Meesha

Fuck the Police released 1988 \

"NWA( Mc Ren (Lo Renzo Jerald Patterson), Eazy E (Eric Lynn Wright) died of AIDS, DJ Yella,
Dr. Dre (Andre Romelle Young), Ice Cube (Oshea Jackson), and Mc Ren : all raised in a high
crime rated neighborhood, from LA raised in a neighborhood with crime

Hisorical facts
"when crime was high, a lot of discrimination towards blacks, and racial profiling, In a Protest:
John Luron an immigrant got shot by the police, one of the first "ganster raps"

Pop culture:
· " NWA swore a lot in their songs, bad mouthed the police leading to the FBI cancelling a
lot of their concerts brought awareness of this issue, reflects on 1960's Civil Rights Act, made
rap popular, change must happen in everyone and not just in laws
Song analysis"
· chastises corrupt policemen who conduct illegal searches and plant evidence on blacks,
talks about how blacks who become cops are traitors

Aafreem A hard Rain's gonna Fall from the album The Freewheelin Bob Dylan

BOB DYLAN
· :Robert Allen Zimmerman (birht name) Born May 24, 1941 ( raised during the Civil Rights
Movement) American Folk and Gospel Singer. Sang at the March on Washington protesting for
Civil Rights movement, inspired by Woodie Guthrie and James Dean, "
Hisorical facts
· One month later, on October 22, U.S. President John F. Kennedy appeared on national
television to announce the discovery of Soviet missiles on the island of Cuba, initiating the
Cuban Missile Crisis. In the sleeve notes on the Freewheelin' album. Lord Randall"", published
by Francis Child. People over imagined things

Song Analysis
· ""The lyric structure is indirectly based on the question and answer form of the traditional
ballad. Refers to the pollution, warfare, women suffrage, and injustice: APATHY: there will
always be someone at fault no matter what.INNOCENCE: napalm
"

Ian Ford Holstage

· Fortunate Sons (1969) from the album Willy and the Poor Boys
"Clearance Clearwater
· Rock band that became popular between 1960 - 1970s Music Stlye is Country Rock and
Swamp Rock Sold over 26 million albums and are in the Rock and Roll hall of fame. all the
band members met in Jr. Highschool in El Cerrito CaliforniaJohn Fogerty and Doug clifford of
the band were drafted to war, somehow Fugerty managed to be inlisted in the Army Reserve
and Clifford served in the u.s coast gaurd Later they were discharged for their military service"

Effects of the Song

· song was inspired by David Eisenhower, the grandson of President Dwight David
Eisenhower who married Julie Nixon, the daughter of President Richard Nixon, in 1968
· . Released after Nixon's Speech about class differences "The song has since
been recorded or notably performed by famous artist such as Bob Sager, U2, Pearl Jam.
· in video games too: Call of Duty, Battle field Vietnam 1&2 and Black Ops :Movie
Referencing the Song: Forrest Gumpp. Tropic Thunder, and Live Free or Die hard
" "
· It is from the perspective of a man who is being drafted who is not ""fortunate"" enough to
be the son of a Senator or millionaire. This spoke out against the war in Vietnam. FORTUNATE
SONS DIDN'T HAVE TO GO TO WAR. / Rich v.s. Poor / Silver Spoon refers to the Sons born
well off
"
Laura Liu
"Big Yellow Taxi” refers to yellow taxi’s in Canada

Joni Mitchell
· "Birth Name: Roberta Joan Anderson Born in Canada NOV, 7, 1943
· Music Style:: Folk/Jazz
·
Hisorical Context
· Early 1960s-Focus on Preserving Wildlife 1962: Silver spring is ....( i couln't read what i
wrote)
· Late 1960s Air and Water Pollution Late 1970s awareness grows about environmental
problems Agricultural Pesticides made food taste better (DDT?) " "Song was inspired
by, a hotel Mitchell saw in Hawaii. Song was covered by famous artist: Bob Dylan, Counting
Crows. Green Day (Etc)
Song Anaylsis
· "People don't realize how important nature is until it's gone People shouldn't have to pay
for Nature. IGNORANCE: concerning the damage is done,
· The song is known for its environmental concern (from the lyrics ""They paved paradise to
put up a parking lot"", ""Hey farmer, farmer, put away that DDT now"") and sentimental sound.
The line, ""Took all the trees, put 'em in a tree museum/And charged the people a dollar and a
half just to see 'em"" refers to Foster Botanical Garden in downtown Honolulu, which is a living
museum of tropical plants, some rare and endangered.[2]

