Guest Blogger: Sam W1

Maroon 5’s genre of music would be a pop group. They first got together in the late nineties. They were first recognized as a L.A. grunge group. They all became signed as a group while they were still attending high school. The group that they signed to was Reprise. Their first album was poor selling. They then broke up while they attended college, but after they graduated they reunited and called themselves Maroon 5.They chose this name because it reflected their music as a poppier, more R&B group. They also added a new member to their group named James Valentine as a guitar player. The fell that Maroon 5 brings is an upbeat side of music. Most of their songs are surrounded by love or heart break. One of my favorite songs by Maroon 5 is Payphone. This song is about a guy who is trying to get back together with an old girlfriend after they broke up and he notices how hard it is to move on from her and that it’s all her fault on why they broke up. Basically breaking his heart but he then has to move on from her. Another one of their songs that I like is their newest song that is number one on billboard.com which is One More Night. This was released on June 9, 2012. One More Night is about how he wants to go back in time and spend one last night with this girl before everything between them fell apart. Both of these songs are familiar in the fact that they are both about love and wanting one more last chance with a special girl. Some differences in these songs though is that one time the reason why they ended up like this was her fault and the other time is was the guys fault. “ One more *** love song I’ll be sick, Now I’m at a payphone” these lyrics are memorable because its key to the song in that he is over this girl and doesn’t want to hear anything else about love for a while. I believe that their music is worth the money.