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Flawed Music and Broken Sounds World Scholars Cup Analysis:
Preface: I have done 92 pages covering everything for you guys for this topic. You want to
have a thick book for WSC, Hows this for starters? Also Please dont waste my time
saying wow so much work or how long did it take you to do this I dont want to be
reminded thank you.
Part 1: Pain in the Paint
No.1 - Death and Funeral of Cain ; David Alfaro Siqueiros ( 1896 - 1974) Social Realism
David Alfaro Siqueiros was a Mexican social realist painterknown for his large murals in fresco.Along with Diego Riveraand Jos Clemente Orozco
, he established "Mexican Muralism
. HisCommunist activities led to numerous jailings and periods ofexile. He produced thousands of square feet of wall paintings in
which numerous social, political and industrial changes were
portrayed from a left-wing perspective. For Siqueiros, art andpolitics blended well together. He, again with Diego Rivera and
Orozco started theEl Machete, the weekly paper that became
the official mouthpiece for the country's Communist Party. He continued hisanti-Fascist theme during World War II and in 1974, Siqueiros died Cuernavaca
where he spent his last decade of his life.
In Muerte y funerales de Can, shown at the 1947 exhibition in the Palacio deBellas Artes, David Alfaro Siqueiros reveals his interest in landscape and movesaway from political themes. Siqueiros' experiments during that year in landscape
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painting led him to use an abstract vocabulary and, as in this case, includeunexpected elements in the scene. The dead chicken that we see is lying betweenthe ordered ranks of workers and soldiers and a small group on the other side ofthe divided land. The symbolism is purely personal in nature and may allude to theCold War.
No.2 - The Raft Of the Medusa ; Theodore Gericault (1791 - 1824) Romanticism
Theodore Gericaultwas an influential Frenchpainter and lithographer , known for The Raftof the Medusaand other paintings. Althoughhe died young, he was one of the pioneers ofthe Romantic movement
. Despite about threeyears of studio training, Gricault was largely
self-taught. He copied paintings in the LouvreAnd traveled to Rome, where he discoveredMichelangelo's works and the exuberance ofBaroque art. Gricault died in 1824 after aprolonged illness caused by a riding accident.His last major works, discovered almost fifty
years after his death, were penetratingportraits of the insane.
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The story behind the painting is as devastating as the desperation on canvas.
The Medusa was a French naval vessel that was on course off the coast of Africabefore running aground on a sandbar near Mauritania on July 2, 1816. After threedays of trying to free the ship from where it was stuck, the crew and passengerstook to the ship's six small lifeboats.
The problem was that there were 400 people on board, while the boats only had
the capacity to carry approximately 250. As a result, 146 men and one woman wereloaded onto a wooden raft that was both shoddily and hastily constructed.
With only one bag of biscuits, two casks of water, and several casks of wine, thepeople adrift experienced a hellish 13 days at sea. There was a great deal ofinfighting, with many people being thrown overboard, throwing themselvesoverboard, or cannibalized.
By the time they were finally rescued, only 15 men had survived. This caused ahuge scandal at home due to the slow response of the French government in the
rescue.The greatest inspiration
for this painting was the true story of the tragedy.When news of what had happened reached France, the public was rightfullyshocked and Gricault seized this opportunity to capitalize without commission onthe event.
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He foreshadowed the turn towards realism that would be seen in his own lifetimeand the modern use of the media as a political tool. In addition, a multitude ofprior artist's' influences can be seen in The Raft of the Medusa.
No.3 - Triumph of Death ; unknown ( Location : Palazzo Abatellis, Palermo )
(Painting Below)
The fresco is composed as a large miniature, where in a luxurious garden
surrounded by a hedge, Death enters riding a skinny horse. It is portrayed while
launching deadly arrows against characters belonging to all the social levels,
killing them. The horse occupies the centre of the scene, with its ribs well visible
and a scrawny head showing teeth and the tongue. Death has just released an
arrow, which has hit a young man in the lower right corner; it is keeping on a sidethe scythe, its typical attribute.
On the lower part are the corpses of the people previously killed: emperors, popes,
bishops, friars, poets, knights and maidens. Each character is portrayed
differently: some still have a grimace of pain on the face, while others are serene;
some have their limbs abandoned on the ground, and others are kneeling down
after having been just struck by an arrow. On the left is a group of poor people,
invoking Death to stop their suffering, but being ignored. Among them, the figurelooking towards the observer has been proposed as a possible self-portrait of the
artist.On the right is the group of the nobles, shown as having no interest in the
events, and most of them continuing their activities. They include several
musicians, richly dressed noblewomen and knights with fur clothes, as symbols of
life and youth. A man is keeping a hawk on his arm, and another is leading two
hounds. Note: May suggest to the Bubonic Plague that was present at that time
and the Plague and is represented by Death ( skeleton on horse )
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No.4 - Four Horsemen of the APOCALYPSE ; Victor Vasnetsov ( 1848 - 1926 ) Symbolism ,
History Painting
Vasnetsov was a Russian artist who specialised inMythological and Historical subjects. He isconsidered the co founder of Russian folklorist andromantic nationalistic painting. He was also a keyfigure in the Russian revivalist movement.
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(The lamb with the rainbow on top of the painting with a open book and a rainbowover it, has led me to believe that it represents the Lamb of God also known as
Jesus Christ who opens the seals to let out the Horsemen.)
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are described by John of Patmos in his Book of
Revelations, the last book of the New Testament. The chapter tells of a book, or
scroll, in Gods right hand that is sealed with seven seals. The Lamb of God, or Lion
of Judah, (Jesus Christ) opens the first four of the seven seals, which summons forth four
beings that ride out on white, red, black, and pale horses. Although some interpretations
differ, in most accounts, the four riders are seen as symbolizing Conquest, War, Famine,
and Death, respectively. The Christian apocalyptic vision is that the four horsemen are to
set a divine apocalypse upon the world as harbingers of the Last Judgment.
The White Horse
I watched as the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals. Then I heard one of the four
living creatures say in a voice like thunder, Come and see! I looked, and there before
me was a white horse! Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown, and he rode out as
a conqueror bent on conquest. ( Revelation 6:1-2)
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The Red Horse
When the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, Come
and see! Then another horse came out, a fiery red one. Its rider was given power to take
peace from the earth and to make men slay each other. To him was given a large sword. (Revelation 6:3-4)
The Black Horse
When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, Come and
see! I looked, and there before me was a black horse! Its rider was holding a pair of
scales in his hand. Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living
creatures, saying, A quart of wheat for a days wages, and three quarts of barley for a
days wages, and do not damage the oil and the wine! (Revelation 6:5-6)
The Pale Horse
When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say,
Come and see! I looked and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named
Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth
of the earth to kill by sword, famine, and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.
(Revelation 6:7-8)
No. 5 - Napoleon Bonaparte Visiting The Plague-Stricken In Jaffa ; Antoine Jean Gros
(1771-1835) Romanticism
Jean Gros was both a French History
painter and neoclassical painter. Born in
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Paris, Gros began to learn to draw at the age of six from his father, who was a
miniature painter, and showed himself as a gifted artist.At the Salon of 1804, Gros
debuted his painting Bonaparte Visiting the Plague Victims of Jaffa. The painting
launched his career as a successful painter. It depicts Bonaparte in Jaffa visiting
soldiers infected with the bubonic plague. He is portrayed reaching out to one ofthe sick, unfazed by the illness. While Bonaparte did actually visit the pesthouse,
later, as his army prepared to withdraw from Syria, he ordered the poisoning (with
laudanum) of about fifty of his plague-infected men The painting was
commissioned as damage control when word spread of his actions. The painting is
in the Neo-Classical style, though it shows elements such as the lighting and a
taste for the exotic that are precursors to the upcoming Romantic ideals.On 25
June 1835, he was found drowned on the shores of the Seine
at Meudon
, near
Svres. From a paper which he had placed in his hat, it became known that "tiredof life, and betrayed by last faculties which rendered it bearable, he had resolved to
end it."
