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Aldous Huxley Jim Morrison
4,069 wordsThe 1960 s were a time of major political and social change. These changes were primarily fuelled by the youth of the time. Their parents had come from life in both the great depression of the 1930 s as well as World War II, and were on a whole more conservative than their children, a fact the younger generation did not like. In the early 60 s the electronic media (Television and radio) became an important communication tool, as opposed to the largely print based media of previous decades. With ...
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Patently Offensive Legally Obscene
5,385 words... to Sound Warehouse, a record store in Broward County, and bought a cassette version of the "Nasty" recording. He listened to the album, had six of its songs transcribed, and prepared an affidavit stating these facts. On February 28, 1990, Deputy Wichner sent the affidavit, the transcripts, and a copy of the "Nasty" tape to Judge Mel Grossman of the Broward County Circuit Court, requesting that the judge find probable cause that "Nasty" was legally obscene. On March 9, Judge Grossman issued a...
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Type Of Music Limp Bizkit
1,046 wordsMusic has been around for thousands of years. Music appeals to everyone. When was the last time you have heard someone say, "I hate all music. "? Lately though music has been criticized for corrupting teen's minds. Rap is being blamed for all the crimes and murders in cities all over America and heavy metal is being blamed for giving teens only dark images and thoughts in their minds. Although the media and public criticize rap and rock music and blame the music for influencing teens negatively,...
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Lonely Hearts Upper Lip
2,216 words... he Came in Through the Bathroom Window" that William Campbell was once a police officer. The vinyl copy of "Sgt. Pepper's... " has lyrics printed on the back cover, layered over a picture of the Beatles. Paul is facing backwards, to signify he is an imposter, and he appears to be taller than everyone else, even though he, John, and George are the same height. The lyrics "Within You Without You" from the song of the same title are coming out of Paul's head. George's thumb is pointing to the l...
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1,135 wordsMusic censorship has been a major problem plaguing America for over fifty years. In 1957, Elvis Pressley was only allowed to be filmed from the waist up on the Ed Sullivan show (Nuzum 1). Plenty of controversy has taken places between then and now, but more recently it has become much more prominent in the media, and people and organizations are beginning to actually take a stand. For example, Island Records (owned by Disney) dropped the Insane Clown Posse just after their release of The Great M...
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Placing Blame On The Parents Of Adolescent
1,846 wordsThere are, without a doubt innumerable accounts, whether reported or not, where some aspect of the media has been blamed for the occurrence of some grave adversity. Although previously investigated bombastically, the Columbine shootings continue to be examined since its 1999 occurrence. Any other event could have served just as exemplary as the shootings at Columbine work to do here. It may seem a tired issue to raise at the conception of my thesis, however this event will never lose the enormit...
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Lead Singer Emotional Pain
1,590 wordsArgumentative Essay Up on stage, a skinny white boy dressed with thick rimmed glasses, a striped tee shirt from the 80 s, a pair of torn jeans and black converse sneakers strums his guitar and sings out You filthy whore Shut up and swallow my pride for me move closer and drive further suck on the end of this dick that cum lead. The boy is the lead singer of a band called Glassjaw whose musical focus is the genre of Emo, (emotional type of alternative punk music). This boy, hidden by his exterior...
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Hip Hop Culture Hip Hop Music
2,096 wordsAnalytical Paper The hip hop culture has permeated popular culture in an unprecedented fashion. Because of its enormous crossover appeal, the hip hop culture is a potentially great unifier of diverse populations. Although created by black youth on the street, hip hop's influence has become worldwide. Approximately 75 % of the rap and hip hop audience is non black. It has gone from the fringes, to the suburbs, and into the corporate boardrooms. Indeed, McDonald's, Coca Cola, Sprite, Nike, and oth...
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Explicit Lyrics Rap Music
912 wordsRap Music Rap is currently crossing national borders of the world and has become a key component of global culture. Its migration results in youngsters of all races, creeds, religions, social and economic classes, being exposed to and influenced by it. Therefore, rap is now part of the multicultural world with no borders or limits, and the lyrics / messages are being delivered to everyone, everywhere. Teenagers seem to be the group of individuals who listen most to rap music. Some have argued th...
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Rap Musics Negative Influence On Children Today
2,189 wordsRap Musics Negative Influence on Children Today Rap music influences children in several different ways these days. Many people feel it can persuade people to do violent acts or sets a bad example. The Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC) says that, listening to rap music leads to antisocial behavior like juvenile delinquency, breakup of the family, rise in satanic cults, and teen suicide. (PMRC# 3) Many suicides and cases of adolescent depression are blamed on a certain bands songs and or image...
