{"id":254,"date":"2018-12-10T18:52:21","date_gmt":"2018-12-10T18:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/musc099-04\/?page_id=254"},"modified":"2018-12-13T15:56:46","modified_gmt":"2018-12-13T15:56:46","slug":"same-love-by-macklemore-ryan-lewis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/musc099-04\/same-love-by-macklemore-ryan-lewis\/","title":{"rendered":"“Same Love” by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Released in 2012, the song Same Love by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis became \u201cthe first song to explicitly embrace and promote gay marriage that has made it into the Top 40″(1). Not only does it advocate for same-sex marriage, the entire song is dedicated to arguing for marriage equality. One of the most powerful lyrics in this song, in my opinion, is: \u201c<\/span><\/span>No law’s gonna change us, we have to change us<\/span><\/span><\/a>; <\/span><\/span>Whatever god you believe in, we come from the same one<\/span><\/span><\/a>; <\/span><\/span>Strip away the fear, underneath it’s all the same love<\/span><\/span><\/a>; <\/span><\/span>About time that we raised up! (2)<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u201d<\/span><\/span> This passage of the song serves as a call to action, telling people that in order to change the perception of marriage equality in America, we have to stand up for what we believe in and take some of the responsibility into our own hands. \u201cSame Love\u201d was so well received, in fact, that it was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best <\/span><\/span>Song, and<\/span><\/span> was televised on multiple occasions (one of them alongside Madonna) (3).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n