· In the song's final verse, the political gives way to the personal. Mitchell recounts the
departure of her ""old man"" in the titular ""big yellow taxi"", which may refer to the old Metro
Toronto Police patrol cars that until 1986 were painted yellow"

Hannah Debates
"I'm Fixin to die from their 1967 eponymous album. The song was written in less than 30
minutes: Played at the Woodstock Concert
""Country Joe and Fish (
· a Rock band, folk Rock, Phsychedleic rock)
Country Joe"" was a popular name for Joseph Stalin in the 1940s, while ""the fish""
refers to Mao Zedong's
· statement that the true revolutionary ""moves through the peasantry as the fish
does through water."" The group began with the nucleus of ""Country Joe"" McDonald
(lead vocals) and Barry ""The Fish"" Melton (lead guitar), recording and performing for
the ""Teach-in"" protests against the Vietnam War in 1965."
Hisorical Context
· During the Vietnam War Act of draft forced men to go to war "widly used in
the vietnam protest against the war he song begins with a ""Fish Cheer"", in which the
band spells out the
Song Analysis
· word ""F-I-S-H"" in the manner of cheerleaders at American football games
· At Woodstock, however, Joe had the crowd yell F-U-C-K instead of F-I-S-H
(effect)
o In 1970, Country Joe was arrested for giving the ""Fish Cheer"" in public,
and was charged with obscenity." "satire of Vietnam War.
"
Mindy Yu
Get By from the album "quality"
Talib Kweli Greene
· (born October 3, 1975), better known as Talib Kweli, is an American MC
from Brooklyn, New York. His first name in Arabic means ""student"" or
""seeker""; his middle name in Swahili means ""true"". Kweli first gained
recognition through Black Star, a collaboration with fellow MC Mos Def.wrote:
poetry Interview with Tileb Kweli: You can do more in one song that i can do on
twenty speeches:""
" "Rise in Crime
" "
" " Up beat song Issued announced: Drugs, Poverty, Civil Rights
Movement
"
Megan Perry
My President is Black ‘
"JAY-Z (Shawn Corey Carter
· born December 4, 1969 e 40/40 Club, is part-owner of the NBA's New
 Jersey Nets and is also the creator of the clothing line Rocawear. He is the
former CEO of Def Jam Recordings, one of the three founders of Roc-A-Fella
Records, and the founder of Roc Nation. Retired in 2003 and returned to the
Music 2006,
"Hisorical Context
· "Involved int the Obama Campaign, 1954 Brown v.s.board 1963: I have a
Dream Speech 1967: Thurgood Marshall appointed Supreme Court Judge 1964:
Civil Right Act got passed. Impact of Bush's Presidency :Insurance Health Care
Issues and Economic Recession
·Song analysis
· over 30% of america voted for Barrack Obama. Obama focused on the
social issues : Humiliated Jerimiah Wright contraversy
" "No Black America, No white America JUST AMERICA. Brought
HOPE to the Nation.
"

Pin-hsi Chen Why? What's Goin on?

The Rootsohh What's the Background life of this person? Shana
The two consistent members are Tariq Trotter and Tompson who met in 1987
Phildelapiha high school of creative and performing arts.

· published in 2004, influenced by the book the Tipping Point. It is a song

concerning the social epidemics. It talks about the Iraq War and the topic about
exploiting oil resources in Iraq. History inspired the song.

