Blog 37

I have recently discovered that I like a singer that is liked by many girls, and his name is Ed Sheeran. His music is really good, especially my favorite two songs The A Team and Lego House. These are two very good songs with awesome lyrics. Here are the lyrics for Lego House which will be followed by the video.

I'm gonna pick up the pieces,
And build a Lego house
If things go wrong we can knock it down

My three words have two meanings,
There's one thing on my mind
It's all for you

And it's dark in a cold December, but I've got you to keep me warm
If you're broken I will mend you and I'll keep you sheltered from the storm that's raging on now

I'm out of touch, I'm out of love
I'll pick you up when you're getting down
And out of all these things I've done I think I love you better now
I'm out of sight, I'm out of mind
I'll do it all for you in time
And out of all these things I've done I think I love you better now

I'm gonna paint you by numbers
And colour you in
If things go right we can frame it and put you on a wall

And it's so hard to say it but I've been here before
Now I'll surrender up my heart
And swap it for yours

I'm out of touch, I'm out of love
I'll pick you up when you're getting down
And out of all these things I've done I think I love you better now
I'm out of sight, I'm out of mind
I'll do it all for you in time
And out of all these things I've done I think I love you better now

Don't hold me down
I think my braces are breaking, and it's more than I can take

And it's dark in a cold December, but I've got you to keep me warm
If you're broken I will mend you and I'll keep you sheltered from the storm that's raging on now

I'm out of touch, I'm out of love
I'll pick you up when you're getting down
And out of all these things I've done I think I love you better now
I'm out of sight, I'm out of mind
I'll do it all for you in time
And out of all these things I've done I think I love you better now

I'm out of touch, I'm out of love
I'll pick you up when you're getting down
[Album version enging:]
And out of all these things I've done I will love you better now

[Music video version enging:]
And out of all these things I've done I think I love you better now

I'm out of sight, I'm out of mind
I'll do it all for you in time
And out of all these things I've done I think I love you better now
I'm out of touch, I'm out of love
I'll pick you up when you're getting down
And out of all these things I've done I will love you better now

The A Team is a good song that is about a girl that sleeps with guys for drugs, from listening to the song you can't really get that unless you listen closely. Here's the video for The A Team by Ed Sheeran.

Blog 36

This week in class we listened to Led Zepplin 4 and I didn't really know any songs so I am going to talk about something else we listened to which was Let It Be, and of course I know and love this song just like a lot of people do. This song references Paul McCartney's mother who's name is Mary, which is sung at the very beginning of the song. Here is the video of Let It Be by the Beatles which will be followed by the lyrics.

When I find myself in times of trouble

Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be
And in my hour of darkness
She is standing right in front of me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be

And when the broken hearted people
Living in the world agree
There will be an answer, let it be
For though they may be parted
There is still a chance that they will see
There will be an answer, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Yeah there will be an answer, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be

Let it be, let it be
Ah let it be, yeah let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be
And when the night is cloudy
There is still a light that shines on me
Shine on until tomorrow, let it be
I wake up to the sound of music,
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be
Yeah let it be, let it be
Let it be, yeah let it be
Oh there will be an answer, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Let it be, yeah let it be
Oh there will be an answer, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Ah let it be, yeah let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be

Blog 35

I really like this one song called Wagon Wheel and it's originally by Old Crow Medicine Show but I like this new version is by Darius Rucker who used to be in Hootie & The Blowfish and is now doing his own thing in the genre of country. Darius Rucker's version of it sounds much like the original but less nasally, which is why I like his version better. Here is the original version of Wagon Wheel by Old Crow Medicine Show, that will be followed by Darius Rucker's video of Wagon Wheel.

Blog 34

This week in class we watched a video about copyright, and it was interesting because it was very one sided on it being ok to steal music. I feel like they didn't talk about how it was a bad thing to steal music. Stealing music isn't fair for the artist, because artists already don't make tons of money, so if you're stealing their music then you are essentially stealing their money. I have done it before I'm not going to lie, but I don't do it anymore because I feel it's wrong. So from now on I buy all of my songs and feel much better about it.

Blog 33

An artist that I have been listening to recently is Macklemore. A couple of songs that I really like are Same Love, Thrift Shop and Wings. They are inspirational songs with a good message which is hard to find in a rap or pop songs. The songs also give background information about Macklemore and his childhood. The cool thing is that the way that Macklemore puts across his stories are in a way that applies to people who enjoy rap and to people who want to hear inspirational stories. As a mentioned earlier, I really like his song Thrift shop because of how ironic it is. In some rap song you hear the rappers talking about how much money they spend and all the expensive things they buy, but in this song, Macklemore talks about only spending about $20 in a thrift shop. Below I have posted the music video to this song so that you can listen to the lyrics and hopefully become a Macklemore fan like me. 

Blog 32

This week in class we listened to Black Sabbath. The only song I knew by Black Sabbath was Iron Man, but after discussing them in class, I realized that I knew more songs. Iron Man is a classic Black Sabbath song that everyone knows. One cool thing that I learned about Black Sabbath is that in 1970, they defined the genre of heavy metal by releasing some albums. Ozzy Osbourne was the lead singer of Black Sabbath. He was fired from the band because of heavy drug use. The reason that I knew about Black Sabbath, as I mentioned before, was because of their very famous song, Iron Man. I like this song because of the lyrics. I have posted the video below so that you all can listen to the lyrics.