Sunday, June 8, 2008

Song!

Sorry I'm Late...but my song is Breaking Free from High School Musical...by Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens!

Youtube Video:http://youtube.com/watch?v=tvkh29RKFRY

Lyrics:

Troy: We’re soarin’, flyin’There’s not a star in heaven That we can’t reach
Gabriella:If we’re trying So we’re breaking free
Troy: You know the world can see us In a way that’s different than who we are
Gabriella: Creating space between us‘Til we’re separate heartsBoth: But your faith it gives me strengthStrength to believe
Chorus #1
Troy: We’re breakin’ free
Gabriella: We’re soarin’
Troy: Flyin’ Both: There’s not a star in heaven That we can’t reach
Troy: If we’re trying Both: Yeah, we’re breaking free
Troy: Oh, we’re breakin’ free
Gabriella: Ohhhh
Troy: Can you feel it buildingLike a wave the ocean just can’t control
Gabriella: Connected by a feelingOhhh, in our very souls
Both: Rising ‘til it lifts us upSo every one can see
Chorus #2
Troy: We’re breakin’ free
Gabriella: We’re soarin’
Troy: Flyin’ Both: There’s not a star in heavenThat we can’t reach
Troy: If we’re trying Yeah we’re breaking free
Gabriella: Ohhhh runnin’
Troy: Climbin’To get to that place
Both: To be all that we can be
Troy: Now’s the timeBoth: So we’re breaking free
Troy: We’re breaking free
Gabriella: Ohhh , yeah
Troy: More than hopeMore than faith
Gabriella: This is trueThis is fate And together
Both: We see it comin’
Troy: More than you More than me
Gabriella: Not a want, but a needBoth: Both of us breakin’ free
Chorus #3
Gabriella: Soarin’
Troy: Flyin’
Both: There’s not a star in heaven That we can’t reach If we’re trying
Troy: Yeah we’re breaking free
Gabriella: Breaking freeWere runnin’
Troy: Ohhhh, climbin’Both: To get to the place To be all that we can beNow’s the time
Troy: Now’s the time
Gabriella: So we’re breaking free
Troy: Ohhh, we’re breaking free
Gabriella: Ohhhh

Sunday, June 1, 2008

Music and Nationalism

1.What kind of research has the author done? What are her primary and secondary sources and how would you evaluate this research?

The author uses letters, compilations, films, books, internet, and CDs.

2. How might we consider punks and punk music fans a counter-public in the GDR?

Rock music was not and could not be in accordance with the goals of a socialist society. The authors designate opular culture as the realm in which people "strive to define their identities, boundaries, self-respect, their 'space' against the established order

3. Assuming that a group of musicians wants to reach a public/be widely heard, what were the choices facing punk bands in the GDR? What complicted their status (as opposed to polka bands, for example)?

The FDJ controlled the clubs, the groups had to join up with the only recording label, Amiga, and the groups had to comply with the government.

4. How does this article show music to be related to nationalism? How do you see music as related to nationalism? can you give examples?

The East German punk emptied out such socially acceptable values as the ethic of hard work, the importance of socialist education, the praise of the collective. However, GDR punk was criminalized for stating social facts, such as the existence of the Wall, the Stasi or Neo-fascim.