Friday, March 28, 2014

A good song to enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRfuAukYTK On this post I want to show you a musical video. This video is important for me, I really like this song because for me represent that we can’t fall with the destructive comments of other people said you.
The message is from David Guetta and Sia ( she is who sing this song) their focus are the audio and the song intonation for attract atttention to listen this song. The people that understand english or like type of music that they direct their music. The message that they try to give us, in my opinio, in spite of we have to be showerproof with the comments or incident that can injure in the moment insomuch as if we let them to affect us, we’ll let they beat us and maybe provoke a big problema with the love for yourself. I said that this is created the people will be more strong.
I can say “I like this song” because at the momento I hear her I feel more strong, nothing bad can happens to me, nothing can damage to me and if I am different is nothing bad.
The rhythm and intonation make wake up us and make put attention on the letter of this song and give wanting dance to us.
The life is really hard but we always must pass difficulty and we not be intimated by the other people, for more to be criticized.
I think this song is very good, good message counter the discrimination and good video. I have to add I like this rhythm and David guetta. In my personal opinion I recommend you listen it and understand this song, if you are passing for a bad moment which you feel vulnerable, you must be strong and fight for your ideals.

Who has not felt last take, wanting leave all dispose of and go out?

THE GENDER WAR




... Now you must be thinking I should get a zero because of the video I'm posting, but you don't have to pay too much attention to this video to realize the message that is sending, actually it's very explicit, but I recommend you to turn off the audio if you don't like the song, because the important thing is in the images.

We've been talking about stereotypes for a while and I believe, in this video, what Jennifer Lopez is trying to do is to break the differences between men and women, to stop this "macho men" thing that is getting really old for the XXI century, and she's doing it in a very particular way, more like a fun way to make people watch this video and not feel insulted by it.


What we see here is a grown woman showing that women can take a man and put him on camera as a sex object too. Men have been doing that since forever. Formerly, they used to objectify the female gender just for their own desires, took them as nothing but a physical thing and they never cared if women were ok with that (women, obviously, weren't). But nowadays, society has evolved and most of the countries have more respect for the woman and what we see in music videos is just a strategy to sell records, so it is assumed that we shouldn't feel insulted anymore, besides, the girls in those videos are in them because they want to. So, if this is true... Why are women still feeling insulted by men? Easy, although they respect us, there's a little detail: the stereotype of the perfect woman, the one that "deserves" to be shown, to be loved, to be wanted is a tall, blonde, skinny, good dancer, etc. woman and not every girl is like that.


So, Jennifer Lopez also wanted them to know that women can have a stereotype of the perfect man: a workout man, with beach body, etc. and to make sure they understand this, she put a bunch of guys wearing swimsuit (that looks more like underwear) showing us all their "charm".


Personally, I believe that this video is the perfect combination of a hidden protest against the objectification of the woman by doing the same thing that men often do to us, keeping it cool and fun, if you take it with humor nobody gets hurt and, taking advantage of the situation, this is also a little gift for women who can enjoy this really interesting video.


You may draw your own conclusions...

When will you realize, Vienna waits for you?






Vienna is a song written in 1977, by Billy Joel for his album "The Stranger" -one of my favourite records, by the way- and was released as the B-side of the EP "She's always a woman" single.

When I was an adolescent (some people say that the adolescence lasts until the 25, but I don't feel that way anymore), I used to get this negative moods all the time. I felt depressed, sleepy, out of strength. I wasn't sure about what I wanted to do with my life. Also I got reckless, because I felt with no motivation, even if I had too many pasions and ambitions.I just felt that I wasn't in the right rail, for making my dreams true.

And that is what this song is about, basically, about the fears and doubts of a young kid. Joel gives like sort of advices for people that feel that way. This gonna be sound a little bit cliché, maybe, but the first time I've heard it I was alone, in a coffee shop, getting some tea before going to college, and hearing the phrase "YOU CAN GET WHAT YOU WANT OR YOU CAN JUST GET OLD" made such a big sense to me, it was like a signal from, I don't know, I'm not very religious, but someone with power or maybe something. The fact is that I was at this uncertain time of my life, and this song was like a interpellation for me. It gave to me the motivation for keep doing things, think about the future with hope and believe in my habilities and the things I can do for making myself happy.

