Analysis of Sam Cookes A Change is Gonna Come and Pete Seegars Turn, Turn, Turn Videos - Essay Example

 Respond to this notion by adding your reaction to the lyrics of both. A Change is Gonna Come as well as to those of Pete Seegar’s, “Turn, Turn, Turn.” (Find both of these videos in the Videos folder in Course Materials) Also, be sure to include examples from other readings and music from the class and from any outside examples you can find. 

This is contained in the book entitled “Living and Loving Out Loud” where Cooke initiated a dialogue about race and justice where Cooke’s idea of “change” was one of the topics of discourse as he provoke the reader about the passionate struggle of the black man in the not so distant past which may now have seemingly forgotten. The gist of the expression was simply about the unwavering belief that in due time, the blacks will be free from the shackles of slavery no matter how long it will take.

This is also reflected in Peter Seeger's song in the late 50s entitled To Everything There is a Season which is abbreviated as “Turn, Turn, Turn”. The lyrics of the song are consistent with Cooke’s hope for “Change” albeit the Seegers version has a religious connotation because it is lifted from the Holy Bible’s Book of Ecclesiastes in Chapter 3. Nevertheless, both works expressed that “there is a season for everything” including “change” and that eventually, injustice against the black man will end which it did even if it took a long and claimed many lives.