If you haven’t ever heard of Woodstock‚ then you don’t know what the greatest musical festival was. Woodstock was all about peace‚ love and music and it was the musical festival that changed how we look at music today . The Woodstock Music and Art Festival was a three day festival that was held in Bethel‚ New York. It was a historic event that changed many people’s outlook on life‚ and was a big part of what was known as the hippie movement. The original idea of the festival was suppose to be this
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The Beatles‚ also known as the White Album‚ is the ninth studio album by the English rock group the Beatles‚ released on 22 November 1968. A double album‚ it’s plain white sleeve has no graphics or text other than the band’s name embossed‚which was intended as a direct contrast to the vivid cover artwork of the band’s earlier Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Although no singles were issued from The Beatles in Britain and the United States‚ the songs "Hey Jude" and "Revolution" originated from
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Music became the dominant in the United States during the 1940 and 1950. It was quite radical in fact; this is the decade that began rock and roll‚ the civil rights movement‚ better family living. In the forties and fifties were looked at more as a state of mind‚ a way of living rather than just another decade or time era in history. It was more peaceful during them times; the economy was doing better than it had been before. Teenagers were having more fun than ever. Rock n’ roll was making head
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Peace‚ love‚ and music was all you needed to have a happy life during the 60’s. Many believed the 60’s was the rise of the hippie‚ others may say it was the beginning of change within the culture. Music was a enormous cornerstone for the people to their right to speak freely about social issues. Whether it was with peace and love or anger and violence‚ music was the canvas for it all‚ the 60’s was the place to be. The era of freedom and change‚ a music rock group‚Buffalo Springfield‚ consisting
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The next two albums they released‚ Beggars Banquet and Let It Bleed‚ are hailed by critics and fans alike as some of the best and most iconic works from The Rolling Stones. By this point‚ the lifestyle the band members were leading was getting them into trouble with British society‚ with this conflict coming to a head on February 12‚ 1967. Keith Richards threw an acid party at his estate. In attendance were many big names such as George Harrison and his wife Patty‚ Mick Jagger and his girlfriend
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In a fit of patriotic zeal‚ American folk musician Woody Guthrie famously scrawled the words “this machine kills fascists” onto his acoustic guitar. It marked the beginning of an era where American rock & roll music would infiltrate politics and alter political realities both at home and abroad. Guthrie’s “machine” was a synecdoche for music‚ specifically‚ music’s ability to topple authoritarianism and rattle the political landscape. The epitaph foretold that sometimes a guitar‚ more than even armaments
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He was impacted the society in many ways through music. He sang of problems he saw in society (Corliss 2). Some of these problems were in prisons. His interest in prison reform started after he watched “Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison” (Robins 2). He thinks prisoners are not treated fairly and come out worse than when they went in (“Cash‚ Johnny” 5). In order to solve these problems he first had to make them known. John and two inmates went to the US senate subcommittee to campaign about
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Having just talked about Joan Tower and her contribution to music‚ to the let us now turn our attention to another woman who had a significant impact on the shaping of music as we know it today. Margaret Sutherland had a very stable childhood. Her mother was a singer‚ her father was a writer for a newspaper as well as a pianist. By the age of five Sutherland was improvising at the piano and she began writing her own pieces a year later. Music wasn’t really mainstream in Australia. Sutherland grew
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I chose to analyze one of John Legend’s famous songs “All of Me”. He’s an American singer‚ songwriter‚ and actor. He worked with many other great artists such as Kanye West‚ Jay-Z‚ Alicia Keyes‚ and many others. Before his song “All of Me” got famous he best was known for his song “Ordinary People” which won him a Grammy award back in 2006. But back to the song and also the music video “All of Me” this song was dedicated for his wife‚ Chrissy Teigen who is an American model. They got married back
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One Direction has had an incredible impact on my world. Though they started out as a small-time band on the British television program X-Factor‚ they soon ended up being world-famous‚ shaping the universe that I live in. They have‚ through their good looks‚ fun personalities‚ and incredible voices‚ managed to successfully capture my heart as well as those of other teenagers and even adults. One Direction has‚ from their modest beginning‚ had a massive influence on the teen culture in general which
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