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MusicIThinkAboutInClass 9 - 23 Apr 2010 - Main.MatthewZorn
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-- JessicaCohen - 19 Feb 2010
Maybe because of Eben's use of music-as-inspiration, I often find that other songs pop into my head in class. This week it was two Kinks songs, in particular. I used to listen to the Kinks a lot in high school and in some ways feel that I was my most self-reflective and pensive as a 16 year old. Here's they are: | | |
-- JoshuaHochman - 20 Apr 2010 | |
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FACADE:
There's a face that we wear
In the cold light of day -
It's society's mask,
It's society's way,
And the truth is
That it's all a facade!
There's a face that we hide
Till the nighttime appears,
And what's hiding inside,
Behind all of our fears,
Is our true self,
Locked inside the facade!
Every day
People, in their own sweet way,
Like to add a coat of paint,
And be what they ain't!
That's how our little -
Game is played,
Livin' like a masquerade
Actin' a bizarre charade -
While playing the saint!
But there's one thing I know,
And I know it for sure:
This disease that we've got
Has got no ready cure!
And I'm certain
Life is terribly hard -
When your life's a facade!
Look around you!
I have found
You cannot tell, by lookin' at the surface,
What is lurkin' there beneath it!
See that face!
Now, I'm prepared to bet you,
What you see's not what you get -
'Cause man's a master of deceit !
So, what is the sinister secret?
The lie he will tell you is true? -
It's that each man you meet
In the street
Isn't one man but two!
Nearly everyone you see -
Like him an' her,
An' you, an' me -
Pretends to be
A pillar of society -
A model for propriety -
Sobriety
An' piety -
Who shudders at the thought
Of notoriety!
The ladies an' gents 'ere before you -
Which none of 'em ever admits -
May 'ave saintly looks -
But they're sinners an' crooks!
Hypocrites!
Hypocrites!
There are preachers who kill!
There are killers who preach!
There are teachers who lie!
There are liars who teach!
Take yer pick, dear -
"Cause it's all a facade!
If we're not one, but two,
Are we evil or good?
Do we walk the fine line -
That we'd cross if we could?
Are we waiting -
To break through the facade?
One or two
Might look kinda well-to-do -
Hah! They're bad as me an' you,
Right down they're boots!
I'm inclined to think -
Half mankind
Thinks the other half is blind!
Wouldn't be surprise to find -
They're all in cahoots!
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> | Eben's rhetoric (class warfare) + today's class (split personalities) + especially today's EIP thingy reminds me of a song called Facade from a musical I acted in while in high school, Jekyll and Hyde. I feel it sums up many aspects of this course nicely. I originally had the lyrics here, but they are too long to keep them all here: | | | At the end of the day,
They don't mean what they say,
They don't say what they mean,
They don't ever come clean -
And the answer -
Is it's all a facade!
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Man is not one, but two,
He is evil and good,
An' he walks the fine line
We'd all cross if we could!
It's a nightmare
We can never discard
So we stay on our guard
Though we love the facade
What's behind the facade?
Look behind the facade!
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> | Also, one more song that pretty much sums up how I felt about Veblen: Pussy and Money -- the Dictators. | | | \ No newline at end of file |
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MusicIThinkAboutInClass 8 - 23 Apr 2010 - Main.MatthewZorn
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-- JessicaCohen - 19 Feb 2010
Maybe because of Eben's use of music-as-inspiration, I often find that other songs pop into my head in class. This week it was two Kinks songs, in particular. I used to listen to the Kinks a lot in high school and in some ways feel that I was my most self-reflective and pensive as a 16 year old. Here's they are: | | |
Don't Waste Time Doing Things You Hate
-- JoshuaHochman - 20 Apr 2010 | |
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> | Eben's rhetoric (class warfare) + today's class (split personalities) + especially today's EIP thingy reminds me of a song called Facade from a musical I acted in while in high school, Jekyll and Hyde (no, I don't listen to show tunes generally speaking). I feel it sums up many aspects of this course nicely.
FACADE:
There's a face that we wear
In the cold light of day -
It's society's mask,
It's society's way,
And the truth is
That it's all a facade!
There's a face that we hide
Till the nighttime appears,
And what's hiding inside,
Behind all of our fears,
Is our true self,
Locked inside the facade!
Every day
People, in their own sweet way,
Like to add a coat of paint,
And be what they ain't!
