and bright colors and things like that. The Omg Girlz are and an example of brightness is and dancing throughout the song. Xscape is more of a laid back group the dance, but it was smoothe. While the groups dance, dress, and sing different. Dancing is the main thing in having a successful group or music career. With dancing it keeps the people interested and keep wanting more. Back in the day such as the 90’s a group called Xscape was very popular. The kind of dancing they did was smoothe and was just to enhance their songs, but not take away from the meaning of what they were singing. In that time period it was not all about seduction it was getting feelings across and the meaning of the song. They took their time in what they were singing and the dancing flowed very smooth together. The Omg Girlz dance fast and really do not focus on the words. Their lyrics are catchy and very easy to understand, so the dancing plays a role along with the lyrics and the dancing. The dancing is more fast and appealing to the teenage and younger generation of today 2012. The way a group dresses is also a major part of being a successful entertainer. Xscape dressed in business suits with the button-up shirts open showing their bras. That was just one of the looks that caught the peoples attention and sold records...
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...The illusion of life works with Chapin’s song because he uses imagery in his lyrics to show a man going through his life from young adulthood to old age, and his son’s like from birth to adulthood. Sellnow explains that “music does not cause or cure feelings”, but instead is a representation for those emotions (Sellnow, 2014). “The Cat’s in the Cradle” strikes a chord with listener’s who have regret over the past, over things and actions that could’ve, or should’ve been done and are now things that cannot be changed. Sellnow states that “music functions rhetorically by representing actual life experiences and emotions as an illusion of life based on the artist’s perspective”, and “in this way, music conveys an argument about how we ought to or ought not to believe or behave” (Sellnow, 2014). The artist is telling the audience how they ought to behave, that they should be there for their loved ones, to always make time for them, before it is too late. The song “The Cat’s in the Cradle” represents the life experiences, emotions, and illusion of life that Harry Chapin experienced as a busy, travelling musician after his son was...
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