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Janis Joplin Jimi Hendrix
892 wordsMusic and Drugs Beginning with the late 1960 s counterculture in San Francisco, music and drugs will forever be inter-linked. Hippie bands such as the Grateful Dead, the Allman Brothers, and Phish are associated with marijuana, mushrooms, and LSD. Modern electronic rave, or club music is associated with MDMA or Ecstasy. When one thinks of rock and roll, sex and drugs immediately come to mind. While the use of drugs is not essential for the creation or performance of all new music, it was certain...
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Berry Gordy Father Of The Motown Sound
1,231 wordsBerry Gordy Jr. was born in Detroit, Michigan on November 28, 1929. He was the seventh born out of eight siblings. His parents migrated to Detroit from Georgia during 1922. They were part of a mass exodus of African Americans who left the South in the 20 's and traveled to northern cities in search of better economic futures. During that time jobs were plentiful in the factories, mainly the big four automotive plants that like, Chrysler, Ford, Chevrolet, and General Motors. Berry and Bertha Gord...
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Rock And Roll Order To Create
1,856 wordsIt is now 6: 30 A. M. Beatle time. The left London 30 minutes ago. Theyre out over the Atlantic Ocean heading for New York. The temperature is 32 Beatle Degrees (Szatmary 113). The transistor radio reported every few minutes on the morning of Friday, February 7, 1964. It was a day that would mark a musical milestone sending shockwaves through the United States. The plane landed, the Beatles stepped out, and for the first time Americans caught a glimpse of these young men with their long hair and...
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Jazz Musicians Popular Music
412 wordsJazz music was developed about 1900 by black Americans. It possesses an identifiable history and describable stylistic evolution. Jazz has borrowed from black folk music, and popular music has borrowed from jazz. These three kinds of music remain distinct and should not be confused with each other. Jazz is rooted in mingled traditions of American blacks. These include traits from West African music, European popular and light classical music of the 18 th and 19 th centuries, and later popular mu...
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Sexually Explicit Material Work Of Art
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2,243 words... c president in the World and the picture of the Free Masonic symbol of the so called "ALL SEEING ONE EYE. " Historically the control and manipulation of political opinion has been the Free Masons main weapon in gaining control of countries and states. Once in control of the rulers and politicians of a country laws and political structures could be changed in accordance with their agenda however since restricting the body does not necessarily mean restricting the mind. The Free Mason recogniz...
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2,523 wordsPsychology of Jim Morrison and 1960 's rock music With their mix of music, poetry, theater, and daring, the Doors emerged as America's most darkly innovative, eerily mesmerizing musical group of the 1960 s. Founded concurrently with the English invasion, the college-educated, Los Angeles-based group stood apart from the folk-rock movement of Southern California and the peace and flower power bands of San Francisco. In exploring death, doom, fear, and sex, their music reflected the hedonistic sid...
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1,578 wordsBob Dylan The Man The Myth The Legend By Nick DeSantis Few Musicians in the History of Rock and Roll have influenced popular Music as much as Bob Dylan. However too fully understand Bob Dylan s music you must first understand his life story. Bob Dylan s real name is Robert Allen Zimmerman and he was born on May 24, 1941 in Duluth Minnesota. His father, a man by the name of Abe worked at Standard Oil Company in their hometown of Duluth (bobdylanbiography. 8 k. com). In 1947 at the age of six, Bob...
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Cd Popular Music
531 wordsThese Popular Music Popular Radio These days you get into your car, flip on the radio, and what do you hear? A barrage of fake music. Lets name just a few to familiarize you with what I am speaking of: Back Street Boys, N? Sync, Brittany Spears, 98 Degrees, Christina Aguilera, Jessica Simpson, the list goes on and on. Where did this surge of teenybopper music come from? Well, it has always been around, yet I don? t think it has played such a role in popular music like it does today. Groups like ...
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Style Of Music One Of The Most Famous
1,513 wordsThe Harlem Renaissance was an era full of life, excitement, and activity. The world in all aspects was in gradual recovery from the depression. The world of music was expanding, sharing it s enthusiasm throughout the world. The evolution of jazz aroused the curiosity of the nation. As Blacks received their freedom, they were able to express themselves as talented individuals. Certain blacks contributed immensely to the era of jazz, for example, Duke Ellington. Ellington entered a brand-new, exci...
