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Their Music According To The Beatles
2,435 wordsFinal paper; The Beatles Break-up The End of a Legend As they walked off the plane, thousands of people stood there to welcome them. They were screaming their names and singing their songs. Everyone had heard of them, they were the true meaning of rock and roll; they defined it. They were the biggest sensation since Elvis; they called themselves The Beatles. They had never expected to be the next sensation. No one ever expects to become a great legend in national or world history. It had taken t...
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Beatles Conquest Of America Early In 1964
1,259 wordsThe Beatles. One of the most incredible musical talents in history, they also have one of the most intriguing backgrounds. From John Lennon early groups in the late fifties to his assassination in 1980, the Beatles had very full and eventful lives (Haber). Some may believe that the Beatles Revolution did not begin until the band arrived in the U.S. on February 7, 1964, but the beginnings of their legacy can be traced much further back (Haber). John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ri...
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Elo Part II Without Jeff Lynne
904 wordsThe Electric Light Orchestra The biggest compliment a band can get is to have another singer write a song about how much they like them, as Randy Newman did in 1979 about ELO with the release of " 'The Story of a Rock and Roll Band". In the song he said, "I love their "Mr. Blue Sky" Almost my favorite is "Turn to Stone" And how 'bout "Telephone Line"? I love that ELO' " (Wild 5) The band created in 1971 by Jeff Lynne, Roy Wood, and Bev Bevan used cellos and violins to create a classical sound. A...
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Marley's Efforts Reggae Music
2,520 wordsThere are several theories about how the word reggae originated. The first theory claims that the word reggae was coined on a 1968 Pyramid dance single, 'Do the Reggae (sic),' by Toots and the Maytals. Some believe that the word is originated from Reggae, the name of a Bantu-speaking tribe on Lake Tanganyika. Others say that it is a corruption of the word st reggae, which is Kingston street slang for prostitute (The Origins of Ska... , n. d. ). On the other hand, Bob Marley claimed that the word...
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Pink Floyd And Other British Bands
1,401 words"So the British invasion was more important as an event, as a mood: than as music" (Bangs, 171). This was the British invasion. I wasn't just about the music, it was more then that; this is what makes it so unique. It didn't just happen to effect America by chance, it lifted the spirits and moods of its youth. It isn't just coincidence that Kennedy was assassinated right before the Beatles famous Ed Sullivan Show performance. The whole country was in a deep depressive doldrums after the assassin...
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Ambitious New Record
1,197 wordsIn the early '90's, heavy music looked to be going the way of the dinosaurs: Well-heeled Brit-pop and well-scrubbed pop-punk were thoroughly dominating the guitar-rock landscape, and the few surviving old-school metal acts seemed hopelessly unable to adapt. But somewhere within the vast, murky Southern California wasteland, a dynamic new species was being born, a forward-thinking beast that disregarded the mistakes of heavy bands past while meshing dark, urban rhythms and low-tuned guitar sludge...
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Woodstock Music Festival
1,464 wordsMany large concerts have occurred in the United States, but none have been as symbolic as the three-day music and art fest that touted the slogans of peace and love. This event was identified as such as a result of the peace movement and the emergence of the flower children. Woodstock Music Festival took place near Woodstock New York on August 15, 16, and 17, 1969, and became a symbol of the 1960's American counterculture. Woodstock began with the following four partners: Michael Lang, the manag...
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Dizzy From The Band
1,375 wordsOn October 21, 1917, John Birks Gillespie was born in Cheraw, South Carolina. He was the youngest of 14 childe rn. His father was a poor farmer and a skilled amateur musician. He played bass in his own band and owned all the instruments because most of the other players were so poor that they would sell the instruments for money to buy food if they had them. The town of Cheraw was primarily black town and was very poor. By the time John was 7, he was beginning to learn that no one would take car...
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Songs On Cold
840 wordsKelley - guitar Scooter - vocals / guitar Jeremy - bass Sam - drums Terry - guitar After the dawn of Alternative Rock, dozens of bands began focusing their negative energy to create spiteful songs that resonated with crashing guitars and howling, pain-stricken vocals. Depression and frustration became the emotional conditions of the hour, and the music scene became glutted with groups that either feigned despair, or were so bleak they became inextricably tangled in their own gloom. Today, in an ...
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Management An Art
2,480 wordsCan Manufactured Bands Ever be Classified as 'Good' Art? The Effect of the Market on the Construction of Music Introduction Manufactured bands now make up a major percentage of chart music today, not least of them Take That, Boyzone, Bad Boys inc., East 17 and other all-boy pop bands. In this essay I would like to discuss how the standard of art has been lowered by the capitalistic system of the music industry, using a specific example - 'Upside Down', which is maybe the latest addition to this ...
