Korean Popular Music‚ the Culture Industry‚ and National Identity John Lie* In the early 2010’s‚ the expansion of South Korean popular culture around the world is led by popular music‚ usually known as Kpop. In this paper I seek to answer two questions. First‚ what are the sources of its success beyond the South Korean national border? Secondly‚ what does it say about contemporary South Korean society and culture? Key Words: K-pop‚ Korean Wave‚ Hallyu‚ South Korean Popular Culture‚ Popular Music
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person who put it on the charts‚ Mr. Elvis Presley. Presley used his infamous style of merging rock and roll with gospel music‚ a technique that has never been done before the 1950s‚ and pushed the limits of many Americans by erasing the existing line of “black” and “white” music. Going from poor to riches‚ Presley changed the view and sight of music. With out Presley music would have stayed segregated‚ the civil rights movement would not have moved forward in music and that would have slowed down the
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In the late 1980’s a hip-hop group by the name of Public Enemy began to gain prominence and popularity amongst the majority of African-Americans and other ethnicities. With their politically and racially charged lyrics‚ they amassed millions of fans in the United States and across the globe. In this essay‚ I hope to elaborate and argue about their somewhat controversial music that united an ample black audience under the common theme of black power and the fight to completely end racial oppression
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illuminated the world by teaching people to stand up for what they believe in. Create John Lennon was a very creative man that inspired many musicians. John had a huge impact on the 60’s music. He was said to have created a whole "new world" of music in America. John Lennon was inspired by Elvis Presley himself and his new type of music. The Beatles was the first rock band in America and everyone loved it. John and Paul McCartney became one of the most successful songwriting partnerships in musical
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Elvis Presley Elvis Presley is the real King of Rock and Roll in my opinion. He could change his singing style just so it could fit and sound good with the different songs he sang. Even while he was dealing with an addiction and going through a divorce he was still on top. He was even able to come back to being a star after a leave of absence since he was in the military. It doesn’t matter what he went through‚ he was able to stay the King and the people agreed even after he died. To begin‚ Elvis
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extent is popular music an effective medium of political discourse? It is almost impossible to imagine a life without music. We listen to music for various reasons but most of us listen to it for one simple reason: entertainment. Rhythm and the melody give us great pleasure. Even sometimes we think that certain songs describes our lives and us. When we think deeper about music and its impacts in social life‚ we realize that music has more functions than entertaining people. Music has been
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Music is all around us. We all grew up listening to some type of music. No one can really determine when music began or which cultures had music first. There are stories of its origins that go back to ancient times. "Popular music is music produced for and sold to a broad audience."(1) The types of popular music we are going to look at are jazz‚ country-and-western music‚ rhythm-and-blues music (R&B)‚ rock music‚ and rap‚ also know as hip-hop.(1) First‚ we will look at jazz. Jazz is a type of music
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Riane Lisnock Ms. Hilton ENC 1101 8 November 2012 Music Lyrics When getting into the car‚ a parent typically follows the process of buckling in his or her child and then turning on the radio to the preferred station. Though this might seem like a harmless habit‚ one rarely ever stops to decipher the connotation of the popular songs being played. While an adult might mindlessly sing along to the Top 40‚ a listening child may easily grasp the immoral principles the songs distribute. Some people
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Exploring Popular Music What is popular music? Popular music is defined as "any genre of music having wide appeal but usually only for a short time."(Popular music) My definition of popular music is music mostly by one hit wonders or well established artists appealing widely for a short time. Popular music differs from other genres of music because with other genres of music they are constrained to that genre meaning that have to fit that group and really venture outside that box and still be
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1. Popular music is typically music that is in touch with the middle class originating in the mid-1800’s. 2. Pop music lyrics based on love and relationship. 3. Disco was developed in the 1970s. Disco began outside of mainstream America. Mixing vocals with a beat that encouraged dancing‚ disco became the dance music of the decade. The music often had 100 to 130 beats per minute. 4. In the 1960s Briish bands began to copy American bands particularly in the areas of producing recordings and touring
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