MUSC 1020 popular music in America

  I decided to listen to Graceland by Paul Sim on. I’ve never heard of this song before, and my first impression is that it’s a pretty chill easy going song. I feel like it could have been a min ute shorter . It was pretty repetitive for a four and a half minute long song. It takes about 40 seconds in the song to get to the lyrics which I feel like is unnecessary. I would usually say that long intros are cool and add to the song, but I don’t feel like it added anything to this song. The lyrics also end about 20 seconds before the song officially ends which is a little weird and I don’t see that often.   I think the lyrics are the best part of the song. They flow well with the music, it’s just that the music is a little boring. I’m assuming the lyrics are about an ex-wife or something, and I like songs that tell a story which gives the song more points on my scale. My favorite lyric was  when he sings, “And I see losing love is like a window in your heart”. Thi...

  I chose “Psycho Killer” by the Talking Heads. I feel like I’ve heard of the band, but I don’t really know who they are. The music is really cool in this song, and I feel like it goes well with the lyrics. The song was overall a lot of energy and sometimes crazy. I thought it was interesting how they changed languages throughout the song. I don’t know what the language was though. The beginning is cool, and I like how it doesn’t just start right off with singing. My favorite part is when sing, “Fa, fa, fa,… .” and “Run, run, run,… " . I think the re petition a dds depth and makes the song more interesting. My least favorite part is probably when they change languages because I don’t know that they are saying. The language change adds to the fact that it’s a psycho person and that they are weird. If I’m being completely honest, I don’t really know what the song is about entirely , but I think that’s the point of the song. This song probably wouldn’t be on my top lists of...