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I've decided to make music the main theme of my padlet. But not any kind of music. I'll try to include some of the songs that have changed my life. Or the way in which I see the world.

There are certain songs that I will always remember. Some may have not meant anything when I first listened to them but they mean so much to me now. Other influenced me very deeply since the beginning.

The themes and topics of these songs are broad. I don't think they talk bout the same things. However, a couple of them do have something in common. That is, they speak about problems that people have to go through. That is another one of my passions: sociology.

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I am goingo to start with one of the hardest topics my music choices will acknowledge.
The song is called 1-800-273-8255. The author is Logic and Alessia Cara and Khalid are featured.

I would recommend you listen to it before you start reading my comments. I say this, because I was quite shocked and confused when I heard it for the first time.

The first few lines were something I was not expecting. When it said
‘I don't wanna be alive
I just wanna die today’
I thought I had heard it wrong. I didn’t understand why a song would talk about something like that. I then discovered it talks about suicide.

There are three parts in this song:

1.  the person who wants to commit suicide is talking. It shows that the person’s life was difficult and how there seems to be no hope.

2. someone different is speaking. The reason why there is a second voice in this song is related to the song’s name. 1-800-273-8255 is the suicide prevention phone number (in America). The person talking is, therefore, one of the people that work there. They try to tell the callers that their lives are important. They want to encourage them to fight and to live.

3. the caller has changed its mind. He/She wants to live.

The song tries to tell people that if they need help, if they are feeling the¡at way, they should talk to other people. There always are reasons why we should keep living, we just need to find them. The song was actually successful because the number of call to the number increased considerable after the song came out.

I have never been in that situation but I thought the message is very powerful. I also think that this is an issue in society. There is many people who consider or have considered committing suicide. Having conversations about mental illnesses and the issues that people have can only help. We should be accepting and try to help the people who are struggling.

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Logic - 1-800-273-8255 ft. Alessia Cara & Khalid (Official Audio)

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Song by Kendrick Lamar.

What really interest me about this song were its lyrics. I thought it was very powerful for someone who is famous to talk about things like this. Kendrick has a very interesting reflection. As the title says, he questions how much money is really worth.

We live our lives aiming to make money. We are almost told that having money is what will make us happy. It is true that money can make our lives more enjoyable. It allows us to live without worrying about certain things. It keeps us calm, because we know that if we were in a difficult situation we could use money to fix it. However, money is not everything in this world. Our biggest goal should not be having more and more money. Holding onto this kind of things is quite pointless.

Also, why shouldn’t be help people in need? Should we always judge them and not trust them?  Those are some of the reflection that the song makes. I don’t have a definite answer, nor does the song. What it does, is encourage us to think about this.

(This is probably is very short description and reflection about such a complex song. But, I hope it is enough to make more people think about these things).

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The song is called happy. It talks about how being with other people can give us happiness. I think it is a very beautiful and powerful message. The song talks about finding someone in a romantic way.

However, I relate to the message in a broader sense. I believe we live in a very individualistic world. We are told we should always think about ourselves and we should compete with everyone else. I do not agree with this kind of life’s philosophy.

Humans are social creatures and we need to be with other people, although not at all times. This song seems to be talking about a change in someone’s mentality.

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MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS - Happy [Official Audio]

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The first time I heard this song it was being covered by a band. It caught my attention so I decided to look for the original song. This is the version I have put in my padlet.

This song talks about things that are very important right now. Even though it was written a couple of years ago, it still applies. That is one of the things it makes it so sad, one can think about the past and the song will still hold a meaning and be relevant. The author wants wars to end and for people to live their lives. It seems very unlikely that what he wishes for will become true.

I like it both because I want the lyrics to become real and because I know it won’t happen. I listen to it and it gives me hope in people, humanity. There are loads of people fighting (figuratively) for the message to become true.

At the same time, I am a realistic person, so I know peace is extremely unlikely to be achieved. There are so many people with different interests and differences that will always be interested in having conflicts. The ones that could benefit from the wars (if they win) are people in high positions, like the government. The ones that have to actually fight and suffer the consequences are normal people. Thinking about them is what makes me sad.

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This song and the lyrics are very good. Also, the juxtaposition of Tupac (who is considered a ‘thug’) and the lyrics makes this song even better in my opinion. The lyrics have a very sweet message.

I think many people go through this kind of journey. I’m not referring to having a rough childhood, no father, being poor, etc. although, there are many people in that situation. What I’m talking about is people growing older and realizing how much their mothers have done for them.

As kids, we are often ungrateful. We complain because we may not get everything we want. We get upset with our mothers when they ground us. There are many reasons why we get angry at our mothers. However, as we grow old we start understanding many of the things they did. We see that they did it because they thought it was the best for us.

They made many mistakes, that is true. But, who doesn’t make mistakes? Do we really think anyone is perfect? We are also able to see how unfair we were to them.

One of the only things we can do, as the song says, is telling and showing them that we appreciate everything they have done for us. The lyrics express a very genuine way of telling a mother that the son understand what she has done for him. He knows she’ll always love him unconditionally. When are older you know how difficult that is to find.

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Feel free to live as many comments as you want. Had you ever heard of these songs before? Do you understand the songs in a different way? Those are just some of the things you could talk about.

I would also love to see which songs are important for you