Hey all,
Ok, here's the music for this Tuesday's class. There are two songs, Nina Simone's composition "Mississippi Goddamn" (from 1964) and John Coltrane's piece "Alabama" (from 1963). Both were written as partial responses to actual events, most notably Medgar Evers' murder and the 16th St. Baptist Church bombing (which killed four little girls) in Birmingham. Please follow the links to read about them!
If you want to download the songs and lyrics to your computer, click here.
Otherwise, music and lyrics are after the jump (if this still doesn't work for people, please let me know)...
Nina Simone - "Mississippi Goddamn"
John Coltrane - "Alabama"
Nina Simone's lyrics: here
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ReplyDeleteHey Ben,
I was wondering if it was possible to excuse my absence from class
tomorrow? I will have to miss class tomorrow because I have a streptococcal infection in
my tonsils and I was prescribed some very heavy medication that makes me
very nauseous. I meant to email you beforehand but I thought it would calm down by tomorrow and
I was hoping it would calm down over the weekend but it just got worse. Is it ok if I email you my paper instead of coming to class tomorrow?
Rosa