Sh-Boom

     Do you ever listen to a song and it reminds you of a specific thing, like a memory, a show, a movie, etc.? Well if you’ve ever seen the movie Cars, the song “Sh-Boom” by The Cords probably brings you right back to that movie! And if it doesn’t, go watch Cars again! 

    This song is very upbeat, and it has a happy, “life is good”, vibe to it! The lyrics to the song are very hopeful and happy. The lyrics, “ If you will tell me I'm the only one that you love, Life could be a dream,” show that all the singers need/want to have a dreamy life is for the person they are singing about to tell them that they love them. 

    I really love this song, partly because of the good memories it brings back from watching Cars as a kid (so many times it drove my parents insane), but also because of the hopeful and happy message it conveys! It has almost a “bouncy” feel to it, and I love the way it sounds and feels!

Gospel Ship

 This week I decided to write about the song “Gospel Ship”, by The Carter Family. This song is classified as a country song, but you could also argue that it belongs to the Gospel music genre (I mean look at the name!) Another classification of this song is Sacred music which is very similar to gospel music. The Carter family had 300 song recording between the years 1927-1941 and their main focus was old-time music.

The lyrics of this song talk about going on a trip in an “Old Gospel Ship” and ending up in Heaven. The lyrics show that they are a religious family, and that they aren’t ashamed of their faith. Towards the end of the song the lyrics say “If you are ashamed of me , you ought not to be”. I view this to mean that some people are ashamed of them because they show and sing about their faith in God and in Heaven, but they aren’t ashamed of their faith and want to show it to the world. 

The song has a very “Old Timey” feel, and I could picture my grandparents listening to it. I like how their voice sounds natural and “raw” so to say. They have a unique voice to them, and the guitar playing compliments it very nicely. 

Deed I Do

 This week I chose to write about the song “Deed I Do” by Ruth Etting. Ruth Etting was a major singer in the 1920’s and 1930’s. This song was composed in 1926 by Fred Rose and the lyrics were written by Walter Hirsch. This song is a jazz standard.

Much like last weeks song, this song is also a love song. It has that “old timey” feel that makes me think of black and white tv shows and movies. The lyrics are very repetitive, but they get the point across. A main phrase of lyrics are “ Do I want (or need) you? Oh my. Do I. Honey, ‘deed I do.” These lyrics show how she feels about this person, that she needs/wants this person. It shows a simplistic type of love, where she isn’t asking or wanting for a lot, but rather all she wants is this person. The lyrics also say “You brought sunshine just to brighten my loneliness” showing that the person who’s love she is singing about brought happiness and light to her life. 

The music in this song has a lot of brass instruments that compliment Ruth Etting’s voice very nicely. The music gives the song a little bit of a swing feeling, like jazz songs usually do.