{"id":4173,"date":"2014-09-18T16:50:38","date_gmt":"2014-09-18T16:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/?p=4173"},"modified":"2014-09-18T16:50:38","modified_gmt":"2014-09-18T16:50:38","slug":"maroon-5-emerges-as-an-iconic-rock-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/2014\/09\/18\/maroon-5-emerges-as-an-iconic-rock-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Maroon 5 emerges as an iconic rock group"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Maurice Williams
\n<\/strong>MC 301 Contributor<\/strong><\/p>\n

Many music groups have the passion, but not many are able to last long. Few like the Beatles, Aerosmith or even Green Day, have an ongoing impact to the music industry today.<\/p>\n

Maroon 5 almost shared the same declining fate until they released \u201cOver Exposed\u201d, their fourth studio album in 2012.<\/p>\n

According to digitalspy.com, lead singer Adam Levine stated that the popular singing contest and show<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Voice\u201d, revived the groups career. \u201cWe had a reintroduction to the world with the show.\u201d<\/p>\n

Through \u201cThe Voice\u201d alone, \u201cOverexposed\u201d rose through the charts with the lead single \u201cMoves like Jagger\u201d, which also featured \u201cVoice\u201d alum, Christina Aguilera. Nearly two years later, Maroon 5 was back on the map and their following fifth album simply titled \u201cV\u201d cemented their ongoing legacy.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis album was very innovative,\u201d said Christopher Johnson, a senior music education major from Chicago, Ill. \u201cUnlike their other albums, this one has a more pop feel to it, but retains the traditional rock they are known for.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cV\u201d starts off strong with Maroon 5\u2019s current number one single, \u201cMaps\u201d. This song chronicles the search for love.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll the roads you took came back to me\u201d Levine sings as in the music video, he is frantically searching for the love of his life who is hidden in plain sight. \u201cSo I\u2019m following the map that leads to you.\u201d<\/p>\n

The next hot single that continues down the album line is \u201cAnimals\u201d.\u00a0 While this song helps boost their career, it was met with a bit of mixed feelings, especially among critics.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel it could have avoided using controversial lines a bit,\u201d said Bradley Saunders, a sophomore criminal justice major from Greenwood, Miss. The sophomore felt some lines referred to a sexual predator.<\/p>\n

The song tells a story of someone having an attraction towards someone with unreturned feelings. What is the result of this? That is a person simply wanting to prey upon them like an \u201canimal.\u201d This song however firmly establishes a common trait among rock, which is creating controversial phrases and words and creating them into something far more brilliant.<\/p>\n

Aside from ravaging sex and a night filled with regrets, \u201cV\u201d has more mentionable songs within the album. The next song pairs them up with punk-rock icon Gwen Stefani.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy Heart is Open\u201d is a song with dual meanings as the slightly romantic song chronicles the issues of being unsure if anyone has truly met the right one. One more no and I\u2019ll believe you, Levine sings to Stefani. Deep down he wants for her to say yes to the possible chance of a relationship, but he will know for certain that it is not meant to be if her heart truly says no.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Your Pocket\u201d is next on the list of favorites. This song explores the situation of an overly attached girlfriend who wants to make sure their boyfriend is not cheating on them. The catch however is that the boyfriend has no issue showing her his phone, but he knows she is cheating on him and will only do so until she shows him hers.<\/p>\n

Another personal favorite is another romantic song, \u201cLost Stars\u201d, finishes the album strongly. \u201cLost Stars\u201d is a love song about finding meaning in the universe and finding someone to find that meaning with. As opposed to heavy rock and drums, the verses within the song are paired up with a guitar that perfectly lets Levine\u2019s vocal range blend in with the rest of the band\u2019s musical prowess.<\/p>\n

Overall, \u201cV\u201d is a decent album. While there may be no true rough rock roots into the album, it balances it out perfectly with pop. Those that enjoy both genres would enjoy listening to the album in its entirety.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Maurice Williams MC 301 Contributor Many music groups have the passion, but not many are able to last long. Few like the Beatles, Aerosmith or even Green Day, have an ongoing impact to the music industry today. Maroon 5 almost shared the same declining fate until they released \u201cOver Exposed\u201d, their fourth studio album in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4173","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-variety"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4173\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}