Episode 5

Episode 5

This episode talked a lot about Harry Smith with greater detail than before. The statement Micheal Ash made was very interesting, he said "I think he (Harry Smith) is one, if not the only, truly renaissance man of the latter part of the twentieth century because of the wide range of things he was able to accomplish." This just goes to show how diverse and complete this collection is. Harry has gone through, and done so many things, sure he missed a few things, but over all its excellent. This relates to the class because were listening to this huge collection, and were getting a very good taste of what the 20th centuaty sounded like.

Episode 4

Episode 4

I liked this episode a little less than the first one, but it was still good. The quote "I saw America change through music" was very interesting and important. It s so important because its extremely true. Our entire culture changes with music. blues-country-jazz-rock-rap-techno... the list goes on. The quote pertains to our class because i think one of the big points this class is making is that music does change a culture significantly, and thats why this quote is so cool.

Episode 3

Episode 3

Ill just start out this and say that this was very cool to listen to. Its crazy that someone would make a collection of the sounds of the 20th century. With that said i thought Martin Luther King's "I have a dream..." speech was very intersting and important to incooporate in the work." To have his speech along side folk songs, poems, bules, and jazz, just shows how complete this collection is. This speech connects to the course extremely well. Who was writing all the blues songs? The black people were, the slaves. The blues music came out of the black slaves, and Martin Luther King's speech explains how his people were being treated. Martin Luther King says that he has a dream that one day everyone will be treated equil, yet we still struggle with equality in todays society.