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The picture depicts General Bonaparte visiting plague-stricken French troops in
the courtyard of a Jaffa mosque being used as a military hospital. The scene took
place in March 1799 during the Syrian campaign. Bonaparte, ignoring the doctor
trying to dissuade him - touches a sore on one of the plague victims with his bare
hand. One of the officers watching has a handkerchief over his mouth. On the left,two Arabs are handing out bread to the sick. On the right, a blind soldier is trying
to approach the general-in-chief. In the foreground, in the shadows, the dying
men are too weak to turn towards their leader. The painter is implying that
Bonaparte's virtue and courage justify the horrors of war. Gros has given him the
luminous aura and gestures of Christ healing the lepers in religious paintings.
No.6 - Victims of Fanaticism ; Mykola Pymonenko ( 1862-1912)
One of the most eminent Ukrainian
genre painters, Pymonenko was
widely acclaimed in the Russian
Empire; a member of the Imperial
Academy of Arts since 1904 and of aprogressive Peredvizhniki artistic
movement and the turn of the
century, a member of the Paris
International Union of Arts and
Literature, who created many
paintings of rural and urban subjects.
A number of Pimonenko's paintings
are, in fact, generalized portraitswhich are the embodiment of a
popular ideal of the working man.
The artist also turned to the theme of
peasant labour, depicting typical
scenes from everyday life against the
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backdrop of a landscape. . In 1901 was appointed a full-time teacher of drawing to
the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, where he worked tili the last days of his life.
Pymonenko produced over 700 genre scenes, landscapes, and portraits, many of
which were reproduced as postcards.
Mykola Pymonenko (Priorka, March 9, 1862 - Kiev, March 26,
1912) was a Russian painter. A number of Pimonenko's paintings
are, in fact, generalised portraits which are the embodiment of a
popular ideal of the working man. The artist also turned to the
theme of peasant labour, depicting typical scenes from everyday
life against the backdrop of a landscape. The painting tells a story
about the real incident - punishment by the Jewish community in
Kremenets in Little Russia (now Ternopil Province, Ukraine) of a
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Jewish girl for her relationship with an Orthodox boy and her
transition to Christianity. She wears a cross on her neck.
No.8 - unnamed mural at Supreme Court - Jose Clemente Orozco ( 1883-1949 )
Born November 23, 1883, Mexican muralist Jos
Clemente Orozco created impressive, realistic
paintings. A product of the Mexican Revolution, he
overcame poverty and eventually traveled to the U.S.
and Europe to paint frescos for major institutions. A
man of unparalleled vision, as well as striking
contradiction, he died of heart failure at age 65.JosClemente Orozco was a painter who helped lead the
revival of Mexican mural painting in the 1920s. His
works are complex and often tragic.
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This scene from a 1941 mural by Jos Clemente Orozco greets visitors entering the
Supreme Court of Mexico. Amidst a chaotic group of evildoers, Orozco has placed two
female images, recognizable as Justice because one has a sword and the other scales.But unlike the familiar rendition of an imposing woman at center stage, these Justices
are disconcerting.
One, elevated on a pedestal, lies backinattentive if not asleepher sword dangling
while disorder surrounds her. Below, a masked Justice is jostled while two men,
similarly masked, grab at her scales. More commanding Justices, marked by scales and
swords, have adorned government buildings from fourteenth-century town halls to
twentieth-century courthouses around the world.Court judgments are acts of force,
whether transferring property among civil claimants or depriving criminal defendants of
liberty. Governments of all kinds aim to demonstrate their ability to provide peace and
security and to legitimate such force. In the Renaissance, judges served as loyal servants
of the state. But even then, they were publicly instructed to hear the other side and not
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to favor the rich or poor. Democracy radically reconceived the role of the judge by
insisting on independence and imposing obligations for open hearings that resulted in
shifting power to an observant public. In the twentieth century, new bodies of law
emerged, and women and men of all colors gained rights in many countries to be in
courts as litigants, witnesses, jurors, lawyers, and judges. Dockets grew, and
courthouses multiplied.
But as the Orozco mural suggests, dark undercurrents may flow behind imposing
courthouse faades. The Orozco murals tell us that democracy not only changed courts
but also challenged them. Deep problems arise when governments neither fund judicial
access adequately nor control elites who profit from privileged positions.
The murals offer a display, rare inside a courthouse, of laws failings. Orozcos critique
was not lost on his audience. The unveiling of the first 1,400-square-foot segment
resulted in the rest of the commissions cancellation. Decades later, however,
appreciation for his work prompted the Mexican Supreme Court to adorn its brochure
with his murals.What should people see when they enter courthouses? Around the
world, distinguished architects have designed celebratory glass edifices, explained as
denoting laws accessibility and transparency.
(kinda long yes? Just familiarize yourself with the artists and the paintings on what they
represent and what genre they are from)
Part 2 : Yours, Truly
No.1 - The Music Lesson ; Johannes Vermeer ( 1632 - 1675 )
Born in Delft, Netherlands, circa October 31, 1632. His
works have been a source of inspiration and fascination
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This work is one if Vermeer's greatest depictions of Dutch culture during the 17th
century. In this image we see a young lady having a music lesson playing the
virginal, a keyboard instrument. Virginals were commonly played by young ladies
and they produced a delicate, fine sound which was appropriate for women of this
time.
The music composed for the virginal always told of moral values and
enlightenment but also spoke of romance, love and happy adventures within the
virtues of religious order.The Music Lesson is from a wealthy upper-class scene,
as it was common practice for women from affluent families to partake in such
activities.Vermeer's idealism is evident in this canvas, as he paints yet another
depiction based on women's role in society and what he sees as righteous and
beautiful.
The viewer is left to imagine the narrative taking place and can create the music
filling the scene. Vermeer inserts various other instruments to reinforce a musical
theme, such as the viol on the floor.
No.2 - The Cardsharps Caravaggio ( 1571 - 1610 ) Baroque, Renaissance
Caravaggio was an Italian painter active in Rome, Naples, Malta, and
Sicily. His paintings, which combine a realistic observation of the human
state, both physical and emotional, with a dramatic use of lighting, had a
formative influence on Baroque painting
.In his twenties Caravaggio moved
to Rome where there was a demand for paintings to fill the many huge
new churches and palazzosbeing built at the time. In 1606 he killed a
young man in a brawl and fled from Rome with a price on his head. He was
involved in a brawl in Malta in 1608, and another in Naples in 1609,
possibly a deliberate attempt on his life by unidentified enemies. This
encounter left him severely injured. A year later, at the age of 38, he died
under mysterious circumstances in Porto Ercole
in Tuscany, reportedly
from a fever while on his way to Rome to receive a pardon. Famous while
he lived, Caravaggio was forgotten almost immediately after his death, and it was only in the 20th
century that his importance to the development of Western art was rediscovered. Despite this, his
influence on the new Baroque style that eventually emerged from the ruins of Mannerism was
profound.
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The painting shows an expensively-dressed but unworldly boy playing cards with another boy. The
second boy, a cardsharp
, has extra cards tucked in his belt behind his back, out of sight of the markbut not the viewer, and a sinister older man is peering over the dupe's shoulder and signaling to his
young accomplice. The second boy has a dagger handy at his side, and violence is not far
away.Cardsharps, with its mixture of brutal low-life realism and luminous Venetian delicacy, was
much admired, and Orsi "went around acclaiming (Caravaggio's) new style and heightening the
reputation of his work." Caravaggio appears to have produced more than one version of the work (as
discussed in the provenance section below). Over fifty copies and variants made by other painters
have survived, with artists such as Georges de La Tour painting their own appreciations of the
theme. A cardsharp is a person who uses skill and/or deception to win at poker or other card games
No.3 - La Horde ; Wolfgang Beltracchi ( 1951 - present )
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This forgery is created in the style of Max Ernst
No.4 - Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife ; Jan Van Eyck ( 1390 - 1441 ) Renaissance
Van Eyck was an Early Netherlandish painter active in Brugesandone of the most significant Northern Renaissance artists of the 15thcentury.Little is known of his early life. The few surviving records
indicate that he was born c. 138090, most likely in Maaseik. Hetook employment as painter and Valet de chambre with John ofBavaria-Straubing, ruler of Holland, in the Hague around 1422,when he was already a master painter with workshop assistants.VanEyck painted both secular and religious subject matter, He washighly influential and his techniques and style were quickly adoptedand refined by Robert Campin and Rogier van der Weyden and later
generations of Early Netherlandish painters.
