Success and Liberation Aims

Liberation
Steve Miller Band, "Fly Like an Eagle,"Rock, 1976
K'naan, "Wavin' Flag,"Hip Hop, 2009
Jimi Hendrix, "Freedom,"Rock, 1969
Outkast, "Liberation,"Hip-Hop, 1998
Rage Against the Machine, "Freedom,"Alternative, 1992

Success
Spoon, "The Underdog," Alternative, 2007
MGMT, "Time To Pretend,"Alternative, 2007
A Tribe Called Quest, "Award Tour," Hip-Hop, 1993
Wale, "Triumph," Hip Hop, 2009
Notorious B.I.G.,"Juicy,"Hip Hop, 1994

This post was for the other two aims of Hinduism success and liberation. I thought that it was easier to find songs for these two aims than the pleasure and community service aims. It took me no time at all really to find the five songs for each of the two aims, and I thought neither aim was more prevalent than the other because I found a lot of songs for both of them. I think thats because of course people like singing about their success but people also like to hear songs with a positive message and about change and people overcoming obstacles. Like I said in my other post I think that the four aims of Hinduism cover just about all of the topics in music. Wavin' Flag by K'naan was used as the song for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and the MGMT song that I chose Time To Pretend is a hypothetical story of what they would do if they became popular and successful. 

Pleasure and Community Service

Pleasure
Bob Marley, "Easy Skanking," Reggae, 1978
A Tribe Called Quest, "Bonita Applebum," Hip Hop, 1992
A Tribe Called Quest, "Electric Relaxation," Hip Hop, 1993
The Rolling Stones, "Rip This Joint," Rock, 1972
Led Zeppelin, "Whole Lotta Love," Rock, 1969

Community Service
Marvin Gaye, "Whats Going On," R&B, 1971
Matisyahu, "One Day," Alternative, 2009
Talib Kweli, "Get By," Hip Hop, 2002
Richie Havens, "Freedom," Folk Rock, 1969
Bob Marley, "Redemption Song," Reggae, 1980

I thought that both were relatively easy to find songs for, but the pleasure aim is clearly more prevalent in music. But there are a lot of songs about change and revolution that I thought could have been used for the community service aim. I think there are more songs about pleasure because people would rather hear about things that make people feel good then listen to socially conscious songs that make people think about the things that are wrong with the world. The thing that I noticed is that the four aims of Hinduism cover basically all of the topics covered in music, there isn't much else that people can or do write songs about. I tried to incorporate as many genres of music as I could and it wasn't hard because it seems like every genre has a good mix of songs for not just the pleasure and community service aim but for the other two aims as well.