So far in Literature of American Popular Music class, I have learned some things about music I previously hadn't known. Even some of the music I listen to now dates back to several decades ago, which I found to be an interesting concept. For example, the House of the Rising Sun begun as a blues song and has developed into rock, which, to me, seems unusual. I am now able to recognize both ballads and blues, although I don't listen to much music in these categories.
Reading some of the theory toolbox has shown me that opinions cannot be classified as incorrect but have to be examined based on the readers point of view. It also gave me some insight on culture and how everybody is multicultural. If a person is a buddhist, they are not christian, catholic, atheist, or any other type of religion. They choose to not be any of these, but all of these other religions. Everyone is different, which the poet