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Duke Ellington Band
891 wordsThe man was born Edward Kennedy Ellington; but he exists in the eyes of American culture as the Duke. He received the nickname from a childhood friend who recognized his style and debonair. That style would carry him around the country and eventually the world as one of the music world's most prolific composers. His life began in Washington DC on April 29, 1899. Duke did not start up as a child prodigy; while he took piano lessons, he leaned more to sports in his formative years. His parents wer...
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Greg Graffin The Band Bad Religion
928 wordsGreg Graffin The band Bad religion was formed in the early eighties and has now been around over 15 years and has released over eight albums, the lead singer has continued his schooling and now has one bachelors degree, a masters and is working on his Ph. D. Greg Graffin was born in 1965 in Wisconsin. His mother and father were divorced after his birth. In 1976 his mother his brother and him moved to San Fernando valley California, which is now the punk rock capital of the world. ' Like millions...
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Ambitious New Record
1,165 wordsIn the early '90's, heavy music looked to be going the way of the dinosaurs: Well-heeled Brit-pop and well-scrubbed pop-punk were thoroughly dominating the guitar-rock landscape, and the few surviving old-school metal acts seemed hopelessly unable to adapt. But somewhere within the vast, murky Southern California wasteland, a dynamic new species was being born, a forward-thinking beast that disregarded the mistakes of heavy bands past while meshing dark, urban rhythms and low-tuned guitar sludge...
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Second Wave Ska
702 wordsDo you know what ska is If you are like most of the other people I have encountered over the years, you most likely don t. When I tell people that my favorite type of music is ska, I usually receive a lame comment such as, Um, is that some band or something It is hard to say exactly how many times this has happened to me, but it must be over a hundred! Through this essay, I hope to clarify people's mixed thoughts and ideas on what ska is. To begin, here is a little history lesson on the subject ...
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Kiss's Formula For Success
832 wordsKiss: The Hype What is hype Hype is defined as promotional publicity of an extravagant or contrived kind. It is used to lure the consumer to a certain product or an event of some kind. The competition for the consumer's attention is intense and even desperate at times. Throughout the 1970's, there was a vast machinery of hype surrounding the music industry. Some of what came out of it was original and imaginative, but some was deceptive and outrageous. Whatever it was, it was all aimed at the co...
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Jonathan Houseman Davis
1,557 wordsBiography of Jonathan Davis Throughout the music history, musicians have written songs that reflect a part of their lives, be it a part of their childhood or a love song. Through the artist's lyrics, audiences can relate on a more personal level to what the musician is feeling. For example, John Lennon and Eric Clapton have written songs that directly reflect their own lives. And, in more modern music, musicians have written lyrics about their childhood, relationships, and their mistakes. Yet an...
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Ohio Theater
520 wordsWhile we receive many nominations for the Columbus Senior Musicians Hall of Fame, most are for individuals well known to us, either as performers or educators (or both). Such is not the case for John Delaney Clark, though maybe it should be. Clark was born march 19, 1892, in Bolivar, New York, and graduated from New Lexington (Ohio) High School in 1909, having already gained recognition for his skills as a violinist and valve-trombonist (not to mention as semi-pro basketball player). He had been...
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Live Experience
1,346 wordsMy Experience at the Warped Tour My friend Richard and I have known each other since childhood, we always have a good time no matter what it was that we are doing. We are always learning from each other. I am learning from school, and he is learning from the facts of life. In middle school, we were the misfits. We were the two that would always high-five each other in the hall, we were the ones shouting at the ladies when they walked by, and we were the guys who everyone was cool with. Yet, a st...
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Lake Park Dance Pavilion
809 wordsThe setting sun's dusky streaks pierce through the valley's haze of baseball dust as the Glenn Miller Band finishes tuning and begins the unforgettable strains of "Moonlight Serenade". Suntanned, romantic couples gather around friendly, glass-tinkling tables and begin swaying to the lilting music, eagerly anticipating an exciting evening - more special than they then can realize. Late-arriving couples hurry through the towpath's Chinese lantern mosaic as the last squeals from the swimmer's beach...
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Anarchist Bands
2,121 wordsGreg Thornton Nancy Allen, Howard Jones English II, World History February 19, 1998 Anarchists in History Anarchy is one of the most misdefine d words in the English language. Many people believe it means total chaos. It is actually the idea that any form of government is unnecessary and undesirable. Although anarchism is often despised, anarchists have helped shape the lives and governments of today's world. Anarchism has been around longer than most can recall. There is evidence of anarchists ...
