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Hi y'all!   For this weeks blog post, I chose to listen to the song "Give up the Funk (Tear the Roof fff the Sucker)" by Parliament.  I immediately recognized this song when we heard it in class!  I think that I had heard it off of a movie or TV show or something.  Wherever I heard it from, I was drawn into it from the start.  This song is so funky, cool, and upbeat.  It's honestly one of my favorite songs from the disco era, and it's such a boppin' song.  It's easily recognizable from the beginning, and has such an iconic chorus.  Although this song is pretty repetitive, I think it's such a fun dance song!  "Give up the Funk" has a really cool bass line that's repeated throughout, and some cool, classic disco synth parts.  If you listen to the whole song, you get to hear the unique synth editions they add towards the middle.  Around minute four, the synthesizer sounds like it's floating in.  It adds a really cool effect, ...

 Last week was definitely not the best time, but I'm going to try to make up for it with this blog post.  For this weeks song, I chose "Crocodile Rock"  by Elton John.  I've always loved this song!  I've loved hearing it in movies, on the radio, and then I got to listen to it for school!  Which I have to admit, was pretty great.  This song starts out with three piano chords, then goes into an upbeat melody with synthetic sounding instruments added to the piano base sound.  Then in the chorus, it sounds like there was a little country influence, along with the upbeat, classic rock 'n' roll sound.  Overall, "Crocodile Rock"  is an upbeat, and fun song that you can really move your feet to.  Hence the lyric, "Well Crocodile Rocking is something shocking, when your feet just can't sit still.  I never knew me a better time, and I guess I never will." This song really has a sense of nostalgia associated with it.  Remembering tho...