#7) At the Protests, The Message Lacks a Melody

It seems that the best way to some up a situation or problem is by creating a song, but the recent protest seem to be lacking a melody. During the last great depression of the 1920's and 1930's, there were songs that summarized and explained the situation at hand and riled up people to do things about it. It seems that these days, the younger generation just uses facebook and twitter to try to promote their cause, rather than using the traditional message. A 24 year old college student named Martían Hughes said it best, saying, "I have not heard a single song that sums up what we are trying to do here, nor have I heard a single message.” It portrays perfectly that without music, individuals aren't able to derive what in fact their are protesting about. Either way, the protesters against wall-street better use songs or another successful method because if they don't know the true meaning of what they are fighting for, then there is really no reason to fight at all.

This article is interesting to me because I never thought that the protests in wall street could be connected to music. In fact, music might be the sole reason that could help this cause and actually make the protest successful. I believe people should be more concerned with finding of the root of why they are fighting because it seems as though they just do it to do it. With either a song or any other method, someone should find a central message and have the people revolve around that idea. Truthfully, I believe the protest is useless because they're not taking the necessary actions to make a change.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/19/arts/music/occupy-wall-street-protest-lacks-an-anthem.html?_r=1&ref=arts