Poem or Song? Part II

I decided to do a part II of one of the posts I had done some on, but only listed as a part I (because I wanted to do more on the subject).  To me, there is never a bad time to examine the poetic aspects in music.  Like poets, many musicians use the lyrics in their music as a sort of autobiography.

Modern Times

Youtube has a very nice selection of very good movies that can be watched off of it for free.  So I was looking for a specific scene from a Charlie Chaplin movie that is famous (from the movie City Lights) and saw in related videos something that said "Modern Times Part 1", so I was naturally curious.  Turns out they have the whole movie of Modern Times and I decided to watch it since I had never watched it all the way through.

Omar Little: An Introduction to The Wire

This post is a shout out to my favorite character in maybe my favorite TV show, that show being The Wire.  This is the first post I have made referencing it, but it certainly won't be the last.  I would rather focus on movies than TV shows because as an art form combining writing, cinematography, and storytelling I think they are a far superior medium.  TV shows have to end after either ~20 or ~40 minutes, however movies can be over 2 hours.  Shows allow for more character development over time, but as a medium, movies compare more favorably to other art forms as "true art", however The Wire breaks a lot of the rules.

Once more with feeling! (pt 1)

There are a lot of great technical singers out there, but that isn't what makes someone great.  Some of the best musical performances are not done with precision but with pure, raw emotion.  There are some music purists that say "oh, emotional music, that's just emo".  Well, they're wrong because playing with emotion has been a part of modern music for decades and some of the greatest artists and singers in history have gone on pure emotion.