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Giovanni Arnolfini, aprosperous Italian banker
who had settled inBruges, and his wifeGiovanna Cenami, standside by side in the bridalchamber, facing towardsthe viewer. To the left,the oranges placed on thelow table and the
windowsill are a reminderof an original innocence,
of an age before sin.Above the couple's heads,the candle that has beenleft burning in broaddaylight on one of the
branches of an ornatecopper chandelier can beinterpreted as the nuptialflame, or as the eye of God. The small dog in the
foreground is an emblemof fidelity and love.Meanwhile, the marriage
bed with its bright redcurtains evokes thephysical act of love
which, according toChristian doctrine, is an
essential part of the perfect union of man and wife.
Although all these different elements are highly charged with meaning, theyare of secondary importance compared to the mirror, the focal point of the
whole composition. It has often been noted that two tiny figures can be seenreflected in it, their image captured as they cross the threshold of the room.They are the painter himself and a young man, doubtless arriving to act as
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basis, unaware of the laws by which it was governed. ( Basically Eyck is knownfor his precise detail)
No. 5 - Hustler ; Arthur Sarnoff ( 1912 - 2000 )
Sarnoff was an American artist. His portfolioincludes extensive commercial work for weeklymagazines and his art appeared in a variety of advertising campaigns including Karo Syrup,Dextrose, Lucky Strike, Coors, Camay, Sal Hepatica,Listerine, Vicks Vapo Rub, Meds, and Ipana. He alsomade an album cover for the American punk bandButthole Surfers For their third album, Locust
Abortion Technician , which portrays two clowns
playing with a
dog. One of his paintings, "TheHustler", was one of the best-selling prints of the1950s
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His work was whimsical and engaging and relied heavily upon themes of
Americana and
slapstick humour. ( Sarnoff is renowned for this kind of artwork;playful almost )
Part 3 - Stranger than Fiction
No. 1 - Humans of New York - Brandon Stanton ( Emphasis on the Refugee Stories ) ( 1984 -
present)
http://www.humansofnewyork.com/ ( Link for all the stories ; Analyse yourself on the
refugee stories. No explanation needed here. )
No. 2 - Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn ; Ai Weiwei ( 1957 - present )
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http://artasiapacific.com/Magazine/78/DevastatingHistory ( Same here ; this link have
everything you need about the art and the artist )
No. 3 - Diary of an Empty City ; Liu Xiaodong ( 1963 - present ) ( Contemporary )
Liu Xiaodong is a painter of modernlife, whose large-scale works serveas a kind of history painting for theemerging world. A leading figureamong the Chinese Neo-Realistpainters to emerge in the 1990s, his
adherence to figurative paintingamounts to a conceptual stance
within a contemporary art contextwhere photographic mediadominate. Society and art, he says,should be like breathing one
breathes in and the other breathesout (2008).
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Liu Xiaodongs exhibition at the Faurschou Foundation Beijingshows a body of work painted live in Mongolia during the
summer of 2015 entitled Diary of An Empty City.Liu Xiaodong
has long been fascinated by the Chinese phenomenon of theghost city frequently portrayed by the western press and
urban planning aficionados, and has chosen a propitiouslocation in Ordos, Inner Mongolia to set his latest scene for live
painting and reflection on the Chinese dream life and dream
city environment.Liu Xiaodong investigates the ideal of thedream life within the context of the reality of the current
Chinese lifestyle, discreetly asking, What is our dream? Aghost city or a crowded city, which is better?
No. 4 - 245 Cubic Meters ; Santiago Sierra ( 1996 - present )
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http://new-art.blogspot.my/2006/04/245-cubic-meters-of-controversy.html( All info in this
link ; a lot of self research for this part, i cant compress everything for you guys here )
No. 5 - The Wait ; Edward Kienholz ( 1927 - 1994 ) ( Funk Art )
An American artist of unwavering originality, critical insight, and
notoriety, Edward Kienholz created powerful work that reflected
upon contemporary social and political issues of late
twentieth-century America. He created life-size three-dimensional
tableaux and immersive environments, composed out of the
discarded detritus he found at yard sales and flea markets.Although he is best known for his contributions to the development
of postwar sculptural practices, Kienholz was also a key promoter
of the Los Angeles avant-garde as the founder of the NOW Gallery
and cofounder of the Ferus Gallery, a pivotal venue and gathering
place for the era's emerging poets and artists. From 1972 onward,
he worked almost exclusively with his fifth wife, the artist Nancy
Reddin Kienholz, who played a significant role in the
conceptualization and fabrication of his later works.
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The Wait illuminates the poignancy of passing time and the sorrowful isolation of the elderly in a life-size
domestic tableau. The figure of an old woman, constructed of cow bones and encased in plastic coating,
clutches a taxidermied cat and sits beneath a framed portrait of a young man who was presumably her
beloved. In place of her face is a glass jar with a photograph of a young, attractive woman on the front
and a cow skull set inside. She wears a necklace of glass canning jars containing crosses and gold
figurines that represent her memories as imagined by the artist: her childhood on a farm and move on to
girlhood, waiting for her man, marriage, bearing children, being loved, wars, family, death and then
senility, where everything becomes a hodgepodge. She awaits her imminent death to the song of a live
parakeet in a nearby cage, a disparity that renders the melancholy of the womans situation all the more
evident.
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No. 6 - Project Dust ; Brother Nut
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/02/world/asia/beijing-smog-air-pollution-artist-brick.html?
_r=0
( Another link ; all INFO there )
No. 7 - Dismaland ; Bansky ( 1974 - present ) ( Graffiti , Street Art )
Banksy is an England-based graffiti
artist,political activist and film director of unverifiedidentity. His satirical
street art and subversiveepigrams combine dark humour with graffitiexecuted in a distinctive stenciling technique.His works of political and social commentary
have been featured on streets, walls, andbridges of cities throughout the world.
Banksydisplays his art on publicly visible surfaces suchas walls and self-built physical prop pieces.Banksy does not sell photographs orreproductions of his street graffiti, but art
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women at their most beautiful, her mission was to create something truly
unusual. Her portraits highlight distorted faces of women that tend to have
three eyes, peculiar brow lines, and lips that droop, giving an almost absent
chin. With a thread of shiny hair and dramatic lighting, this body of work
almost acts as a portrait series of genuine alien beings. The artist explains the
project in her own words:
In this project Ive been analyzing some fashion portraits, how perfect they
are. So I made the opposite of retouching, somehow I distouched these
pictures of perfect models. This project is connected to surrealist painters
point of view: beauty wasnt enough to give me interest. I love imperfections
as much as I love surrealism. These pictures are my little monsters, no one
wants to look like them, because they are totally unique.
Borsis work uses digital manipulation in order to explore her fascination with
surrealism. She focuses on issues surrounding identity, relationships,
emotions, and dreams with the aim to investigate the complexity of the
human psyche.
Part 4 - (Im)perfect Perspectives
Wabi-sabi | Are there artists active today who embrace elements of wabi-sabi in their
work? Is it a healthy mindset for valuing the world, or an excuse to settle for
imperfection?
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Question 4- Nonfinito works (emphasis on Michelangelo)
http://www.accademia.org/explore-museum/artworks/michelangelos-prisoners-slav
es/ ( all info are in here ) ( only take major points and analyse )
Question 5- Are incomplete works by definition imperfect? Are
"unfinished" and "incomplete" the same thing?