Sonya
"Boom from the 3rd Album""Steal this Album"" Michael Moore, writer and director of
Bowling for Columbine and Fahrenheit 9/11
(the videoclip contains footage of an Iraqi boy riding a bicycle, the
· same boy from the Fahrenheit 9/11 clip). The video incorporated most of
· its footage from the February 15, 2003 anti-war protest, showing interviews with
the participants. T"
System of the Down(SOAD) Music style: Alternative Metal/Rock All Members met in
Rose and Alex Pilibos Armenian School. "Bush's Presidency, Sept. 11,
2001 and the IRAQ WAR. February 15, 2003 ANTI WAR PROTEST
" "Band were part of the Protest against the Bush's Bombing
"Song anaylsis
· he song describes the uselessness of bombs and warfare, and compares how
· thousands can die from starvation and poverty when billions of dollarsare spent
creating bombs and weaponry. It also links the use of military action with corporate
globalization and quotes the title of one of Noam Chomsky's books: ""Manufacturing
Consent is the name of their game."", which is a reference to the media's role in war."
Tyler Winter
"When the Levy Breaks cover song by group artist Led Zeplin
· it's is a blues song written and first recorded by husband and wife Kansas Joe
McCoy and Memphis Minnie in 1929. The song is in reaction to the upheaval caused by
the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927."
· Led Zeppelin were an English rock band formed in 1968 that consisted of guitarist
Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, drummer John Bonham, and bassist John Paul
Jones. With their heavy, guitar-driven blues-rock sound
Historical Context
· Great Mississippi Flood 1927 most destructive river flood in the history of the
United States. levee, dike, floodbank or stopbank is a natural or artificial slope to
regulate water levels. It is usually earthen and often parallel to the course of a river or
the coast. Many African Americans traveled to the Midwest as part of the Great
migration (1910-1930)
· history inspired the song.
· "The song is in reaction to the upheaval caused by the Great Mississippi Flood of
1927. Speaker of the song Plantation worker. work was never a choice in Live. Most
blacks and poor families were born a levee worker. many Workers escaped to chicago
from the levee work in Mississippi
"
Sean Loveall
"American Idiot 7th album (2004) writen by Billy joel Armstrong Connotation of
""American Idiott"" refers to The title refers to the state of the United States at that point
in time.
Hisorical context and Song analsis
· It speaks of a nation controlled by the new, biased media, and how the singer is
not part of a ""Redneck Agenda"" discontent with how things are going. It was released
during the 2004 presidential campaign, where George W. Bush was re-elected.
· "Green Day punk rock band formed in 1987. The band consists of lead vocalist
and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist and backing vocalist Mike Dirnt, and drummer
Tre Cool. Cool replaced former drummer John Kiffmeyer in 1990
· "During the Presidental campaign, also the time sept. 11, 2001: 2 planes crashed
to the twin center. Iraq war(second Gufl War) started March 20, 2003
· WMD(weapons of mass destructions.) America's belief that it is powerful nation,
lead them to a longer war with iraq, and spread out to libya and the other middleeastern
countries. "
· Broad Way show(effects of the song)
· "against Red necks didn't want to be part of the media, : also some people never
questioned the media: when he says don't wanna be apart of the Red Neck Agenda he's
refering to Bush's Goal in the war. he did not support bush
"
tiffany Hsu Not ready to make nice dixie chicks Iraq war
