Night by Night - Chromeo, "Business Casual" 2009 Electro-Pop
Bring Me Along - Pepper, "No Shame" 2006 Cali Reggae
The Mating Game - Bitter:Sweet, "The Mating Game" 2006 Triphop
Beautiful Monster - Ne-Yo, "Libra Scale" 2010 Modern R&B
Bad Romance - Lady Gaga, "The Fame Monster" 2009 Pop
Community Service Songs:
YMCA - The Village People, "Cruisin'" 1978 Disco
What Have You Done For Me Lately? - Janet Jackson, "Control" 1986 R&B
One Love - Bob Marley, "Legend" 1984 Reggae
Help! - The Beatles, "Help!" 1965
With a Little Help From My Friends - The Beatles, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" 1967 Rock
I thought the pleasure aim was more prevalent, the songs were certainly easier to choose. I think that's because everyone wants pleasure but not everyone has a desire to help people or the courage to ask for help themselves. I think the contemporary interpretation of pleasure today has not necessarily strayed from what I imagine the Hindu principle began as but I think the world has presented us with more and more ways to please ourselves. For example nowadays people not only seek pleasure from other humans (in the form of sex, etc.) they also seek pleasure from drugs and alcohol and other non-traditional pleasurable activities, although all the songs I picked for pleasure pertain to the pleasure of being with a person.
I agree that that not everyone has the courage to ask for help themselves; many people are too proud to admit they need help, they feel like they have failed. Its important for people like that to realize everyone needs help in life, that you are not weak.
ReplyDeleteTo add to your comparison of modern pleasure songs to Hinduism, contemporary music also does not put limits on pleasure. Its not uncommon to hear an artist singing about breaking the law in order to achieve pleasure.
Your post caught my eye because we used a few of the same artists (though chose different songs!) Pleasure today in America is nothing like what the Hindus would describe pleasure as. I have to wonder what Hindus think when they hear modern American music... are they totally disgusted?
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