- Incomplete as by definition is not having all the necessary or appropriate parts.
- Imperfect as by definition is not perfect faulty or incomplete. With the
definition of perfect being having all the required or desirable elements, qualities,
or characteristics as good as it is possible to be.
I cant answer this question for you guys as this, again is very subjective and everyone opinion
differs. But my own opinion is that they are not the same thing as incomplete is not finished
and if the artist acknowledges that the artwork is imperfect it can be taken as the artwork is
complete although not perfect
Part 5 - Jailhouse Rocks
No. - How to Make Gravy ; Paul Kelly
( Analyse all the lyrics for this chapter below )
Hello Dan, it's Joe here
I hope you're keeping well
Its the 21st of December now
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theyre ringing the last bell
if I get good behaviour
I'll be out of here by July
Won't you kiss my kids on Christmas day
Pleeeease don't let them cry for me
I guess the brothers are driving down from Queensland and Stella's
flying in from the coast
They say it's gonna be a hundred degrees, even more maybe, but that
won't stop the roast
Who's gonna make the gravy now?
I bet it won't taste the same
Just add flour, salt, a little red wine and don't forget a dollop of
tomato sauce for sweetness and that extra tang
And give my love to Angus and to Frank and Dolly,
Tell 'em all I'm sorry I screwed up this time
And look after Rita, I'll be thinking of her early Christmas morning
When I'm standing in line
I hear Mary's got a new boyfriend, I hope he can hold his own
Do you remember the last one? What was his name again?
(Just a little too much cologne)
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And Roger, you know I'm even gonna miss Roger
'Cause there's sure as hell no one in here I want to fight
Oh praise the Baby Jesus, have a Merry Christmas,
I'm really gonna miss it, all the treasure and the trash
And later in the evening, I can just imagine,
You'll put on Junior Murvin and push the tables back
And you'll dance with Rita, I know you really like her,
Just don't hold her too close, oh brother please don't stab me in the back
I didn't mean to say that, it's just my mind it plays up,
Multiplies each matter, turns imagination into fact
You know I love her badly, she's the one to save me,
I'm gonna make some gravy, I'm gonna taste the fat
Tell her that I'm sorry, yeah I love her badly, tell 'em all I'm sorry,
And kiss the sleepy children for me
You know one of these days, I'll be making gravy,
I'll be making plenty, I'm gonna pay 'em all back.
Analysis : In the song, Paul Kelly adopts the character of Joe, a father who is spending
Christmas in prison, away from his children, sweetheart, family and friends. In the
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song, Joe speaks to his brother Dan and reflects on all the people that he has hurt and
the things that he will miss while he is in jail. He's scared of many things, but he also
wishes that his kids remember him and love him for who he is, not what he did. He also
promises everyone that when he finishes his time, he will be making gravy ( money )and pay em all back (family, friends and everyone he has hurt)
No. 2 - Folsom Prison Blues ; Johnny Cash
I hear the train a comin'
It's rolling round the bend
And I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when,
I'm stuck in Folsom prison, and time keeps draggin' on
But that train keeps a rollin' on down to San Antone..
When I was just a baby my mama told me. Son,
Always be a good boy, don't ever play with guns.
But I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die
When I hear that whistle blowing, I hang my head and cry..
I bet there's rich folks eating in a fancy dining car
They're probably drinkin' coffee and smoking big cigars.
Well I know I had it coming, I know I can't be free
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All the people of the town
Cast their eyes right to the ground
In matters of the heart
The night was all you had
You ran into the night from all you had
Found yourself a path upon the ground
You ran into the night you cant be found
But this is your heart
Can you feel it? Can you feel it?
Pumps through your veins
Can you feel it? Can you feel it?
Summer evening breezes blew
Drawing voices deep from you
Led by your beating heart
What a year and what a night
What terrifying final sights
Put out your beating heart
The night was all you had
You ran into the night from all you had
Found yourself a path upon the ground
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You ran into the night you cant be found
But this is your heart
Can you feel it? Can you feel it?
Pumps through your veins
Can you feel it? Can you feel it?
If you had your gun would you shoot it at the sky?
Why? To see where it would fall
Oh will you come down at all?
If you had your gun would you shoot it at the sky?
Why? To see where your bullet would fall
Oh will you come down at all?
This is your heart
Can you feel it? Can you feel it?
Pumps through your veins
Can you feel it? Can you feel it?
This is your racing heart
Can you feel it? Can you feel it?
Pumps through your veins
Can you feel it? Can you feel it?
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Analysis: Laura Palmer is a fictional character from the television series Twin Peaks, Her death was
the catalyst for the events of the series.Laura (played by Sheryl Lee ) was her town's favorite
daughter she volunteered at Meals on Wheels, was the high school Homecoming queen, and was
(apparently) the darling of her parents, Sarah
and Leland
.However, Laura led a double life she
was a cocaine user, a victim of child abuse and had briefly worked at One-Eyed Jack's ( a
casino/brothel). The discovery of Laura's body in the pilot episode of Twin Peaks brought Special
Agent Dale Cooper to town and the investigation of her death, and the effects it had on those around
her. Laura remained prominent afterward, as her death had exposed many secrets related to
her.Laura's diary was uncovered in the first episode, but her secret diary was not recovered until
later, and it contained passages suggesting that she had long been the victim sometimes willingly
of abuse from a malevolent entity named BOB , who wanted to be close to her, or even be her.
During the second season, the identity of her murderer was her father , Leland, was had been
possessed by BOB and made to molest, rape, and kill his own daughter. When Leland dies in police
custody, it is implied that Laura appears before him in a vision, forgiving him and welcoming him to
the afterlife.
No. 4 - Liberty Needs Glasses ; Tupac Shakur
excuse me but lady liberty needs glasses
and so does mrs justice by her side
both the broads r blind as bats
stumbling thru the system
justice bumbed into mutulu and
trippin on geronimo pratt
but stepped right over oliver
and his crooked partner ronnie
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justice stubbed her big toe on mandela
and liberty was misquoted by the indians
slavery was a learning phase
forgotten with out a verdict
while justice is on a rampage
4 endangered surviving black males
i mean really if anyone really valued life
and cared about the masses
theyd take em both 2 pen optical
and get 2 pair of glasses
Analysis: The whole poem is a metaphor about how the justice system is blind and needs work.
A few good lines are how justice "Tripped on Geronimo Pratt, but stepped right over Oliver and
his partner Ronnie" It basically means that the system lets some crimes go due to race or
wealth/class in society. Another one is "Slavery was a learning phase forgotten without a
verdict" meaning there were no consequences for the whites who used blacks as slaves and we
are supposed to use that time as a learning experience. and the last one would be "I mean
really if anyone really valued life and cared about the masses theyd take em both 2 Pen optical
and get 2 pair of Glasses". That means that people who claim that they care about american
society as a whole they need to stand up and fight. Tupac is stating that both Justice and
Liberty needs glasses
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No. 5- Negro Y Azul ; Los Cuates de Sinaloa ( Song originally in Spanish; this is the
English version )
The City's called Duke
And New Mexico, the state.Among the gangsters,His fame has greatly spread
'Cause of a new drugThat the gringos have created.
They say it is colored blueAnd that it's pure in quality,
That powerful drugThat is running through the town
And the owners of the marketCouldn't stop it.
They had the Duke's market,El Tuco and Krazy-8.
They murdered Tuco whilehe was driving his Escalade.A while before the gabachos
finished off Krazy-8.
The cartel's running hot becauseThey were disrespected,
They talk 'bout some "Heisenberg"Who now controls the market.
No one knows a thing about himSince they have never seen him.
The cartel's about respectAnd they have never forgiven.
This homie's already deadHe just hasn't been told so.
Heisenberg's fameHas reached down to Michoacn.
From way over there they want to come,to taste that crystal.
That blue stuff has gone international.
Now New Mexico's name is well suited.Now it looks just like Mexico
'Cause of all the drugs it's hiding,Except there's a gringo boss,as "Heisenberg" he's known.
The cartel's running hot because
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They were disrespected,They talk 'bout some "Heisenberg"
Who now controls the market.No one knows a thing about himSince they have never seen him.
From the fury of the cartelNo one has ever escaped.
This homie's already deadHe just hasn't been told so.
Analysis: "Negro Y Azul: The Ballad of Heisenberg" is a Narcocorrido song performed by "Los
Cuates de Sinaloa" that tells the story of a "gringo boss" named "Heisenberg " and his infamous " blue
meth," which has crossed the border into Mexico.
The words "negro y azul" translate to "black and blue", which refer to the colors skin turns when
bruised and the colors of Heisenberg (black) and his product Blue Sky
.
No. 6 - Schindler's List, Main Title Theme ; John Williams
(Listen to the soundtrack ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0oxE2Voq6I)
Analysis: http://auschwitz.dk/Schindler2.htm ( everything about Schindler
and his List to his life can be found here )
Part 6 - On a Pale Piano
No. 1 - The Hurdy-Gurdy Man ; Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIIS-UgixGE
( Listen to this piece
by schubert titled Der Leiermann about the Hurdy-Gurdy
Man)
Below is the English Trans. For the song above ( about the same
meaning )
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The Organ-Grinder ( Der Leiermann )
Up behind the village
The organ-grinder has his pitch
He stands barefoot or shuffles
On the frozen ground
With stiff fingers
He coaxes out the sound
His saucer is empty
Gifts for him are rare
No one listens to him
Or looks at him, or cares
Dogs snarl at him
Dogs chase him
But he wears a smile
He shows no fear or disappointment
But turns the handle round and round
Shall I join you on your journey?
Will you play the music to my songs?
Before that, we shall look at the style of Schuberts composition and music.
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In July 1947 the 20th-century composer Ernst Krenek discussed
Schubert's style, abashedly admitting that he had at first "shared the
widespread opinion that Schubert was a lucky inventor of pleasingtunes ... lacking the dramatic power and searching intelligence which
distinguished such 'real' masters as J.S. Bach or Beethoven". Krenek
wrote that he reached a completely different assessment after close
study of Schubert's pieces. Krenek pointed to the piano sonatas as
giving "ample evidence that [Schubert] was much more than an
easy-going tunesmith who did not know, and did not care, about the
craft of composition." Each sonata then in print, according to Krenek,
exhibited "a great wealth of technical finesse" and revealed Schubert
as "far from satisfied with pouring his charming ideas into conventional
molds on the contrary he was a thinking artist with a keen appetite for
experimentation." What this means that Schubert is a very expressive player that does not follow the
rules of composition. He is more of a player who chooses to express music or political views in
such a dynamic way that feels right to himself than following the basis of composing a piece of
music.
Analysis: Well as far as i have found, many websites analyse this song as
representing death but one website state that is instead represents life. But i
would like to interpret this song as in neither of them. This song again is very
open for debate so disagreements may be thrown around here and there. Feel free
to state any opinion whether it may either agree or disagree with mine. I feel that
this song was composed as a reflection of Schuberts own life. Schubert was quite
a successful composer in his early years as he slowly was recognised by his fellow
musicians. As i have said before, Schubert's style of music is very strange
as he
follows no path and only composes what he feels is right. Because of this, many
music publishers of that time failed to recognise Schubert and left him in a bad
financial situation and later historians believed that he contracted syphilis later in
his life. Yet Schubert still continued composing throughout the dull days of his life
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and came up with many compositions we know of today such as "Wanderer
Fantasy" for piano and the two-movement "Eighth Symphony," However none of
this brought him the fame or fortune Schubert had hope for but he still composed
many of the pieces we know of today even when battling his health problems and
at one time he was broke but still he continued composing. Even as his financial
situations began to improve in Schuberts final years, he was never truly was
accepted by his music until his death. How would this relate to Der Leiermann you
say? Well first we have the whole poem centralized on theorgan-grinderwhich
we could relate as it being Schubert.With stiff fingers He coaxes out the sound,
His saucer is empty, Gifts for him are rare No one listens to him, Or looks at him,
or caresThis we can relate to Schuberts point of life where people didnt accept
his kind of music as being free you can say, not following any guidelines and
this we can also relate on Schuberts way of saying how he is trying his best to
produce music after music only to be ignored by the rest of society. Dogs snarl at
him
Dogs chase him, But he wears a smile ,He shows no fear or disappointment , But
turns the handle round and round This can be Schuberts way of saying how
society around him failed to acknowledge his taste in music and despised him for
that as again Schubert has no structure or straight direction when composing as
again, Schubert composed music based on his own desire.
He shows no fear or disappointment,But turns the handle round and round,
Shall I join you on your journey? Will you play the music to my songs?This last
stanza can be interpreted as how Schubert persevere against the harsh criticism of
society and continue composing the way he did. The last beat of the poem, in my
opinion, is the composers plead to the reader on whether they would finally
accept him and his music.
No.2 - 15th Symphony, 1st Movement ; Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ci5dHIIIkc ( The original Piece )
Analysis here:
http://www.culturecatch.com/music/shostakovich_symphony15 (
Another link yes, This time a more darker view than to what many people
think that this song is about toys coming to life in Shostakovichs
viewpoint )
No. 3 - Danse Macabre - Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyknBTm_YyM
( Song Here )
The composition is based upon a poem by Henri Cazalis, on an old
French superstition: Zig, zig, zig, Death in a cadence, Striking with his
heel a tomb, Death at midnight plays a dance-tune, Zig, zig, zig, on his
violin. The winter wind blows and the night is dark; Moans are heard in
the linden trees. Through the gloom, white skeletons pass, Running and
leaping in their shrouds. Zig, zig, zig, each one is frisking, The bones of
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the dancers are heard to crack But hist! of a sudden they quit the round, They push forward, they fly; the
cock has crowed.
According to the ancient superstition, "Death" appears at midnight every year on Halloween. Death has the
power to call forth the dead from their graves to dance for him while he plays his fiddle (represented by a
solo violin with its E-string tuned to an E-flat in an example of scordatura tuning). His skeletons dance for
him until the first break of dawn, when they must return to their graves until the next year.
The piece opens with a harp playing a single note, D, twelve times to signify the clock striking midnight,
accompanied by soft chords from the string section. This then leads to the eerie E flat and A chords (also
known as a tritone or the "Devil's chord") played by a solo violin, representing death on his fiddle. After which
the main theme is heard on a solo flute and is followed by a descending scale on the solo violin. The rest of
the orchestra, particularly the lower instruments of the string section, then joins in on the descending scale.
The main theme and the scale is then heard throughout the various sections of the orchestra until it breaks
to the solo violin and the harp playing the scale. The piece becomes more energetic and climaxes at this
point; the full orchestra playing with strong dynamics.Towards the end of the piece, there is another violin
solo, now modulating, which is then joined by the rest of the orchestra. The final section, a pianissimo,
represents the dawn breaking and the skeletons returning to their graves.
The piece makes particular use of the xylophone in a particular theme to imitate the sounds of rattling
bones. Saint-Sans uses a similar motif in the Fossils part of his Carnival of the Animals.
No. 4 - 4th Symphony, 2nd Movement ; Gustav Mahler ( 1860-1911 )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r86BBMrlUfc
(Song Above)
The Symphony No. 4 in G major by Gustav Mahler
was written in 1899 and 1900, though it
incorporates a song originally written in 1892. The
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song, "Das himmlische Leben", presents a child's vision of Heaven. It is sung by a
soprano in the work's fourth and last movement. Although typically described as
being in the key of G major, the symphony employs a progressive tonal scheme.
The second movement, one of Mahler's Lndler1movements, is a Scherzo in C
minor, with two F major Trios. The first crack has appeared in the illusion we
would expect a slow movement followed by a Scherzo, but here Mahler has
reversed the expected order of the middle movements. The leader of the orchestra
is required to play on a violin tuned two semi-tones higher than normal, to
produce a thin, ghostly sound. This represents Death playing a dance to lead us to,
where to Heaven or to Hell?
