Tiffany Kelly Instructor Delaney College Writing II MW 12:00 1 April 2013 Woodstock Woodstock of 1969 was also known as Three Days of Peace and Music. Woodstock was a three-day music festival held in Bethel‚ New York‚ on a 600-acre farm. The three-day outdoor music festival extended in both physical size and historical magnitude. An estimated half a million hippies gathered on the 600-acre dairy farm. Woodstock of 1969 showed peace‚ love and music with surprisingly no violence at all. Some of the
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Desirae Mora Mrs. Thornton Advanced Speech 12 Dec 2012 Rock and Roll The 1950’s was a busy century. It contained everything from wars to new inventions‚ segregation to the year of consumerism. This era also had its ups and downs; what was accepted and what wasn’t. In this case‚ rock and roll gained both acceptance and rejection. While the youth longed for a revolution in their pop culture‚ the older generation caused havoc in saying no. Alan Freed just about had the starring role in the 1950’s
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Upon first hearing the phrase “protest song” I immediately thought of songs and chants that are sung during picket lines and at rallies. I first believed that protest songs must directly address an issue that the artist or group of people wish to see changed in the near future. After doing some research I found that protest songs do not explicitly state that they are wishing for change. The song “Paper Planes” by M.I.A‚ or Mathangi Arulpragasm‚ is by my definition of the phrase‚ a protest song. This
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It is not a secret that the Beatles is one of the most famous groups of all times. However it is extraordinary that John and Paul were the songwriters even though they did not know how to read or write music (Davies). This was not a obstacle for them and their creative work. The Beatles revolutionized the music industry with their distinct and unique style. They were lucky enough to reach the peak of popularity when the demographics were favorable with all the baby boomers from the war were teenager
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The Beatles: Changing Music One Step at a Time. The Beatles were an “out of nowhere” happening that many still don’t understand to this day. They have changed music in more ways than one‚ and people still enjoy listening to their music even today‚ when music has gone through so much auto tune and processing. The music they created had so many different messages‚ and people enjoyed listening to them everyday‚ and even all day sometimes. Some people call The Beatles an overnight sensation‚ while others
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Indie rock n’ roll music as we know it today has been heavily influenced by countless bands of the sixties‚ seventies‚ and the eighties. But the one band who revolutionized and changed this genre of music forever was The Smiths. The Smith’s music was greatly underappreciated in the United States at the time but today we see various bands who have been inspired and transformed by The Smiths music. Morrisey‚ the bands infamous front man drew much attention to the band through his idiosyncratic lyrical
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That’s just the way it is By Bruce Hornsby‚ from the album Bruce Hornsby and the Range ‘That’s Just the Way It Is’ written by Bruce Hornsby and Elliot Scheiner‚ from the album Bruce Hornsby and the Range. The song made it to number 1 on the American charts‚ but only reached 15 on the UK charts. Bruce grew up in east Virginia‚ a place fairly untainted by racism. So‚ you might be wondering where the inspiration for this song came from. Well‚ something hinting at it is when Bruce was interviewed by
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In popular music‚ a cover version is a recording or performance of a song that has already been previously recorded or made popular by another artist or band (Shuker‚ 2012‚ p. 104). Many artists do cover versions for different reasons. Some artist covers a song to make the song popular for newer generations. Many artists like to do cover versions because they feel the song can be much more than the original. However‚ over the years many covers have also become more popular in the music industry then
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It would have been inconceivable at the turn of the 20th century to imagine the musical freedom‚ variety‚ and subcultures that we have today. What began as a counterculture movement in the 1950s and 1960s eventually gave rise to an incredible array of different types of music‚ rock being the most prevalent and ubiquitous among them. Other music scenes followed; punk rock‚ grunge‚ disco‚ R&B‚ and psychedelic rock to name just a few. A great question is how all of this came about – how did a very
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Jimi Hendrix Jimi Hendrix -- one of the most influential rock artists ever‚ whose talents brought him up to the pinnacle of fame and fortune‚ only to fall‚ brought down by his tragic flaw. At the young age of twenty-seven‚ Hendrix let his flaw‚ drinking and drugs‚ get the best of him‚ and he died at the peak of his career. Hendrix once said‚ “I’m the one that’s got to die when it’s time for me to die‚ so let me live my life the way I want to.” Although his career was cut short‚ he still is remembered
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