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Art is defined in so many ways. It can be seen in so many different lights. I think that being able to define it through music is fascinating. Here are some links that you can examine to songs that discuss much in way of Marx and Smith themes. Go to the bag's link, go ahead and identify the song and post comments on where you see Marx's and Smith's ideas in it. Keep your comments specific and arranged to the song. For example, don't comment on a Beatles' song in the middle of a discussion of Bruce Springsteen.

Click here for the Bag of Websites! The song "Diamonds Forever" represents Marx's ideas because he believes the government would make children work for little or no pay. Bosses and employers would make the children work is hash and unsafe conditions because they're kids, what are they gonna do about it? - Halie S. <3 <3 <3 <3

I think a good song to go into this bag of websites would be "Money Money Money" from Mama Mia!! :) -Julia C. 2nd period

I think Kanye's song Diamonds Are Forever is about how there is the lower 99% in the mines while there is the upper 1% collecting the diamonds. This represents Capitlism. Will G 2

The Donna Summers song shows that some people have to work hard for a good life and the support of their families, while other people don't have to work as hard, because they either had a simple idea and made a lifetime of riches from it, or they were born into a family with money. -Julia C period 2

//I think that in order ro enslave children in the messaging of kanye's song you have to have no family religion and friend ship .You got to be cold hearted to make children do "business men" dirty work// //Antwoin B period 1//

I think That Kanye's song represents that hes against Marx's idea of having kids work James Cousin Period 2

"Revolution" relates to Marx and the idea of wanting change. The song is calling out for a change, and so was Marx when he wanted to change our society. He did not want us to be Capitalist, but we are. Marx did not like the idea of only few being rich, and the rest of us being poor, but he knew that was what was happening. The chorus of the song says that "its gonna be alright" which is what Marx believed would happen if we were not a Capitalist society. We would be fair and more than a few would be rich. Ally Period 1 Marx is represented in the song "Diamonds from Sierra Leone" because his philosophy is about socialism. In the video the children are forced to gather diamonds by the government. THe goverment has more control which is more like socialism. Henry V, Period 1

The Black Ops advertisement shows that everyone fights for themselves, they don't really care who they are killing as long as they can get to the top. -Julia C 2nd period:D I agree with julia everyone is like modern warfare killing each other. i even saw kobe bryant in there with an ak i hink. everyone just wanted to be the last one standing in the war. i like it (jheckelman) 2nd period

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 * The song "Money Can't Buy Me Love" by the Beatles can relate to capitalism because he's saying that no matter how much money he has he can not buy love. That's not how some people feel now a days because people sometimes marry people for their money and nobody cares about anything about money and that's the problem with economy right now and nobody really pays attention to that. **=====

-Julia Barcia Period 2
**I think that "Diamonds From Sierra Leone" represents Marx's theory a lot because the people who owned the diamond businesses did what ever they could to get the diamonds. They enslaved children to get the diamonds and they still do today. That is what they do to make money.** **Emma Neville** **Period 1**

**I think that "Cleanin Out My Closet" represents that his closet is his mind and he is cleaning out all of the bad memories of his rejecting mother and his father who left.** **Emma Period 1**

I think that the kanye song is messaging that you have to slay religion,freedom "Diamonds from sierra leone" (or whatever the song is called, 'diamonds are forever') shows a very powerful force on the enslaved children in Africa mining for diamonds. It portrays Marx's idea that no matter how hard the children worked, they'd get close to nothing for it. Contradicting Smith's theory, there has been no 'invisible hand' that has made things right for them. ('money money money' by ABBA is another good idea to put on the bag of websites) Rory 1st Period

-I think "Can't buy me Love" represents Smith's idea that money doesn't fix love. Smith thinks that science fixes everything.(Meghna)


 * - In the song "Cleaning out my Closet " by Eminem, I think Marx would say that Eminem should go against his mother and stand up to her when she pushes him or pulls him on the carpet. Eminem was poor when he was little. The name also came from was he came clean of what he did when he was little. Josie, Period 1 **


 * In the song "Cleaning out my closet" I think it goes with both Marx and Smith. When Eminem's mom abused him she was capitalism and he was socialism. It seems like capitalism always over powers socialism but eventually socialism fights back like Eminem when he decided to change his life. **
 * Jittaun period 2 **

The song "Diamonds Forever" represents Marx's view on the 95% of the world. The children in the mines were poor and worked in hard conditions but, im sure, got paid very little. -Caroline O.

