Group 1 - Fairytales and Creativity

 Week 39 started with music on Tuesday. We had to present a song that represented our identity and why music is important to us as an individual.  I picked the song Saviour from the band Before the Dawn : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L5AK6ML0sU&ab_channel=RuusiLyrics I picked this song as it is one of my favorite songs from one of the earlier metal bands I listened to back when I was 14-16 years old. Back in those days I felt unhappy with myself and life in general. Metal music really resonated with me in those days because I could identify with the lyrics and I enjoyed the more aggressive sound of bands like Before the Dawn, Darkest Hour and Drowning Pool. Besides more aggressive bands I also listened to Symphonic Metal bands like Nightwish and Delain.  With Saviour I can identify myself with my unhappy feelings, feelings of failing and the bullying I received back in those days.  Today I still enjoy aggressive music (even more so than back in those days, ad...

 Eva Pérez Abril MY MUSICAL IDENTITY   Last Tuesday's music class was very emotional. Each of the students in this class had to present a song that was important to us for whatever reason.    In my opinion, I think this exercise has helped us to get to know each other a bit better, as well as to get to know new songs, languages and cultures.   I chosen a popular song in my town called "Everything is the same color" (Todo es del mismo color in Spanish) because it reminds me to the place where I live and where all the people who are important to me also live.    This song talks about a very popular event in my town, Buñol. That small town is located next to the city of Valencia, in Spain. This event is called “La Tomatina”. It’s a festival in which people throw tomatoes at each other and get involved in a tomato fight for entertainment purposes. People around the world comes to Buñol to participate in the event. It is celebrated on the last Wednesday of ...