Second Disappointing Blog Post

 For this first listening blog post, I decided to listen to the song "Soldier's Joy,"  by Gid Tanner And His Skillet Lickers.  When we first listened to this song during class, I was really surprised by how upbeat it is.  "Soldier's Joy"  is a fiddle tune that was released in 1996.  I think the lyrics really fit with the music, it's really bubbly and has a strong rhythm.  The instruments stay along with their traditional roles, they're just played in a country/fiddle style.  The features of this song hardly correlate with my favorite genre of music.  My preferred music style is more of an alternative/rock style, which isn't very similar to a fiddle style.  Though, they could use the same instruments or use them in a similar setting.  I really enjoy the rhythm and melody of this piece, but my favorite part is when the lyrics and vocals come in.  I wasn't able to find the lyrics listed online, but I could make out a few of them.  The lyrics were very interesting, talking about grasshoppers, morphine, drinking, obviously all of the good stuff. ;)  I'm not totally certain what was considered "controversial" at the time, but hearing the lyrics "Twenty-five cents for the morphine, twenty-five cents for the beer, twenty-five cents for the morphine, get me away from here,"  seem a bit controversial to me.  I would probably say that the target audience for "Soldier's Joy"  would be for people going dancing.  I'm not sure you could say there's a specific age group as an audience, but it definitely seems like it would be played in a close knit, group setting.  I highly recommend listening to "Soldier's Joy," by Gid Tanner And His Skillet Lickers.  This song has a really nice sound to it, and everyone from the class seemed to enjoy it. :) 

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