Wilks Popular Music Blog

 When choosing what song to do for this blog, I decided to do one that I did not know in chapter 9, so I chose A Taste Of Honey by Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass. At first, I was very skeptical about this song because of how slow it starts, but once everything goes quiet and you can only hear drums, you know something spectacular is about to come, and it didn't disappoint. This song has no words, but you can hear what would be words coming out of the trumpet. My favorite parts of this song is when the trumpet has to quick notes going down like a guitar doing pull-offs. Having everything go quite and only having drums really boosts the effects of this song by setting a new up-beat tempo compared to the first 18 seconds of the song. One thing I noticed about the album cover is it has a very attractive woman looking at you in a very seductive way. I think the name of this song, A Taste Of Honey, might not be referring to the food honey, but to an attractive other that you might wan...

 When I saw this song was on the list, I got very excited! This song is in my one of my playlists with extremely meaning full songs to me. The entire song has a happy swing feeling to it that make you want to get up and dance with someone. While looking at the lyrics, many of the made up words and sounds they sing do not show up; I like to think these lines represent how people can dream about whatever they want, so the Chords included fake words in their "dream" song. The emphasize on the song is "Life could be a dream" meaning people can choose what type of life they want to live. Dreams don't last long, so another message is don't waist this one life that you have.  This song is very fitting in the Cars movie. Lightning McQueen, a professional racer, chooses to change his life in the end by affiliating himself with the small town of Radiator Springs. This just goes to show that anyone in any situation can change, but as in the movie, change is extremely h...

 One of the first things unique that stand out about this song is it's many false endings. I think the premise for these false endings come from the title; when someone is in the mood to do something, it can be extremely difficult to end it. While enjoying something that makes you feel as good as this song, it can be tough to break that mood for it. When someone is in the mood to do something, often, they repeat that thing or activity such as playing a sport or an instrument. This song represents this by repeating often the super catchy riff, or hook of this song.  I can understand by this song held number one for twelve weeks back then; to me, this song feels like a busy happy song. The main riff makes me want to get a move on with whatever activity I'm working on. Another interesting thing about this song is the false endings never go quiet. After hearing that, I'd compare it to a director of an orchestra or a choir who looks like they are ending a song, but any musical p...