Sunday, February 20, 2011

Music compared to the poem/sonnet

Music is the poem or sonnet of the twenty-first century, it helps individuals develop there thoughts and express themselves in a similar way as the famous play-writes of Shakespearean times. Whether it's rap, r & b, country, gospel, choir music, church music, or any time of music. Each type tells a story in its own way whether its the word of god, a persons struggle through life, a story about of past or future love, or the praise of a major figure or event both real or fake; each type has a lesson to be learn that can help individual better themselves and others that they may encounter in their day to day lives. Even if you bring up the fact that many of this categories of music use drastic measures to express themselves that some people might not find appropriate, they still present a lesson that needs to be learned they just don't try to hide the effects of the world on the human spirit from anyone. Taking the language out of music would be like taking the love story out of Romeo and Juliet, it has to be there to help convey the lesson and express it in the way it was meant to be expressed!! Music is the evolution and re-development of the poem and the sonnet through-out the trails and tribulations of history. Music is Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet with a fresh beat and new lyrics, its Poe with a different view point and fresher, newer lyrics. Its  basically lives experiences dressed up with sound and beats to appeal to the younger generations of the future.

1 comment:

  1. This is very interesting, because I just posted a blog about our generation revising fairytales for an up to date view on the original stories. I see the same thing happening here with the sonnet. Instead of solely writing sonnets and poems, our pop-culture has found a way to expand their thoughts and feelings by making music. It’s fascinating the way art revolutionizes with different times and generations of people.

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