Music is by far one of most, if not the most, powerful medium when it comes to conveying an idea, sharing a story, or simply humanizing a piece of work. Take Johnny Cash for example, as his life was coming to an end Cash decided to record one more record which featured a cover of "Hurt" originally recorded by Nine Inch Nail's Trent Reznor in 1994. At the time of Hurt's original release Reznor was dealing with a long time heroin abuse problem, which is the overall meaning of his version "Hurt," and by listening to his song one can feel his pain and struggle. It's truly amazing how much emotion Trent was able to put into his song and most believed no one could top it, but then came .
Johnny Cash. Cash single handedly took Reznor's song and made it his own. "I pop the video in, and wow Tears welling, silence, goose-bumps Wow. [I felt like] I just lost my girlfriend, because that song isn't mine anymore," Trent Reznor explained when he first watched Johnny Cash's music video of "Hurt"[1] . This is just one of the examples of how powerful music is as a medium, and how emotion and humanizing a piece of work can completely alter its intended meaning. Throughout time countless artists have attempted to put their own spin on someone elses song, some more successful than others, most notably Jeff Buckley's cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah.".
In 1994 Jeff Buckley released his only complete album titled "Grace." This record featured his wildly popular cover of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah. However, Jeff Buckley isn't the only artist to put their own spin on Cohen's original 1984 version. Throughout the years countless artists have covered this famous song, but why? Hallelujah is an old religious word used to express praise, joy, or thanks especially to God, but I believe we use 'hallelujah' much differently in today's society. Hallelujah is used in many ways to describe hope, love, emotion, and obviously God.
"Hallelujah!" ... At this happening, all Mary Jane could utter was the word "Hallelujah!". ... Everyone else chants "Hallelujah!" ... They shout "Hallelujah!" ... However, the mood completely changes when the onlookers chant "Hallelujah!" ...
Considering the fact that modernity is a phase of thought or the "spirit of enlightenment rationalism" how does one represent the outcome of the interaction of such a transient agent of history with the cultural monolith (read as tradition) of the country concerned -India. ... However I distort it's meaning a little. ... (Hence the phrase ethno-euthanasia) One again suddenly realises that hallelujah from where at all did the word "modernity" show up. ...
A former choir member myself, I am accustomed to singing or hearing the Hallelujah chorus every winter during the Christmas season. ... The Messiah concluded with His Yoke Is Easy and the Hallelujah Choruses. The Hallelujah Chorus is one of my favorite pieces of music ever composed. ... One of the most phenomenal aspects of the Hallelujah Chorus is the tradition of the entire audience standing throughout the chorus. ... When King George II heard the words "The Kingdom of this world- he rose to his feet and remained standing throughout the entire Hallelujah chorus. ...
Write a semiotic analysis of a cultural artefact of your choice. By means of a semiotic analysis I am going to demonstrate how the cultural artefact I have chosen, in this case a CD front cover uses various signs to denote a response or feeling to its reader. To be able to do this I need to have a basic understanding of semiotics and the inseparability of the signifier and signified which together make up a sign from which we read and derive a meaning. ... I conclude from my analysis that this cultural artefact connotes an image of the world being in disrepair and the need to start a ne...
Tonight the A Cappella choir, Choral Union, Women's choir and the SFA Chamber Orchestra all performed the Christmas part of the Messiah. Usually when I hear the Messiah performed, there are only four soloists that sing the whole time. I get sick and tired of hearing just one person per part. In t...
Quantitative analysis consists of seven steps that are used in its approach. ... It is used to develop a clear, concise statement of the problem at hand, which will give direction and meaning to the remaining six steps. ... Quantitative analysis models consist of two types of variables: 1. ... The next step, step six, is to perform a sensitivity analysis. ... Implementation should be based on the quantitative analysis results. ...
In human sciences such as psychology and anthropology, we study the concept of cultural relativism . ... Knowledge about cultural relativism can provide meaning in our lives as it allows us to understand our personal behavior and that of ones around us in a cultural context. ... However, knowledge of cultural relativism cannot successfully provide purpose in life, as it does not help in setting or achieving goals. ... Therefore, by Chomsky's definition, cultural relativism does indeed provide purpose in life. ... Under the biological level of analysis in psychology, we study that mental i...
"Culture is a learned, shared, compelling, interrelated set of symbols whose meanings provide a set of orientations for members of a society. ... In order market cross-culturally, marketers must determine the cultural viability of markets. ... Product acceptance is affected by culturally based attitudes towards change. ... Errors can occur due to a variety of cross-cultural differences. ... A major objective of current cross-cultural marketing research is the identification of functionally equivalent and non-equivalent issues through descriptive studies and other qualitative analysis. ...