Bailee
Friday, February 26, 2010
Does Music Send the Same Message to Everyone?
I have noticed that in a rap song, it offends more older people than younger. In a classical song, younger students tend to be less appreciative. In true hip hop songs, people don't understand the meaning of what the artist is trying to tell them. So my question is... Does music send the same message to everyone or do we block out what we want and take in what we feel is good to us? I have found that as I grow older, I start to really listen to music and the message it is sending to me, as well as others. Sometimes I feel like we try so hard to fit in by listening to the "right" music and try to conform that we rarely know what the song is even about. Especially rap songs these days. I will catch myself signing the words and I don't even know what they're talking about! So you tell me. Do we all get the same message from music or decide what we can hear? (like a rap song that talks about terrible things but we just "don't hear that part")
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This was a very interesting post. I think that different people get different messages from songs because of different aspects of the song that they listen to. Sometimes, the artist is very clear about what they are singing about- for example, worship songs are generally pretty clear about giving glory to God. However, I think that a lot of hip hop, rock, and alternative music have hidden meanings that mean different things to different people.
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