singer-songwriter-composers who came out of this rock revolution is Billy Joel‚ a native Long Islander‚ who holds the record as the “…sixth best-selling recording artist and the third best-selling solo artist in the United States…”3 The number of platinum albums and singles are so numerous that it is difficult to keep track‚ but the great majority of his albums and singles went platinum‚ and often several times over. Only the Beatles have more platinum sales for albums.4 Billy Joel is a proud son of Long Island; he could
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A recent film that I have studied in class has managed to unsettle me‚ to change my views about major issues such as gender and family I found Billy Elliot to be a moving and uplifting film about motherless Billy fulfilling his dream of becoming a ballet dancer‚ in the process overcoming the objections of his father and brother. By setting the movie in the context of a mining community‚ and more specifically against the backdrop of the 1980’s miners’ strike they were able to refer to gender and class
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Was Billy Bishop a Hero or a Fraud? An event that occurred in historical time and has evolved the world into an improved environment today is classified as a defining moment. Many famous Canadian men‚ women‚ and children have become a part of the defining moments for many reasons‚ such as being a soldier who fought in WW1 and WW2‚ or being an actor or actress or being a part of the election parties. One of the men which were popular in the World War 1 was Billy Bishop. William Avery Bishop was the
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the author who was sent in for the battle of the bulge and witnessed the bombing of Dresden. The author had many experiences from which he had with world war II‚ he shows what happened and could have been his thoughts throughout the narrator Billy Pilgrim. First‚ Slaughterhouse five says different themes and how they relate to war. Secondly‚ there’s many events from when the author Kurt Vonnegut’s life that made him feel this way about the war. Lastly‚ and the attitude of Vonnegut towards war
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later‚ indicating that modernization is not effective and beneficial to all – while it has contributing to turning our country into what we are used now‚ modernization left behind many who were used to life before its conception. Billy Eliot: Like In DAL And Los in Billy Elliott the text concentrates on Billy’s family challenging his personal
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techniques in the film Billy Elliot by Daltry and the article “Two of Us” featuring Geoffrey lee and Bilel Jideh interviewed by Greg Bearnup. The film Billy Elliot set in Durham‚ England during the context of the miners’ strike of 1984-1985‚ examines the story of one boy’s dream to become a professional dancer. The eponymous character Billy Elliot transitions as he develops from a stereotypical mining town status to a ballet dancer. Throughout the film‚ the exploration of Billy growing up and advancing
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Outside of the plane‚ his wife‚ Valencia waves goodbye to Billy while eating a chocolate bar. Also on board‚ is a barbershop quartet called the “Four-eyed Bastards.” They sing humorous songs about the Polish. Billy is then reminded about the public hanging he had seen in Dresden‚ in which a Polish man was hung. Knowing that the plane is about to crash‚ Billy drifts into sleep and awakens in 1944. Roland Weary is shaking him‚ but Billy Pilgrim tells the “Three Musketeers” to go on without him. As the
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people easier and eliminate rebellion. 2. The moral themes of telling the truth that came from Billy Budd were in the form of vulnerability of innocence‚ individual versus the society‚ and the conscience versus the law. The moral theme vulnerability of innocence‚ shows how people can be deceptive without cause. Billy winds up in a situation because of his vulnerability at the hands of others. Billy doesn’t want to believe people are capable of doing wrong‚ he is naïve in the
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We Didn’t Start the Fire by Billy Joel is a song about many historic events‚ starting from 1949 and ending in 1989‚ the year the song came out. In each verse‚ Joel sings about the historic events that happened throughout the decades starting with Harry Truman and ending with The Rock n’ Roller Cola Wars. The chorus contains the following words after each verse: “We didn’t start the fire. It was always burning since the world’s been turning. We didn’t start the fire. No we didn’t light it but we tried
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the Backstreet Boys welcoming the new millennium. The great artists of this industry will forever be remembered for their ability to combine moving‚ soulful lyrics with enchanting melodies‚ all while reaching millions of individuals in a unique way. Billy Joel’s “Piano Man” is a perfect example of this melodic combination. Joel’s inspiration for this song came directly from his own experiences. Early in his career‚ he played a stint as a piano man for a local bar in Los Angeles‚ California during the
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