"Can't Buy Me Love" relates to Marx and the idea that they "don't care too much for money" while Capitalism and the rich only care for money and power. Paul was simply happy to love, and didn't care for expensive gifts or anything fancy. In a Capitalist society, one can only imagine that the few rich people bought their love with their name and how much money they had in the bank. I'm surprised "Money (That's What I Want)" Didn't make the cut. Ally Period 1

"Diamonds Forever" represents Marx's theory. The children had to put their hearts into making the diamonds for no money at all. People would capture children and hold their mother or father hostage so that they had no choice. They were forced to put their blood, sweat, and tears into working. That's why people call diamonds "blood diamonds" -Avery B. 5)" Cleaning out my closet" represents how people will listen to songs based on there wealth or power. So it represents Marx's theory. (danny martinez)

"Testify" is a very strong anti-government song. They want change but they can't find it in the presidential race. This is definitely a pro-socialism song. They want everyone to get a fare share of power. Power was too concentrated for them. Cole Period 1 Marx would say that the conditions in the song "cleaning out my closet" would be caused by economics because the character did not choose to be poor. Henry V, Period 1

I think the song "Diamonds Forever" represents Marx's belief because the society would take children and work for no money at all. People would take the children to do some of the most dangerous jobs so they won't have to pay them since they're kids. -Elise T.

9)the song testify is a socialism song. It is a song that says they do not like there government.(danny m)

For the song "Cleanin' Out My Closet", I think Marx would agree with what the song is saying since he believes that the economy effects peoples actions. -Elise T.

Under Pressure-The "pressure" that was sung about in this song was business monsters, backed by Capitalism portrayed by actual monsters like Dracula and the Wolf man. They pressed down on other businesses as people. At the end of the song they sang "why can't we all get along?" meaning Socialism. The getting along would be sharing the wealth and once they did share the wealth the pressure would be gone. Cole Period 1

I agree with Cole. In "Under Pressure" the "pressure" relates to people like Rockefeller bringing down every other person in order to succeed. They crushed everyone else like the "pressure". They did not care for others and if they were left with nothing, as long as they themselves succeeded. It was cruel, but this song represents how everyday people suffered for a few people to "win" in business. Ally Period 1

The song "Blood Diamonds" represents a Marxist idea that people would force people and children to work at gunpoint with the risk of death so they could get rich off others work.-Duncan period 2

I think that "Cleanin Out My Closet" represents Marx because it's about how his moms treating him badly like the rich treated the poor.-Ava period 2

So, I don't really get alot of these songs BUT I do get the Donna Summer one, and I think it relates to like Smith, because it's about working to get your money. I think I get the David Bowie, i think it's about just dancing and not worrying about money and stuff. I think. I think Glamour Zombie by Lady Gaga should be on the list because it's about not letting money control you and stuff like that. I think Sleazy by Ke$ha should be on the list too because it's about having a good time without money. And not being like the bourgeoisie. I think relates to Marx. - Raesean Spears

//Stayin' Alive// is entirely against Smith. It's says "life going nowhere, somebody help me," which represents the immigrants in the factories. The "ah, ah, ah, ah's" and "stayin' alive's" represent the Rockefeller's and them laughing at their immigrant workers. The passion of the boogie drives the immigrants. On the other hand, 'stayin' alive" and "city breaking" can represent the immigrants. They have all this stupid stuff to deal with and yet they believe in their American Dream and keep on livin'. So basically the song is a Marx set of mind. Just look at Travolta.-Bob-1 I think "Stayin Alive" represents Marx because it said ,"I've been kicked around since I was born". This represents how the rich people had power over the poor people. -Aja G Per.1 11)stayin alive represents how the richer people keep there money and how they can keep there selfs up while other people such as the poor people cant(danny martinez)I GET EXTRA CREDIT BECAUSE MR. KANNAN HURT ME!

Donna summer, relates to Capitalism because she has to work and barley can provide for her kids. she is struggling and becoming depressed. This shows capitalism to be bad because people have to work become and depressed just to provide for their families. -Ariel, 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqHjXF1gUWU&feature=player_embedded#! Free as a Bird- In this song John Lennon sings about being free as a bird. Since birds are just animals they don't have to deal with the corruption, greed, and hunger caused by capitalism. Now that John has died he has been freed from this. He is now as free as a bird. Cole period 1

I agree that "Free as a Bird" can be related to Capitalism, but not because they are animals and don't have to worry, but because they can fly away from their problems. They do not have to worry about government problems, but they do have people taking their land and hunters. I think the song is more about flying away, and leaving Capitalism and other unfair ways behind. Although both ideas work with the song and Capitalism. Ally Period 1


 * I think that 'Stayin' Alive' can be thought by the thinker, Marx. I believe this because the singers are 'Stayin Alive' through the mess they had been through. **
 * Josie Period 1 **

The song "Diamonds are Forever" heavily relates to Karl Marx. It indirectly tells the story of many people in America. Surely we aren't going as far as to killing our families, but we are forced to make sacrifices for those just piling up the money. Griffin Shaw P. 1

I think that the song "Diamonds are forever" represents what Marx believed. Children would be working in harsh conditions and get paid very little. They would do whatever they could to make money. -Colin Hobin Period 1


 * //"Diamonds are Forever" relates to Marx. He always said, "Upper or lower class". Your either working for the boss, or being the boss. In this video, it mentions that familys work from sunrise to sunset, they fear for their lives, and were forced to kill their own familys for diamonds. I think this shows how the lower class people were treated at their hard jobs.//**
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"Testify" is definitely not supporting the government. I think it is trying to show how the government supports the rich and is superior to the poor. Scott period 2

I think that the song "Blood Diamonds" was a Marx theory. The children were treated unfairly in the mines and the rich were buying the expensive diamonds and indulging themselves in material goods. Henry H, Period 1

I think that "under pressure" by David Bowie and Queen is a very Marxist song because it is saying that people are under so much pressure to make money and do well that they have no time to care for others or love. towards the end of the song they say " love dares you to care for the people on the edge..." this is a socialist idea. socialism says that people should care for each other and help those who are in trouble. another lyric that i think relates to Karl Marx is the line "it's the terror of knowing whats this worlds about...friends scream let me out!" Marx says that the world is all about money and that people are "trapped" by capitalism Lia 2nd period

The song "Can't Buy me Love," heavily relates to Karl Marx because he believed that the poor were the majority. "Can't Buy me Love" represents that the poor can still be happy to a certain extent, and that they don't NEED money to survive...They could use some though!! -Caroline Orlin P. 1

The song "Cleanin' Out my Closet," agreeing with Emma, tells the story of hte distant family and the oy cleaning out his old/bad memories. He is ready to start fresh again and live a full life. -Caroline Orlin P. 1 In the song "Under Pressure" by Queen they are talking about what the effects of capitalism were in the united states. they were talking about how it left millions unemployed. Marx would agree that this video shows why capitalism is a bad idea. Diego period 1

I believe the song " Diamonds are forever" by Kanye West relates to Marx the most because Marx owned a diamond business and he had enslaved children working in the business very harshly while the rich treated themselves to these pricey rocks. -Dani Marquardt

I believe the song "Cleanin' Out My Closet represents Marx because in the video it shows Eminem being treated badly by his mother just like Marx treated the poor badly. -Dani Marquardt

"Diamonds are forever" relates to Marx because the song relates to the upper and lower class. While the boss has a good life the workers are struggling to take care of there families. Children are also working under dangerous conditions. They are even doing terrible things in the process, like killing families, to make money.- Jittaun period 2

The song "Cleaning out my closet" also represent's Marx's theory because in the video Eminem is very poor, but now he is very rich. Henry H, Period 1

**The song "Money Can't Buy Me Love" represents that money can't buy hi love no matter how rich you are or who you are, you cant buy love.n This is also saying that money cant get you everything and that it can't be the answer 110% of the time.** **Emma Neville** **Period 1**

//Under Pressure// represents a Marx outlook on things. It's basically saying the Capitalists that put too much pressure on the workers, the workers will eventually snap and "blow up" (as depicted in the music video). It showed the difficulties of being poor and also had this theory of giving a second chance, which I think is a Socialist idea. In the music video, they show clips of old horror movies. This is kind of like the fright the workers had for the Morgan's. Queen realized that the man was pushing on the people, and the average person was not getting what he deserved from these rich bullies. They will eventually snap, I bet Freddie thought. I think this song could have inspired the Occupy movement, and that its views are Socialist.- Bob H.

“Diamonds are forever” represents Karl Marx’s theory because the kids are working and are yet getting nothing back for working so hard. Kids are mining for diamonds while they get very little for finding diamonds for others. – Johana O.

“Cleanin out my closet” his mom did not treat him good at all. That is like how the rich people treat the poor. Are economy is based off of who is rich and who is poor. –Johana O.

“Can’t buy me love” is Smith or Marx. Relates to Marx because money doesn’t fix love, if you are poor than you can’t fix everything with money. Smith believes that science fixes everything. –Johana O.

“She works hard for her money” relates to Marx because this girl is working so hard for her money and taking a lot of jobs and not getting the reward that she should for working hard. –Johana O.