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West Side Story Makes You Feel
3,811 wordsThe Search For New Direction In The The Search For New Direction In The Musical. From The American Dream To The Rock Opera. The Search for New Direction in the musical. From the American Dream to the Rock-Opera. 1950 to 1978 were despondent ones for the musical. American musical theatre had been showing signs of exhaustion. This most seemingly anti-intellectual of genres carries its own ideological project. Before this, the musicals not only exhibited singing and dancing; they were about singing...
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World War Ii 19 Th Century
2,152 wordsHOW USEFUL IS THE TERM? CULTURAL REVOLUTION? WHEN APPLIED TO THE SIXTIES? I propose to define and to argue the question How useful is the term? Cultural Revolution? when applied to the Sixties? My objective is to include examples from history, history of science and religion. History? Mainstream Culture Let us first consider Arthur Marwick? s decision to periods the sixties from 1954 to 1975 and Eric Hobsbawm? s periodization (within his book Age of Extremes, written in 3 parts) with the sixties...
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2,895 wordsRAP MUSIC Popular culture is defined as the ordinary culture people make for themselves (McLeish, 1993). From the nineteenth century onward the term popular culture took on new meaning, referring to pop culture as somewhat beneath higher culture (1993). In other words, things that the common people enjoyed were looked down upon as opposed to say, opera, cricket or intellectual pursuits. Popular culture belonged to the common man whereas the higher forms of entertainment were enjoyed by the upper...
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Rhythm And Blues Rock And Roll
2,300 wordsPaul Whiteman (1890 - 1967) = a classically trained violinist and violist who adored jazz but lacked the gift to emulate the uninhibited improvisations of the jazz musicians he admired, formed a dance band in the early twenties that played jazzy arrangements of popular and even classical melodies. Blues = a black vocal folk music, began as vocal (largely instrumental). Classical blues = based on 3 lines of text. Wild wame don? t do the blues. Urban Blues = blues pieces written for publication an...
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Paul Mccartney John Lennon
941 wordsLennon/McCartney John Lennon and Paul McCartney are two of the greatest artists popular music has ever embraced. Their collaboration on early Beatles songs propelled the group to international fame. As the Beatles matured, however, the relationship between these two became more competitive than cooperative. They developed unique and surprisingly polar styles. In a 1980 Playboy interview John Lennon stated: You could say that (Paul) provided a lightness, an optimism, while I would always go for t...
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1,078 wordsMadonna was born Madonna Madonna Madonna was born on August 16, 1958, in the city of Bay City, located in the state of Michigan. Her real birth name is Madonna Louise Ciccone. However, most people know her as simply Madonna. She is known as a controversial singer, actress, dancer, songwriter, and has become one of Americas biggest and well- known stars in the late 1980 s. Madonnas assertive behavior, outspoken personality, and aggressive acts of sexuality, along with her great efforts to push ba...
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Freedom Of Expression Type Of Music
1,234 wordsIf hes to be taken literally, then so is Britney Spears invitation to hit me baby one more time, says one article in Advocate Magazine. They are speaking in reference to the rapper Eminem one they heavily talked-about topic of music censorship. What is music censorship? There is a great deal of confusion (one everybody's part) as to what freedom of expression is in the US, and how it applies to music. Everybody knows that there are radio stations, religious and community groups, retailers, and r...
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Buddy Holly Berne Convention
1,088 wordsProgression of Music From the 1940 s To the Present The progression of music from the 1940 s to the present has seen extremes, it has been controversial at times, traditional at times and inspirational at times, but never have the American people turned away music in its entirety. There have been times when parents did not approve of the music that their children chose to listen to, but the parents had never turned away music. Music has been criticized and promoted. Since the 40 s music has prog...
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Swing Era Cool Jazz
1,042 wordsThe Rise of Jazz Throughout this paper I will take you through some of the different styles and eras of jazz. Such styles as be-bop, cool jazz, dixieland, swing, and fusion emerged define jazz music. Along with these different styles there were important eras that molded jazz music, such eras as the golden ages, and the swing era. Jazz is a kind of music that has often been called the only art form to originate in the United States. The history of jazz began in the late 1800? s. The music grew f...
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