Music of Struggle

In some cultures, music resulted from poetry, and other forms of language specifically meant to have rhythms. Music is a powerful tool to carry messages because it's easier to remember rhythms along with the words especially if they make you move (dancing). If you find yourself humming a tune, then that melody is probably a good one to use for a message.

Below are a few links to websites and library articles that discuss the impact of music and struggle. There are also 3 websites with real audio clips (some have the full song) for you to listen to. Make sure you're sitting at a computer that allows you to listen to music, and make sure you're not disrupting everyone around you. :-)

Assignment:

Read over the literature (the first row), then listen to the clips. Notice any images that are associated with the clip. How do the images affect your expectations of the music? How do images affect the lyrics? In general, what sort of ethos, logos, pathos, do you detect in the music clips?

For Thursday, September 18, please bring a music clip (a c.d., a tape, a video, your guitar, harmonica) of an example of ethos, pathos, or logos. Be prepared to present the clip along with an explanation of what the music calls us to think, or to feel, or to do.

For Tuesday, September 23rd, please bring in a reflective-paper. Write up your presentation into complete sentences, and add your own reflections. What do you think of the music you chose? You are encouraged to play the clip for a few people, and incorporate their views of the music as well. Can you see perspectives that may be contributed to age, gender, region, major?

Paper Specifications:

3-5 pages
Include rhetorical tools (appeals, types of arguments)

 
Rasta Music Musicians, Pro-War and Anti-War library article library article
Audio Clips Anti-War Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
(please pay attention to the lyrics as well as the melody and rhythms)		 Toby Keith "Courtesy of the Red White and Blue"