Dramatic Lyrics

Pyramids by Frank Ocean is an essential piece of modern R&B music off of Ocean’s debut album, Channel Orange. The nearly ten minute epic can be cleanly split into two distinct parts, due to a drastic and total shift in tempo, timbre and texture at around the 4:27 mark in the piece, but Ocean’s storytelling allows the two pieces to coexist perfectly, forcing the listener to remain attentive throughout the entire piece despite its intimidating length. Ocean leaves his artistic presence all over…

violence? Two words: Unquenchable optimism. To him the glass of human progress was always half full, not half empty and he wanted the entire African American community to realize and preach that. (Bond and Wilson 2001). He said, “On the one hand, the lyrics reveal how African Americans were estranged from their cultural past by the impact of racial oppression and that they manifested the psychological and physical scars inflicted by that injustice. On the other hand, the song is irrefutably one…

This particular study abroad program encompasses so much of the history and craft that goes into my major. As an artist of the theatre, I need to be aware of the historical significance of theatre and the stories that have been written. Seeing, reading, and visiting monuments and plays will make the history that I’ve learned in class tangible. Attending productions will further allow my creativity as an artist to flourish with diverse genres of theatre that will be available on the trip.…

United States government. The song portrays that many nations view the United States as heroes. Then, the poem states, “You plant a demon seed. You raise a flower of fire. We see them burning crosses. See the flames, higher and higher” (Bono). The lyrics imply that in reality, the U.S. government is actually the devil who is responsible for initiating a great number of wars in its desire to coerce other nations into adopting its political beliefs and its desperation to preserve its position as a…

Chris Brown released his fourth album titled “F.A.M.E” in March of 2011, this album combined R&B and Pop for a good mixture of heart wrenching songs, and club jams. Browns’ music uses influences from past artist such as Michael Jackson, Sam Cooke, and Stevie Wonder. His album “F.A.M.E” short for forgiving all my enemies, was a breakout album for him due to the tremendous amount of media drama during the previous years, and also due to the fact that this was his last album with Jive records.…

Q.no.1 The term Intellectual property (IP) is known as licensed or protected of one’s creativity or innovation that are fit for being protected under country law or worldwide treaties. Intellectual property protects drawing, movies music and other different creative and artistic works. The term Copy right alludes to the official right given to the holder for the assurance of their unique works like model drawing, movies sounds or in an alternate word Copyright can be utilized to keep one…

attitude. Meaning that he is a very unique individual and he is not afraid to express his thoughts freely and stand up for what he thinks and believes in, no matter what the consequences are. In his lyrics it is quite common to see he can be easily angered, and he acts out on his anger through his emotional lyrics.…

Theodore Adorno and Walter Benjamin were both theorists associated with the Frankfurt School of Social Research. They proposed the idea of mass cultural marketing in the modern era but differed on the purpose of the culture industry. Adorno believed that culture had developed into a consumer good where profit was made and Benjamin saw culture, specifically artistic creativity such as music, to play a role in political ideology. Although differing views on the function of culture separated the…

varied psychological and physiological effects music has on individuals, it is apparent that composers must utilize a variety of complex techniques to stimulate our myriad of senses. Most simply, perhaps, is the usage of musical patterns that match the lyrics of a piece. For an early example, in Weelkes’ madrigal As Vesta Was from Latmos Hill Descending, when the text says “chase after” or “move quickly”, “…the music becomes fast… voices chase [each other].” (Wright 77). Additionally, when words…

Anthology, p. 727) accompanied by uncomplicated writing to give his poems a more natural feel. Frost’s poems were generalized by certain types: nature lyrics, which described a scene or event, dramatic narratives or generalizations, and humorous or sardonic works. His widely anthologized poem “Fire and Ice” falls between the categories of nature lyrics while also being somewhat…