Popular music in America_Shihui Hu

MY BLUE HEAVEN The song I want to recommend this week is "My Blue Heaven", which was also recommended by many people in last week's blog. When I hear this song, it gives me the feeling of tenderness and tranquility. I looped the single seven or eight times and listened carefully to the feeling of every lyric, placing myself in it, listening to the birds chirping, surrounded by loved ones. My favorite lyric of the whole song is "What makes the world go round? Nothing but love". Only love binds us together. At the end of the song, there's a whistle, which is probably the part I don't like, although this echoes the bird's departure at the beginning, I think it breaks the silence of the song, like scratching a few lines on a white paper black line. When I study the whole song carefully, in addition to the beauty expressed from the lyrics, I can also understand it as a yearning for a better life. The blue heaven symbolizes an ideal life, away from the hus...

BARBARA ALLEN Hi everyone, this week I would like to recommend Barbary Allen. This ballad is different from the usual music with a single female voice, but it is not a cappella. This is the part that surprised me as soon as I heard it. I would classify it as classical music and imagine that classical strings could be used to accompany it. With the lyrics, I stopped feeling that this is a sad story. When I was immersed in it, especially when the roses grew on the graves of William and Barbary Allen at the end of the song, I felt the power of regret that two people who loved each other couldn't be together because of class. To be honest, the authenticity of this rose cannot be understood, but it is a symbol of their love, and I am willing to believe this poignant love story. In this song, my favorite part is the cycle of each person's name, on the one hand echoing the song title, on the other hand, it plays a role of emphasis. Jean Ritchie's voice as a singer is also very uni...

Hello, everyone! Welcome to my blog.  My name is Shihui Hu and I am a student from China. My major is finance.  Music and sports are an integral part of my life. Fun fact: I am a goalkeeper in my high school.  I love hip-hop, and I also like to go to live houses and feel the atmosphere of the scene. My favorite Chinese rap group is Straight Fire Gang. Besides that, I also love to listen to lyrical pop music, and I like Jay Chou. If you have any questions, please feel free to leave me a message, I will reply as soon as I see it, I hope you have a happy time in my blog, enjoy!