Marvin Gaye

It is difficult to judge different societies because what might be the norm in emic perspective, can be seen as strange from an etic perspective. Ponijao was cleaned by his mother saliva and Bayarjargal had his face washed by his mother’s breast milk. These might seem as strange acts from a western perspective. On the other hand, they are considered normal in an emic perspective. The film rarely shows any clear interaction of the father in the Mongolian sitting also, but it shows prominent…

Studying the human culture with looking into another culture from an up-close and clear perspective can make us understand a better meaning of their culture and their way of living. By looking at another culture without being objective or biased can be a burden for most people. With that said, we must use emic and etic perspectives to study their culture. Emic is a perspective from an insider’s view examining a culture from the inside of the culture itself. Etic perspective is studying the…

Emotional granularity is the ability to describe one’s emotional experiences while being sensitive to both valence and level of arousal. For instance, those high in emotional granularity can effectively distinguish anger and sadness from a general unpleasantry, or excitement versus calmness from feeling “good.” The most common method used to assess emotional granularity is to have participants rate the intensity (e.g., 1 = very slightly, 5 = extremely) to which they experience a variety of…

When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for lonely people to be free with loneliness and to become as one with the rest of the world. Without doubt to explain why we deserve to be with the society, we as outcasts wrote our own declaration of independence for the rest of the world to see and understand why we should be and will be together and share bond with each other. As outcasts, we can sacrifice our life to be one with the world so that we do not feel insecure and die of…

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…

22, Saturday, with the 21-year-old Meghan Trainor as the duo sang Puth’s certified platinum single “Marvin Gaye,” according to MTV. Immediately after singing “Marvin Gaye,” Puth proceeded to passionately kiss Trainor as the “All About That Bass” singer invited Puth to come closer. The incident has since been viral since the kiss was recorded in various angles for everyone to see. Fans…

stars Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams, TI, and Star Tracks as the counter-defendants and Marvin Gaye’s family and EMI as the counter-claiment, gives the verdict on whether the song Thicke song “Blurred Lines” violates the copyright of Gaye’s song “Got to Give it Up”. Originally, when Gaye’s family began comparing the two songs, Robin Thicke sued the family for slander. However, it wasn’t long until the Gaye family served a counter-suit which claimed that “Blurred Lines” closely imitated “Got to…

In the wake of the Black Power Movement a group of politically motivated artists, poets, and musicians emerged to ignite what was known as the Black Arts Movement in the mid 1960s. One of the artists who emerged from this era was Ernest Barnes. Known as the “Picasso of the black world,” Barnes was born in Durham, North Carolina, and was known for his artistic expression of the African American lifestyle. “The Sugar Shack” was one of his most widely renowned paintings, since it fully captured the…

time. Regardless of race or social background, people came together to enjoy the Motown sound which became the heart of American pop music. Motown records housed multi platinum artists such as the Funk Brothers, Miracles, Temptations, Four Tops, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross and many more. The sound of Motown brought people together no matter the color of there skin,…

Industry A. Berry Gordy created one of the biggest labels in Michigan which shaped to be the sound of Michigan. This came shortly after working with Brunswick Records and his sisters label Anna Records 1. Artists produced out of Motown Records include Marvin Gaye, The Miracles, Jackson Five and The Supremes to name a few. 2. Berry Gordy expanded his Motown empire with subsidiary labels such as Gordy Records, and Tamla-Motown Records. Some of these subsidiary record labels were short lived such…