culture from adam sandlers what the hell happened to me

How Music Affects CultureAdam Sandler's "What the Hell Happened to Me?"This song means that culture affects how we grow up greater then mostpeople think. I shows that when Adam Sandler was young, he was a well-roundedboy that liked to have fun. The song is also saying that our culture is affectinginnocent youth that are forced to deal with the problems that the previousgenerations made for them. This song shows how all people are affected when theyare really just innocent bystanders that have to witness the world at its roughest.They are forced to deal with it although they are truly unprepared for such a harshtreatment.Traits. The song presents cultural traits in that it shows how we grow up andare affected by culture. Cultural traits presented in this song are how we teachchildren and what we subject them to. Our methods of education and entertainmentboth affect how we turn out in the long run. The song shows how these traits affecthow people grow up, and what they value in life. For example, the song talks aboutselling lemonade, eating popcorn, and watching parades. Then it goes on to say he's"only happy when [he's] drinking JD" The point is that people are changingbecause of society and our culture's lack of certain elements, such as respect anddiscipline.Values. The values presented by this song include the value of respect anddiscipline, and the need for more strict ways to keep a young mind safe ofdestruction. These values are presented in the line "I only did the things that Mamasaid I should, but now I do whatever I want." That line shows that values change aswe age and the reason is because of society; obviously if Adam only did what wasallowed, culture's values of discipline and respect must have turned him the wrongway, because his mother did not.Other values presented in the song are education and entertainment. This isshown by the lines stating that as a boy, Adam was well-behaved and had fun inparks and carnivals. He played in the snow and he loved sports, but as an adult heonly finds pleasure in things he would never had imagined he could have only 20years ago. Also, it is shown that culture has made such a mess of his mind that hecan't understand why he would be in this shape. he presents this information to usin the lines "It makes no sense, I can't believe I'm me.' He says this meaning "Whydid I end up like this and how? I never saw it coming."Language. This song really does not demonstrate the language of the culturebesides his use of shortened words and contractions. This shows that in our culture,we are lazy and don't really care enough to finish complete words or to make fullsentences Lyrics:I used to ride the big wheelAnd sell lemonadeEat popcorn with Grandpa while we watched the paradeBut now I'm only happy when I'm drinkin' JDWhat the hell happened to me?I used to have fun throwing snowballs With my best friend BillyThen Mom would make us cocoa if we got real chillyBut now I only get excited when I see a girl peeWhat the hell happened to me?I used to be the nicest kid in the neighborhoodI only did the things Mama said I shouldBut now I just do whatever I wantI even whipped it out at a restaurantI used to help clean the park in the middle of townThen play kickball 'till the sun went downbut now all I do is get VDWhat the hell happened to me?It makes no senseI can't believe I ended up meI'm outta my gourdWon't somebody please help meI'm kinda a weirdo . used to help clean the park in the middle of townThen play kickball 'till the sun went downbut now all I do is get VDWhat the hell happened to me? It. girl peeWhat the hell happened to me? I used to be the nicest kid in the neighborhoodI only did the things Mama said I shouldBut now I just do whatever