 Allison crime to be broke "Spearhead:Michael Franti Born 1968 in Oakland,
adopted by a white family and found his biological parents \
"
a
Jessica Dinh
"7'oclock news/ silent night (1966)
Simon and Garfunkel: Close friends through childhood, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel
grew up in Forest Hills, Queens, New York, just blocks away from each other. They met
in elementary school in 1953, when they both appeared in the school play Alice in
Wonderland (Simon as the White Rabbit, Garfunkel as the Cheshire Cat). They were
classmates at Parsons Junior High School and Forest Hills High School,
Historical facts –
Richard Nixon escalated the War
● Lyrics analysis- A dispute in the House of Representatives over "the civil rights bill". It is
stated that President Johnson had originally proposed a full ban on discrimination for
any type of housing — dismissed as "having no chance" — and that "a compromise was
painfully worked out in the House Judiciary Committee."
● The death of comedian Lenny Bruce from an overdose of narcotics at the age of 42
[actually 40].
● Dr. Martin Luther King reaffirming plans for an open housing Civil Rights march into
Cicero, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. It is stated that Cook County sheriff Richard Ogilvie
urged its cancellation, and that Cicero police plan to ask the National Guard to be called
in.
● The grand jury indictment of Richard Speck for the murder of nine [actually eight] student
nurses.
● Disruption by protesters at House Un-American Activities Committee hearings into
anti-Vietnam War protests
● A speech by "former Vice-President Richard Nixon" to the Veterans of Foreign Wars
[actually to the American Legion] urging an increase in the war effort in Vietnam, and
calling opposition to the war the "single greatest weapon working against the United
States".
●
Ben Gau
Run Through the Jungle –
· written by John Fogerty
· Song about the OVER ABUNDANCE OF GUNS.
Historical Facts
JFK,MLK, RFK, BK assassinated
Gun Control Act passed in 1968
Lee harvy Oswald ordered his gun through the mail
: Restrictions to getting a gun, won’t sell it to the mentally ill
Protesters were buying guns too
Social Signfigance
 Anti War song, there fore some people were against it while others were
for it and joined the protest
People also mis –interpreted the song
Movie: Tropic Thunder- used part of the Vietnam war
Controversies
· publishing rights to the music of Creedence Clearwater Revival, brought a series
of lawsuits against John Fogerty, including a claim that the music from Fogerty's 1984
song "The Old Man Down the Road" was too similar to "Run Through the Jungle."
Zaentz won some of his claims against Fogerty, but lost on the copyright issue. The
judge found that an artist cannot plagiarize himself.[3] After winning the case, Fogerty
sued Zaentz for the cost of defending himself against the copyright infringement claim.
In such (copyright) cases, prevailing defendants seeking recompense were bound to
show that original suit was frivolous or made in bad faith.[4]
Diana Lin
OH Freedom
Harry Belafonte Jr
· born March 1, 1927 is an American of Jamaican and Martiniquan descent who is a
singer, actor, and social activist. He was dubbed the "King of Calypso for popularizing
the Caribbean musical style with an international audience in the 1950s.
· Born Harold George Belafonte,[1] Jr., at Lying-in Hospital, New York City, New York
· uring "Freedom Summer" in 1964, Belafonte bankrolled the Student Non-Violent
Coordinating Committee, flying to Mississippi that August with $60,000 in cash and entertaining
crowds in Greenwood.

