In class on thursday we listened to all different types of rock singers. Marilyn Manson, Joan Jett, and Nirvana. Out of all three I think my favorite was Nirvana. All though the song had a very angry tone I liked it. I thought Marilyn Mansons song was very weird. Joan Jetts song was catchy and more upbeat.
Nirvanas song "Smells Like Teen Spirit", had an angry tone overall. Kurt Kobain calls himself stupid. I find it really weird for someone to call themself stupid, I think that someone who refers to themself as stupid is probably insecure. Joan Jett repeats that she doesn't care, and I assume this means that she doesn't care what other people think. This is a good message to spread to people to show people to not care what others think and to be yourself. Marilyn Mansons song was weird but at the beginning of the song he called out catholic people, I thought that was very bold of him. Overall Rock has a very angry theme, but I also think we listened to a lot of artist who sing angry rock songs or those songs in particular were angry. I usually like rock but those songs were not some of my favorites.
You brought up some good points about the songs. I think that while these artists have an angry tone they do some overall good messages to challenge the status quo and the music tends to have a theme of individuality.
ReplyDeleteI agree that Manson's song was weird and I also agree that Kurt Cobain was insecure about himself due to his childhood and high school experience.
ReplyDeleteI like how you described each song or artist we listened to in class Thursday. I think that they all had a very different way of portraying themselves. However they all seemed to be saying that they didn't care what others thought, they were still going to do their own thing.
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