No. 5 - Totentanz ; Franz Liszt ( 1811-1886 )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nVmFlSV1ok
( song here )
Liszt was inspired by religion, heaven, hell,
and death for much of his artistic life.
A lot of his pieces describe aspects of
death, or meditate on doom.
Whilst in he lived in Paris Liszt visited
gallows to observe men condemned to die.
These grim expeditions shaped his world
view and his musical values.
Liszt started sketching out the piece in the
1830s. In 1839 he went to Pisa in Italy,
and saw a fresco: The Triumph of Death.
The fourteenth-century painting vividly
illustrates the fates of those in heaven and
hell. Liszt was highly moved by it
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But it wasn't until 1849 that he finally created a finished version. Still, it took took
more revisions of the piece before the final version was completed (in 1859) - but
even then it took another 6 years to finally get performed!
The devilish piece features pure Lisztian moments of intense, storm-like fury:
As well as light-hearted, even beautiful passages:
The Dies Irae theme originally came from the Mass for the Dead. It's connected
with the day of the final judgement, when humanity perishes.
The Dance of Death is actually extremely well-constructed. It features six variations
of the Dies Irae melody, each polished and innovative. Balancing the fiery and
heavenly, Liszt masterfully controls the orchestra, bringing it into crashing waves of
blood-red fury.
The piano part is rough, almost violent in certain sections. For its day this was
extremely modern. Liszt also blends in Medieval counterpoint into the score, whilst
still maintaining the piece's modern symphonic sound.
Liszt doesn't just create a cut-and-dry representation of dark and light. There are
also a lot of thoughtful gray areas, all weaved into the grander fabric of the
concerto.
Part 7 - A World Of Tears
No.1 Stink Foot ; Frank Zappa
In the dark
Where all the fevers grow
Under the water
Where the shark bubbles blow
In the mornin'
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By yer radio
Do the walls close in t' suffocate ya
You ain't got no friends . . .
An' all the others: they hate ya
Does the life you been livin' gotta go, hmmm?
Well, lemme straighten you out
About a place I know . . .
(Get yer shoes 'n socks on people,
It's right aroun' the corner!)
Out through the night
An' the whispering breezes
To the place where they keep
The Imaginary Diseases,
Out through the night
An' the whispering breezes
To the place where they keep
The Imaginary Diseases, mmm . . .
This has to be the disease for you
Now scientists call this disease
Bromidrosis
But us regular folks
Who might wear tennis shoes
Or an occasional python boot
Know this exquisite little inconvenience
By the name of:
STINK FOOT
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THE POODLE BY-EE-ITES
( . . . BITES)
THE POODLE CHEWS IT
(POO-DLE . . . )
THE POODLE BY-EE-ITES
( . . . BITES)
THE POODLE CHEWS IT
(POO-DLE . . . )
THE POODLE BY-EE-ITES
( . . . BITES)
THE POODLE CHEWS IT
THE POODLE BY-EE-ITES
THE POODLE CHEWS IT
THE POODLE BY-EE-ITES
THE POODLE CHEWS IT
THE POODLE BY-EE-ITES
Analysis:The song, Stink-Foot, is a difficult one to discern the exact meaning of,
but the literal structure involves an outcast being taken to a place where they
keep the imaginary diseasesand sold what the song describes as a very serious
case of foot odour. This song also illustrates a number of musical principles that
just about every musician or pseudo-musician is told about but very few actually
put into practice. The most important of which is the importance of the element of
surprise.
No. 2 - Industrial Disease ; Dire Straits
Warning lights are flashing down at Quality Control
Somebody threw a spanner and they threw him in the hole
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There's rumors in the loading bay and anger in the town
Somebody blew the whistle and the walls came down
There's a meeting in the boardroom they're trying to trace the smell
There's leaking in the washroom there's a sneak in personnel
Somewhere in the corridors someone was heard to sneeze
'goodness me could this be Industrial Disease?
The caretaker was crucified for sleeping at his post
They're refusing to be pacified it's him they blame the most
The watchdog's got rabies the foreman's got fleas
And everyone's concerned about Industrial Disease
There's panic on the switchboard tongues are ties in knots
Some come out in sympathy some come out in spots
Some blame the management some the employees
And everybody knows it's the Industrial Disease
The work force is disgusted downs tools and walks
Innocence is injured experience just talks
Everyone seeks damages and everyone agrees
That these are 'classic symptoms of a monetary squeeze'
On ITV and BBC they talk about the curse
Philosophy is useless theology is worse
History boils over there's an economics freeze
Sociologists invent words that mean 'Industrial Disease'
Doctor Parkinson declared 'I'm not surprised to see you here
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You've got smokers cough from smoking, brewer's droop from drinking beer
I don't know how you came to get the Betty Davis knees
But worst of all young man you've got Industrial Disease'
He wrote me a prescription he said 'you are depressed
But I'm glad you came to see me to get this off your chest
Come back and see me later - next patient please
Send in another victim of Industrial Disease'
I go down to Speaker's Corner I'm thunderstruck
They got free speech, tourists, police in trucks
Two men say they're Jesus one of them must be wrong
There's a protest singer singing a protest song - he says
'they wanna have a war to keep us on our knees
They wanna have a war to keep their factories
They wanna have a war to stop us buying Japanese
They wanna have a war to stop Industrial Disease
They're pointing out the enemy to keep you deaf and blind
They wanna sap your energy incarcerate your mind
They give you Rule Brittania, gassy beer, page three
Two weeks in Espana and Sunday striptease'
Meanwhile the first Jesus says 'I'd cure it soon
Abolish monday mornings and friday afternoons'
The other one's on a hunger strike he's dying by degrees
How come Jesus gets Industrial Disease
Analysis: The song takes a look at decline of the British manufacturing
industry in the early 1980s, focusing on strikes, depression and
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dysfunctionality. For example, the absurdity of media-driven maladies is laid
out in a segment of the song describing the narrator's visit to a doctor's
office for treatment of his "Industrial Disease".
The reference to "Brewer's Droop" as a medical condition is an in-joke,referring both to the effect of alcohol on libido and to the band of the same
name that Mark Knopfler played in prior to Dire Straits .
No.3 - Another Day in Paradise ; Phil Collins
She calls out to the man on the street
"Sir, can you help me?
It's cold and I've nowhere to sleep
Is there somewhere you can tell me?"
He walks on, doesn't look back
He pretends he can't hear her
Starts to whistle as he crosses the street
Seems embarrassed to be there
Oh think twice, cause it's another day for
You and me in paradise
Oh think twice, cause it's another day for you
You and me in paradise
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Just think about it
She calls out to the man on the street
He can see she's been crying
She's got blisters on the soles of her feet
She can't walk but she's trying
Oh think twice, cause it's another day for
You and me in paradise
Oh think twice, it's just another day for you
You and me in paradise
Just think about it
Oh lord, is there nothing more anybody can do
Oh lord, there must be something you can say
You can tell from the lines on her face
You can see that she's been there
Probably been moved on from every place
'Cos she didn't fit in there
Oh think twice, cause it's another day for
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You and me in paradise
Oh think twice, it's just another day for you
You and me in paradise
Just think about it
Just think about it
It's just another day for you and me in paradise
It's just another day for you and me in paradise
It's just another day for you and me in paradise
Just think about it
Analysis:"Another Day in Paradise" is a protest song recorded by
English
drummer and singer Phil Collins. Collins sings the song from athird-person perspective, observing as a man crosses the street to ignore a
homeless woman, and he implores listeners not to turn a blind eye to
homelessness because, by drawing a religious allusion, "it's just another day
for you and me in paradise ". Collins also appeals directly to God by singing:
"Oh Lord, is there nothing more anybody can do? Oh Lord, there must be
something you can say?" It is a song calling for acknowledgment and
acceptance to the homeless in society
No.4 - The Way It Is ; Bruce Hornsby and The Range
Standing in line, marking time
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Well, they passed a law in '64
To give those who ain't got a little more
But it only goes so far
'Cause the law don't change another's mind
When all it sees at the hiring time
Is the line on the color bar, no
That's just the way it is
Some things will never change
That's just the way it is
That's just the way it is, it is, it is, it is
Analysis: The song portrays 1980s America from a critical perspective. The opening verse
recounts a story taking place at a line for welfare that illustrate a divide between the rich and poor.
