Music-1020-01 Popular music in America

This podcast discussed Taylor Swift's effect on the music industry. Taylor Swift went from producing country music to pop music. This created some waves in the music industry as no artist has done so as successfully. She then again is making waves with the controversial content of her songs, for example, her song "You Need to Calm Down" the lyrics listed below You are somebody that I don't know But you're takin' shots at me like it's Patrón And I'm just like, damn, it's 7 AM Say it in the street, that's a knock-out But you say it in a Tweet, that's a cop-out And I'm just like, "Hey, are you okay?" And I ain't tryna mess with your self-expression But I've learned a lesson that stressin' and obsessin' 'bout somebody else is no fun And snakes and stones never broke my bones So oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh You need to calm down, you're being too loud And I'm just like oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh...

Switches on Pop Jazz 1959 discussed Jazz in 1959. According to the hosts, 1959 was one of the biggest years for Jazz. Some of my favorite albums discussed were: Ella Fitzgerald's Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book which they say is " a must-have for every jazz fan: Ella sings the genius of the Gershwins with arrangements by the great Nelson Riddle and his Orchestra. All the Gershwin favorites are here, and Ella sings them very succinctly. This is as good as jazz vocals get, and what better material." Miles Davis's King of Blue Miles "decided to record an album using mostly modal formats for the tunes. The outcome is breathtaking... The album is considered to be, by many the jazz album of all time" It was interesting to talk about the progression of Jazz.  Jazz went for mainstream popular music to "elevator" music. The hosts suggested that this was in part because the artist slowly stopped taking risks in how they sounded becoming mo...