Death Post

Alyssa DuPont, Apeksha Patel, Marissa Herrera, Nhi Le

The articles Dead, Ahead by Sullivan, The Art of Dying by Thomson, and The Show Goes On by Newman all deal with the death of musicians. One interesting aspect of all three articles is that the subject of death is not always looked at as a negative thing. In The Show Goes On the lead singer of Sublime, Brad Nowell, died of a drug overdose. This was not long after they had recorded a new album. The band was sad for their loss, but they knew what the right thing to do was honor Brad and his death, rather than exploit it. The band waited to release the album July 30th so that people would still appreciate the music. The death of a band member was not completely negative, and they still honored him by releasing the album and making a tribute to him on the front cover with a Sublime tattoo Nowell had.

The Art of Dying has the same positive tone to music involing death. The quote "the obvious thing to say is that a song about death is a song about life" gives light to the fact that people aren't necessarily suicidal or depressed if they write or listen to music that talks about death. The truth is, death is a part of everyone's life and human nature is to ponder the fact of mortality.

Dead, Ahead is a clearly positive article discussing specific deceased musicians that are still 'living' today. As Sullivan "sometimes even the shortest music careers are not stunted by and artist's early checkout." This perfectly describes legends such as Elvis and Tupac Shakur, whom have both passed away but are still putting out remastered albums and even have shows. There is so much new music from Tupac that people argue he can't possibly be dead. In this generation , music is easily accesible to listeners so death of a musician has some positive outcomes.


Death Play List:
My Chemical Romance- Black Bird, Cancer
Bob Dillan- Knockin' on Heavens Door
Lil Wayne- I Feel like Dying
Good Charlotte- Day That I Die
Nirvana- Dumb
Immortal Technique- Dance With the Devil
P Diddy- Every Step I Take