FUN SONG: "Toystore" - Making Curriculum Pop2024-03-28T23:00:45Zhttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/forum/topics/fun-song-toystore?commentId=2665237%3AComment%3A19301&feed=yes&xn_auth=noK to the M,
This is great -…tag:mcpopmb.ning.com,2009-11-12:2665237:Comment:195862009-11-12T09:19:45.532ZRyan Goblehttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/profile/RyanGoble
K to the M,<br />
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This is great - awesome way to teach events and historical POV. Have you listened to K-OS you might dig him a lot, he's like an heir to KRS one/ Native Tounges crew with a good chunk of teachable songs. This isn't teachable, just fun.<br />
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Check: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6VrgPMLsiE" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6VrgPMLsiE</a><br />
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Thanks so much for sharing the track! So cool that you're here!<br />
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Ry:)
K to the M,<br />
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This is great - awesome way to teach events and historical POV. Have you listened to K-OS you might dig him a lot, he's like an heir to KRS one/ Native Tounges crew with a good chunk of teachable songs. This isn't teachable, just fun.<br />
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Check: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6VrgPMLsiE" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6VrgPMLsiE</a><br />
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Thanks so much for sharing the track! So cool that you're here!<br />
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Ry:) This track "You Must Learn" b…tag:mcpopmb.ning.com,2009-11-10:2665237:Comment:195112009-11-10T15:29:52.289ZKyle Meltonhttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/profile/KyleMelton
This track "You Must Learn" by KRS ONE is obvious for teaching history (from an angry black perspective) but is instructive and provocative nonetheless. No profanity, but could be controversial.<br />
<b>Lyrics to You Must Learn (Remix) :</b><br />
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Verse One:<br />
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It's calm yet wild the style that I speak<br />
Just deal with facts and you will never get weak in the heart<br />
In fact you'll start to illuminate<br />
Knowledge to others in a song let me demonstrate<br />
the force of knowledge, knowledge reigned supreme<br />
The…
This track "You Must Learn" by KRS ONE is obvious for teaching history (from an angry black perspective) but is instructive and provocative nonetheless. No profanity, but could be controversial.<br />
<b>Lyrics to You Must Learn (Remix) :</b><br />
<br />
Verse One:<br />
<br />
It's calm yet wild the style that I speak<br />
Just deal with facts and you will never get weak in the heart<br />
In fact you'll start to illuminate<br />
Knowledge to others in a song let me demonstrate<br />
the force of knowledge, knowledge reigned supreme<br />
The ignorant is ripped to smithereens<br />
What do you mean when you say I'm rebellious<br />
Cause I don't accept everything that you're telling us<br />
What are you selling us the creator dwell in us<br />
I sit in your unknown class while you're failing us<br />
I failed your class cause I ain't with your reasoning<br />
You're tryin make me you by seasoning<br />
Up my mind with see Jane run<br />
See John walk in a hardcore New York<br />
Come on now, that's like a chocolate cow<br />
It doesn't exist no way, no how<br />
It seems to me that in a school that's ebony<br />
African history should be pumped up steadily, but it's not<br />
and this has got to stop<br />
See Spot run, run get Spot<br />
Insulting to a Black mentality<br />
A Black way of life or a jet Black family<br />
So I include with one concern, that<br />
You must learn<br />
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Verse Two:<br />
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I believe that if you're teaching history<br />
Deal with straight up facts no mystery<br />
Teach the student what needs to be taught<br />
Cause Black and White kids both take shorts<br />
When one doesn't know about the other ones' culture<br />
Ignorance swoops down like a vulture<br />
Cause you don't know that you ain't just a janitor<br />
No one told you about Benjamin Banneker<br />
A brilliant Black man that invented the almanac<br />
Can't you see where KRS is coming at<br />
With Elie Whitney, Haile Selassie<br />
Granville Woods made the walkie talkie<br />
Lewis Lattimer improved on Edison<br />
Charles Drew did a lot for medicine<br />
Garrett Morgan made the traffic lights<br />
Harriett Tubman freed the slaves at night<br />
Madame CJ Walker made a straightin comb<br />
But you won't know this is you weren't shown<br />
The point I'm gettin at it it might be harsh<br />
Is we're just walkin' around brainwashed<br />
So what I'm sayin is not to diss em man<br />
We need the 89 school system<br />
One that caters to a Black fratern because<br />
You must learn<br />
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Verse Three:<br />
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Akebulan is the original name<br />
Of Africa now stripped of it's fame<br />
