Growing up in the 1990's...

For this post I chose to reflect upon the top and some of my favorite songs while growing up in the 1990's.

1. "Livin' La Vida Loca" by Ricky Martin

"Livin' La Vida Loca" by Ricky Martin hit the charts in the late 1990's and was seen as a Latin Pop genre. This upbeat song crazed by fans was a number one single on Martin's album. This has always been one of my favorite songs to get up and dance to because it has such a fun and interesting beat!

2. "Bye, Bye, Bye" by Nsync  

Nsync's hit Bye, Bye, Bye was their first hit single released in the late 1990's and received various awards and nominations. This was another one of my favorite artists growing up that I loved to dance and sing to their songs with my friends and little sister. In addition, this is one group that I will never forget about growing up due to their last impact upon music history.  

3. "Oops I Did it Again" by Britany Spears 

"Oops I Did it Again" by Britany Spears was a top hit for numerous weeks and was known as a hit song that lasted the entire decade. Spears album hit the charts and almost all of her songs are known by any teenage girl across the globe. Britany Spears was by far one of my favorite music artists growing up with during the 90's. 

4. "Everybody Dance Now" by C+C  Music Factory

"Everybody Dance Now" by C+C  Music Factory is a dance-pop genre famous for their upbeat music. I always loved dancing around and working out to this song when I was younger. It's beats are very motivational when working out and the lyrics are fun.   

5. "Wannabe" By The Spice Girls

"Wannabe" By The Spice Girls was top hit in the 90's featuring the british pop group formed in the mid 90's. With all different personalities each girl emphasized what was known as girl power. I loved this girl group as well and performed in a talent show to Wannabe, that will be a long lasting memory. 

Opinionator #1

Outages for Blackberry users spread worldwide October 12th causing numerous complications for users, as well as the Blackberry company. This is an ongoing problem, as stated by author, Peter Svensson who wrote the article, “ Blackberry outage Spread to North America,” in which concerned Blackberry users due to interruptions and delays within cell phone use. With an outage of email, messaging and Internet services on Blackberry phones the evening before the iPhone 4S launched, millions of customers were angry for the delays. Author Svensson writes, “ They are not doing anything that is competing with Droid and iPhone products.” Therefore, competition between phone companies has diminished due to Apple’s highly efficient software recently released that “actually” works.

As a reader of Svensson’s article, I thoroughly believe these complications shall be dealt with. It is unacceptable for outages to occur frequently and last for 24 hours or even a few days. Media and cell phone utilization, in particular, is a habit that has become a way of living and without being able to call, text, or keep in touch with friends and family when necessary, media users are now more likely to switch to other phones with better quality services such as the iPhone or Droid due to this problem. After apologizing to customers for the mishandle Blackberry users have become strenuous on the company to fix these issues to ensure better quality and efficiency for customers. In conclusion, I know that the Blackberry company made a mistake within their RIM software, but this should be taken care of soon, or consumers may sooner or later no longer want their products.    

Here is the article link : http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9QB2KB81.htm

Music Memories #2

Interviewing my grandmother, Jacque Young, who was born in the 1930’s vividly gave me insight to the culture and transformations of music up to the 21st century, through her music memories. Her reflections answered my questions based upon her life growing up as a teenager listening to a variety of popular, country, contemporary and big band types of music within the early 40’s. As a child, my grandmother listened to Elvis Presley and Kathy Klein. Popular for most of the 1950s, one of her favorite artists was The Platters who sang “ My Prayer”. Later on in the 60’s, famous for her hit single “ I’m Sorry”, singer and song writer Brenda Lee was one another one of my grandmothers favorite artists. It was not until later that she began listening to Ray Charles, “ I Can’t Stop Loving You” and Billy Ray Cyrus : Achey Breaky Heart”. As well the transformation of genres and music devices such as records, recorders, and then CD’s played a significant role within music’s history while she was growing up. Later on as the big band genre became very popular, she would go out dancing to songs and do the jitterbug and swing with her friends. As she stated, “ The 1940s musical styles helped pave way to the rock ‘n’ roll styles of the decades that were to come”. Agreeing with her statement, I feel as if these hit songs really did change the way society viewed and listened to certain types of music. Also stating, “Today it is difficult to even understand the meaning of some of the rap or pop rock songs,” my grandmother chooses to still listen to the songs of the era in which she grew up in. Interviewing my grandmother, made me realize how her music tastes within the 30’s are much different than interests of teens and the rest of our society today within the 21st century. Some, like my grandmother, might say music has become difficult to analyze or comprehend, however I believe it has shaped and brought an eclectic style to our generation for others to see in years to come.