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Over time, the audio quality of the songs improve. Instrument solos became less common, and variety of chords decrease. The tempo of the song also increased over time. The songs also became less influential over time as everyday problems were solved like suffrage for women and the end of slavery. There are still problems, but they are not as big. For the songs I picked, the singer envisioned a better world. And each decade, there seemed to be a different and more modern vision. And it seems jazz music was a well-needed breakthrough in the art of music. The majority of my songs talk about discrimination, prejudice, gender roles and expectations, and changes in mindset and religion. At first, there weren’t any problems and the first few songs talked about how America was amazing. And then, the problems became highlighted after. Basically, my 11 songs are the story of America over the past 11 decades.

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You're a Grand Old Flag - Billy Murray (1906)

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You're a Grand Old Flag - Billy Murray (1906)

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This song is about how great America is. It is the land of the free. It is the land where hopes and dreams become a reality. Slavery happened about fifty years ago from this song.

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You're a Grand Old Flag - Billy Murray (1906)

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"You're a Grand Old Flag" (first called "You're a Grand Old Rag") is a patriotic song written by George M. Cohan (1878-1942) in the year of 1906. Even though this song is 106 years old, it was one of the most loved patriotic songs of today.

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This song is also about how great America is. It is praying for God to bless America and give it peace. WWI was around this time.

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God Bless America is an American patriotic song written by Irving Berlin in 1918 and revised by him in 1938. The later version was recorded by Kate Smith, and became her signature song. Berlin wrote the song in 1918 while serving the U.S.

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Ol' Man River - Paul Robeson / Al Jolson (1927)

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Ol' Man River - Paul Robeson / Al Jolson (1927)

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Though slavery is gone, racism is still around and this song compares the hardships of a black man to a fast and never-ending river.

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Original uncut version of Ol' Man River Al Jolson

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Minnie The Moocher - Cab Calloway (1931)

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Minnie The Moocher - Cab Calloway (1931)

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This song is about Minnie. She is very kind. One day, she falls in love with a cocaine lover. He convinces her to start doing drugs. After they steal a car together, they both go to jail. Minnie pays for his bail, but he doesn’t return the favor and instead leaves her to rot in jail. It is supposed to make you feel sad because Minnie became sad through a set of bad decisions, even though she was a kind person at heart. This song talks about the drugs popping at this time: cocaine and opium.

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This is a Christmas song. Around this time is where America began celebrating Christmas more and in the 1970s, it would become a national holiday. Before the 1940s, Christmas was thought to be unchristianlike.

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Elvis’ movie came out around this time. His movie is about him being wrongfully put in prison. This song was featured in this movie. In this song, Elvis talks about how he shouldn’t be in prison and how he wants to be free. The song talks about private prisons and mass incarceration as a problem.

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Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock (Music Video)

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During the 1960s, three things happened, the Vietnam war, the civil rights movement, and women fought for equal rights. This song talks about how Aretha, a black woman, just wanted respect and many other people also wanted it.

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Aretha Franklin - Respect [1967] (Aretha's Original Version)

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Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin (1971)

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Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin (1971)

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This song talks about a little girl becoming rich. She never gives anything, she only takes. On the stairway to heaven, she realizes she was rich physically but not mentally. It appears she sacrificed her soul for her worldly possessions. This is a song convincing people to do what they love and not what gives them the most money. And also not to live for money and cherish your friends. This song seems to be the first of many songs to use a variation of the popular VI-IV-I-V chord progression.

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Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven Live (HD)

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From The Live-DVD The Song Remains The Same

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This song is about a day in a life of a female prostitute. Women during this time had more rights than before; however, many stereotypes and the role of women remained. This song is about a feminist who has taken control of her sexuality, even though she isn’t what a woman is supposed to be like during her time.

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Let's Talk About Sex - Salt-N-Pepa (1991)

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Let's Talk About Sex - Salt-N-Pepa (1991)

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During this time, a lot of famous people started having sexually transmitted diseases. This song tells people to have safer sex and why it is important. Also, some woman felt as though sex made them feel used. So this song also tells people to take control of their sexuality, which woman had trouble doing during this time.

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Salt-N-Pepa - Let's Talk About Sex (Official Music Video)

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This song talks about 9/11 and how it is important to cherish your loved ones before it is too late. This song encourages others to be kind to everyone and to start living life now while you still have it.

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Alan Jackson - Where Were You When The World Stopped Turning