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I think that in the song “Under Pressure” is talking about capitalism. Marx would agree with the song because he believes that capitalism is a bad thing to keep people form having no jobs. –Johana O. =====

The song “Stayin alive” represents Rockefeller or someone laughing at immigrants while he watches them work and he has power and when they don’t have any power. –Johana O.
I think your right Johana with all of those and a lot of thous have been said and they are very much capitalism because the people who9 make them are rich and want to stay that way. morgan jurgus

I think cleanin out my closet represents capitalism, but not that much. The condition Eminem is in isn't caused by the economy or socialism or capitalism, but because of his parents. They made his childhood bad, starting with his dad leaving his mom. It's not a fault in capitalism or socialism that causes someone to be that poor and that emotionally unstable. Jordan Mann

I think the song "Diamonds Forever" is about Marx class system. The children working in the mines looking for diamonds are the really poor people. The guy who gave that girl the diamond ring are the rich. Marx said that if all the poor worked together they could take down the rich people. Those kids were like trying to kill anyone who bought diamonds. ~Cami period 1

I think the song "Money Can't Buy Me Love" represents Smith because as long as your happy, money isn't an issue. In the song, the Beatles are saying that no matter what you buy, it won't make a person happy. -Elise T.

"she works hard for the money" relates to Marx and capitalism because the woman in this clip is working very hard, to hard, to earn money for her family. she workd several jobs, but gets little pay. If she was rich, then she would get paid, treated, and more cared for. -lindse zw per:2

I think the diamonds are forever relate to Marx's idea since it has to do with child slavery. Gavin S. 2nd period

I believe that the song "Diamonds are Forever" by Kanye West is with the Marxist idea of capitalism and how money is the power over everyone and everything. --Sage D period 2.

I think that diamonds are forever represents marx, because it shows poor people mining diamonds that will probably be owned by the 1%. I also think it's interesting because it shows Kanye in a nice Mercedes, showing off his wealth, and children doing strenous labor. Jordan Mann

I think that diamonds are forever represents capitializim because it shows how the "99%"mining and getting diamonds but the rich ended up with them in the end Jack M. I believe that the song "Can't buy me love" represents Smith's idea the most because he believes that science fixes everything, not love. So it kinda relates?... -Dani Marquardt

I believe that "Testify" is not supporting the government under any circumstances. I think it is trying to show how the government supports the rich and how bad the poor is being treated. -Dani Marquardt

The song “Diamonds are Forever” represents Marx’s theory. It tells how the people in the mine work VERY hard and get paid VERY little. Their boss probably gets all the diamonds and the workers get 1/20th of that. maybe even less. - Parker Period 1

I think the song "Money can't buy me love" shows that money can't always make you happy or buy you love. I think a good example of this would be in "Thoroughly Modern Millie" when Millie's plan in New York is originally to marry her boss so she can have money, but she actually loves Jimmy. Naomi G period 2

I think the song "She works hard for her money" represents what some people will do to become rich, no matter what they have to go through. Naomi G period 2

Kanye West's song definitely portrays capitalism. The rich are collecting all this money while the workers are getting nothing. Or the term "blood diamonds" I believe refers to all the lives that were lost during all the hard labor.- Grace R. per.2

**I think that the Diamonds are Forever song represents Marx because the children in the country doesn't get paid at all or barely and the people who buy the expensive diamonds that they pay a lot of money to.** **Josie Period 1**

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I believe the song "She works hard for her money" represents what measures people would go to just to become wealthy. It didn't matter what what they had to do. they wanted their mula! -Dani Marquardt===== ===I believe that the song “Stayin Alive” represented Rockefeller because he would pick on the immigrants while he watched them work while he has power and the immigrants don’t have any power at all. -Dani Marquardt===

===In the song "Under Pressure" by Queen, Marx would probably agree that this video shows why capitalism is bad. They are talking about what the effects of capitalism were on in the United States. -Dani Marquardt===

===I believe that theThe Donna Summers song shows that some people have to work hard in order to live a good life and the support of their families. While on the other hand other families were born into the wealth and money so they didn't have to work as hard as the others. -Dani Marquardt===

===The Black Ops commercial shows that everyone fights for themselves and that it doesn't really matter who your killing (unless it's your team) just as long as you win is what it basically comes down to. -Dani Marquardt===

The song"Testify" is a very strong anti-government song as Cole had said. Everyone wanted their fair share of power. -Dani Marquardt
I believe that the song "Stayin' Alive" is a song more in favor of the Marxist ideals, as various lines refer to the person in a position of less power ("I've been kicked around since I was born") grouping together with other such people and standing strong ("we're stayin' alive!") --James M

I agree with James in saying that "Stayin' Alive" is a song to support Marxist ideas. With lines in it to talking to people of less power getting together with people like themselves and staying alive. - Raesean