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This pop culture topic is about the music. During studying this topic, I was very interested and expected about the music. At first, I read about the “I hate world music” by David Byrne. He claimed that western pop music is like the fast foods because he thought that western pop music is only for the business these days. There are a lot of music that is various and creative in the world. The music should come to understanding the each other so it can lead to develop the each nation’s music. Also, I learned the history of the music through “Same Old Song” by Lorraine Ali. She talked about the today’s music. She thinks that today’s music is vacuous. The today’s music is the results about accumulating the shock moment. The music targeted the kids to collapse their boundaries, after generation to generation, the expression level increased gradually to get attention. Thus, people accepted the music that expressed about sex and violence without the rejection.
Moreover, I prepared two presentations about the genre and the song that I choose. I studied about the Glam Rock. I liked the rock genre, so it was very good for me to study this genre. I learned the process of the developing rock genre through this chance and could find the singer who influences the Glam, Punk, and Grunge Rock. He was a David Bowie. I was very impressed about him because he faced the rock’s basic concept: resistance. It leaded the rock’s development. Second presentation was about the song analysis. I chose the Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen, for I had an episode about this song. When I was kid, I watched the music video of this song. It was very scary for me to watch the music video. And then I did not like the Bohemian Rhapsody at that time. When I listened to this song again, I wanted to prepare this song. The most interesting in this song is the composition. This song mixed genre with ballad, hard rock, and opera. I was surprised that this song showed in 1970s.
Also, I watched the music videos Madonna and Lady GaGa. What I surprised about the Madonna was that she has made new concept each her new albums. She never selects the concept that she was already done again. Lady GaGa’s music video was fun to me even though this music video was obscene. The reason that I did not feel obscene the Lady GaGa’s video well is that the music video was very colorful and showed retro style.
In addition, I learned the history of the Hip-Hop. The Hip-Hop came from Jamaica that offered rhythm and Africa that provided the oral tradition that developed the rap. Hip-Hop was developed Bronx New York in 1970s. It mixed reggae, disco, and emceeing that expressed rhymes. The Hip-Hop is not the simply music genre, but it is the culture that has black people’s soul and legacy. For this reason, they have expressed their opinion about from their own life story to political opinion.
Finally, I liked National Public Radio because I could not have some information about the pop music these days. Through the NPR, I can listen to the music that I want and get the new songs in the NPR. It will be helpful for me to find the songs. This is my bumper sticker: My friend the Music.

Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen