violence in music slovakia
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VIOLENCE IN MUSICVIOLENCE IN MUSIC
Hlinka Guard‘s Song- Chop and Cut
• song from the second period of II.World War
• its aim was to engrave a national sentiment in the Slovaks‘ minds, who had to fight for the nation in a violent manner
• the song encouraged the people in Slovakia to „chop and cut“ all their national enemies
In the past and nowadaysThe idea ai still alive
Eugen Suchon: Krutnava (The Whirpool)
•It was composed in 1941 and set after the First World War in a small upland hamlet•Tit‘s a story of a young man driven by jealousy to commit murder. His crime opens the way to marriage to the girl he loves, but he is pursued by his conscience, which eventually leads him to confess his deed and surrender himself to the authorities.•It is a vivid picture of people after the World War I who were able to commit any crime because they had been living in it for several years and they lost their belief in everything
1st Slovak national opera
murderer‘s confess
Krátky Proces – Na prach(Short Process – Into the dust)
• the song of this neo-nazist group indirectly encourages people to violence aimed at the Romanies
• this kind of songs is popular especially among teenagers though such music isn‘t common to be listened on the public
ZONA A – Cigánsky problém(Zone A – Gipsies‘ Problem)
• this song expresses a view of the majority of the Slovaks on the Romanies minority‘s problem in our country
• discrimination and insults appear to be
addressed to the Romanies as well as challenges to solve their problem
RYTMUS featuring EGO
• the songs rouse young people to be disobeyed and to ignore the rules
• they contain some racial elements in themselves
• half of the texts is full of vulgarisms
Ine Kafe – Memories of the future
The song shows:
• the war is senseless and it doesn‘t solve any problems
• the innocent are dyiing in the war just due to absurd ideals, dreams and prejudices of the strong
• mothers mourning for their dead sons (soldiers)
Bob Marley – Redemption song
• song from the album Uprising• it became the unofficial anthem of the third world• at one of Bob´s concert president of Jamaica
and Chairman of the opposition joined their band when he was singing this song
• from that moment they were fighting together• theme of the song is: exploiting the black race
from Africa as slaves in the past
• proclaims freedom of opinions and religion
Thanks for watching!
Lenka Kožová
Stanislav Mihalovič
Peter Rambala
Denis Šagát
Petra Vavrová
and Mgr. Iveta Šolomeková