Influence of Music in Social, Cultural and Political Perspectives (Essay Sample)

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Music is described as an art form that consists of sequences of sound in time, especially the tones of definite pitch organized melodically, rhythmically, and harmonically and according to the tone color. Music also gives people various identities according to the genre and the message of the song. Sociologist defines identity as the collective aspect of the set characteristics by which a thing or a person is definitively recognizable or known. When people listen to music, it identifies them sociologically, culturally or politically.
The first song belongs to Colbie Caillat, an American singer based in California. The song is known as "Try”. Vocalist Colbie Caillat emerged swiftly from an aspiring R&B singer to a pop sensation by the age of 21 years. In this song "Try," she advises women to make themselves look beautiful in all aspects. In Korea, the culture requires women to do anything that can make them look attractive (Furman 45). They want to remain young and beautiful. This cultural aspect of Korean women has made women spend much money in the cosmetic industry purchasing beauty products. Women who look attractive to their men are respected and loved.
Colbie Caillat in her song "Try" tells women to put on their make up, get their nails done, curl their hair and to run an extra mile so that they can keep their body slim. In the song lyrics, she goes on to advise them not to be shy to put on sexy clothes so that men can like or admire them. She tells them to visit shopping malls to purchase expensive clothes and other beauty products so that they can look attractive. She reinforces the cultural demand that Korean women should try harder to look attractive and beautiful (Furman 45). Hence, Colbie Caillat in her song makes Korean women identify culturally with the importance of being beautiful.
The other song "Human" was sung by Christina Perri, an American singer born in Pennsylvania. She says that music has been her everything since day one. It has been her shoulder to cry on, her rock, and her best friend. She continues to say that everything around her influences and inspires her mainly love; falling in it, loving it, losing it, and hating it. Love is a social aspect in Korea (Connell and Chris 120). Socialization is a significant part of life in this country. As part of socialization in Korea, children are supposed to be obedient to their parents. Children, love their parents and want to be like them when they grow up. This love makes children engage in behaviors that make their parents happy. The Love of any kind is highly appreciated in this country. Koreans believe that they can do everything to express love.
In the lyrics of this song "Human" of Christina Perri, she describes the things she can do to show love only that she is limited by her human nature. She says that she can hold her breath, bite her tongue and stay away for days if it can make herself be his or her number one. She points out that people put words in her head, knives in her heart, build her up, but she ends up falling because she is human. She says that she can turn it on, be a good machine, and hold the weight of the world if she is required to do so. She also says that she can take so much until she had enough, but she falls and crash because she is only human. In this song, Christina describes all what she can do because of love, but the human nature limits her. That's why she says she bleeds when she fall, crash and breakdown because she is human. She identifies the social aspect of love (Connell and Chris 121). People who listen to this song will identify with love that is an important social aspect.
The other song "Political Games" was sung by Lucky Dube, a South African Reggae musician. Most of his reggae lyrics were social messages aimed at the st...