Western Culture through Songs

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Western Culture through Songs
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• Key Words in Music
• A Brief Introduction to American Culture and
  Music after World War II

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Folksong a song of the common people of a
country or region that reflects their life style
Anti-war
WOODY GUTHRIE
Bob Dylanfolkrock
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• How many roads must a man walk downBefore you
  call him a man?Yes, 'n' how many seas must a
  white dove sailBefore she sleeps in the
  sand?Yes, 'n' how many times must the cannon
  balls flyBefore they're forever banned?The
  answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,The
  answer is blowin' in the wind.How many times
  must a man look upBefore he can see the
  sky?Yes, 'n' how many ears must one man
  haveBefore he can hear people cry?Yes, 'n' how
  many deaths will it take till he knows

That too many people have died?The answer, my
friend, is blowin' in the wind,The answer is
blowin' in the wind.How many years can a
mountain existBefore it's washed to the
sea?Yes, 'n' how many years can some people
existBefore they're allowed to be free?Yes, 'n'
how many times can a man turn his
head,Pretending he just doesn't see?The answer,
my friend, is blowin' in the wind,The answer is
blowin' in the wind.
Bowling in the Wind
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Country Music
Southern Agriculture areas
1920S
Nashville Sound
Hillbilly Music
Hometown love homelessness Religious belief
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John Denver
Vince Gill
Kenny Rogers
poet laureate
Shania Twain
George strait
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Country Roads
Almost heaven, west Virginia Blue Ridge
Mountain, Shenandoah River. Life is ______ there,
older than the trees Younger than the mountains,
blowin like a _______ . (Country roads, take me
home, to the place I _______ . West Virginia,
mountain mama, Take me home, country roads.) All
my _________ gather round her,, Miners lady,
________ to blue water. Dark and
_______ , painted on the sky Misty taste of
moonshine, _________ in my eyes.
I hear her ______, In the morning hour she calls
me. The _______ reminds of my home Far
away. ________ down the road I get a Feeling
that I should have been home yesterday,
yesterday.
voice
radio
old
Driving
breeze
belong
memories
stranger
dusty
teardrops
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Blues
Black folksong
Black Gospel
Jazz Gospel RocknRoll Pop music
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Duke Ellington  

• Louis Armstrong

Billie Holiday 
Dinah Washington 
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Tonight We Love
SALENA JONES ?????
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Early to Middle 1960s
Key words of culture

• Idealism
• Civil Rights Movement
• Hedonism

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The Father of the Rock

• Billy Haley

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Music RocknRoll
Song Thats all Right Heartbreak Hotel
Singer Elvis Presley The Hillbilly Cat
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• Beatles

• John Lennon
• Paul McCartney
• George Harrison
• Ringo Starr

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Yesterday
Yesterday, love was such an easy game to
play.Now I need a place to hide away.Oh, I
believe in yesterday.Why she had to go I don't
know she wouldn't say.I said something wrong,
now I long for yesterday.Yesterday, love was
such an easy game to play.Now I need a place to
hide away.Oh, I believe in yesterday.Mm mm mm
mm mm.

• Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far awayNow
  it looks as though they're here to stayOh, I
  believe in yesterday.Suddenly, There's a shadow
  hanging over me.I'm not half the man I used to
  be,Oh, yesterday came suddenly.Why she had to
  go I don't know she wouldn't say.I said
  something wrong, now I long for yesterday.

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Late 1960s to 1970s
Key words of culture

• Vietnam War
• Watergate
• Energy Crisis
• Drug and Violence

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Music Commercialization
Singer Paul Simon
Song Scarborough Fair The Sound Of
Silence
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1980s
Key words of culture

• Money worship
• Arms race

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Music RocknRoll
Singer Bruce Springsteen
Song Born in the USA
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• Don Henley

The Eagles Hotel California
Songs Building The Perfect Beast The End Of The
Innocence
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1990s
Key words of culture
DIY Do It Yourself
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Music Alternative RocknRoll
Song Lemon Tree Fools Gearden
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Edelweiss, Edelweiss, Every morning you greet
me. ________ and _______, ________ and
_______, You look _______ to meet me. Blossom of
______ may you bloom and grow, bloom and grow
forever. Edelweiss, Edelweiss, _______
my homeland forever.
Edelweiss
Small
white
clean
bright
happy
snow
bless
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Doe, a deer, a ________ deer. Ray, a drop of
________ sun. Me, a ________ I call myself. Far,
a long long way to ______ . Sew, a needle _______
thread. La, a note to _______ sew. Tea, a
______ with jam and bread. That will _______ us
back to Doe, Do re mi fa sol la ti do sol do.
female
golden
name
Do Re Me
run
pulling
follow
drink
bring
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Andy Williams
Moon River
Moon River, _______ than a mile, Im _________
you in style some day. O ______________ you
_____________ , Wherever youre going, Im going
your way. Two _________ , off to see the
world, Theres such a lot of ________ to
see. Were after the ________ rainbows
end, _________ round the bend, My Huckleberry
friend, Moon River, and me.
wider
crossing
dream maker
heart breaker
drifters
world
same
Waiting
Breakfast at Tiffany's
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Top of the World
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Such a feelings coming over me, There is wonder
in almost everything I see. Not a clound in the
sky, got the sun in my eyes, And I wont be
surprised if its a dream. Everything I want the
world to be is now coming true especially for
me. And the reason is clear, its because you are
here. Youre the nearest thing to heaven that
Ive seen. (A)Im on the top of the world looking
down on creation and the only explanation I can
find is The love that Ive found ever since
youve been around. Your loves put me at the top
of the world. Something in the wind has learned
my name. And its telling me that things are not
the same. In the leaves on the trees and the
touch of the breeze, theres a pleasing sense of
happiness for me. Theres only one wish on my
mind when this day is through. I hope that I will
find That tomorrow will be just the same for you
and me. All I need will be mine if you are
here. (Repeat A.)
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Yesterday Once More
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When I was young Id listen to the radio waiting
for my favorite songs. When they played Id sing
along, it made me smile. Those were such happy
times and not so long ago, How I wondered where
theyd gone. But theyre back again just like a
long-lost friend all the songs I love so well. (
(A) Every shalalala, every wo-wo, still shines.
Every shingalingaling that theyre starting to
sing, so fine.) When they get to the part, where
hes breaking her heart, It can really ( (B) make
me cry, just like before. Its yesterday once
more. Shoobie do lang lang.) Looking back on how
it was in years gone by, And the good times that
I had makes today seem rather sad, so much has
changed. It was songs of love that I would sing
to them and Id memorize each word. Those old
melodies still sound good to me as they melt the
years away. (Repeat A.) All my best memories come
back clearly to me, some can even (Repeat
B.) (Repeat A twice and fade out.)