The chorus presents several lines insisting that social ills are "just the way it is", and repeatedly
suggests resigning oneself to them as a fact of lifehowever, the chorus ends with the author
rebuking this attitude by insisting "but don't you believe them."
The second verse recounts past social issues from the voice of someone supporting racial
segregation. The author responds in a narrative voice, insisting his view that if those who make laws
took them into careful consideration they would be convinced that laws enforcing principles like
racial segregation are morally wrong. The song reminds the listener that it was at one time argued
that racial segregation was "just the way it is", and suggests that legislation and what the author
views as progress on current social issues should be pursued without regard to those who insist
"some things will never change."
The third verse recounts the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as a victory in the civil rights
movement, but insists that more is needed. In particular, the verse highlights individual prejudice and
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employment discrimination as an enduring form of racism. The third chorus suggests that it only
feels like "some things will never change" when we wait for social problems to change themselves
rather than taking steps ourselves to actively change them.
No. 5 - City of The Damned ; Green Day
At the center of the earth
In the parking lot
Of the 7-11 were I was taught
The motto was just a lie
It says home is where your heart is
But what a shame
'Cause everyone's heart doesn't beat the same
It's beating out of time
City of the dead
At the end of another lost highway
Signs misleading to nowhere
City of the damned
Lost children with dirty faces today
No one really seems to care
I read the graffiti in the bathroom stall
Like the holy scriptures of the shopping mall
And so it seemed to confess
It didn't say much but it only confirmed
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That the center of the earth is the end of the world
And I could really care less
City of the dead
At the end of another lost highway
Signs misleading to nowhere
City of the damned
Lost children with dirty faces today
No one really seems to care, hey
Analysis: The whole is song is about how people are very selfish these days. Not caring
about anyone else but themselves. The motto says "Home is where your heart is", but it doesn't
mean that this works for everyone; some people just don't fit in. Green Day points out that
people don't really care about anyone but themselves these days ("Lost children with dirty faces
today no one really seems to care"), and surrounded by this indifference he states that now he
doesn't care either. Not caring more like.
No. 6 - Papaoutai ; Stromae (Translated to English)
Dites-moi do il vient
Tell me where he comes from
Enfin je saurais o je vais
Then I would know where Im going
Maman dit que lorsquon cherche bien
Mommy says when you look hard enough
On finit toujours par trouver
Youll always end up finding it
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Elle dit quil nest jamais trs loin
She says hes never very far away
Quil part trs souvent travailler
He often leaves to go work
Maman dit travailler cest bien
Mommy says working is good
Bien mieux qutre mal accompagn, pas vrai ?
Better to be there than in bad company, right?
O est ton papa ?
Where is your dad?
Dis-moi o est ton papa
Tell me where is your dad?
Sans mme devoir lui parler
Without even having to talk to him
Il sait ce qui ne va pas
He knows its not going well
Ah sacr papa
Oh my dear father
Dis-moi o es-tu cach ?
Tell me where are you hiding?
Ca doit faire au moins mille fois que jai compt mes doigts
I mustve counted my fingers at least a thousand times
O tes papa o tes ?
Where are you dad, where are you?
O tes papa o tes ?
Where are you dad, where are you?
O tes papa o tes ?
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Where are you dad, where are you?
O tes o tes o papa, o tes ?
Where are you, where are you, where are you dad, where are you?
O tes papa o tes ?
Where are you dad, where are you?
O tes papa o tes ?
Where are you dad, where are you?
O tes papa o tes ?
Where are you dad, where are you?
O tes o tes o papa, o tes ?
Where are you, where are you, where are you dad, where are you?
[[Synth breakdown]]
Quoi ? Quon y croie ou pas
What? Whether you believe or not
Y aura bien un jour o on y croira plus
There will be a day when we no longer believe
Un jour ou lautre on sera tous papa
On day or another well all be fathers
Et dun jour lautre on aura disparu
And one day or another well all disappear
Serons-nous dtestables ?
Will we be hated?
Serons-nous admirables ?
Will we be loved?
Des gniteurs ou des gnies
Natural fathers or geniuses
Dites-nous qui donne naissance aux irresponsables
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Tell us who gives birth to irresponsible [fathers]
Hein ? Dites-nous qui, tiens
Hey? Tell us who huh?
Tout le monde sait comment on fait des bbs
Everybody knows how to make babies
Mais personne sait comment on fait des papas
But nobody knows how to make dads
Monsieur jsais tout en aurait hrit, cest a ?
Mister know-it-all wouldve inherited it, is that it?
Faut lsucer de son pouce, ou quoi
Does it come from sucking our thumbs, or what
Dites-nous o cest cach, a doit, faire au moins mille fois quon a bouff nos doigts
Tell us where its hidden, we mustve eaten our fingers at least a thousand times
O tes papa o tes ?
Where are you dad, where are you?
O tes papa o tes ?
Where are you dad, where are you?
O tes papa o tes ?
Where are you dad, where are you?
O tes o tes o papa, o tes ?
Where are you, where are you, where are you dad, where are you?
O tes papa o tes ?
Where are you dad, where are you?
O tes papa o tes ?
Where are you dad, where are you?
O tes papa o tes ?
Where are you dad, where are you?
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O tes o tes o papa, o tes ?
Where are you, where are you, where are you dad, where are you?
O est ton papa ?
Where is your dad?
Dis-moi o est ton papa
Tell me where is your dad?
Sans mme devoir lui parler
Without even having to talk to him
Il sait ce qui ne va pas
He knows its not going well
Ah sacr papa
Oh my dear father
Dis-moi o es-tu cach ?
Tell me where are you hiding?
Ca doit faire au moins mille fois que jai compt mes doigts
I mustve counted my fingers at least a thousand times
O est ton papa ?
Where is your dad?
Dis-moi o est ton papa
Tell me where is your dad?
Sans mme devoir lui parler
Without even having to talk to him
Il sait ce qui ne va pas
He knows its not going well
Ah sacr papa
Oh my dear father
Dis-moi o es-tu cach ?
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Tell me where are you hiding?
Ca doit faire au moins mille fois que jai compt mes doigts
I mustve counted my fingers at least a thousand times
O tes papa o tes ?
Where are you dad, where are you?
O tes papa o tes ?
Where are you dad, where are you?
O tes papa o tes ?
Where are you dad, where are you?
O tes o tes o papa, o tes ?
Where are you, where are you, where are you dad, where are you?
O tes papa o tes ?
Where are you dad, where are you?
O tes papa o tes ?
Where are you dad, where are you?
O tes papa o tes ?
Where are you dad, where are you?
O tes o tes o papa, o tes ?
Where are you, where are you, where are you dad, where are you?
Analysis: "Papaoutai" meaning "Dad, where are you?" is a song written and performed by
Belgian musician Stromae . The video shows a young boy trying to interact with his unresponsive
father (played by Stromae), who sits motionless, his expression and body resembling that of a
mannequin, while outside, other parents and children dance together. In the end, the son joins
Stromae on the sofa, assuming a rigid, lifeless position identical to his father's. It refers to the
absence of Stromae's father, who was killed in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide.In the video, the boy's
father is represented as a lifeless mannequin, so he is present physically, but not emotionally. As the
boy looks outside, he sees that the other parents always do something together with their children,
while his remains motionless. The boy reproaches his father with the words of the song about how a
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parent should raise their son, and the boy then works to involve his father in dancing, like the
parent-child couples he had seen before. First, the boy dances at home in front of the father then,
both of them are seen dancing in the square, but that vision is actually just an imagination of the boy,
who in reality is dancing alone while his father stays motionless in the car. In the end, the boy
surrenders and also becomes an empty mannequin like his father, as that is the only thing his father
has taught him. Dark...
