Kevin

I don't believe I am being closed minded towards the music being shared at all, I just have a strong opinion when it comes to songwriting. In a song, the artist is trying to convey a feeling/moral/story etc. with some sort of purpose behind it, and the rap/hip-hop songs that I heard were being played had nothing more than a catchy beat. While we agree that Christian's song choices were poor, I heard music being played that had even less meaning behind it than Christian's. Though it was EXTREMELY repetitive, at least Tyler the Creator had done a good job at displaying a dark mood that he was feeling at the time he wrote the song, and had a lot of things to say about it... something I didn't hear while listening to the other rap songs talking about "smokin that OG kush" or "slappin hoes." Writing lyrics such as those take no artistic effort in displaying anything worthwhile (in my opinion) and it takes much more for me to like music than just a catchy beat. I probably shouldn't have said that it was all "garbage," but a ten year old could write more thought provoking lyrics. And while you call me ignorant, I call the songwriting of 80% of the music being shared as ignorant and stupid. There was nothing it had to offer besides a catchy beat and a bass-line.

Think-Hop

I liked think hop a-lot. Most of hip-hop and rap now a-days just gets on my nerves due to how repetitive it is and how stupid the lyrics are. The only thing in today's hip hop is that they have catchy beats. But Think Hop is different. First of all, it's not NEARLY as repetitive as modern hip hop, for the rappers will pretty much be talking about different things throughout the entirety of the song, instead of repeating lines about "OG Kush, money, hoes, or violence." And the lyrics of Think-Hop have a lot more to say than modern hip hop. The lyrics actually have meaning and purpose, and you can tell from reading them that the song-writer(s) are quite intelligent. That is the opposite for modern rap/hip-hop.  Though they usually have a catchy beat, the lyrics are simple, meaningless, and stupid. You can tell that stupid people were writing them. It takes little to no music ability or talented to write about drugs, money, and sex. And for that reason, I respect and like Think Hop, because it has catchy beats AND a deeper purpose.

Oasis

Oasis sucks. The singer has a really whiny voice that gets on my nerves after one song. And they think they're all that. After they wrote Wonder Wall they thought they were the greatest band on the face of the planet. They even said that they were better than The Beatles. I'm sorry, but anyone that says or even THINKS that they're better than the Beatles deserves to die. Except The Beatles. They can say that. But only them. Not Oasis. Oasis sucks.

Punk

I like the overall genre and idea of punk which is that you don't have to play an instrument or be musically talented to start a band. You can basically put together a bunch of repetitive, simple, catchy riffs and still make good music. The genre of punk is just the mentality of "I don't give a shit and I'll just do what ever the hell i want because I fucking can." I don't like listening to early punk such as the Ramones, but it's definitely entertaining. Just knowing that they threw random nonsense together and made a song out of it is pretty cool. And now punk is much more defined into bands like Green Day and Blink-182, which is okay, but the overall mentality of where punk originated is dying out.

Sublime

Sublime is a really chill band that I like to listen to when I'm in a happy mood. It's really upbeat and reggae-like but I think it's better because it has a rock element to it as well. The lyrics can be considered "inappropriate" to some but after hearing some of the rap lyrics in class it's very mellow. And the lyrics are cool and down to earth. I like sublime when I am on a happy mood.

Music shared by other classmates

Okay, I think that 85% of the people in our class had shared some god awful music. It was all primarily rap and hip hop and stuff like that only talk about drugs, money, or "hoes." I couldn't stand listening to it. I especially hated anything that Christian had played, and I don't know how anyone can listen to it without stabbing their ears out because it is god awful. And I also didn't like what all the preppy kids and jocks in the back of the class had to play either. It was all like the crap that Christian was playing. God I hated this week of your class. There were only a few peoples music that I could actually somewhat enjoy, and they were Fred's, Conner's, Mikayla's, and the second part of Andrew's. Everything else was garbage or worse. Did I mention that I hated almost everyone's music?

Music I shared

The music I had shared was the only thing I had on my phone that I could share. It was a song I had written with a bunch of looped guitar parts and me soloing on top of it. It's really mellow, and I'm quite pleased with how it turned out. It was nothing like anyone elses music and the recording was sloppy because it had been recorded on my phone.

Bruno Mars at Superbowl

Bruno Mars was highly praised for his performance at the Superbowl. I, on the other hand, have to go with the unpopular opinion... I thought that his performance was atrocious. He had probably the most unoriginal performance I have ever seen. He had the dance moves of Michael Jackson, the presence and flair of George Michael, the hair of Elvis Presley, but mixed in with new age pop music all in some Central American looking dude. It was all so cliche and unoriginal. I hated every second of it. Every last one

Red Hot Chili Peppers Live at Superbowl

I think the fact that the Red Hot Chili Peppers brought unplugged instruments on stage then pretended to play music is terrible. First of all, it's lying. To pretty much everyone in the country. Secondly, if I wanted to listen to recorded music, I would just listen to recorded music, and I wouldn't need live performers lying to me on stage. If I was gonna watch something live, I expect it to be live. Thirdly, they said in an apology that they considered that their music was sacred, and that they would NEVER pretend. But they did. And they lied about their music being sacred too, because otherwise they would treat it as such. If I were them and I REALLY thought my music was sacred, I would've turned the Superbowl down. And jeez, they seriously could have at least put a fake plug in... If you're gonna lie at least do it right. But they left it obvious and then apologized when they got caught, which they were bound to be. I don't like the Red Hot Chili Peppers's music, but now I dislike them even more because they're stupid and they're liars.

Aretha Franklin

A while ago we listened to Aretha Franklin, and it wasn't really my style, but she has a really good voice. She definitely is a good musician and her lyrics aren't bad. I think she has one powerful voice for a woman, and sometimes it scares me. But though I won't listen to Aretha Franklin I definitely respect her as a musician