Over the course of an hour and fifteen minutes‚ Anthony DeCurtis interviewed Jeffrey Gaines on Thursday‚ March 14th in the Kelly Writers house on Penn’s campus about the Beatles impact on his life and his body of work. DeCurtis‚ an author and music critic‚ interviewed Gaines‚ a life-long musician‚ about the impact that the Beatles had on his musical taste and on his music in general. Around a dozen people sat in the relatively small venue at the Kelly Writers house with a few individuals entering
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Youth problems Youth offers the promise of happiness‚ but life offers the realities of grief. Nicholas Sparks‚ The Rescue Youth is maybe the most important period of a man’s life. It is the time when the beliefs and morals‚ interests and different habits are all laid. In this very time a young person is trying to find his place in the world. But nowadays everything is not as good as it may seem. Today a young generation faces a lot of problems. The first problem is about the family. The
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After four long years‚ we have seen Alicia Keys being active again by the release of her latest studio albums. After touching hearts and relaying true stories through music on her surprise concerts in New York‚ the momentum that the Grammy-winning pop icon accumulated over the last couple of weeks is sure enough to make her name float again. There’s something about Alicia Keys that makes it easy for music lovers to be connected to her easily‚ and that is because whenever she opens her mouth to sing
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4 Black Boy Bands that Make our Heart Melt Boy bands have had their share of popularity. There was a time when they dominated the airwaves. Girls of all ages went crazy over them. They sing‚ dance and rap sometimes. Plus‚ boy bands are eye candy too. They are indeed a triple threat and a force to be reckoned with. Here are our favorite black boy bands. 1. Blackstreet – This American R&B group was founded in 1991. Two years later‚ they released their first single‚ “Baby Be Mine” as the soundtrack
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Bob Dylan‚ a musician and a recent Nobel Prize winner in Literature. He is known to be a creative artist who has influenced popular music and culture for more than five decades. Not to mention‚ Dylan is recognized as one of the best-selling artists of all time for selling more than 100 million records and has received many awards including‚ eleven Academy Awards‚ a Gold Globe Award‚ and an Academy Award. Furthermore‚ he integrated lyrics with an expansive range of political‚ social‚ philosophical
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2.11 Lab Questions 1. What was Barry’s first reaction to hearing the Beatles‚ "I Wanna Hold Your Hand"? What initially prompted him to play their music on his radio show? Barry was encouraged to play their music by the music director at a radio station. Barry finally gave in after seeing the ads and crowds the Beatles brought. 2. What role did television play in the Beatles success? The Ed Sullivan show on television helped get the Beatles music popular and get shown across the world. 3. Explain
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“Take On Me‚” a true legend and a catchy pop tune from the year of 1984 and 1985‚ took the world by storm. On October Nineteenth‚ the Norwegian synthpop group A-ha forever graced our hearts and souls with their astonishing masterpiece‚ “Take On Me.” The track was produced by John Ratcliff and Alan Tarney. This hit new-wave pop song would go on to earn a gold status in the music industry. The song was produced as a single under the Warner Bros. music label and was later printed on the B-side of their
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Introduction Peter Green was the founder of an English band known as Fleetwood Mac‚ which was formed in the U.K. He was known for being one of the greatest British blues rock guitarists and composers. He wrote some of the most remarkable blues-based songs during the 60s. Green was also famous for establishing a band that was fully capable of out-selling The Beatles and The Stones. Green was listed at 38th in a list of top ‘100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.’ (“Peter Green Biography‚” n.d.). He
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John Lennon was born on December 9‚ 1940 in Liverpool‚ Merseyside‚ England and went face to face with death on December 8‚ 1980 at the age of forty in New York‚ New York when Mark David a crazed fan in front of Lennon’s apartment shot Lennon several times. Unfortunately‚ in Lennon’s life story‚ death won‚ taking one of the world’s greatest pop/rock artists famous for changing the music industry as a member of the group known as the Beatles. At the age of four Lennon’s parents divorced leaving him
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What should those that seek marriage look out for? What perils are born out of wedlock? Is marrying a good idea? Does marriage become a beautiful journey with time? Or does marriage become another chain that can tether an individual to despair? Such questions are raised and explored in Phil Hutcheon’s Desperation Passes. The story rejects the common belief of “eternal happiness after marriage” and boldly presents a new‚ realistic idea: there are many struggles and impurities found in holy matrimony
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