We are young, people with a lot oportunities to come, but sometimes we forget that we're living in the time on most of all the decisions that will change our lives will get done. So raise up the bar, don't think that what you're are dreaming is sorta out of your posibilities. Make efforts, make it real.




Thursday, March 27, 2014

Heal the World - Michael Jackson

The song "Heal the World" is the sixth single from the Dangerous album by Michael Jackson. He himself said he wrote this song in a tree in his Neverland Ranch, in addition to being considered one of the most successful songs of his career.Heal the World
Was inspired by the song name to create the Heal the World Foundation in 1992, a foundation of  aid homeless children. This is a charity which Jackson sent 46 tons of humanitarian aid to Sarajevo, performed multiple campaigns against drug and alcohol abuse, and donated millions of dollars for children in poverty or ill, including full payment of liver transplant.
During the video you can see several pictures of sick children in extreme poverty, people in the war while there are children playing and people of different races and cultures. Many children and adolescents are also seen running together, and with candles in hand somehow symbolizing peace and tolerance. ending the video you  see a hand holding the world symbolizing the union.
I think the lyrics of the song leaves a clear message, which is in favor of the unity of the people regardless of race, sex or culture, in an attempt to get a better and fairer world, where there is no fear, pain, and as the song says "together we cry happy tears" to heal the planet, which every day is changing and not necessarily for the better, that is why with the help of all and the infinite love that each one has can make the world shine, because if everyone puts a bit, you can achieve a great change can be significant.
I think the lyrics of the song leaves a clear message, which is in favor of the unity of the people regardless of race, sex or culture, in an attempt to get a better and fairer world, where there is no fear, pain, and as the song says "together we will cry happy tears" to heal the planet, which every day is changing and not necessarily for the better, that is why with the help of all and the infinite love that each one has can make the world shine, because if everyone puts a bit, you can achieve a great change that can be significant.

This song definitely sends us a very important message, and we have to realize we are doing things that are really hurting many people, especially children and help each other, because we are all brothers and sisters on this great planet called Earth.

Michael Jackson - They don't care about us.




About The Song
"They Don't Care About Us" is the fourth single from Michael Jackson's album HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I, released on March 31, 1996. The song remains one of the most controversial pieces Jackson ever composed. In the US, media scrutiny surrounding antisemitic lyrics were the catalyst for Jackson issuing multiple apologies and re-recording the song with altered lyrics. The singer countered allegations of antisemitism, arguing that reviews had misinterpreted the context of the song, either unintentionally or deliberately.

Jackson says:
The idea that these lyrics could be deemed objectionable is extremely hurtful to me, and misleading. The song in fact is about the pain of prejudice and hate and is a way to draw attention to social and political problems. I am the voice of the accused and the attacked. I am the voice of everyone. I am the skinhead, I am the Jew, I am the black man, I am the white man. I am not the one who was attacking. It is about the injustices to young people and how the system can wrongfully accuse them. I am angry and outraged that I could be so misinterpreted.

My opinion.
In my opinion the song is a great piece of music, the critiques about of the discrimination and the political themes are so strong , the message  of jackson is  very clear, it's walk in the shoes  of others, no more discrimination for the people.
 The song talk about  religion,  race, ethnicity.
I think the people interpreted the message in diferent  forms, but  the  message  is always the same, also the people can see other  things  like, "no the song is a mess and don´t  I agree with that." I dont  know,  but I think the people   agree with the song  in a hundred  percent, because   the theme it´s  so powerful  and   realist  in the  actuality.
the lyrics is so controversial, the vídeo is perfect to me, because show part of favelas in  brazil it's a place very diminished.  The population is vulnerable and  few resources.

The best part  of song to me is.
Tell me what has become of my rights
Am I invisible 'cause you ignore me?
Your proclamation promised me free liberty, now.
I'm tired of bein' the victim of shame
They're throwin' me in a class with a bad name
I can't believe this is the land from which I came
You know I really do hate to say it
The government don't wanna see

But it Roosevelt was livin', he wouldn't let this be, no no.