Oh Freedom - Harry Belafonte

- born March 1, 1927, Halem, New York, Jamaican parents
- dropped out of highschool, joined navy
- interested in calypso (Jamaican folk music)
- friend of MLK, funded, held benefit concerts for Civil Rights Movement
- funded freedom riders
- no specific songwriter known
- song known for cover by Odetta
- Odetta is considered “voice of Civil Rights Movement”
- revival of folk music, deep roots of African American culture
- reflection of the time
- “as I fight for my right to be free”
- personal connection, commitment to fight for freedom
- “I Have a Dream” speech (1963)
- Civil Rights Act (1964), Voting Rights Act (1965)
- Civil Rights activist, political activist, humanitarian
Lee:
The Revolution will not be Televised

Gill Scott Heron

· April 1, 1949 – May 27, 2011)[2] was an American poet,"The music of these
albums, most notably Pieces of a Man and Winter in America in the early 1970s,
influenced and helped engender later African-American music genres such as hip hop
and neo soul.
· Gil Scott-Heron was born in Chicago, Illinois.[4] His mother, Bobbie Scott-Heron,
sang with the New York Oratorio Society. Scott-Heron's Jamaican father, Gil Heron,
nicknamed "The Black Arrow", was a soccer player who, in the 1950s, became the first
black athlete to play for Glasgow Celtic Football Club in Scotland
Song Analysis
· "Plug in, turn on, and cop out", a reference to Timothy Leary's pro-LSD phrase "Turn
on, tune in, drop out."[2]
· "Skag", slang term for heroin
· Xerox, best-known manufacturer (at the time of the poem's writing) of photocopying
machines
· Richard Nixon, 37th president of the United States
· "Give your mouth sex appeal", from Ultra Brite toothpaste advertising
· "The revolution will not get rid of the nubs", the nubs being beard stubble, from a
Gillette Techmatic razor advertisement of the period
· Willie Mays, one of the first African Americans to play in Major League Baseball in the
modern era (since 1900).
· "NBC will not be able to predict the winner at 8:32", a reference to television networks
predicting the winner of presidential elections shortly after the polls close at 8:00.
· Whitney Young, civil rights leader
· Roy Wilkins, executive director of the NAACP
Watts, a neighborhood in Los Angeles, referring to the Watts Riots of 1965

There were many cov ers to the song

Puneeth - Nas feat Jay - Black Republican

Jay Z: New York, East Coast style rap, Shawn Corey Carter, 13 grammy
NAS: Nasir Bin Olu Dara Jones, Muslim, East Coast style rap
NAS vs Jay-Z Feud: dissed each other in public, right to be known as King of New
York, aided by feud because of more publicity, ended after Jay-Z’s retirement
- feud ended unexpectedly
- MV depicts Jay-Z as politician in New York
- black man conflicted about identity
- government vs “hood” attitude
- inspired by stereotypes of black people
 - Jay-Z sold crack as a teenager
- inspired by Civil Rights Movement, after 9/11 attacks
- “never imagine all disasters that one could reign in”
- fight for survival

Jonothan - We Shall Be Free- Garth Brooks

Jonathan
We Shall Be Free
· Country Song
· Album: The Chase
· Videos references many famous people and famous events of American History
Garth Brooks
co wrote with stephane davis
· Troyal Garth Brooks (born February 7, 1962), Tulsa, Oklahoma, best known as Garth
Brooks, is an American country music artist who helped make country music a worldwide
phenomenon.
· Brooks was most fond of rock music, citing James Taylor, Dan Fogelberg, and Townes
Van Zandt as major influences.[14] After hearing Unwound, George Strait's debut single, in
1981, Brooks decided that he was more interested in playing country music.[14]
Song analysis

· Witness of Riot
Rodney King assaulted
jury dropped all charges
address public to stop fighting, gave speech
· Racism
cowrote song w/ Stephanie Davis
· Refrenced Environmental Problems
· World Hunger
· Gay’s Rights
homophobia
gender bias
widely misinterpreted to be a song about gay rights
caused people to think about oppression
· Religon
· Tiennamen Sqaure( censorship)
· Berlin Wall
· Bombings(Hiroshima and Nagasaki
· Freedom of Speech
· Being aware and educated about the this stuff
· AIDS
· LA riots

Bryan bau
People get Ready
· People Get Ready" was written in the year after the march. For many, it captured
the spirit of the march -- the song reaches across racial and religious lines to offer a
message of redemption and forgiveness. It's the latest repor
Curtis MayField
· born June 3, 1942 – December 26, 1999) was an American soul, R&B, and funk
singer, songwriter, and record producer best known for his anthemic music with “ The
Impressions
· He dropped out of high school early to become lead singer and songwriter for The
Impressions, then went on to a successful solo career. Perhaps most notably, Mayfield
was among the first of a new wave of mainstream African-American R&B performing
artists
· he taught himself how to play guitar, tuning it to the black keys of the piano
· In 1970, Mayfield left The Impressions and began a solo career, f
· Mayfield, who was living in Chicago at the time of the march, had grown up in the
black church singing gospel. In a 1993 interview with NPR's Terry Gross, he said the
song was a subconscious product of "the preachings of my grandmothers and most
ministers when they reflect from the Bible."
· People who influenced him was Bob Marley
·
Historical Context
· : the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham -- which killed four
little girls assassination of President Kennedy
· March on Washington
Song anaylsis
· The train that is coming in the song speaks to a chance for redemption -- the
long-sought chance to rise above racism, to stand apart from despair and any desire for
retaliation -- an end to the cycle of pain.
· faith that transcends any racial barrier and welcomes everyone onto the train. The
train that takes everyone to the promised land
· Everyone governs themselves
· "Everyone is equal
· People in society help those who are less fortunate
· Everyone will be judged by god
Effects
· Unified the people
Kevin Tsuki
The Times are changin "BOB DYLAN: Dylan took this culture further than any before him
seemingly completely 'free styling'.
Also inspired Woodie Gunthrie Woodie Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Ewan Macall, Van Ronk and
Joan Baez,
The Times are changing
§ Finger pointing song
§ Captured the voice of the generation to everybody
§ Thesis
o Accept reality as it is, or take action to make a change
o Progress and change cannot be . . .

