Sh - Boom

-

 

I chose to analyze "Sh-Boom" by The Chords. Whenever I hear this song, like many of you, I think of the movie Cars. And because this song is in Cars, when I hear this song I tend to think about what life would have looked like back in the 50's. I might think this way especially because I live in a town that Route 66 goes through and work is being done to restore 'historic downtown'. This song is up-beat and has a happy sound to it. It makes me smile when I listen to it and I think it is definitely a song that you can cruise to. :)

There are a few elements of "Sh-Boom" that remind me of jazz music. The scat singing throughout the song reminds me of jazz singer Louis Armstrong who often used scat singing in his songs. The saxophone solo in the middle of the song reminds me of the riffs and improvisation that are common in jazz songs. So in other words, I think that jazz had an influence on the musicians and singers in The Chords, which is why there are these similarities. To me that shows that other artists and genres have influences on future artists and different genres, and relates to the class theme of Identity.

Comments

  1. Nathan LeFevreFebruary 16, 2021 at 5:57 PM

    Thank you Liz! This is very a very impressive analyzation . I love the fun upbeat tempo of this song and I can fully agree with you that it is a song you can cruise to. When I hear this song I can only think of what is was like in the 50's it is definitely a classic.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Jordan ShoberFebruary 17, 2021 at 10:50 PM

    I love your song choice! This is definitely a top two song choice for me from this exam. When I was going through the songs, and listing them to my parents to see if they knew any of them, we came upon this song and my parents immediately started singing it. At first I wasn't sure if I could recognize it or not, until I started playing that song and I piped right up! This is truly a historic song for all ages. However, it's also one of those songs that you don't actually know the title to, but you recognize the music. I find it interesting that with the song being created and released earlier on, but made its appearance in a popular movie in the 2000's. It makes me wonder how "popular" it truly would be if it weren't for the movie.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

-
Image
My name is Elizabeth Strong. I'm from Kingman, AZ and I love it here in Cedar City. I'm majoring in Engineering Technology. I'm taking this class just because it sounded super interesting and I'm excited to learn more about popular music! One of my favorite things to do is listen to music. My favorite artists would probably be Elvis Presley and the Beach Boys. I'm into oldies if you couldn't tell ;)
Read more

Good Vibrations

-
Image
This week I chose to analyze "Good Vibration" by The Beach Boys.  I love the Beach Boys' music! But I have to admit I haven't ever learned much about the group themselves until this class. For instance, one thing I did not know is how long the group worked in the studio to produce this song and how much work Brian Wilson put into each of their songs to made them sound just right. The time and attention to musical detail are apparent in "Good Vibrations".  Another thing I did not know until we discussed this song in class was how many instruments are used in this song. There are so many that it is nicknamed Brian Wilson's "pocket orchestra". In this song, there are organs, flutes, a cello, and theremin to name a few. Out of all of these instruments the most noticeable and distinct is the theremin that is used to create the 'out-of-this-world' sound. The music in this song helps the listener feel almost as if they are in a dream or anothe...
Read more