Monday, February 27, 2012

"Black Bottom Stomp" Jelly Roll Morton

I would envision this music being played wherever the dance floor is. This is up-beat, jazzy, make you want to groove music.
A happy mood. The music is very up-beat and swingy; it's very fast so you don't have time to stop and be sad.
Dancing/grooving. Swinging. Tap dance.

Monday, February 20, 2012

Great Gatsby: First Reading

Villain: Myrtle Wilson and Tom Buchanan. "Tom's got some woman in New York." Tom is openly cheating on Daisy with Myrtle Wilson who also is cheating on her spouse with Tom. " 'Neither of them can stand the person they're married to... When they do get married.' continue Catherine, 'they're going West to live for a while until it blows over.' " Tom and Myrtle both can't stand the person they are married to and plan to divorce these persons and then marry each other, quite villainous.

Hero: Jay Gatsby. "I believe that on the first night I went to Gatsby's house I was one of the few guests who had actually been invited. People were not invited- they went there." Gatsby is so profound and admired that people all over New York, the country, and even the world to come to his parties even if not invited. But he's such a great man that he doesn't kick them out but gladly welcomes them to his abode.

"Race for the Prize"

The theme of this song is no matter how dangerous something or the sacrifices you have to make; it's the satisfaction that outweighs this all. We see this in the chorus: "Theirs to Win/ If it kills them/ They're just humans/ With wives and children."The scientists would die, leaving their wives and children to find this cure to save mankind. The scientists are just thinking if i can find this cure, the I'll be remembered forever. "Forging for the future/ But to sacrifice their lives."