American Popular Music 1020

 Elvis Presley is a great musician, don't get me wrong, but I can rarely ever understand what he is saying in any of his songs.  Even if you can't understand someone's lyrics, you can still understand the pure, raw emotion they are presenting.  My song choice for this week was Mystery Train by Elvis Presley, Obviously lol, but you can understand that he brings up a girl every now and then.  The melody in the song reminds me of a country, jazz, pop type of song, can't tell you why but it gives off those vibes.  You never truly know how much the melody or beat of a song can remind you of so many other genres at one time.  The country part of it reminds me of constant love songs, the jazz parts remind me off lovers departing, and then the pop parts remind me of the aftermath and trying to move on with your life.  Elvis Presley is a legend in the music community, whenever someone brings up his name, you know exactly who we are talking about.  That's h...

 Nancy (With the Laughing Face) by Frank Sinatra reminds so much of an older love song, which is exactly what it is in my opinion.  He repeatedly brings up this special person, and how much he can't possibly survive without her.  Bringing up the emotions of the kisses they share, how her 'laughing face' can brighten up any day, changing winter into summer.  He calls her an angel a couple times, that tell me he can't live without her.  Saying that any other girl could never make him feel all the emotions she does, and he doesn't want to be with anyone other than her.  To feel the love he feels for this girl, I only dream of finding one day, I mean who doesn't want to find pure, true love?  The instruments in the background only make the song better, they provide peace and serenity.  They give off a lovey dovey kind of feeling you would find in an older movie, when the main guy finally gets the girl he has been after the whole time, realizes she is ...

This weeks blog post I decided to go with the song, 'Dreaming with Tears in my Eyes' by Jimmie Rodgers.  When you start this song you get met with a upbeat banjo type of melody, it is a slower beat but the notes seem to be a higher pitch which makes it seem 'happy'.  When the lyrics start you realize this is a sadder song.  He talks about all of the broken promises that were made to him, and how he still wishes the best for them, but doesn't understand why he has to be lonely on warm sunny days.  No matter how many times someone you love hurts you, you still want to be with them, you wish them the best, and in the end you still are madly in love with them.  Certain things can happy during your day and can cause memories to be resurfaced when you're trying to forget about them entirely.  When listening to the song, in the way he is carrying his voice you can tell he is hurting on the inside, yet decides to be happy on the outside and just trying to get throu...

 My Blue Heaven gave me so many mixed emotions while listening to it.  For some reason the melody was bringing me back to my memories of the old Disney Princess films.  But when it talks about his blue heaven you can tell he's talking about his family and how much they truly mean to him.  The love that he has for his family, makes his entire world, he even sings so in the song, yet he also states that any love can make the world go round in a way.  What makes our world go round?  Mine is my family and friends, as well as sports and music.  The way he talks about how his kid was brought into this world, you can tell the only emotions he is feeling are love and happiness.  Knowing how much you mean to someone can turn your life upside down, for better or for worse.  Sometimes we don't want people in our life but we have no idea what they are going through, we just need to give them love, because it is truly what makes the world go round.  ...