The Music Fact Rap is Fun to Sing
I am very pleased with myself: my first attempt at posting something other than text or a link is successful! (See below the comments.)
This quiz was okay--it had quite a few good bands, but not all the ones I would want. However, I think that the results are fairly accurate. I didn't realize quite how much I like R&B and hip-hop, because I'm also a big jazz, bluegrass, and NPR listener. NPR and hip-hop? Seemingly a weird combination.
However, I think that all of the types of music I like to listen to (with the exception of pop, really, and 90s alternative, which is sort of an aberration that works because a) it's mostly acoustic, and b) it was when I was in college, and one's college music has long staying power) have one thing in common: soul. Jazz, hip-hop, R&B, and (dare I say it?) bluegrass all have soul. I also like very old-school blues: that Bessie Smith, scratchy-record, twangy guitar, 1930s Mississipi delta sound--the kind of songs with a repetitive tune and three stanzas, the first two of which are the same. You know the kind. I could listen to those for hours.
(Of course I loved O Brother Where Art Thou, for the music, as well as George Clooney.)
I'm always open to learning more about music. I love classical and movie soundtracks and some musicals (particularly Stephen Sondheim), but I have a strange avant-garde/eccentric streak, too: John Adams and Philip Glass and weird dissonant things, folk music from faraway places in Africa and Scandinavia and places along the Silk Road. When music is genuine instead of cynically (is that the word I want?) designed to sell, I can connect with it. Particularly with instrumental music (whether classical, electronica, or whatever) I close my eyes and feel it wash over me, and I almost physically feel like I am swimming in it.
| Your Taste in Music: |
 80's Pop: High Influence 90's R&B: High Influence Old School Hip Hop: High Influence 90's Alternative: Medium Influence 90's Pop: Medium Influence |
posted by Violet at 11:20 AM
13 Comments:
Yeah, well, babe, out of that list, I only picked two bands that I even ever heard songs from. So my list went No Influence, No Influence, etc.
Not the quizzie for me, I guess.
Aah, you too liek to "kick it Old Skool".
DMC is the place to be!
Oh, I forgot to say although my taste in music is eclectic at heart I'm a folkie. If you like it hearfelt listen to Liege and Lief by Fairport Convention.
"Come all ye roving minstrels and together we willtry to rouse the spriti of the earth and move the rolling sky....."
hey, I was searching for the lyrics of 'the music fact rap' on google and it lead me to your blog. i sang it in 5th grade chorus like 11 years ago and can't remember how it goes. you wouldn't happen to have them or know where I could find them, would you? thanks!
Marie
In the 8th grade we had to memorise "the music fact rap" song and I totally cant remember the lyrics...it spoke about musical influences from beethoven and J.S Bach...if you can find those lyrics please post it on you next blog
haha...believe it or not I have remembered the majority of the words to "the music fact rap" song that I learned in 5th grade some 16 years ago. I will post a portion of it, but not the whole thing right now because it is a bit long. Well here goes:
The music fact rap is fun to sing.
The beat is rock and the lyrics swing.
You can snap your fingers,
clap your hands,
dance to the rhythm of a hundred bands.
So settle down hear what we say,
the music fact rap is on its way.
The music fact rap is on its way.
:) haha...so many momories!
The music fact rap is fun to sing.
The beat is rock and the lyrics swing.
You can snap your fingers,
clap your hands,
dance to the rhythm of a hundred bands.
So settle down hear what we say,
the music fact rap is on its way.
The music fact rap is on its way.
Bach was born in Eisenach in 1685, in 1760 when his life was through,
he had changed the course of music for me and you!
Even george paul ringo and john, the Liverpool 4 did he turn on, remember the trumpets in penny lane?
they were straight from Eisenach and J.S Bach.
J.S Bach from Eisenach
(J.S Bach from Eisenach)
I cant remember the next bit... but it goes on to say...
'staccato, staccato, staccato means short short. short short short. Now lets try to hold the note looooooonger.'
*1750 sorry!
I was also searching the "Music Fact Rap" and ran across this page. I remember the entire song and our chorus performed it, when I was 11 years old. It actually helped me out quite a lot. So fun to see that so many other remember it too.
The music fact rap is fun to sing
the beat is rock and the lyrics swing
you can snap your fingers
and clap your hands
or dance to the rhythm of a hundred bands
so settle down hear what we say
the music fact rap is on its way
the music fact rap is on its way
the music fact rap is on its way
Bach was born is Eisenach is 1685
by 1750 when his life was through
he had changed the course of music for me and you
even george, paul, ringo, and john
the liverpool four did he turn on
remember the trumpet and penny lane
the was straight from Eisenach and J.S Bach
J.S Bach from Eisenach
J.S Bach from Eisenach
Ludwig Beethoven born in Bonn
had the crazy middle name of Van
from 1770 to 1827
he composed music that can from heaven
the first 4 notes of his 5th symphony stand out like a monument to music history
did you know that in the end he could not hear
but onld Lugwig, he had no fear
He kept writing music for us you see
cuz music make the world a better place to be
music make the world a better place
music makes the world a better place for you and me
(*stomp stomp clap stomp clap*)
(*stomp stomp clap stomp clap*)
(*stomp stomp clap stomp clap*)
(*stomp stomp clap stomp clap*)
what about composers for the old set
those who wrote pop songs no one can forget
stormy weather by Arlin
Porter's beguine
Berlin's white Chirstmas for the yultide scene
Sorry Guys that's all I can remember from chorus as a kid.
OMG!!! THANK YOU!!! YOU ARE TO TOTALLY AWESOME! (Yes, yet another song I'm looking for from Chorus) LOL!!
You Are So Totally Awesome! (Not to)
Gonna add what I remember. Also my recollection is that my chorus teacher wrote this. I was in 6th or 7th grade in Jacksonville Florida. I think her name was Vivian something. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
Anyway, right after "Yuletide Scene:"
And what about George Gershwin's
Porgy and Bess?
St Louis Blues by Handy and
a hundred more or less?
Jazz or classical, country rock or pop
Music is the rhythm that puts you on top
Also there's a complex clap/snap breakdown that I never fully mastered.
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