Musicians sing, or play music to show emotions and to tell a story. If you listen to lyrics there is always a relation not always to yourself but to someone you may know. This is the way for musicians to express feelings, emotions, and to tell a story. Listeners usually make a memory, and/or recall a memory. I know personally some songs I listen to I can relate to. Also depending on the tempo and rhyme of the song can reflect on people. But I believe every song has a story to tell. (Nicole Butzke, Post 4)
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Story to Tell
Music always has a story to tell. If music did not have a story or a point behind the song, it would be pointless. Sonny learned this in the story, "Sonny's Blues". In the story it is believed that musicians are "good-time people." You see it today, every musician does there own thing. They show the society what they think is a good time. The sad part is today many people follow that, even not the smartest decisions.
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This is an interesting response to "Sonny's Blues," but I would have liked to have seen you discuss the story itself in greater depth. You state that the purpose of music is to tell a story. If this is the case, then what story did Sonny want to tell? Or, what stories do blues musicians in general tend to tell? What story did he tell his brother in the bar at the end of this story? Why was this story/song significant in relation to the story as a whole?
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