Worldly Success and Liberation Songs

When finding these songs I decided to come at it from different angles. For the Worldly Success Songs all the songs I picked are about success, but not all of them in a positive light. The Video I picked was a Rolling Stones song about success being more of a negative thing as well as the Pavement song which talks about how success is never achieved. I wanted to use different perspectives on the topic because everyone has different perspectives of success. The other songs were mostly silly rap songs that I actually think are catchy but are pretty ridiculous. The Drake songs are about making money and just throwing it away. If I were a wealthy artist I really doubt I would want everyone to know I made all this money and what I'm going to do with it is just blow it all away because I can. It grosses me out that people are so egotistical that they have all this power but use it for there ego and to make other people want to be them. They have so much power and success already but all they are doing with it is blowing it away for nothing. I'm not passing judgement because their lifestyle seems fun its just crazy how the world works. For the Liberation songs I picked personal songs that are close to my heart. The video The Thermals returning to the fold is an amazing song about leaving his soul when he didn't know he needed it but realizes that he needs it to feel anything. Then it talks about how he needs God, "like a big brother". The main point of the song is that he still has faith in everything. This to me was a perfect example of a song about liberation. The other liberation songs reached out to me when I was surfing through my itunes library, and i thought they fit pretty well.

Worldly Success Songs

1. Money, Money Bone Thugs-N-Harmony; Rap 2001
2. Over Drake; Rap 2010
3. Money to Bow Birdman; Rap 2010
4. Here Pavement; Alternative Rock 1992
5. Shattered The Rolling Stones; Rock and Roll 1978

Worldly Success Viedo

Shattered by The Rolling Stones

Liberation Songs

1.  Soul Meets Body Death Cab for Cutie; Indie 2005
2. Moment of ClarityJay- Z Rap & Hip Hop 2003
3. Out of Time Rolling Stones; Rock and Roll 1966
4. These Things Take Time The Smiths; Rock 1983
5. Thermals - Returning to the Fold; Indie Punk 2006 (video)

Liberation Video

The Thermals - Returning to the Fold

dates and genre - forgot to add

pleasure:
1. Devo - Gates of Steel;  Punk 1980
2. Tiger Trap - Words & Smiles; twee pop 1992
3. Ben Kweller - Sundress; folk/alternative 2006
4. The Cure - Just Like Heaven; alternative rock 1987
5. The Troggs -With a Girl Like You; English rock 1966
community service:
1. Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes- Wake Up Everybody; soul 1975
2.The Youngbloods - Get Together Now; folk rock 2002
3. Elton John - Circle of Life;  pop/rock 1994
4. Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone; folk rock 1965
5. Michael Jackson - Heal the World; pop 1991

BLOG ASSIGNMENT #1: Hinduism Aims - Pleasure and Community Service

It is easier to see the aim of pleasure more then the aim of community service in American pop culture. This  is not because Americans don't do and act on community service its just because Americans focus their lyrics more on happiness and pleasure. Pleasure also has a much more open interpretation because it is whatever is pleasurable for each person. Pleasure songs can easily be about the act of pleasure, which is love, sex and drugs, but it can also be about traveling, meeting people, and the happy times in their life. Pleasure is just being happy. It can mean different things for different people. For me pleasure is about being around the people I love and doing activities that are fun. This was an easier topic to pick out songs for because the interpretation is left up for yourself to decide. But for community service the first thing that comes to mind in our culture is getting community service as a punishment for something he or she has done.  This is quite unfortunate because it then brings more of a negative connotation with it, when the act of community service should be the complete opposite. It should be fulfilling and uplifting and giving back to the community. But on the contrary there are songs about helping out the world, making the world a better place to life, and doing what they can for other people. That is also a form of community service, and a very important one at that. Making someone feel better, going out of your way to do something for someone, and doing your part in giving back to the community is more what goes on as far as community service in American lyrics. Not to say that its a burden or to call it something its not but community service can mean many things. That was the type of songs I focused on finding because songs about the act of community service are hard to find but songs about making the world a better place are more accessible.

Community Service Songs

1.Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes - Wake up everybody
2. The Youngbloods - Get Together Now
3. Elton John - Circle of Life
4.Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone
5. Michael Jackson - Heal The World (video below)

Community Service Video- Michael Jackson - Heal The World

Pleasure Songs

1. Devo -  Gates of Steel
2. Tiger Trap - Words & Smiles
3. Ben Kweller - Sundress
4.The Cure - Just Like Heaven
5. The Troggs - With a Girl Like You (video below)

Pleasure Video: The Troggs - With a Girl Like You