"Long John" by, Lightening Washington and fellow convicts
The music and lyrics of this song interact with each other in the way that the main guy that is singing the song sings a lyric and then the "convicts" repeat exactly what he said. This song is more up beat that the other ones and it relates to the kind of genres that i like because it reminds me of some country songs that do the call and response thing. There is no instruments used except the voices of the convicts and that is what gives it the beat that the song has. I don't have a favorite part of the song, i don't particularly like it all that much, I just chose it because it reminds me of other songs that i have heard that are written the same way. My least favorite part of the song is when it repeats "He's long gone about 4 times in a row for the chorus, that gets kind of annoying in my opinion. The emotions that it has is you know that they are prisoners or even slaves working and singing to probably pass the time and that isn't a happy emotion, its more of a sad or you feel bad for those guys, emotion. This music fits with the theme Listening of the class because all that the song is, is the lyrics and listening to them. There is no instruments to distract from the lyrics so all that you do is listen to the words and hear the story of the song.
I agree with you when you mentioned the part about the song repeating "he's long gone". I think that it’s cool that they only use their voices because you are able to hear things you might not have been able to hear if their was instruments. I like all of the detail you put into your blog!
ReplyDeleteI really like that you said it is "up beat". I as well chose this song to write about for the week 2 listening blog because I found the acapella, call and response, and the beat of the work tools kind of invigorating and more exciting than the other songs we listened to. Also, I think you are spot on when you say the song involves a lot of emotion and I think they almost sang it not only to pass the time but to motivate each other.
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