Moby - Natural Blues - "It does not matter wherever you come from..."







It does not matter wherever you come from...

This song, written by the American musician Moby, is
one of the music videos and songs that I like the most; it is part of his
studio album called PLAY, in 1999. There is another video about this song, but,
I like the way this one was animated and directed by Susi Wilkinson, Hotessa Laurence, and Filipe Alçada.

When we are immersing in a world like we are, we tend
to think about certain things that are not important, but, what about thinking
about culture? As we see in the video, some cultures are joining there, not
explicit but if you try to see beyond your eyes, you can notice those are
there. Black people, disabled people, aliens, animals and musicians appear in
the video all together, all creating a clear atmosphere, where they are all the
same, they are equals in a way.

While you are listening to the lyric you may close
your eyes and you can start imagining what kind of things your mind is
creating, a lot of pictures about culture, about people, about nationalities,
about ethnics that are not explicit but you can infer.



It does not matter whether you are white, black, or yellow,
you are a person, and you have feelings and sensations, and despite of being
racist we can start opening our minds to new thoughts, to new arguments to say,
to new points of view, to a new era where we are human beings with soul and
heart and not only a piece of body. 

To all the world




first of all , this song don't gives me great emotions, or brings me back memories ,the music video don't catches my attention because is pretty simple and minimalist , it doesn't have too many colors and is quite dark , but I like its content, this song is about the farewell letter from a man ,NOT A SUICIDE LETTER , it's only his last words before dying and his memories which are directed to their loved ones. The video was directed by Max Norman and Dave Mustaine ( the singer and the lead of the band ) and was recorded and released in 1995 . In the beginning of the video it shows a tombstone with a name on it , also shows images of a child and an old man , which refers to the passage of the life of man , and finally shows  the man in front of his grave, all these are scenes that refers to one thing , death. What I like of this song is the beautiful way that the man remember his life and tries to calm their loved ones and do not suffer with his departure, and only remember him with a smile on their face.The message of the song is more than clear and don't have great metaphors , but I think that makes it more attractive to me in some way. The only thing that this song causes me , is the desire to be played at my funeral , because it will be beautiful that the people  could understand this beautiful message and understand that the memories will always remain in the memories of each.
Now I'd like to put the verse in french of this song.

A tout le monde (To all the world)
A tout mes amis (To all my friends)
Je vous aime (I love you)
Je dois partir (I must leave)

And to finish this, let me ask you one simple question. Have you ever thought which would be your finals words?

Linkin Park - What I've Done (Official Music Video)



In this music video performed by Linkin Park and created by Joe Hahn,we can see the irony of humanity and all the consequences of our actions on the human being itsef, and also in the environment.
The video starts showing an eagle flying in the sky over the desert,which  for me represents the identity of United States of America that is show in the whole video. Additionally we can notice some elements of the American culture represented as "sins" in the video, such as, the image of a starving African woman that is rapidly followed by the deadly sin,Glottony, that is represented by an overweight man eating a enormous and grotesque sandwich.

Also in the video we can notice that important characters are shown,for instance,Hitler,Mussonlini,Robert Kennedy,Buddha,Gandhi,etc.This elements calls my attention because I was able to discover what was the intention of the band; to contrast elements. Some of the characters were heartless and rude,and others merciful and kind.In this sense we have many conflicting elements.


In the lyrics of the song we can hear the chorus "What I've done" showing regret for all the horrible moments in the human history which correspond to different pictures showed,for example the explostion of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima and Nagasaki that is one of the biggest genocides in the human history and The Ku Klux Clan that fought by white supremacy and whom killed thousands of Afroamerican people who were fighting for their civil rights. In my point of view this video show us how contradictory life can be,we ask for forgiveness ,but we are still making the same mistakes and forgetting what we have done.We always remain in the same circle,not paying attention in the wrong things that we do everyday and doing nothing to change some important issues,such as famine,genocide,war,consumerism,civil rights and topics related to the destruction of the environment.


 Have you ever asked yourself: What I  have done?