purpose for writing Hey Jude was to comfort John Lennon’s son‚ Julian‚ while his parents were going through a divorce (about.com). In later years‚ Paul would confirm this. The actual song talks about “taking a sad song and making it better” (The Beatles via elyrics). Basically it has to do with dealing with what the world throws at you and going out and taking it on. It also talks about a girl. In the case of Julian‚ it would presumably refer to either his mother or his father’s new wife.
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prove how powerful words and music can be. John Lennon a man ahead of his own time Born 9th October 1940 Died the 8th of December. John Lennon Co Founder and former member of the band The Beatles‚ Best known for his songs about personal issues and political and social themes. Lennon’s work after leaving the beatles he continued his career of protesting and being known for anti-war and controversial material. His music changed
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is love. “Across the Universe” is a musical film based on 34 compositions by the legendary rock’n’roll quartet – the Beatles. The movie is called after the same name song of the band‚ “Across the Universe”‚ which was released in 1969 and later as one of tracks of a charity album “No One is Going to Change Our World” at the label “Apple”. The plot has nothing to do with the Beatles’ members life. However the pictured in the movie events represent many characteristics of their era being set in the
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These are my rough unedited class notes representing general ideas and concepts for class lectures. Please ignore the many sentence fragments. The African-American culture of the southern plantation influenced the birth of the blues through the adaptation of their African musical heritage. Based upon a call and response structure‚ one slave worker would call or play a lead and the fellow workers would respond with the same phrase or an embellishment of that phrase. The music involved predictable
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Yifan Ye MUS MUS 354: The Beatles After the Beatles (Fall 2012) You are signed in as: Yifan Ye 窗体顶端 Sign Out 窗体底端 Home Classroom Exams/Assignments Grades Help Exam #1 Time Limit 50 minutes Starting Time 9:10 pm Arizona time 窗体顶端 1 Recording sessions for Paul’s hugely successful 1973 album ___________ took place in Lagos‚ Nigeria‚ with two key members of Wings quitting just prior to departure and Paul playing guitars‚ bass and drums. Red Rose Speedway Band on the Run McCartney Live
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Phil Spector‚ the Beatles‚ and the Beach Boys. * Phil Spector- first tycoon and producer. Defined the roll of producer * Motwon- production studio founded in 1960 * The Beatles- boy band est. in Great britian and know through Europe * Brill Building- songwriting building. Located at 1619 brodway on 44th 2. Describe the "British Invasion" by the Beatles in 1964. How did they influence American popular music? Include a description of the Beatles’ music and the songwriting
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British bands? Were the Beatles and the Rolling Stones so great that they could have taken over the U.S. charts any time‚ or was it mostly a case of good timing that they became so popular so quickly? The Beatles and The Rolling Stones have been two of the most influential bands on American Society. Creating The British Invasion in the 1960’s‚ this was a period when music From the United Kingdom began to become extremely popular in the United States‚ beginning with the Beatles. American’s had the
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to use the Apple logo but now‚ the record company has accused the computer company of not conforming to the terms of the agreement. In 1980‚ George Harrison noticed an apple in an ad for computers. He thought this infringed upon Apple‚ the Beatles Record company trademark and filed suit. In 1981‚ Apple Computer agreed to stay out of the music business. In 1991‚ Apple Corp. filed suit against Apple Computer for trademark infringement again and settled out of court for 26.5 million dollars. The
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artists that most likely pop into one’s head are The Beatles‚ The Who‚ Kiss‚ Rolling Stones‚ Elvis Presley‚ and many more. These artists have had many hits over the years‚ for they are widely known and very talented. Elvis Presley‚ for example‚ had at least 11 hit singles in 1956 alone‚ with more music coming in later years. In the 60’s‚ Elvis was one of the few artists who had battled with The Beatles in popularity (Clifford 168-169). In 1966‚ The Beatles had at least seven hit singles‚ while Elvis had
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Did you know that the band Led Zeppelin’s first choices for a name was The Mad Dogs and Whoopie Cushion? Or that famous bands like The Beatles or The Sex Pistols were the cause for mainstream fads and rebellion? The 1970s was an era of cultural expansion and pop. Beginnings and ends for famous and soon-to-be famous stars showed here; like the disbanding of The Beatles‚ or the start of Michael Jackson’s career with The Jackson 5. This decade further evolved rock‚ blues‚ country‚ and pop from the 1960s
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