It's good to note, that in ancient times<br />
Egyptians developed all sciences of the mind<br />
To the point where they ruled the planet<br />
But Rome, Greece and Persia wasn't havin it<br />
They attacked, and won the war<br />
But it wasn't enough, they had to get to the core<br />
Cause in that time it was Akebulan<br />
That ruled religion, politics and man<br />
In order to destroy the Egyptian race<br />
They had to wipe the sciences, from off the face of the planet<br />
So they proceeded to ban it<br />
Then replace it with Christianity<br />
And it's, been that way, all the way to today<br />
Learn what we teach, hear what we say<br />
But here comes the K-the-R-the-S-the-O-the-N-the-E<br />
The BDP and we rhyme intelligently<br />
Let me continue with Theodosyius<br />
A Greek ruler not known to most of us<br />
He in the fourth century A.D.<br />
Calls the Egyptians fools you see<br />
Two years later, Justinian rules<br />
Six A.D., was it for schools<br />
As a result, ignorance had swirled<br />
Over Christian Europe and grateful Roman worlds<br />
This went on for a thousand years<br />
Of ignorance stupidity and tears<br />
Now comes the seventeenth century hardness<br />
Europe, began to come out of it's darkness<br />
So J.F. Blumenbach, a German<br />
Came out of nowhere and started confirming<br />
White supremacy and men of colors<br />
Before this time, all men were brothers<br />
It was Johann, who went on to say<br />
There are five different colors in the world today<br />
That's caucasian, malayan, and mongolian<br />
American-indian, and ethiopian<br />
Yes, the ignorance gets scarier<br />
He believed whites were superior<br />
According to his idiotic fountain<br />
The purest whites were from the Caucas mountains<br />
J A Blofener, and H S Chamberlain<br />
Both supported this outrageous racism<br />
This went on to what the master race should be<br />
And why they killed the Jews in Germany<br />
Here is the reason why I'm so concerned<br />
Because you, must, learn Sean and Jeana,
Thank you so…tag:mcpopmb.ning.com,2009-11-06:2665237:Comment:193642009-11-06T15:43:41.642ZRyan Goblehttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/profile/RyanGoble
Sean and Jeana,<br />
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Thank you so much - as always for your great/ideas responses! You collectively rule! Now I have to make a new Sean and Jeana playlist!<br />
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RRG:)
Sean and Jeana,<br />
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Thank you so much - as always for your great/ideas responses! You collectively rule! Now I have to make a new Sean and Jeana playlist!<br />
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RRG:) When I teach about tolerance…tag:mcpopmb.ning.com,2009-11-05:2665237:Comment:193012009-11-05T23:07:09.412ZSeanhttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/profile/Sean
When I teach about tolerance and/or war, I almost always use Chumbawamba, though not popular here in the U.S., their songs carry a mighty message that only words can provide. "Homophobia" is a fantastic song for teaching tolerance, especially right now.<br />
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As for war, I find that many country songs can be used to discuss the different dispositions of soldiers in war. Chely Wright's "Bumper of My S.U.V." is a great neutral song that isn't sure about much but knows to support the troops, no matter…
When I teach about tolerance and/or war, I almost always use Chumbawamba, though not popular here in the U.S., their songs carry a mighty message that only words can provide. "Homophobia" is a fantastic song for teaching tolerance, especially right now.<br />
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As for war, I find that many country songs can be used to discuss the different dispositions of soldiers in war. Chely Wright's "Bumper of My S.U.V." is a great neutral song that isn't sure about much but knows to support the troops, no matter what. I also use Toby Keith's "Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue (The Angry American)," which promotes war and violence and retaliation and irrationality. Then there's songs like "Some Mother's Son" by Carolyn Dawn Johnson or the incredibly controversial (and communist according to past presidents) "I Didn't Raise My Son to be a Soldier" to point out the loss of a life, not a pawn. "Hanging on the Old Barbed Wire" is a good song from a standard soldier's point of view about the higher-ranked officers in WWI and WWII, sung by British soldiers in the trenches.<br />
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Similarly, the effects of war are often sung about by The Cranberries, as with "War Child," "Zombie," and "So Cold in Ireland." And Tommy Sands' (or Cara Dillon's beautiful version) "There Were Roses" touch the heart with a group of family and friends divided by the Troubles. Sorry, many of my songs are about Ireland. It's my main musical taste.<br />
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And hopefully not controversial, I'd like to use "With God on Our Side" by Bob Dylan and "Walking into Battle with the Lord" by Chumbawmaba. I'd like to think it's not controversial because it's criticizing the way each culture believes their god is on their side and the other side is evil and terrible. But would someone like God support war? It's a good thing to think about. That Mr. Dylan....gotta love him!<br />