That's how our little -
Game is played,
Livin' like a masquerade
Actin' a bizarre charade -
While playing the saint!
But there's one thing I know,
And I know it for sure:
This disease that we've got
Has got no ready cure!
And I'm certain
Life is terribly hard -
When your life's a facade!
Look around you!
I have found
You cannot tell, by lookin' at the surface,
What is lurkin' there beneath it!
See that face!
Now, I'm prepared to bet you,
What you see's not what you get -
'Cause man's a master of deceit !
So, what is the sinister secret?
The lie he will tell you is true? -
It's that each man you meet
In the street
Isn't one man but two!
Nearly everyone you see -
Like him an' her,
An' you, an' me -
Pretends to be
A pillar of society -
A model for propriety -
Sobriety
An' piety -
Who shudders at the thought
Of notoriety!
The ladies an' gents 'ere before you -
Which none of 'em ever admits -
May 'ave saintly looks -
But they're sinners an' crooks!
Hypocrites!
Hypocrites!
There are preachers who kill!
There are killers who preach!
There are teachers who lie!
There are liars who teach!
Take yer pick, dear -
"Cause it's all a facade!
If we're not one, but two,
Are we evil or good?
Do we walk the fine line -
That we'd cross if we could?
Are we waiting -
To break through the facade?
One or two
Might look kinda well-to-do -
Hah! They're bad as me an' you,
Right down they're boots!
I'm inclined to think -
Half mankind
Thinks the other half is blind!
Wouldn't be surprise to find -
They're all in cahoots!
At the end of the day,
They don't mean what they say,
They don't say what they mean,
They don't ever come clean -
And the answer -
Is it's all a facade!
Is it's all a facade!
Man is not one, but two,
He is evil and good,
An' he walks the fine line
We'd all cross if we could!
It's a nightmare
We can never discard
So we stay on our guard
Though we love the facade
What's behind the facade?
Look behind the facade!
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MusicIThinkAboutInClass 7 - 20 Apr 2010 - Main.JoshuaHochman
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-- JessicaCohen - 19 Feb 2010
Maybe because of Eben's use of music-as-inspiration, I often find that other songs pop into my head in class. This week it was two Kinks songs, in particular. I used to listen to the Kinks a lot in high school and in some ways feel that I was my most self-reflective and pensive as a 16 year old. Here's they are: | | | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdc1w8ypfVE
-- DanKarmel - 20 Apr 2010
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> | When I'm swamped with work, my playlists are usually filled with post-rock and movie scores- anything epic to get me through the outlining. One of my favorite albums from last year was released by an Irish instrumental rock group, called And So I Watch You From Afar. Usually mis-labeled as a post-rock (just because they don't have a singer), the songs are actually much more up-tempo, integrating many elements from other genres. Obviously, I have no lyrics to quote that relate to our class, but two song titles seem to fit:
A Little Solidarity Goes a Long Way (this one's actually my favorite from the album...)
Don't Waste Time Doing Things You Hate
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MusicIThinkAboutInClass 6 - 20 Apr 2010 - Main.DanKarmel
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-- JessicaCohen - 19 Feb 2010
Maybe because of Eben's use of music-as-inspiration, I often find that other songs pop into my head in class. This week it was two Kinks songs, in particular. I used to listen to the Kinks a lot in high school and in some ways feel that I was my most self-reflective and pensive as a 16 year old. Here's they are: | | | comes with a bizarre accompanying video. don't mind that.
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> | The Black Keys - So He Won't Break. Makes me think about our Joe Stack discussion.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdc1w8ypfVE
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MusicIThinkAboutInClass 5 - 17 Apr 2010 - Main.JessicaCohen
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-- JessicaCohen - 19 Feb 2010
Maybe because of Eben's use of music-as-inspiration, I often find that other songs pop into my head in class. This week it was two Kinks songs, in particular. I used to listen to the Kinks a lot in high school and in some ways feel that I was my most self-reflective and pensive as a 16 year old. Here's they are: | | | I don't know if anyone else has had this happen or if any other songs capture how the class makes you feel. But it would be really cool for other people to post links on this page. I (for one) would find it interesting to see what other songs make our heads spin... | |
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"In Anticipation of Your Suicide" - Bedroom Walls | | | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBnXfjamOAE&feature=related
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> | This song reminds me of Eben's constant reminder to us that it's ok that we're all a mix of selves and confused by our complexity at this point in our lives.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGKRSAwrkXo
I myself have found a real rival in myself/
I am hoping for a re-arrival of my health
-- JessicaCohen - 17 Apr 2010
Also. I might as well share my favorite song with whomever is reading this. It's kind of personal to me - that feeling of protectiveness we get about our favorite books - but considering it's been stuck in my head on and off for 6 years - and relates to the Mitochondrial eve business...here it is:
A dreaded sunny day
So I meet you at the cemetry gates
Keats and Yeats are on your side
A dreaded sunny day
So I meet you at the cemetry gates
Keats and Yeats are on your side
While Wilde is on mine
So we go inside and we gravely read the stones
All those people, all those lives
Where are they now ?
