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The Songs of Our Lives

            In music there has always been a cultural effect. But none more prominent than the musical movements in the 60's and 90's. From peace protests to the birth of teenage angst the 60's and 90's musical movements changed their time and the world forever. In this time period the grunge and psychedelic movement made entire generations of kids lives panned out differently because of the music they listened to. The Vietnam war in the 60's was a key part of the musical movement in the 60's because artists were able to use music as an outlet to project their political views to the world. There was also motown and rock and roll. Motown was mainly a black genre that spoke for equality and rock was making some political commentary but largely sex and drug based. In the 90's grunge and hip hop were the two biggest movements. Both were outlets for anger but in different styles. The grunge movement was more of an anger for regular teens while hip hop spoke out for blacks and the anger of being a black man. All of these genres and movements and events have come together to make the two biggest decades of music, the 60's and the 90's.
             The musical movements of the 60's were primarily Rock and Roll, Motown, and Psychedelic .
             Motown was lead by musicians such as Aretha Franklin, The Supremes, and the drifters. This had a major impact on the civil rights movement due to the African American demographic leading the musical genre and talking about respect for all in their music. .
             Psychedelic music in the 60's started with bands like Pink Floyd and the Traffic. Psychedelic music was and is looked at as a heavily drug influenced genre and the demographic of people listening to the music were a very drug based group. And because of that the parents and cops hated the fans and the movement, which made It quite popular among teens. Rock and roll in the sixties was the first start of the "drugs, sex, and rock and roll movement".


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1. Mary Song

Outline: Mary's Song I. ... Summary Statement: Mary wants us to look at see and ourselves if we are living our lives for the Lord or if we are being selfish and living our lives for ourselves. ... In this passage it shows that we need to praise the Lord in everything we do and that nothing is impossible with God in our lives. ... In my opinion he rewards us on earth as well for he is always with us in our lives. ... Showing how much she loves the Lord and how happy she is to be one with the Lord our God. ...

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2. My Songs

IT seems that we all have our love song. ... It is these songs that affect our lives. ... They have the power to lift our spirits, or make us sad; they, in a sense, control our psyche. They are the key to our souls. ... In a way I suppose that is true since we do based our perception on our experiences, and there is only one me. ...

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3. M butterfly

One clear example is Rene Gallimard who falls deeply in love with Song and is dominated by Song. ... He has never been loved by a perfect woman of his dream, until he meets Song and lives a fantasy life in the East. ... Happiness is so rare that our mind can turn somersaults to protect it. (2, 11) In Rene Gallimard's search for self-identity he ignorantly chooses illusion over reality. ... For twenty years he lives in his own imagination of perfect woman. Song has change Rene's life; ever since Song came into his life. ...

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4. m buterfly

One clear example is Rene Gallimard who falls deeply in love with Song and is dominated by Song. ... He has never been loved by a perfect woman of his dream, until he meets Song and lives a fantasy life in the East. ... Happiness is so rare that our mind can turn somersaults to protect it. (2, 11) In Rene Gallimard's search for self-identity he ignorantly chooses illusion over reality. ... For twenty years he lives in his own imagination of perfect woman. Song has change Rene's life; ever since Song came into his life. ...

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  • Approx Pages: 6
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5. Song Analysis - Little Boxes

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6. Song Analysis - Desert Rose

For my analysis essay, I chose the song Desert Rose written and performed by Sting while Cheb Mami wrote and performed the Arabic part of the song. Released in 1999, the genre of the song is pop. I chose this song because Sting and Cheb Mami speak of longing and desire that is what every human being feels at some point in their lives. ... We mature and learn through our goals, disappointments, successes, failures, rewards, and mistakes. ... It is just part of our nature, and this song is a beautiful, lyrical way of reminding us of just that....

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7. The Eagles - Hotel California - Song Meaning

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8. Songs of Innocence and of Experience

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9. Response to Our Song

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