1. Jesse McCartney, "Shake", Pop, 2010
2. Flo Rida, Right Round, Rap, 2009
3. Young Money, Bedrock, 2009
4.R-rated :) The lonely Island, I Just Had Sex, Rap, 2010
5. R-rated :) Akon, I Wanna Fuck You, Rap, 2008
Aim 2: Community Service
1. Ben Harper, With My Own Two Hands, pop/indie? 2003
2. Michael Jackson, Heal The World, Pop, 1992
3. Michael Jackson, Earth Song, Pop, 1995
4. Lynyrd Skynyrd, Lend a Helpin Hand, Rock, 1998
5. Arrested Development, Mr. Wendal, popish?, 1992
During this assignment, I realized how hard it actually is to find songs related to community service. This shows me that sex is more prevelant and 'interesting' for people to listen to these days. Even though I am not shocked about this discovery, I feel like it should be opposite. Helping people and the community is definately a concept that should be talked about more often; when in reality most people are not interested unless some pleasure (to themselves) is received for actions. In Hinduism, community service is just as important as pleasure in order to reach liberation (i.e. Moksha). In the Western religions, community service seems very rare and not everyone participates. This is where I feel that western religions could improve since everyone wants a better community in which to live which means everyone needs to chip in.
I agree with you. I think that today people only get involved in major disasters. There are tons of little things that need to be done all around us, for example all the homeless people. Why don't we have a song about the homeless people? I could only find songs that pertained to huge tragadies.
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