With loves, and hates
And passions just like mine
They were born
And then they lived
And then they died
It seems so unfair
I want to cry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbBdWNqxkR0
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MusicIThinkAboutInClass 4 - 17 Apr 2010 - Main.NonaFarahnik
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Maybe because of Eben's use of music-as-inspiration, I often find that other songs pop into my head in class. This week it was two Kinks songs, in particular. I used to listen to the Kinks a lot in high school and in some ways feel that I was my most self-reflective and pensive as a 16 year old. Here's they are: |
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MusicIThinkAboutInClass 3 - 01 Mar 2010 - Main.DanKarmel
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| | -- JessicaCohen - 19 Feb 2010
Maybe because of Eben's use of music-as-inspiration, I often find that other songs pop into my head in class. This week it was two Kinks songs, in particular. I used to listen to the Kinks a lot in high school and in some ways feel that I was my most self-reflective and pensive as a 16 year old. Here's they are: | | | I know there are many songs about suicide, but this one doesn't follow the familiar thematic route of sad story sympathy. It is much more detached than sympathetic. This is how I felt reading Stack's letter.
-- JoshuaHochman - 01 Mar 2010 | |
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> | This isn't a connection to the material we've covered, but it's a great song that reminds me of some of the music we've heard in class:
Billie Holiday - I Hear Music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBnXfjamOAE&feature=related
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MusicIThinkAboutInClass 2 - 01 Mar 2010 - Main.JoshuaHochman
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Maybe because of Eben's use of music-as-inspiration, I often find that other songs pop into my head in class. This week it was two Kinks songs, in particular. I used to listen to the Kinks a lot in high school and in some ways feel that I was my most self-reflective and pensive as a 16 year old. Here's they are: | | | Village Green Preservation Society is one of my favorite songs. It's pretty obvious from the lyrics what it's about, and some of its message rings true for our class. This Time Tomorrow came into my head when I felt wholly lost about my future but still hopeful.
I don't know if anyone else has had this happen or if any other songs capture how the class makes you feel. But it would be really cool for other people to post links on this page. I (for one) would find it interesting to see what other songs make our heads spin... | |
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It's not much of a stretch, but from Thursday:
"In Anticipation of Your Suicide" - Bedroom Walls
link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6PgKomlLDc
The song is short, so i can reproduce the lyrics here:
Your heart is always almost beating,
along with windy, frozen tunes
But you say you've laughed enough,
your closet's stuffed with last year's blues
But you know, by summertime
your suicide's just last year's news
What will we find inside of your room?
Notes in the margins, records always spinning clues,
you know you want us all to know
your little soul grew old too soon
And surprises lost their thrill,
the cut and pills and the Marquee Moon
I know there are many songs about suicide, but this one doesn't follow the familiar thematic route of sad story sympathy. It is much more detached than sympathetic. This is how I felt reading Stack's letter.
-- JoshuaHochman - 01 Mar 2010 |
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MusicIThinkAboutInClass 1 - 19 Feb 2010 - Main.JessicaCohen
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-- JessicaCohen - 19 Feb 2010
Maybe because of Eben's use of music-as-inspiration, I often find that other songs pop into my head in class. This week it was two Kinks songs, in particular. I used to listen to the Kinks a lot in high school and in some ways feel that I was my most self-reflective and pensive as a 16 year old. Here's they are:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL9tyzE83nc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONd4qSs5B5k
Village Green Preservation Society is one of my favorite songs. It's pretty obvious from the lyrics what it's about, and some of its message rings true for our class. This Time Tomorrow came into my head when I felt wholly lost about my future but still hopeful.
I don't know if anyone else has had this happen or if any other songs capture how the class makes you feel. But it would be really cool for other people to post links on this page. I (for one) would find it interesting to see what other songs make our heads spin... |
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