Bob Dylan
Historical Context
§ Civil Rights Movement Growing
§ Vietnam war escalating
Song Analysis
§ Wide Generation gap
o Parents had different beliefs than the Younger Generation
§ Damage being done, and can’t change
§ Relates to Racism, social Change and Poverty
§

- three weeks after song was released in 1964, JKF was assassinated
- a call to action and a finger pointing song that criticisizes
- became a spoksman for the uneasy youth with simple language
- something about accepting realty or dying
- progress and change = inevitable
- the civil rights movement is symbolized in the rising water
- also talks about people who have power should also make changes
- points out the widening generation gap where parents don’t understand and are unaccepting
of their children
- a wheel that will keep changing
- progress is concrete ---> can’t go backwards

2002: Things have changed -----> develops a more cynical tone

-----> changed but not necessarily for the better
-----> still waiting for more change and better life
-----> less hopeful about things
2010 white house civil rights music concert → had some more hope after Obama
Josiah

Abraham Martin Jon

· Written by Dick Holler
· It was written as a response to the assassinations of King and the younger
Kennedy in April and June 1968.
Dion
· born July 18, 1939), better known as Dion, is an American singer-songwriter whose work
has incorporated elements of doo-wop, pop, rock and R&B styles.
· One of the most popular American rock and roll performers of the pre-British Invasion
era
· Dion was born to an Italian-American family in the Bronx, New York.[3] As a child,
he used to accompany his father, a vaudeville entertainer, on tour, and developed a love
of country music – particularly Hank Williams – as well as a fondness for the blues and
doo-wop stars he heard in local bars and on the radio. His singing was honed on the
street corners and local clubs of the Bronx, where he and other neighborhood singers
created a cappella licks.
Historical con
- 1964-66
· JFK, MLK, RFK assassinated,
· Abraham assassinated April 16, 1865
· JFK assassinated NOV, 22, 1963
· MLK assassinated April 4, 1968
· RFK assassinated June 6, 1968
· Civil Rights Movement
o Many deaths from the civil rights movement
·

Shana
The Unknown Soldier
· Blatant Protest song written by Jim Morrison
· The Doors released their 3rd album, Waiting for the Sun, in 1968.

The Doors
ž Band members
• Jim Morrison
– Singer/ song writer
• Ray Manzarek
– Piano/Organ player
• John Densmore
– Drummer
• Roby Kreiger
– Guitarist
–

Historical Context
· During the Vietnam War the Act of Draft (1948 )
War escalates
Parents and the youth generation in the 60s had different views about the
war, drugs and politics
the younger gen. didn’t trust anyone over 30

