Cross Genre Pop Culture Emotions
Alright, I’ve always had this fascination with common human themes within all types of music. Because I listen to a diverse set of music, my friends often go crazy when hanging out because I will play some rock, switch over to some rap, flip to some country, slip in a little R&B, crank up some oldies, and then hit them with some Miles Davis…and that’s just while working out in the gym or playing sports. I must admit that my broad interest in music stems from my diverse interest in people. Musicians write about life experiences and the human condition, so to me, a good musician is simply somebody who makes a good point with words and instruments. An example of the cross genre pop culture emotions I’m talking about are the three videos below of songs I recently heard and laughingly saw a common theme. The musicians are all basically telling/saying the same things from similar life experiences, but providing their tales from different angles and through different musical forms. Yes, you could find a hundred other similar songs, but I thought the dichotomy of each of these three songs (with accompanying videos) would be interesting to lump together in a blog post, so here you have it (you will have to double click the videos to open them in YouTube b/c Vevo doesn’t allow embedding…)
