Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Here is where you will participate in our online discussion by posing 3 potential theme-genre concepts and commenting on at least 10 peer theme-genre concepts. This homework assignment will be graded over February vacation. Make sure to direct your comments with names and to sign all of your comments with your first name and last initial. And- no, that is not my head in the photograph.

139 comments:

Suzanne said...

Heartache in Country

Love in Country

Guilt in Punk Rock

Any ideas?

Kristen Tenglin said...

I would like to do love in country music for my theme-genre combo. This would incorporate many forms of love such as young love, lost love, etc. Does anyone have any suggestions of songs that would be included in this combo?

Kristina Fogg said...

3 theme genres:

1) heartbreak in country
2) struggle in rap
3) love in alternative rock

vittoriabravetti said...

Theme genre

1)love in country

2)perspective in modern music

3)heartbreak in alternative rock

seanworrall said...

protest in hardcore lolz

Josh said...

Hate in Alternative

Poverty in Rap

Death in Metal

Kristina Fogg said...

Suzanne, i like your idea with love and country. There are a lot of country songs that have to do with love.

David A. said...

I would like to do Heartbreak in Country music for my theme-genre combo. Any ideas for songs?

Kristen Tenglin said...

Instead of love in country music, I am going to change my theme-genre combo to love in modern country music. Any ideas?

Tbrown said...

3 genres:

Break up in alternative rock

Dreams in Country

Struggle in Rap

David A. said...

Suzanne, a good song for Heartache in Country would be; "Here Comes Goodbye" By: Rascal Flatts.

kristina fogg said...

hey tori, i think alternative rock and heartbreak is a good idea. A lot of alternative rock has to do with heartbreak and love. For example, the goo goo dolls

tori bravetti said...

kristina,
i like your idea of love in alternative rock, there are a lot of songs you could use for that theme genre.

-tori bravetti

The Road of Lost Innocence said...

I would like to do Love and Loss in country.. any ideas?

Kristina, Alex, Val, Jamie said...

hey sean thats a good idea lolz. See u in film.

Kristen Tenglin said...

Good ideas Suzanne! Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood are good singers for heartbreak in country music.

tori bravetti said...

suzanne, all yours are good ideassss!

David A. said...

Tori, a good song for love in country would be "Love Story" By: Taylor Swift.

Tbrown said...

David the song White Liar by Miranda Lambert is a good song for that

Kristina, Alex, Val, Jamie said...

tim, i like your picture and idea with dreams and country.

Meghan McAlpine said...

1. heartbreak and love in country
~I want to do this one really bad but i fell like everyone else already is...does that matter?
2. money in rap
3. saddness/heartbreak in alternative

Josh said...

I like how everyone is doing some sort of love/heartbreak in country....

The Road of Lost Innocence said...

Kris a good song for you would be "Sweet and Wild" by: Dierks Bentley

Kristen Tenglin said...

Tim, Rascal Flatts are a good band for dreams in country music!

Kristina, Alex, Val, Jamie said...

kristen, there are a lot of love songs for country. Good artists are Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood and Keith Urban

Nicolette Graham said...

I was thinking optimism as a theme. I was not too sure of what genre would work well with the theme though. Perhaps optimism in pop, but I would prefer another genre.

I am not knowledgeable in genres other than the most well known genres. Any ideas?

vittoriabravetti said...

hey kristen, love in country is a good idea, a lot of taylor swift songs are about love

vittoriabravetti said...

hey sean, cool ideaaaaa

Kristina, Alex, Val, Jamie said...

david, a good song for love and country is need you now by lady antebellum

Amanda Arns said...

Heartbreak in Alternative Rock

Happiness in Indie Pop

Love in Pop Punk

Jamie Tyree said...

1. freedom in classic rock
2. heartbreak in metal
3. poverty in rap

seanworrall said...

josh, i think you have swell ideas, i love metal

The Road of Lost Innocence said...

Anyone who is doing love or heartbreak in country "Quitter" by: Carrie Underwood I think could be good for both of them

vittoriabravetti said...

hey josh, death in metal is intenseeeeee, lol dont do it

Kristina, Alex, Val, Jamie said...

hey josh im kinda scared of your death and metal idea. but its interesting so go for it.

vittoriabravetti said...

hey tim, do dreams in country, it sounds cool and i like country

Kristen Tenglin said...

Perspective is a good idea for modern music Tori!

Kristina, Alex, Val, Jamie said...

meg i feel that money and rap is a good idea but may be too specific and you may not find a lot of songs

Kristina, Alex, Val, Jamie said...

amanda, heartbreak in alternative rock is a good idea. i was thinking about that one too.

Tbrown said...

Kristen! hi, umm yeah i know all their songs have to do with dreams like "My Wish" so It will probably be a good genre to do.

Ariel said...

Agony/Pain in Alternative Rock

Suffering in Hard Rock

Feeling in Country

Josh said...

sean, i like your idea you should look into a local band called Horseplay.

Kristina, Alex, Val, Jamie said...

jamie, heartbreak in metal is a good idea. You should choose that.

Griff said...

emptyness in rock

failure in rap

Kristen Tenglin said...

Maybe optimism in modern music Nicolette? Or happiness in modern music?

Meghan McAlpine said...

kristina and tori, i completly agree with you! it is scary! But i love your ideas for theme-genre

Tbrown said...

Yes Kristina I agree with you, That is such a good song by Lady Antebellum

Ariel said...

love in country* not feelings

David A. said...

Thanks Kristina!

seanworrall said...

kristina, i think you should do struggle in rap because that would be gr8, see u in film too

David A. said...

Sean, your idea is very different and it is a really good idea!

The Road of Lost Innocence said...

Nicolette, I think a good idea for a song would be "Over the rainbow" I dont know what genre that would be but it might work

Meghan McAlpine said...

kristina, i love your idea of love in alternative rock. You could get alot of examples!

Tbrown said...

I think another good idea is grief in musical types of music. There is this song that I am auditioning with at college and it's called "Empty Chairs at Empty tables" it is from Les Mes and a lot of songs in the musical have to do with grief.

Kristen Tenglin said...

For anyone thinking about doing revenge in country music.."Before He Cheats" by Carrie Underwood is a good song for that!

vittoriabravetti said...

im doing love and heartbreakn in country music, any ideas? or perspective in modern music, ideass?

The Road of Lost Innocence said...

Kristina, I think you could get a lot in love in alternative rock, its different..

vittoriabravetti said...

kristina tough love in alternative rock is a good idea, but it seems hard to find songs

Ariel said...

KB your giving good songs as examples!

Suzanne said...

Another idea I am thinking about is "Love and Romance in Hip Hip"

do you guys have any ideas?!

Meghan McAlpine said...

tim, dreams in country is a wicked good idea! Its different from all the others.

Tbrown said...

Confusion (why someone is confused)in Punk rock could be another one

Kristina, Alex, Val, Jamie said...

I've offically decided that im going to do "trial and tribulations in alternative rock". Any ideas for songs or artists??

Tbrown said...

I'm realizing that I need to listen to more genres of music, I listen to too much country.

Mike A said...

optimism in reggae. good bands?

Kristen Tenglin said...

Tim, "My Wish" by Rascal Flatts is good for dreams in country music.

Kristina, Alex, Val, Jamie said...

sean, i think a lot of people are doing struggle in rap so i think i may not do that because i wanna be different :/

Tbrown said...

I am pretty certain that i am going to do dreams in country lol

Kristen Tenglin said...

For anyone doing heartbreak in country, "Leave the Pieces" by the Wreckers would work

Tbrown said...

AHH Kristen that's such a good idea revenge in country there are a lot of songs out there

vittoriabravetti said...

meghan, i dont think it matters, a ton of people are doing something in country, i think he said to just change the wording

Scott Coleman said...

im feelin
1. need in music from the last 30 years
2. symbolism in rock
3. imagery in 20th century music

The Road of Lost Innocence said...

Love in country "All I ever wanted" by: Chuck Wicks

Tbrown said...

Snow day this week? I think so

Kristina, Alex, Val, Jamie said...

a good song for love and country is "do i" by luke bryan

Kristen Tenglin said...

"Teardrops on my Guitar" for heartbreak?

Tbrown said...

How is everyone's Poetic Device project coming along?

Scott Coleman said...

mike, check out peter tosh

Scott Coleman said...

mike, check out peter tosh

Taylor Ferguson said...

Ok, I really want to do Rock or Modern Rock for my music genre. I have narrowed down my themes to
1. Lost Love
2. Suffering
3. Anti-War and Protest

seanworrall said...

everyone should do greatness in horseplay

Tbrown said...

A good song for love in country could be "Waitin On a Women" by Brad Paisley

David A. said...

I think I might change my theme-genre combo to hope in showtunes.

Nicolette Graham said...

Kristen, I'm trying to stay away from modern music. Though optimism in modern music or happiness would probably work. I'll probably discard optimism as my theme.

KB, I heard the song "Over the Rainbow" recently. I am not sure of the genre of the song either. But when I heard it I thought that inspiration would be a good theme.

Kristen Tenglin said...

Good idea Kajsa! I like that you are using loss too

The Road of Lost Innocence said...

Anyone doing anything to do with Rock, The Beatles has a lot of different stuff

vittoriabravetti said...

jamie, your ideas are all good, any of them would be good choices

David A. said...

Tim, grief in showtunes would be a really good theme genre combo.

Chris DeSousa said...

Idolatry in Rap

Power in Rap

Alcoholism in Country

Meghan McAlpine said...

Kristina,i think your right that is too specific, i think like being materialistic in rap would be better.

Scott Coleman said...

david, i like your idea its very original and refreshing

Suzanne said...

Kristen here are some ideas:
1) Romance in Modern Country music
2) Love within Modern Country music


Kristina here are some ideas:
1) Heartache in Country
2) Fight in Rap

Tori here are some ideas:
1) Affection in Country
2) Hurt in Alternative Rock
3) Lost love in Alternative Rock

Josh here is another idea:
1) Hatred in alternative music
- should be interesting

Tim here are some ideas:
1) What about upcoming future's in country music.
2) Life battles in Rap
3) Heartache in Alternative Rock

Kajsa here are some ideas:
1) Lost Love in country
2) Try- Females perspective of lost love in country

Jamie here is an idea:
1)Needs expressed throughout Rap music

Amanda here is an idea:
1)Joy in Indie Pop

David A. said...

Scott, I think that symobolism in rock would be a really good theme genre combo for you to do, and it would probably be pretty easy.

Erica Callahan said...

i want to do turn of the century music. any good theme ideas?

Kristen Tenglin said...

Good idea David!

Kristen Tenglin said...

Taylor, those are all good ideas and I really like the anti-war and protest but it might be too narrow.

Erica Callahan said...

david i like your combo! its different and i bet there's a lot to work with

Erica Callahan said...

taylor, i like all of your themes & the anti-war and protest is different

Kristina, Alex, Val, Jamie said...

Scott, you came up with some great ideas. Good job.

Erica Callahan said...

giff, for failur in rap maybe "beautiful" by: eminem?

Ariel said...

i hope there is a snow day tomorrow!

The Road of Lost Innocence said...

Griff I really like failure in rap, thats a good one

The Road of Lost Innocence said...

Thanks Suzanne.. all good ideas!

The Road of Lost Innocence said...

Heartache in country Giddy On Up by:Laura Bell Bundy

The Road of Lost Innocence said...

A good revenge song would be Pardon Me by incubus

The Road of Lost Innocence said...

A love song Hey There Delilah Plain white T's

The Road of Lost Innocence said...

A good song for optimism could be Halo by Beyonce

The Road of Lost Innocence said...

A good love song could be Fallin' For You by Colbie Caillat

The Road of Lost Innocence said...

Lost In this moment by Big & Rich for Love in Country

The Road of Lost Innocence said...

Love Remembers by Craig Morgan

The Road of Lost Innocence said...

Chris, power in rap sounds good you will be able to find a lot with that one

David A. said...

Suzanne, a good song for Heartache in Country would be, "Whiskey and You" by Tim McGraw.

22569 said...

Suzanne I think that is a great idea. I strongly recommend Keny Chensy's song "Summer Time" for heartache in country theme. For love in country theme go with Taylor Swift's "Our Song" or "Love Song".For Guilt in Punk Rock theme go with P!nk's "So What" or Queen's "Killer Queen".

Kristina, I would recommend either Eminem's "Mocking Bird" or Little Wayne's "Make It Rain" for your struggle in rap theme.

David u should try Taylor Swift's "Should've Said No".

Kristen Tenglin said...

thanks Suzanne I think that is what I am going to do

Kristen Tenglin said...

maybe happiness in turn of the century music Erica? that would probably have a lot of options

Kristen Tenglin said...

I like the idea of power in rap chris

Kristina, Alex, Val, Jamie said...

chris, i think power in rap would be a good idea. No one has this topic so it would be a good choice

Meghan McAlpine said...

I think im going to do storytelling in country! I know its a vague topic but i think i'll get a lot of songs! Any ideas? ...minus "love story" lol

Meghan McAlpine said...

Erica! its a good idea to do turn of the century music! If i think of any good themes i'll let you know!

Meghan McAlpine said...

Ohhh! thanks tori i didnt even know that!

Erica Callahan said...

scott, all of your ideas are really good and i think you could find a lot for any of them

mollym said...

no ideaaaaa

mollym said...

dont know what genre but maybe one of these themes.....

-imagery
-symbolism
-hope

katie said...

Happyness in Rap
Regret in Alternative
Love in Punk Rock

-KatieR

Tbrown said...

Suzanne thanks for the ideas the rap one is a good one

Tbrown said...

David symbolism in rock is a great idea you'll find a lot of songs to use

Tbrown said...

Tori heartbreak in country and breakup you could use taylor swift songs and there are a lot songs out there

David A. said...

Thanks, Kristen!

David A. said...

Thanks, Erica!

Tbrown said...

Taylor good idea about anti war, Green Day has a lot of anti war songs

Anonymous said...

anyone doing anything with rap should check out wu-tang clan
-scott

Anonymous said...

Kristina, check out goo goo dolls for love in alternative
-scott

Anonymous said...

people doing love in counrty, Rascal flatts has a lot of love songs
-scott

Anonymous said...

people doing love in counrty, Rascal flatts has a lot of love songs
-scott

David A. said...

A good singer for optimism in Reggae would be, Bob Marley.

David A. said...

A good country song about love would be, "Always On My Mind" By : Willie Nelson.

David A. said...

A good artist for Poverty in Rap would be, Nelly.

mollym said...

finally decided(:....inspirational in 80's music

Erica Callahan said...

meghan, a good story telling one is tim mcgraw by taylor swift