Analysis of Song
· Title unknown Refers to the unidentified bodies found in the wars
· American Revolution, Civil War, World War I and World War II, Korean War,
Vietnam War
· Fear- Many people waited to get married after the war because of the fear that
their husband wouldn’t come back.
· This is the sound of the Firing Squad. The Doors portrayed Jim Morrison as the
unknown soldier getting shot. In the concert Robby Kreiger’s guitar pointed toward him
like a gun and John Densmore made the sound of a gun shot with his drum.
Soldier died from. bombings, and guirella warfare
· Sending a soldier to Vietnam is essentially sending him off to the firing squad.
vietnam has homefield advantage
·
Media - The Vietnam War was the first war to be televised. This brought twhe war into
the living rooms of America for the first time ever. In addition the media censored out a
lot of information about the war, which brainwashed the American people. The unborn
living/living dead are these Americans asleep and oblivious about what was happening
in Vietnam. When they say, “Bullet strikes the helmets head”, it is referring to the
soldiers who were conscious of what was going on in the War.
· Tragedy - lyrics refer to a movie cliché, where a soldier dies in the arms of
another soldier. This dramatizes that tragedy of death in war, with the “holder” facing
the death of the soldier he is “nestling in his hollow shoulder”. The “you” (the person
with the shoulder) is face the horrible-ness of the death of one of his fighting partners,
and ultimately has to “make a grave” for him, the final end..
· He raises his voice louder, and louder for the audience to get the message that
people should take action to end the war.
Controversies
ž Radio’s wouldn’t play their song. ANTI WAR
ž T.V’s wouldn’t air the video because it was too graphic.

Neha 19 by Paul Hardcastle

Bridgette
In the Ghetto
· Never ending circle of poverty
· No upbeat tempos
Elvis Presly
§ Elvis Aaron Presleya (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977)
o Tupelo, Mississippi
· Starts his Musical Career in Highschoool
o Teacher discoverr his talent
· People who influenced him were Rosetta Tharte and Jack hess
Mac Davis Song writer
§ Born January 21, 1942
§ Country Singer

Song Anaylsis
· First child born with innocence and
· Survival of the Fitest
o Depseration to survive causes
§ To steal is inevetible
· Depicts the Harsh Reality of life
o Mohters weren’t even be happy for their children being born
o More
Effects
Many people did cover versions of this song

Steven
Legend of John Henry Hammer
§ notable for having raced against a steam powered hammer and won, only to die in victory
with his hammer in his hand
§ born a slave in 1840s
§ Worked in Chesapeake and Ohio railroad

Johnny Cash born in 26, 1932, Kingsland Arkansas

§ Worked in the cotton fields
§ This crossover appeal led to Cash being inducted in both the Country Music Hall of Fame and
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
§ Inspirators: Shel Silverstein, Bob Dylan

Eric - My City of Ruins - Bruce springstein

My City of Ruins written in November 2000, for
Asbury Park, New Jersey
§ Sings it in Christmas show benefit to help promote the revitalization of the city. Once a
popular resort destination in the late 1800s and early 1900s, Asbury Park had succumbed to
significant amounts of blight for a variety of reasons, including the ill-effects of the Great
Depression, the opening of the Garden State Parkway, and race riots.

Bruce Springstein
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949), nicknamed "The Boss," is an
American singer-songwriter who records and tours with the E Street Band. Springsteen is widely
known for his brand of heartland rock, poetic lyrics, and Americana sentiments centered on his
native New Jersey.[2]

- sept. 23, 1949 Long Branch, New Jersey

- Bruce Springsteen was nicknamed “The Boss”
- song written in 2000
- after 9/11
- song is about Asbury park, new Jersey → gone down hill
- spent a lot of time in this town as a child
- Asbury Park was a popular city in the late 1800s, early 1900s
- went downhil after Great Depression etc
- description of city, ends with hopeful note of city “rising up” from decay
- pray for strength
- album The Rising, triumphant return
- tribute to American heroes
- played everytime during/after disaster

