The second song I listened to was "Only You" by The Platters. I just then realized what Spencer was talking about the "purpose" in the music and how they sang it. I didn't know that they were African-American at first, but I kinda guessed that they were. I didn't know for sure, because Spencer also said that white people were just singing the exact same songs and making a lot of money off of it. For example, "Tutti Frutti" by Little Richard and Pat Boone.
The second song that I had a reaction to was "Where Have All the Flowers Gone" by Peter, Paul and Mary. When I first heard this song I thought it was stupid and was hippies singing about flowers and such, but when I heard it again, I kind of saw a meaning behind the words. It was like an anti-war kind of song and how like everything is connected.
The thrid song that I had a reaction to was "Eve of Destruction" by Barry McGuire. At first, I didn't get what he was talking about with all his examples of "destruction", but then I began to realize what he was taling about. He incorporated a lot of examples into his song like "...there will be no one to save when the world is in a grave" and how you can kill but can't vote. I really got a lot out of that song and i was amazed at how he could link all the things he did into a coherent song and get the message across.
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This song sounds really similar to Bob Dylan's "The Times Are A Changin." They both have the same dark tone that simulates a dark message. Mr. Dylan's song is a song predicting all the unfortunate things that are going to happen to the world. And This song just states what is happening in the current world, and it is not good. Dylan's song is more of a story than Mr. McGuire's. McGuire's song is a story but it also has a chorus which makes it more of a song.
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