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And there's a few bands who talk about slavery in Barbados; one I love is by Damien Dempsey "To Hell or Barbados." A few lines are taken nearly word for word from Tituba in <i>The Crucible</i>. Damien Dempsey has sooooooooooo many songs one could use for colonialism and war. On the same topic is "Tobacco" by Flogging Molly, and Irish rock is still in, right? I got a pop culture reference for real!<br />
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Speaking of carrying a mighty message and the power of words, another Chumbawamba song comes to mind from their most recent album <i>The Boy Bands Have Won</i>: "Words Can Save Us," lyrics following.<br />
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April morning summer come soon<br />
Clouds follow after<br />
Morning sun is hidden by noon<br />
Day shrouded over<br />
Tears to face the morning news<br />
We watch our future burn<br />
And wonder if we'll ever learn<br />
That words can save us<br />
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War in Broken Promise Land<br />
Fame fear and gunfire<br />
Cowboy culture blood on its hands<br />
Flag fuel and empire<br />
Bit parts for shooting stars<br />
Above the dying trees<br />
No-one looking up to see<br />
How words can save us<br />
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Number one Favourite son<br />
One more outsider<br />
Army drops its cluster bombs<br />
Boy sees his future<br />
World are you listening now?<br />
This fool just had his day<br />
Who'll be brave enough to say<br />
That words can save us? Thanks for the interesting so…tag:mcpopmb.ning.com,2009-11-05:2665237:Comment:192972009-11-05T23:04:30.654ZJeana Rockhttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/profile/JeanaRock
Thanks for the interesting song which requires much schema to understand! I appreciate your hard work in getting permissions.<br />
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Many kids never really listen to the lyrics of the songs they love and are often surprised when they find out what the song's about. I have used "Brick" by Ben Folds Five to have my students analyze meaning. It requires some deep analysis because everything is implied and some students never understand because they lack experiences that are alluded to in the song. I…
Thanks for the interesting song which requires much schema to understand! I appreciate your hard work in getting permissions.<br />
<br />
Many kids never really listen to the lyrics of the songs they love and are often surprised when they find out what the song's about. I have used "Brick" by Ben Folds Five to have my students analyze meaning. It requires some deep analysis because everything is implied and some students never understand because they lack experiences that are alluded to in the song. I think the most important element in the song to understand what it is about are the pronouns, especially "you."<br />
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The meaning is unusual because of the gender of the speaker. This isn't normally a topic about which a boy would be concerned or feel this way.<br />
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<b>Brick performed by Ben Folds Five</b><br />
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6 A.M. day after Christmas<br />
I throw some clothes on in the dark<br />
The smell of cold<br />
Car seat is freezing<br />
The world is sleeping<br />
I am numb.<br />
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Up the stairs to her apartment<br />
She is balled up on the couch<br />
Her mom and dad went down to Charlotte<br />
They're not home to find us out.<br />
And we drive.<br />
Now that I have found someone<br />
I'm feeling more alone<br />
Than I ever have before.<br />
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She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly<br />
Off the coast and I'm headed nowhere<br />
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly<br />
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They call her name at 7:30<br />
I pace around the parking lot<br />
Then I walk down to buy her flowers<br />
And sell some gifts that I got.<br />
Can't you see<br />
It's not me you're dying for?<br />
Now she's feeling more alone<br />
Than she ever has before.<br />
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She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly<br />
Off the coast and I'm headed nowhere<br />
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly<br />
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As weeks went by<br />
It showed that she was not fine<br />
They told me, "Son, it's time to tell the truth."<br />
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She broke down, and I broke down<br />
'Cause I was tired of lying.<br />
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Driving back to her apartment<br />
For the moment we're alone.<br />
Yeah, she's alone.<br />
I'm alone.<br />
Now I know it.<br />
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She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly<br />
Off the coast and I'm headed nowhere.<br />
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly.