This song is actually quite similar to the song I posted from the 1960s. Both songs is a direct message criticizing a part of society. The song from the 1960s by James Brown – Don’t Be A Dropout is simply a message to the youth about not dropping out. This song by Black Eyed Peas – Where Is The Love? is a criticism of the war in Iraq and also a criticism of the racism that still exists in this country. The two songs doesn’t exactly say anything about our society that has changed dramatically since the 1960s. It does however show that though many of us believe America is land of opportunity and equality, we are still not perfect and can always improve.
Where Is The Love?
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This piece of song still worries about our society because it questions our unity of a country.This song has changed from the sixties because of new trend.
This song compared to my previous comment is more based on the freedoms we experienced today with terrorism, discrimination. the way the song is made is as a rap song which is more about the words as a meaning than the tunes. as where in the 1960′s tunes were more strongly used to send a message
I personally love this song and I do believe it is true. Where is the love? I think this song is based more on terrorism than the 1960′s. In the 1960′s, I think it was mostly based on racism and civil rights. I think one of the musical elements that is drawn from the 1960′s is that it is catchy. The new element is that there is rapping in it.
I feel that music today is used a way of critiquing and giving an opinion on current events. The music of the 1960s was more general in the sense that it was ‘feel good’ music. Aside from the exceptions most music was not targeted at a specific audience. It could be listened to by people of all sorts of ages. This music requires more understanding of global politics and current events. The song critiques the Iraq war and problems of racism within the United States. I’d say it is the artists’ opinion of what they feel. There are more elements of individualistic thought in music now as opposed to the 1960′s.