Song Catcher Movie - viewed April 12 -- Sociology 3151 Message Board

[ Show ]

Support VoyForums

[ Shrink ]

VoyForums Announcement: Programming and providing support for this service has been a labor of love since 1997. We are one of the few services online who values our users' privacy, and have never sold your information. We have even fought hard to defend your privacy in legal cases; however, we've done it with almost no financial support -- paying out of pocket to continue providing the service. Due to the issues imposed on us by advertisers, we also stopped hosting most ads on the forums many years ago. We hope you appreciate our efforts.

Show your support by donating any amount. (Note: We are still technically a for-profit company, so your contribution is not tax-deductible.) PayPal Acct: Feedback:

Donate to VoyForums (PayPal):

[ Login ] [ Contact Forum Admin ] [ Main index ] [ Post a new message ] [ Search | Check update time ]

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Date Posted: 23:24:02 04/12/05 Tue
Author: Pam C.
Subject: Song Catcher Movie - viewed April 12

What really struck me about the movie was although the mountain people seemed to lead a quiet, isolated life they still had a lot of problems to deal with - not only their own problems such as bad relationships, child birth, murder, death, but also the problems of "outlanders" such as lesbian relations, discrimination, and commericialization.

They had songs for every occasion. Their songs didn't alway seem to fit the exact occasion - especially in sad times, but the songs seem to maybe have the same emotional tone or even a stronger, sadder feel. I did think it was extreme when the family who was selling their 100 acre farm for fifty cents an acre suddenly grabs a fiddle and begans to sing a song - as a means of expressing their emotions.

Watching the movie and thinking about the term "women's music" I came away with the thought that in the movie the Appalachian music was passed from genteration to generation from either mothers or grandmothers - never once was a father or grandfather mentioned - although men did sing and play insturments - they were taught by females. It seemed this point was reinforced when Mrs. Butler, Tom Bledsoe's grandmother played the banjo quite well.

I had a lot of relatives in Virginia and my family visited them several times a year. I think my Grandmother and some other family members were even more "hillbilly" than those in the movie. Many of the houses did not have running water or indoor bathrooms. Someone was always playing music and everyone was constantly wanting someone to eat.

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Replies:

Re: Song Catcher Movie - viewed April 12 -- Trinidad Silva, 14:13:43 04/13/05 Wed
- Re: Song Catcher Movie - viewed April 12 -- Carolyn Phillips, 14:36:15 04/20/05 Wed
Re: Song Catcher Movie - viewed April 12 -- Nicole Argyropoulos, 09:08:45 04/17/05 Sun
Re: Song Catcher Movie - viewed April 12 -- Adam Crabtree, 16:56:04 04/21/05 Thu