Glam rock

Introduction to the Glam Rock movement Glam Rock is a musical category as well as a cultural movement that developed in 1970 in Britain performers are most distinguished from other musicians by their theatricality and public personas wore tight fitting and bright costumes, extravagant shoes and usually makeup androgynous on stage performances, stereotypically masculine and feminine music often touched on taboo subjects like sexuality and gender identity fearless to to step over any social conventions David Bowie in particular characterizes the Glam Rock movement he performed under several different personas and pseudonyms and wore fancy and bizarre costumes and, most importantly, he openly discussed sexuality in his songs Analyzing…

“Nowhere is masculinity more put-on-display than in the masquerade of pop” (Hawkins, 2009, pg. 93). The sexualities and love lives of celebrities are a common topic of interest and discussion among both the journalists who write about them and the fans that read about them. Artists like David Bowie, Freddie Mercury, Mick Jagger, and Annie Lennox queered their image, which generated a lot of questions about gender and sexuality as early as the 1970s. In the United Kingdom, these displays of…

the meaning and chooses the same style of outfit or oppose it. During this time, certain events like the Vietnam War, the protests for a group rights, and the uprising desire for a fitting ideal figure is an example that changed the way fashion represent its opinion in punk and glam look, the increase in denim, and sportswear. Many events started, continued or ended during the decade: the Vietnam War, protests, and body fitness. The first event of the decade, the Vietnam War (1954-1975) was a…

A moody teenager enters a wakeboarding competition, but first must overcome his personal obstacles to compete. BRIEF SYNOPSIS: MAHI RASHEED, a teenager, lives with his grandmother JEEG. Mahi also lives in the shadow of his father, who was once a great water skier. Mahi enters a water slalom skiing competition cheered on by his best friend CHIP CONLEY. SHIK LEE bullies Mahi. Shik competes in wakeboarding against BLAKE BOSS, a local legend. Blake’s sister, NILLY BOSS (teen), watches.…

Pop, Rock, and Country music has changed a lot throughout the decades especially since the 1970’s and 80’s compared to 2016 music. Obviously I wasn’t born yet so all this research is from family members, the internet or conversations with people in local music shops. In the 70’s and 80’s you had a lot of good bands and musicians such as Aerosmith, Aero Speed Wagon, Billy Joel and a bunch of others that were great that we could name. The music types most people listened to in the 70’s and 80’s…

When most people think of rock as a genre of music, their thoughts range from thinking about classic rock to heavy metal rock. Within this genre are a variety of subgenres that people know and associate as rock. Once you ask the person specifically what kind of rock they enjoy, will they then mention a subgenre. Rock started off as a specific genre, but over the years it has branched off into more specific genres, because new ones evolved from those before it. This brings up the debate of what…

differences that set them apart. Music influence on the seventies was huge, it’s the introduction of the bell bottom jeans, and the psychedelic hippie style we all know today. A big musical influence in the seventies was David Bowie. David Bowie was a leader of the glam rock era also known as glitter rock. Glam rock is defined as, “a style of rock music first popular in the early 1970s, characterized by male performers wearing exaggeratedly flamboyant clothes and makeup”. Glam rock began in…

enjoy listening to. To this day he enjoys reliving his high school and college days listening to songs from his generation. Therefore, the exposure to his music has now made my dad’s style of music my personal favorite. The style of music my dad listened to and still listens to is 80’s “hair bands” and “punk rock”. Some bands from the 80’s hairband genera included various groups such as: Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, Poison, The Go-Go’s and ABBA. This music is still very popular and widely played all…

Introduction The 1950’s saw the birth of rock and roll. Ever since then, rock has not only survived, but thrived. Artists like Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry paved the way for The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie, and many others in the 1960s and 1970s. In turn, they made way for the new metal, punk, and grunge artists of the 1980s and 1990s. 1950s jazz, blues, and R&B have served as the basis for eighties and nineties R&B, hip hop, and rap. Pop has continued to develop with the changing minds…

In this essay I will discuss progressive or art rock with a particular focus on the band Queen and their music from the 1970s. This essay will examine the development of the band and their musical characteristics with a detailed commentary on the songs “Bohemian Rhapsody” and “The Prophets Song” from the album A Night at The Opera. This essay will endeavour to identify the classical influence on rock music within this genre (Lowe, G 2014) and look at other influence on the band Queen, such as,…