Week 10: Aspect to zoot suits

        Analyzing the research of the article "From Zoot suits to Hip Hop: Towards a relational Chicana studies” by Luis Alvarez and the abstract of the article and traces on the main focuses like race and the cultural exchange between Chicana/o and Latin. These focuses also trace the African American and Asian American since the World War II. Moving forward, the zoot suits had a trace of civil rights movement art and the hip hop culture.

        In my opinion, the pieces of culture and racism are hard functioning and struggle with dignity.  Looking over the research article that was written at San Diego, CA and my responding to the article are informed by ethnicity and racism in the world and going back to history of the civil war. While I was reading page after page it started to get difficult as I read through the research paper. It was on ideas that were hard to comprehend and first. The wording and the statements said in the research article are much formatted and gives excellent support on each topic that was written about in the article. Also, the reading of the article would get difficult when they are using Spanish words in the mix of English, especially for non-Spanish speakers. As I kept reading, the article was getting easier and more understandable to read. It would go both ways until I got to the very end of the story. It was actually becoming very interesting; I was reading and learning stuff I never even knew.

        Talking about racism and people’s culture and their identity is a huge topic that could continue on a conversation for a long period of time. Talking about different people and presidents with different race is a very interesting conversation to talk about. Furthermore, the article goes on about the world and culture and the globalization. Also talks about topics like with World War II as stated before and the youth culture of the terrain academia. The music and the “oldies” are from a before in time when they had a different sound affect and different clothing.  The men from the zoot suits had old fashion hats with the long slacks and a suit jacket on the upper part. They sang away because their culture and dignity showed that they were a famous group. The singers had canes that were used on stage also and added a feature to their appearance. The crowd and public loved the zoot suits overall. They were all surrounding the research of the teaching interests include a race and ethnicity also posted in the World War II popular culture and social movements act.

        The research article made my thinking and knowledge more prepared to write my research paper for my English class. Learning, reading, and the format of an example of a research article to show is how it should be done and the type of information and research was put together. Reading the racism and culture in the world and in the past has opened my mind more clearly about these topics.

Music and Culture paper

Music and Culture

         Music and Culture come in so many unique, fun interesting and natural thoughts especially when it comes to the music and bands that represent people’s culture in a way that celebrate their ethnicity. Music and culture in my opinion are two huge topics in people’s lives. A culture for someone is what makes a person proud of whom they are and the music following that person makes them who they are. Music has only got more technology, but back in the 1960’s there was a band called the Beatles. They were a band that toured extensively around the world. The Beatles came into America from England long after the group started selling their albums.

         Along with John Lennon and Paul McCartney, these artists are also very famous singers who have been around the same time as the band the Beatles. The Beatles had a band of four and were traveling the world with their talent in music. Also, connecting the Beatles with culture in a way of calling their music the “oldies” and how they represent themselves to the world. People fell in love with the rock and roll music and the culture of people being “hippies” and the public loving the beats, sounds and feeling that came out of the Beatles lyrics. The Beatles hit number one in the nation when they came into the United States. The “oldies” and “rock N roll was the popular music back in the 1960’s and 1970’s is where it all began for the Beatles.

       My personal experience, along with my family, my mother is in love with the Beatles and has them all over the house. She has been listening to them since she was a teenager in high school at the age 16 years old. My mother and her friends would blast the Beatles because the rhythm and beat is what made their music so special. The Beatles have a lot of courage and talent to show the world and showing their historical part about them is very interesting. The Band is not together anymore unfortunately because two of the gentleman passed away years ago.  The Beatles had a main song that was always played by the public and was always listened too. The song is called “Come Together”, and this song showed a lot and how the band the Beatles represent themselves by their music genre and their historical lives to how they became known.

          Analyzing the research paper by Luis Alvarez, Music was an “Intellectual part of the Zoot subculture” (6). This brought together many musicians and caused bands to collaborate their culture in to one and also saw their realities. Also, a culture and the attitude people had were motivated by peers and desires. Alvarez states “The Non- white youth showed that another social world was possible” (7). Furthermore, this helped grow on the Jim Crow segregation.

         Music and Culture are main points all around in a person’s life. The Beatles are a very old band in which have influenced thousands of people from all over the world and from the culture history of the Beatles comes from their hometown England along with their talented voices. Analyzing the band the Beatles and the “Zoot-Zoot” is a comparison but also have a lot of culture connection; the same as different cultural like “Chicana” and “Latina”. The Beatles show of the ethnic through their music and identity.

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WEEK 8 #3

       When it comes to writing about music, I can talk and explain a lot when it comes to music in general. Music is a part of every individual in the world in my opinion. Music can change a lot in a person in a good way. Music in my opinion can’t really change someone in a bad way because music is supposed to make people feel better and to listen to what the artist is singing about.

        When it comes to music, I am in love with all types of music but I mostly enjoy listening to R&B rap, soul, and lay back music with good lyrics. I don’t like sad music at all; it just puts me in a bad mood.  One of my all-time favorite songs is from Adele. She is an awesome artist who writes her own music and my favorite song from her is called “someone like you”. She sings this song with her soul and heart and you can feel the melody when she is singing it and how much effort she puts into the meaningful song. Another one of my favorite songs is by a really popular band that just got popular but was always a famous artist. His name was Gotye in which he originally sang “somebody that I used to know”. His song got really popular all of a sudden in the last couple months because of the lyrics of the song and how he forms his words together. The meaning of the song explains a lot in my life which I love because every time I hear the song, it gets me in a really good mood and I love it. This song was not popular in February and then all of a sudden got thousands of views on you tube and a lot of people supporting them as they wrote the song. Everywhere you go in public, you hear the song “somebody that I used to know” playing in every speaker. It is my all-time favorite song, not only because the lyrics but because the melody and his guitar playing which is very unique how he plays the instrument. A lot of ladies love this song because they can really relate to the song and the lyrics of what Goyte has to say in his songs. He uses very sensitive and creative words in his songs and shows his gift off to the entire world. He has an amazing voice, along with his band that is always with him making records and supporting the lead singer Goyte. It is the top number one song in the world right now and has the highest number of views on you tube with him and his 4 other band members all playing on the guitar with one finger all on the same melody and singing along. It was the best video ever made and touches a lot of individual’s heart and a lot of people just fell in love with the song. These are my top two favorite but most of all Goyte, he is a wonderful artist who writes his own music.