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I have a Cultural Globalization class and I need to find a song that somehow exemplifies cultural globalization. This can be anything from a variety of cultural instruments in the song to maybe the vocals in the song (languages, who sings it, etc.)

I have no idea what song might show this so maybe GAF can help me.
 
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Hey seeeeexy ladies

The world has become MTV incarnate

EDIT: Look at the hits! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0
 
Can you use a broad example such as the spread of Hip Hop from the US to the rest of the world, or do you need a specific song meeting certain criteria?
 
Any blues, and by extension rock, song. In fact, I have a hard time imagining even a single song not affected by cultural globalization.
 
Also, one of the worst musics ever made is a cultural globalization of the "funk" (same name, nothing a like) music from the Brazilian "slums"

K-Fed - PopoZão

Look at that poetry

"Gatinha sai do chão, vai descendo o popozão,
gatinha sai do chão, vai descendo o popozão.

In Portugese it means "bring your ass",
on the floor, and move it real fast.
I want to see your kitty and a little bit of titty--
want to know where I go when I'm your city? "

Also, worth mentioning ANYTHING by the japanese band "Grupo Y-No", which is a japanese band with japanese members who plays Samba in "google translate" levels of brazilian portuguese

It is a beautiful trainwreck
 
Courage said:
I have a Cultural Globalization class and I need to find a song that somehow exemplifies cultural globalization. This can be anything from a variety of cultural instruments in the song to maybe the vocals in the song (languages, who sings it, etc.)

I have no idea what song might show this so maybe GAF can help me.
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Any Japanese pop song where the lyrics are mostly English.
 
As a world music teacher this basically applies to every single song ever written, performed, or recorded. All music is "cultural" and globalization has been a thing since people left Africa.

That being said, your teacher surely wants you to write about some sort of westernized fusion music. When I was an undergrad I wrote a paper on this song:

It's by Panjabi MC featuring Bhangra, hip-hop with Jay Z, and all based on the Knight Rider theme song.
Mundian to Bach Ke

If you want something that is just straight playing with exoticism check out:
Snake Remix - R. Kelly

Lots of modern film music would also apply...

Do your own work, OP. You'll get a lot more out of the assignment if you find something that you want to do as opposed to something that a GAFfer says is good.

Edit: added a cool song that we used to teach in class. Paul Pena (who wrote the song "Jet Airliner" that Steve Miller made a hit) traveled to Mongolia and learned how to (sort of) do throat singing. Blues + Tuvan throat singing is pretty awesome.

Paul Pena - Kargyraa Moan
 
Personally I like this : 大山百合香 星の歴史 feat U DOU PLATY
Can't find the song on youtube but theres tons of other video sites with it on a quick google search. It's Okinawan music with Reggae, a pretty natural fusion that works well for a great sound. Old song but it shows two different cultures having a musical fusion that are no where near each other, but both are island nations.

Then there is more modern stuff like : G Dragon featuring Missy Eliot. Korean + English. Same genres of rap but once again two countries far apart but did a good song (this version sounds different from the one I have, think the quality of the upload is garbage or somthing lol)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eONJTcZVIU
Another with the same dude. + some lady I dont know, but I love this song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUKT56lDYmk
 
CL - Baddest Female

the song exemplifies and proliferates rap culture onto a usually-benign south korean cultural ethos. points you can comment on:

  • her dress (grillz, jewelry, etc.)
  • parts of the song are sung in english
  • rap, which is quintessentially american
 
Valkerionseven said:
Personally I like this : 大山百合香 星の歴史 feat U DOU PLATY
Can't find the song on youtube but theres tons of other video sites with it on a quick google search. It's Okinawan music with Reggae, a pretty natural fusion that works well for a great sound. Old song but it shows two different cultures having a musical fusion that are no where near each other, but both are island nations.
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Hey you misspelled Play !

*youtubes U Dou Play*

....WHAT ?

Don't you just hate when you suddenly discover a Japanese Reggae band with your nick name in it ?
 
I second Shakira's "Waka Waka"

I mean, a Colombian singing a song in English (with some Spanish added in for good measure) with a SOCA-ish beat inspired by African music. and it has a verse in Fang to boot. Doesn't get more world wide than that.
 
Could you look at something like global sales and find something with a wide range, rather than specific examples within the song?
 
Platy said:
Hey you misspelled Play !

*youtubes U Dou Play*

....WHAT ?

Don't you just hate when you suddenly discover a Japanese Reggae band with your nick name in it ?
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Haha opps! thanks for the correct!

CL - Baddest Female
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Hate this song so much lol. Hate it in the good way though. It feels like its building to something then goes back to a low tempo again. Always get like "oh shit here we go get hype!...awww" no matter how many times I hear it haha.
 
Stumpokapow said:
Okay, this is super weird.

I did a cultural globalization class in 2008 where I needed to come up with a "artifact" of cultural globalization, and I picked...



Paul Simon's Graceland. I picked Boy in the Bubble rather than Diamonds on the Soles of her Shoes, but still woah.

OP, are you at an eastern Canadian university?
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Paul Simon is another great choice.
 
Stumpokapow said:
OP, are you at an eastern Canadian university?
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Nope, I'm in the U.S.

The Paul Simon ones show a little more fleshed out influence of another cultural style so I might use one of these. "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes" also has the dance to accompany the song, which can add to the song itself.
 
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