No. 7 - Sunday Bloody Sunday ; U2
Yes...
I can't believe the news today
Oh, I can't close my eyes
And make it go away
How long...
How long must we sing this song
How long, how long...
'cause tonight...we can be as one
Tonight...
Broken bottles under children's feet
Bodies strewn across the dead end street
But I won't heed the battle call
It puts my back up
Puts my back up against the wall
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
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Oh, wipe your blood shot eyes
(Sunday, Bloody Sunday)
Sunday, Bloody Sunday (Sunday, Bloody Sunday)
Sunday, Bloody Sunday (Sunday, Bloody Sunday)
And it's true we are immune
When fact is fiction and TV reality
And today the millions cry
We eat and drink while tomorrow they die
(Sunday, Bloody Sunday)
The real battle just begun
To claim the victory Jesus won
On...
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Sunday Bloody Sunday...
Analysis: One of U2's most overtly political songs, its lyrics describe the horror
felt by an observer of the Troubles in Northern Ireland , mainly focusing on the
Bloody Sunday incident in Derry where British troops shot and killed unarmed
civil rights protesters and bystanders who were there to rally against internment
(imprisonment without trial), while at the same time rejecting hate and revenge
as a response noted in the lyrics, "There's many lost, but tell me who has won."
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Bloody Sunday: Bloody Sunday sometimes called the Bogside Massacre was an
incident on 30 January 1972 in the Bogside area of Derry,Northern Ireland. British
soldiers
shot 26 unarmed civilians during a protest march against internment. Fourteen
people died: thirteen were killed outright, while the death of another man four months
later was attributed to his injuries. Many of the victims were shot while fleeing from the
soldiers and some were shot while trying to help the wounded. Other protesters were
injured by rubber bullets or batons, and two were run down by army vehicles. The march
had been organised by the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association and the Northern
Resistance Movement
.
No. 7 - Jenny was A Friend Of Mine ; The Killers
We took a walk that night but it wasn't the same
We had a fight on the promenade out in the rain
She said she loved me but she had somewhere to go
She couldn't scream while I held her close
I swore I'd never let her go
Tell me what you wanna know
Oh come on, oh come on, oh come on
There ain't no motive for this crime
Jenny was a friend of mine
So come on, oh come on, oh come on
I know my rights, I've been here all day and it's time
For me to go so let me know if it's alright
I just can't take this, I swear I told you the truth
She couldn't scream while I held her close
I swore I'd never let her go
Tell me what you wanna know
Oh come on, oh come on, oh come on
And then you whisper in my ear
I know what you're doing here
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So come on, oh come on, oh come on
There ain't no motive for this crime
Jenny was a friend of mine
Oh come on, oh come on, oh come on
Analysis: The song, which is written in the key of E-flat minor, is told fromthe point of view of a boy who has been taken in for questioning about a girl's(Jenny) murder. After explaining the incident from his perspective, the boy (voiced
by Flowers), claims that he is innocent by saying that "there ain't no motive forthis crime, Jenny was a friend of mine." The song has no resolution of the crimeand it is never clarified if the boy was guilty.
It is a part of The Killers' alleged "Murder Trilogy", three songs detailing the
murder of a girl named Jenny.
No. 8 - I Feel Pretty/ Unpretty ; Glee Cast Recording
I wish I could tie you up in my shoes
Make you feel unpretty too
I was told I was beautiful
But what does that mean to you
Look into the mirror who's inside there
The one with the long hair
Same old me again today
My outsides are cool
My insides are blue
Everytime I think I'm through
It's because of you
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I've tried different ways
But it's all the same
At the end of the day
I have myself to blame
I'm just trippin'
You can buy your hair if it won't grow
You can fix your nose if he says so
You can buy all the make-up that M.A.C. can make
But if you can't look inside you
Find out who am I to
Be in a position to make me feel so damn unpretty
I feel pretty
Oh so pretty
I feel pretty and witty and bright
Never insecure until I met you
Now I'm being stupid
I used to be so acute to me
Just a little bit skinny
Why do I look to all these things
To keep you happy
Maybe get rid of you
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And then I'll get back to me (hey)
My outsides look cool
My insides are blue
Everytime I think I'm through
It's because of you
I've tried different ways
But it's all the same
At the end of the day
I have myself to blame
Keep on trippin'
You can buy your hair if it won't grow
You can fix your nose if he says so
You can buy all the make-up that M.A.C. can make
But if you can't look inside you
Find out who am I to
Be in a position to make me feel so damn unpretty
I feel pretty
Oh so pretty
I feel pretty and witty and bright
And I pity
Any girl who isn't me tonight
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Oh oh oh oh oh (Tonight)
Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh (Tonight)
Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh (Tonight)
Oh oh oh oh oh
I feel pretty (You can buy your hair if it won't grow)
Oh so pretty (You can fix your nose if he says so)
I feel pretty and witty and bright (You can buy all the make-up that M.A.C. can
make)
But if you can't look inside you
Find out who am I to
Be in a position to make me feel so damn unpretty
I feel pretty
But unpretty
Analysis: Basically Insecurity about Oneself thanksto the viewers boy / friend i think.
No. 10 - Will I ; Rent
Will I lose my dignity?
Will someone care?
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Will I wake tomorrow
From this nightmare?
Will I lose my dignity?
Will someone care?
Will I wake tomorrow
From this nightmare?
Will I lose my dignity?
Will someone care?
Will I wake tomorrow
From this nightmare?
Will I lose my dignity?
Will someone care?
Will I wake tomorrow
From this nightmare?
Analysis:This song is so deep, even with its simplicity, because it reflects on the
thoughts that run through the minds of people who have to live with the stigma of being
different, or (especially) sick. The song is actually based off of something that Jonathan Larson
heard at an AIDS meeting that he went to with his best friend cause his best friend has AIDS. A
guy stood up and said, "I'm not afraid to die, and I'm not afraid to leave everyone behind, but I
am afraid of losing my dignity." And he turned it into this beautiful song. According to some
hardcore Rent fans.
PARTE FINALE: It Gets Better
No.1 - Light (From Next to Normal) ; Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey
Natalie:
We need some light.
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First of all, we need some light.
You can't sit here in the dark.
And all alone, it's a sorry sight.
It's just you and me.
We'll live, you'll see.
Dan:
Night after night,
We'd sit and wait for the morning light.
But we've waited far too long,
For all that's wrong to be made right.
Diana:
Day after day,
Wishing all our cares away.
Trying to fight the things we feel,
But some hurts never heal.
Some ghost are never gone,
But we go on,
We still go on.
And you find some way to survive
And you find out you don't have to be happy at all,
To be happy you're alive.
Natalie:
Day after day,Give me clouds, and rain and gray.
Give me pain, if that's what's real.
Henry and Natalie:
It's the price we pay to feel.
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Dan and Natalie:
There will be light.
Diana:
(There will be light.
There will be light.)
All:
There will be light.
When we open up our light.
Sons and daughters, husbands, wives.Can fight that fight.
There will be light.
There will be light.
There will be light.
There will be light.
Analysis: Next to Normal is a rock musical with book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey and music by
Tom Kitt. Its story concerns a mother who struggles with worsening bipolar disorder and the effect
that her illness and the attempts to alleviate it have on her family. The musical also addresses such
issues as grieving a loss, suicide , drug abuse, ethics in modern psychiatry , and the underbelly of
suburban life. This song is, in my opinion regarding to the mothers bipolar disorder as there are
constant reference to the dark or night and the repeated there will be light which may tell us about
the diametrically opposite feelings the mother is feeling.
No. 2 - Epilogue (From Les Miserables) ; Alain Boublil andClaude-Michel Schonberg
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