Aim #1- Pleasure
The Afters, "Beautiful Love", Alternative, 2009
Enrique Inglesias, "Tonight" , Pop, 2010 [Song Posted]
Dido, "Sand In My Shoes", Pop, 2009
Cobra Starship, "Good Girls Go Bad", Pop, 2009
Taio Cruz, "Dynamite", Pop, 2010
Aim 3- Community Service
Eminem, "Beautiful", Rap, 2009
Paramore, "Hallelujah", Alternative, 2007
Plumb, "Hang On", Pop, 2009 [Song Posted]
Civl Twilight, "Human", Alternative, 2009
Paramore, "I Caught Myself", Alternative, 2009
For this assignment I tried to find songs from as many different genres as I could to see if specific factors were more common in a specific genre of music. I mostly listen to rock/alternative so maybe that is why most of my results are in a rock category. But hey I tried. I found that there were more songs that could correspond with the pleasure aim versus the community service aim. When I think of community service as a Hindu aim I look at is as someone helping others and thinking that they should work for a greater purpose because they know that their religion says that they should. So I found very few songs (that would be considered pop culture) that talked about going through acts of community service because their religion pushes it (unless you look at Christian singers or bands but even then it was very limited). I think it is so much easier to talk about pleasures is because it relates to everyone whereas the community service aim is usually only applied to those that follow some sort of religion or ideology that places importance on the community service factor. What surprised me the most was how difficult it was to find a song that would somewhat justify to fit in the community service claim. Makes me wonder how much of music has religious inspiration. The Hindu aims are slightly different from American Pop Culture music in the sense that American Music is focused much more on the pleasures of life rather than the religious satisfactions that one receives.
It is interesting that you mention that songs with a community service message have a religious affiliation. However, those songs seem to emphasize doing good deeds from others because that it what a higher power expects from. In my opinion, the Hindu aim of community service is not to appease a god or someone but rather to achieve good karma which is an impersonal law without a central figure. What are you thoughts on that?
ReplyDeletethe way that i saw community service is wanting to help people knowing that your religion says that you should. i see what you are saying but isnt karma an aspect of the religion?
ReplyDeleteI don't totally agree that community service takes place because a religion pushes and tells one to do so. Community service to me is and has always been the choice of a caring individual, someone who wants to help out. Granted there definitely are religious groups and organizations that promote community service, but I feel that it is only a small percentage of the groups the help out across the world.
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