Money Aint a Thing.

Consumerism is a modern movement for the protection of the consumer against useless, inferior, or dangerous products, misleading advertising and unfair pricing.

When people are considered as “materialistic”, that means they want every physical items they desire, such as high end clothes and jewellery or even expensive cars. I think it is not possible to detach yourself from materialistically driven society because every where you go you see materialistic items. Everybody wants something in there life that will be useless and expensive or might be an item the person uses once and never touch it again. I, myself, consistently have this ongoing debate going on in my head of whether or not I want the next Apple Ipod or the next Gucci bag. It’s impossible for an individual to run away from material items due the mass media. I, personally, want brand name clothing, expensive jewellery and many other things you see out there. There are many songs out there that talk about being rich and buying many things. The song I chose is “Rich Girl” by Gwen Stefani. I think this song is the best example of materialism because she sings about the fact if she was rich she would buy all the things in the world. An example from the song is the verse “See, I'd have all the money in the world, if I was a wealthy girl” this verse comes across as money is a materialistic item. The second verse follows up to the first verse, “Think what that money could bring, I'd buy everything” this verse indicates that fact the having money can buy you everything, true, but Gwen is talking about materialistic items like cars, houses, trips etc. which are not all that important in life.

Cited:

Stefani,G(2004)Rich Girl. On Love.Angel.Music.Baby [CD]. California: Encore Studio.