Friday, May 13, 2011

Phil Garcia VS the Horendous Beast of a Research Paper . Can He surrive

First off I must say in my defense and to the defense of my fallen comrade’s research papers suck! Don't do them they kill like cigarettes and fast food. No just kidding actually research paper is going along very slow but in that defense I have a really good layout of how i am going to write about so my structure is never bad upon my papers its just going to be the tedious work of finding the elaborate amount of sources that I need to implement into the luxurious work that I will create for this stupendous assignment. This paper I believe is the final paper but as for a final six pages of beastly writing multiple sources and an ungodly amount of time really speak words for me. My plans for furthering my success in this class I must complete this assignment with perfect form. As for my paper I am writing it on Heavy Metal. Heavy Metal as a genre is both loved and hated by people every where. Conservatives and church goers call it the devils music and most people can stand the extreme amount of macho manliness that is in the music but beyond the genres flaws reveal a style that is extremely hard. It is the hardness of the style that leads the style to be broken and reinvented in to many subcategories like Thrash metal, NU Metal and Tech Metal. Metal in it self is a very powerful and misunderstood style that puts its critics to question its lyrics and symbolic references against deity’s and established governments. My main idea for this paper is give the idea that heavy metal isn’t a cult inspired genre of music nor is it a music genre that embraces violence but is a genre that shows raw manliness and power driven ballads. Some of the difficulties that I am finding are in my sources. I have a few sources on pro Metal ideas but finding any thing negative about the genre is hard. In order to find actual criticism on the style I might have to read or reference a book on the subject but Heavy Metal is almost a dead style so it’s hard to find any kind of references on the subject without running into old on the subject. In order to complete this assignment I will also need proper ways to quote my assignment with the materials that I will be reading for the information. The assignment it self is really hard too because not only is Heavy metal a largely diverse genre but it is a genre with a lot of cult following not pre say is it like Jim Jones cult but Army Darkness cult culture where a small group still loves metal and only metal. Finally I really want to try to put some steel panther references in my paper now I know steel panther is a goof ball band but they do have a small number of die hard fans that follow them. I believe the sum of my paper will come down to defending the Heavy Metal Fan base and explaining how they are a pop culture cult.

2 comments:

  1. ah bogus i mispelled in my title

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  2. Great topic Phillip. There should be plenty of history of heavy metal you can focus on in your introduction to help out if you need some additional length. You stand correct when you state that many people think it is the devil music and that view alone will make for some interesting reading. Try and use some quotes from church organizations to help strengthen these views. You may also want to track down some controversial lyrics and see if they really mean what people say they mean. There is a good essay in our text about how many rock songs contain messages that are commonly misunderstood. If you can’t track down which essay it is, let me know and I’ll find it for you. Since I have been able to read some of your other papers from our group assignments, I know you will put some flavor into this one as well and your topic should allow for some additional personal insight which I’m sure you’re looking forward to. I wouldn’t hold back on this on but do remember to cite specific examples so it doesn’t begin to sound like just an essay rather a research paper. Good luck with this one. Looks like we’re almost done.

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