Bob Cratchit

While looking through the lyrics "I went to the crossroad, fell down on my knees Asked the Lord above "have mercy, now save poor Bob, if you please", Bob is obviously short for Robert which means he is obviously singing about himself and the crossroads is where Robert sold his soul but the part of the song where he says "asked the lord above "have mercy, now save poor Bob sounds like he either regrets making deal with the devil or he knew…

“I was 22 years old when it happened, and when you’re 22 years old, politics don’t really mean a whole lot to you. I didn’t really understand what Watergate was about, I basically just knew that the Republicans broke into the Democratic National Headquarters during election time in 1972. I remember that when the hearings were going on that I was driving back from Florida and listening to the hearings on the radio, just trying to understand what I was even hearing. At the time of Nixon resigning,…

1960’s Music In the 1960s, people believed that this was the beginning of a golden age, but the golden age never happened instead the nation was falling apart. John F. Kennedy became president in 1961, but in 1964 he was shot and killed, most people felt their hopes were killed. The 1960s was defined by the Civil Rights, the government stayed out of the Civil Rights until 1964. People were starting to drop out of political life, and they were called hippies. African Americans and other racial…

In the words of the great Bob Marley, “Your life is worth much more than gold” (Marley). These are lyrics incorporated into his song Jammin’ which was written into devotion to this intriguing concept. If the definition of the word “Jammin’” is looked up in the dictionary, you come across meanings such as chilling, relaxing, laughing and nodding your head to a beat (Jammin’). It has relations to the word “Jamboree”, which means noise making, and “Shivaree”, which is French for a noisy…

During the 1950’s and on through the 1970’s, America was in a “conflict” with the North Vietnamese communists and southern Viet Cong. To the American public this war was unnecessary and meant having to ship their sons off to risk losing their lives. In response, many song writers wrote songs about the worthlessness and repercussions of warfare; for example, Edwin Starr and his song “War”. In his song, Starr’s lyrics often coincide with themes from Tim O’Brien’s book, The Things They Carried.…

African Queen Sheba (1 Kings 10) made him the perfect candidate for idolization in a post- Marcus Garvey Jamaica. Garvey’s ideas on Back to Africa and Black Pride influenced Jamaica as a whole, but especially the Rastafarian movement (Manuel 2006: 194). Bob Marley’s “Chant Burn Down Babylon” emphasizes many of Garvey’s back to Africa ideals with powerful and enigmatic lyrics such as, “A Reggae Music, mek we chant down Babylon; / With music, mek we chant down Babylon; / This music, mek we chant…

Bob Dylan, né Robert Zimmerman, hailed from the United States of America, born in Duluth, Minnesota and raised in Hibbing in Minnesota. He is a singer and songwriter of the folk rock genre. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame states that Robert taught himself the harmonica and the guitar at 10 years of age. In high-school he formed a band named the Golden Chords, his stage-name was Elston Gunn. At the University of Minnesota in 1959 he sang country songs, traditional folk songs and political folk style…

“On military radios, there’s a frequency way near the top of the band that’s left unassigned at all times. It was regularly used, however, as an open conference line among enlisted men, and anybody with a spare radio and a little time to kill…” (Bradley and Werner 65). Many of us can say music is one of the greatest ways to way to block everything out. In the sixties and seventies many people in the states were going to these amazing historical rock and roll concerts, meanwhile troops were out…

Amanda Stevenson Profs. Kuykendall & Woodiwiss MU/PO 215 6 April 2016 Historically, music has been routinely used as a tool of resistance. Specifically in the United States, music has been present for a plethora of extreme situations, from the encouragement found in the coded songs of slaves, to the inspired anthems used as motivation in violent riots in Ferguson, Missouri. However, the results of music’s effect in these situations have varied greatly. This is due to the fact that music simply…

“Morning Morgantown” by Joni MItchells Lyrics that explain how a teen views the day? What more could someone want?! Joni Mitchell’s song, “Morning Morgantown” goes further with not only insight on a teenager’s point of view, but also proficiently made a song with a sweet melody and harmony, and musings of Joni’s own days as a teenager. I chose to use “Morning Morgantown” because I appreciate the artist Joni Mitchell, and think that this song is still relatable. Joni Mitchell has never…