How Music Affects Culture
Adam Sandler's 'What the Hell Happened to Me?'
This song means that culture affects how we grow up greater then most
people think. I shows that when Adam Sandler was young, he was a well-rounded
boy that liked to have fun. The song is also saying that our culture is affecting
innocent youth that are forced to deal with the problems that the previous
generations made for them. This song shows how all people are affected when they
are really just innocent bystanders that have to witness the world at its roughest.
They are forced to deal with it although they are truly unprepared for such a harsh
treatment.
Traits. The song presents cultural traits in that it shows how we grow up and
are affected by culture. Cultural traits presented in this song are how we teach
children and what we subject them to.
Adam Shub + Steve Shub, ARTCADE, Rabbit Hole Studi...
Deutsch: Adam Sandler in Berlin, 26.08.2009
English: The handprints of Adam Sandler in front o...Our methods of education and entertainment
both affect how we turn out in the long run. The song shows how these traits affect
how people grow up, and what they value in life. For example, the song talks about
selling lemonade, eating popcorn, and watching parades. Then it goes on to say he's
'only happy when [he's] drinking JD' The point is that people are changing
because of society and our culture's lack of certain elements, such as respect and
discipline.
Values. The values presented by this song include the value of respect and
discipline, and the need for more strict ways to keep a young mind safe of
destruction. These values are presented in the line 'I only did the things that Mama
said I should, but now I do whatever I want.' That line shows that values change as
we age and the reason is because...