Music[als]

Lately I've become very aware of music that is played in the background of TV shows or movies. When I hear a song that I like I'll write down pieces of the lyrics that I can catch and then google it later to find out who sings it. Two of my new favorite songs are from different episodes of season 1 of The Vampire Diaries. The songs are Down by Jason Walker and The Mess I Made by Parachute

This semester I'm taking a class on the history of American broadway. Last week we watch a clip from Fiddler on the Roof, a movie that I haven't seen in ages! We were required to watch a movie called Yankee Doodle Dandy, which is about the life of George M. Cohan and the influence he had on broadway. I never realized that certain patriotic songs like "Over There" and "You're a Grand Old Flag" were written by Cohan and they were sung on broadway. Surprisingly, I really enjoyed this movie and found it really interesting. For this week we have to watch an operetta, and I'm not sure how much I will like that.

xox