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Metal Blade Records Marilyn Manson
2,033 wordsEvil and Satanic, is what you would probably call heavy metal music today. Marilyn Manson, Anthrax, Metallica and Cannibal Corpse are a few of the many heavy metal groups of todays music world. Heavy metal contains music that should be more carefully analyzed by parents. It also affects the way teens think. Also this music can imply outward violence toward others. Heavy metal is a partial cause for teen violence and suicide. Numbing and influential, teen violence and suicide can start with heavy...
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Percent Of The Respondents Tupac Shakur
805 wordsRecently we have been hearing a lot about the need for censorship of television and recording industries. Whether it is the cartoon Beavis and Butthead, the controversial television drama NYPD Blue or rap recording artists, someone always seems to arguing about their negative effects on society and the need for government regulation. Being a fan of rap, I am particularly interested in issues effecting regulation of the recording industry and rap artists. Popular " gangsta rappers" incl...
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Elderly Woman Human Race
1,849 wordsEddie Vedder Is A Vampire Although at first he may seem to be just your average angst ridden lead man for a popular rock and roll band, Eddie Vedder, the vocalist and lyricist for Pearl Jam, may very well be a vampire. Although it is impossible to tell, everything points to his being an immortal. An in depth analysis of his lyrics shows that Pearl Jams second album, ? Versus? , has been used by Vedder as sounding boards for the complex emotions and change of perspective that come with ones trans...
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Slim Shady Marshall Mathers
1,872 wordsControversy of the lyrics of Rapper Eminem In a few short months, Eminem has gone from being one of the most liked emcees in independent hip-hop to one of the most provocative, controversial rappers in contemporary pop music. The overnight success of his debut album, The Slim Shady LP, topped the rap charts, making him one of the biggest music success stories of 1999. But Eminem is more than the latest rap artist to blow up. Hes spent the last several years paying his dues, and his lyrics, which...
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Choral Ode Hero Odysseus
2,567 wordsThe Golden Age of Greece The ancient statues and pottery of the Golden Stone Age of Greece were much advanced in spectacular ways. The true facts of Zeus main reason for his statue. The great styles of the Kouros and the Kore. The story of The Blinding of Polyphemus, along with the story of Cyclops. The Dori and Ionic column stone temples that were built in Greece that had an distinctive look. The true colors of the vase, Aryballos. The vase that carried liquids from one place to another. The Ly...
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Jim Morrison External Reality
6,679 wordsMetamorphose. An object is cut off from its name, habits, associations. Detached, it becomes only the thing, in and of itself. When this disintegration into pure existence is at last achieved, the object is free to become endlessly anything. Jim Morrison, from The Lords PART I The Sex Revolts (Harvard University Press, 1995), Reynolds and Press exciting book which looks at rock rebellion from the perspective of gender revolution, characterizes THE DOORS creativity (1965 - 71) in terms of a phall...
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Rolling Stone Magazine Heavy Metal Music
3,001 wordsThroughout history, the emotions of people have shown themselves in a variety of forms. Some of the people chose the medium of music to express their emotions and ideas. Music somehow became useless for some people, while music was still spreading across the world. But this work offended some people who were in the need of authority; these people tried to control the music created by the artists. This control of the music is in the form of censorship, and censurers used their political, economic...
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Gangsta Rap Interpersonal Violence
1,218 wordsThroughout history the human populous has been attracted to music. Whether it be part of a ritual, an emotional release, religious reasons, or just for listening pleasure music has been at the center of our society. We have used music to express ourselves, tell stories, and let others into our thoughts. However, we often wonder whether what we are saying has an effect on the listening audience. Recently, in the 1990 s references have often been made to link violent and deviant behavior to music ...
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Late 19 Th Century 20 Th Century
2,826 wordsMusics Influence on society Music has been around for thousands of years. Music appeals to everyone. When was the last time you have heard someone say, I hate all music. ? Lately though music has been criticized for corrupting teens minds. Rap is being blamed for all the crimes and murders in cities all over America and heavy metal is being blamed for giving teens only dark images and thoughts in their minds. Although the media and public criticize rap and rock music and blame the music for infl...
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Jim Morrison Lead Singer
2,231 wordsPoet William Blake once said If The Doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite (Gilmore 34). From this quote arose a band that even over 20 years after its disbanding still is played and remembered. The Doors started as a little garage band in California back in the early sixties. They were extremely popular due to their lead singer, Jim Morrison. Morrison himself was a real character. Morrison is considered by many critics a modern day poet. Others view...
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