The History of British pop/rock The Beatles and the British Invasion It would be suffice to say that the British experience of pop music was quite different from the American. Britpop also know as British alternative rock‚ was part of a British alternative rock movement that was in the 1990s‚ the term "Britpop" had been used as early as 1987 but it wouldn’t be until 1995 when the term exploded and was used extensively. It was characterized by the appearance of bands that borrowed influences from
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Bob Dylan Regarding significant musical movements throughout history‚ especially the twentieth century‚ few had more of an influential impact or were more important than the folk revolution that took shape in the mid-nineteen hundreds in the United States. One of the leaders of this revolution was Robert Allen Zimmerman‚ known by his stage name‚ Bob Dylan. Bob Dylan was a major influential musical icon for today’s artists as well as future artists to come. His music was embodied by historical
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He taught himself guitar in an early age inspired by Robert Johnson‚ B.B. King and Muddy Waters‚ and began his blues career in the blues-influenced rock and roll band The Yardbirds. He played with them for two years and became one of the most mentioned guitarists in England. After leaving the band due to their changes away from the blues‚ Clapton joined John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers and gained reputation
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How the Beatles Compare and Contrast Politics and Religion Britain was a Christian country (Church of England) before the 1960s.After the Second World War‚ church membership grew and there was also an economic boom and in the process fuelled consumerism. The Beatles “were beneficiaries of new attitudes toward money and leisure. The emphasis moved from thrift‚ duty‚ and service to consumerism” (Turner 2006:13). The Beatles were one of the most influential pop groups of the 1960s and had considerable
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fragmentation of the music space only allows for creation of a large middle class of artists struggling to survive. Today’s battle for discovery of great music is no different than it was over the past 60 years for innovative genres like Rock and Roll‚ R&B and Hip Hop. The innovator’s dilemma applied to those artists and entrepreneurs fomenting these musical revolutions. It all comes down to how the tools available at the time‚ both music and business‚ were employed by the innovators to
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When a song is as heavily covered as Fats Domino’s “Ain’t That A Shame” from his album Rock and Rollin with Fats Domino you know that there is something special about it. With recording artists such as Pat Boone‚ Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons‚ and even the 1970s rock group‚ Cheap Trick recording the song many people know at least one version. However the original version has a special something about it that helps it stand out from the many covers. The song has an enticing hook‚ interesting
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With the interest of listen to the music of boy bands. I stared to think of how dose this kind of singing group form. Also‚ because not only boy bands‚ there are lots of singing groups like choirs‚ girls groups‚ and operatic groups etc. I always question how do they become popular in the worldwide music industry. In this paper‚ I will discus the development of boy band history in western countries. Although the term ‘Boy Band’ was yet to be established before the late 1980s in the western world‚
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PROBLEM (a) TOOTSIE ROLL INDUSTRIES‚ INC. Trend Analysis of Net Sales and Net Earnings For the Five Years Ended 2001 Base Period 1997—($ in thousands) 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 (1) Net sales Trend $423‚496 113% $427‚054 114% $396‚750 106% $388‚659 103% $375‚594 100% (2) Net earnings Trend 65‚687 108% 75‚737 125% 71‚310 118% 67‚526 111% 60‚682 100% This analysis of Tootsie Roll shows a favorable trend
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AMERICAN POPULAR MUSIC ASSIGNMENT 2: Q2: In common with many critics‚ Roy Shuker has identified popular music’s ‘oppositional cultural possibilities’. ‘Many artists’ – he writes – have used their music to make political statements on a variety of issues including racism‚ class‚ gender‚ politics‚ sexuality‚ and the environment.’ Referring to a RANGE of examples from AT LEAST TWO musical styles (e.g.‚ soul and hip hop‚ or jazz and punk‚ etc.)‚ consider the validity of this statement. HIP HOP AND
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“Rock and roll music‚ if you like it‚ if you feel it‚ you can’t help but move to it. That’s what happens to me. I can’t help it” was a quote by Elvis Presley and‚ like the quote indicates‚ I could not stop moving to the music. The Battle of the Bands on October 20‚ 2016‚ at A.Y. Jackson had many bands performing an enthralling music with great enthusiasm. The performances brought ecstasy and did not fail in enthralling my soul. Introspective Turtles with their piece Bohemian Rhapsody was marvelously
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