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  Week's Ten Bradley Nelsen      I Wanna Be Sedated      The Ramones          In the late 1970s and the early 1980's rock as a genre has begun to fragment into several different genres. From Acid-Rock to Metal the genre has developed several countercultures within itself. The Ramones, who will be who we're looking at today, were pioneers of the Punk Rock genre that began to form in the late 1970s. With loud instrumentals and edgy lyrics in your face, the Ramones quickly caught on with the young rebellious group of rock and rollers.          "I Wanna Be Sedated" by the Ramones was a song about... well, about exactly what it sounds like; wanting to be sedated. At this time in music, especially among this young rebellious crowd, drugs, and psychedelics are becoming increasingly popular, and how the high makes you feel makes excellent song lyrics. The Ramones took some serious inspiration from the...

Week Nine Bradley Nelsen          I shot the Sherrif          Eric Clapton         Reggae is one of the most unique song genres. Both in sound, with its odd twangy guitar riffs, and in origin, being songs from jamaica that casually found their way to the states due to accidental radio stations overlapping. This "trippy" sound that briefly followed psychedelic rock took America by storm. It was fresh and foreign, with its inspiration drawn from Africa, and gave Jamaican singers, like Bob Marley, a chance at the American dream. Reggae gained a huge following from young adults and college students (A.K.A Dope Smokers) and in turn, Reggae inspired select musicians as well.             Eric Clapton made a variation of I shot the sheriff by Bob Marley that took the classic rock and blues singer on a trip down Reggae avenue. Perhaps this was Eric Clapton's attempt at psychedelic ...

  Week Eight Bradley Nelsen          Hotel California       The Eagles               California is one of America's most popular and populated areas across the nation. Often California is seen as this flawless place with friendly locals, local shops, and crafts with endless beaches with parties on every block on every weekend. But The Eagle's song "Hotel California" gives kind of a different tone to this supposed lovely place. "Hotel California" sings about the "excess in America" and how the California that was sung about by the beach boys in the 1960s isn't what it used to be. As I previously mentioned, California has been portrayed as this wonderful region, but in all reality, it's pretty... overrated. In the song, Don Felder asks the captain 'please bring me my wine' but the captain turns him down saying 'we haven't had that spirit since nineteen sixty-nine' meaning that California ain't what ...

  Week Seven Bradley Nelsen         Rolling like a stone     Bob Dylan          One of Bob Dylan's most popular songs, Rolling Like a Stone, Is an excellent example of what his music is like and what things he tried to talk about in his music. Rolling Like a Stone is a good representative of Bob Dylan's Music. A balladic song that tells the story of how life has its ups and downs, how it feels to sometimes have someone you once trusted take from you. Albeit the words are a little confusing, and somewhat vague. But that is what makes Bob Dylan's music so unique. He tries to make his works universal, and applicable to any situation.  The folk music that is played on electronic guitars is a unique genre of music that was a pioneer for the 60's famous psychedelic rock.           Bob Dylan as we all know started out as a folk singer until at a music festival in the 60s he had a rock and roll b...