so i guess instead of having songs play in the background of my blog i'll just have to put up a video when i discuss each one individually.
the first song i wanted to talk about is "instant karma" by john lennon. released in 1970, "instant karma" has an interesting take on the hindu and buddhist belief of karma. in this song, karma, the belief that your actions in this life will affect your next life (good deeds have positive consequences, bad deeds have negative consequences), is now instant. it is about the here and the now. lennon knows that life is fragile and special and often times much too short. his idea of instant karma is a more immediate form of the concept. that your actions will have immediate consequences and repercussions. this ideal is basically just like the saying "what goes around, comes around" as lennon says...
gonna knock you right in the head
you better get yourself together
pretty soon you're gonna be dead."
if you do a bad deed in this life, you don't see the consequences in your next life... you are punished in this life. lennon was a huge peace activist in the years prior to his death in 1980, and this song is one to his message. he believes that everyone should think about how they act and how they would like others to act. he believes that everyone should be doing good things for one another, to live in a peaceful world without confrontation and oppression and violence.
"instant karma's gonna get you
gonna hit you right in the face
you better get yourself together darling
join the human race"
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