Emily
Emily
Rain on the Scarecrow (August 1985)
§ about financial difficulties farmers in the Midwest US face; difficulties that can go as far as
having their farms repossessed by banks. Mellencamp wrote the song with George Green
§
John Melloncampp
john Mellencamp, previously known by the stage names Johnny Cougar, John Cougar, and
John Cougar Mellencamp, (born October 7, 1951) is an American rock singer-songwriter,
musician, painter and occasional actor
Historical Context
§ 1970s the Price of land increased for farmers
§ During Regan’s Presidency he ignored the importance of farming
§ federal government estimated that farmland value dropped by nearly 60% in some parts of the Midwest
between 1981 and 1985.
§ he strong dollar of the Eighties combined with the economic stagnation and financial straits of
purchasing nations also hurt American agricultural exports, which declined by more than 20% between
1981 and 1983, while real commodity prices plummeted 21% during the same period.
§ 1970s Debt crisis, effects the Middle Farmers the most, who usually have an income of
40,000-500,00 a year, but because of the debt crisis it increased by 250%
§ Farm foreclosures rose dramatically, and the crisis had a ripple effect, negatively impacting the
manufacture and sale of farm machinery, seed and fertilizer

Rain on the Scarecrow by John Mallencamp

-born on oct 7 1951 in Smymour, indiana
-“johny Cougar”
- 1980s farm crisis → depts piled high and many family famrs taken away
- technology - high efficiency
- economy went down, Russian invaded Afghanstan → stopped export of farm prodcuts
- American Agricultural Movement - protested but ignored
-1925? farm aid concert

Ian - Joe Hill - Joan baez

- born in Gavie, Sweden oct 7, 1879
- tuberculosis
- left for NY in 1902
-1906 change name to Joseph Hillst soemthing from Joel Haggland or something
- 1910 join I. W. W. -anarcho-syndialist organization
- aways on the front line
- little red songbook
-salt lake city, 1913 found guilty of murder and executed
- unfair judgemnt
- 1915 executed - poem wrtiten by Alfred H somethign
- Joan baez played at woodstock
- he becmae a martyer
Saquibauh
Saquiba
Philip David Ochs ;born in El Paso, Texas on December 19, 1940 – April 9, 1976) was an
american Protest singer and Songwriter and a DOCTOR
Jack(his dad) drafted in World War II, took care of soldiers. His war experiences affected his
mental health and he received an honorable medical discharge in November 1945
§ worked at a series of hospitals around the country, unable to establish a successful medical
practice

Historical context and Song analysis

§ War of 1812
§ Civil War
§ Mexican American War
§ World War I&II
§ CubanMissleCrisis(nuclear warfare

§ Vietnam war

The conflicts never seem worth the price of the lives lost or the land gained for the soldier, so he
chooses to stop, thus ending his association with the conflict.
§ URGES PEOPLE TO STOP MARCHING

Nicole - a vigilant man

- 1912, July 14 born and died 1967 i think
- Okies, Dust Bowl
- Oklahaomoa Hall of Fame 1997
- “Farm Fascism”
- vigilante = a member of a volunteer committe organized to suppress and punish (i
didnt catch the rest)
- many took part as a vigilante man

Jon Carlos - Expansion Outro

Expansion Outro is the song i think
- Talib debuted in 1995
- linked up with Mos Def
- based on Niva Simone’s four women ---> about stereotypes
- produced by Hi-tech
- under track was the NIva Simone’s song ---> based on slavery and abuse of women
- i think there was a line about ½ black and ½ white ---> unable to relate with anyone
because both sides are racist
- released 2000
- from New York, debuted in 1995
- Mos Def -> Black Star
- Expansion Outro based on Nina Simone (Four Women song)
- how he got song from Nina Simone:
- there are four women described:
1. first person Nina describes is slavery + abuse
2. half black - half white girl, black people and white people are racists towards her, stuck
between two sides, discrimination
3. little girl who loses her dad
4. woman angry towards everything

19 - Paul Hardcastle
- December 10, 1952 London, England
- sang mostly dance songs before this
- 19:
- Vietnam War ( 1955 - 1975)
- average age of American soldier was 19
- strong antiwar feelings
- lyrics:
- average age of soldiers in WWII was 26
- “post traumatic stress disorder”
- fighting war emotionally
- the song:
- 1985, #1 in UK singles chart
- helped America realize that we shouldn’t send such young men to war