The music was 'loud, rhythmically insistent, built around techniques of arousal and climax, the lyrics are assertive and arrogant...cock rockers' musical skills become synonymous with their sexual skills' (Frith and McRobbie, 1978: 7). ... Walser identified four such strategies that he found articulated in song lyrics, through the use of musical codes and music videos. ... The lyrics synthesise the intimately confessional with the socially relevant (again, producing songs that operate both individually and collectively). ...

• Word Count: 2281
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

 Each day, millions of people listen to the radio and are exposed to the social critiques that are apparent in many popular songs. With the recent popularization of feminism, many of the social critiques in modern music discuss inequalities between men and women, in hopes of educating the public....

• Word Count: 2131
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Through its lyrics, Rent depicts the characters in their struggle with society while trying to stay true to who they are as a person; this includes their loves, hopes, and dreams. ... Jonathan's score for Rent is an index of different famous styles worked consistently into a solid story and is clearly shown by his sharp sense of representing characters through lyrics. ...

• Word Count: 1633
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

LLCool J, P.Diddy all of WuTang, and Jay"Z sexualities have been questioned even in the face of their hyper heterosexual song lyrics and music videos. ... It would change Hip-Hops preconceptions of the homosexual and challenge the production of homophobic lyrics But if an ordinary African American gay male decided to announce his Sexuality publicly he would risk losing his identity as a man to his peers and be a source if shame to his family. ...

• Word Count: 1889
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The arena is teeming with people; you can feel their sweaty bodies pressed in against you as the rumbling of voices meets your ears. The lights above start to dim, and the rumbling rises to shrill screams and enthusiastic whistles. It is now like a sauna, in pitch-black darkness, and the air is char...

• Word Count: 1609
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography

You can examine representations of women in sexualizing and objectified manner in the media including commercials, television programs, movies, music lyrics and videos, magazines, advertising, video games, and Internet sites where women are revealed wearing provocative cloths, and posing in ways that emphasize their body parts and sexual readiness. ...

• Word Count: 1909
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate