Sunday, January 19, 2020
Soldiers Joy
Hey guys for my first post I listened to Solider's Joy by Gid Tanner And The Skillet Lickers. When I was listening to this song I liked the fast pace tempo, and how it starts as a happy song in the beginning, and to me it sounds like a country song, and I like country also the song talks about simple life for example chicken, the dog, and grandpa sitting on a sweet potato vine. But then starts to get dark when hearing about buying Beer, and Morphine to drown out the stress of war a soilder may have or it was used as a coping mechanism with the hard events that they had to go through, also this was the sad realilty of soldiers in the earlier wars when beer and other drugs made them feel relaxed, and was the only way they could enjoy life. Until next time see you guys, and be good pepole.
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I like this song and your explanation, it helps to understand. Although it was first heard in class, it was really good because it was a fast tempo song. I also liked your explanation of Soldier's Joy. Thanks to you, the lyrics of the war were well delivered to me.
ReplyDeleteI agree that this song has a very country feel to it. I think it is very different from today's music because there is less guitar in this piece and more string instruments like violin and fiddle like sounds. I think this gives it a much more upbeat tone rather than long strums on a guitar. I didn’t think of the ending the way you described it, but I think it paints a very good visual for the time the song was written.
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