The video I chose to post is one of my favorites from the band, Flight of the Conchords. The video is from the band's HBO show called, The Flight of the Conchords and the song in the video is titled, HipHopopotamus vs. Rhymenocerous. I really like the band's music because it's all very funny and their music has a huge variety. This song is a great example of that diversity. The band sings alot of folk type music and here they are rapping. The lyrics of this song are what make it so great. Most rappers sing about life on the streets and Bret and Jemaine are rapping about large mammals. It is hard to believe that Bret and Jemaine could find so many words and ways to rhyme HipHopopotamus. They used words like: bottom-less, metropolis, phosphorus, esophagus, preposterous, and hypothesis. The way that the band can express there music in a variety of genres is almost inspiring. The Flights of the Conchords started out as just two friends, Bret and Jemaine, who started a small novelty band in New Zealand. Now the band tours internationally and even has their own HBO show. The best part about the show might have to be the plot. The plot of the show is about the struggles and comedic hard times of a struggling New Zealand novelty band that has moved to the U.S. to try and make it big and become famous.
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Free Write
The video I chose to post is one of my favorites from the band, Flight of the Conchords. The video is from the band's HBO show called, The Flight of the Conchords and the song in the video is titled, HipHopopotamus vs. Rhymenocerous. I really like the band's music because it's all very funny and their music has a huge variety. This song is a great example of that diversity. The band sings alot of folk type music and here they are rapping. The lyrics of this song are what make it so great. Most rappers sing about life on the streets and Bret and Jemaine are rapping about large mammals. It is hard to believe that Bret and Jemaine could find so many words and ways to rhyme HipHopopotamus. They used words like: bottom-less, metropolis, phosphorus, esophagus, preposterous, and hypothesis. The way that the band can express there music in a variety of genres is almost inspiring. The Flights of the Conchords started out as just two friends, Bret and Jemaine, who started a small novelty band in New Zealand. Now the band tours internationally and even has their own HBO show. The best part about the show might have to be the plot. The plot of the show is about the struggles and comedic hard times of a struggling New Zealand novelty band that has moved to the U.S. to try and make it big and become famous.
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I will have to admit that I have yet to see this particular band and their show. I will have to look up more videos on YouTube sometime. I have an eclectic taste in music so this group sounds interesting. It is nice to hear about positive rapping. Lately I have been listening to artists such as Immortal Technique who is not exactly positive rap but his lyrics are usually about government, politics, race issues, etc. Think Rage Against the Machine but rap and coming from a pissed off educated Peruvian. It's always nice to hear someone with lyrics about something other than drugs, cars, and ho's. While I do listen to music that contains lyrics such as those I prefer music that has a message. Music can be an effective tool in spreading a message and influencing others. Everybody listens to music throughout the course of their life.
Rhetoric, what we read about for today, I think can be applied to music as well. Musicians can use logos, ethos, and pathos to help convey a message they have in a song.
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