Music is “an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color” (Dictionary.com 2016). Not only does this statement consider, and include the audio aspects of music, it also values the sentimental factors of music which plays a major role in the success of a song or album. Artists from the 1920’s to artists in 2016 all get to experience the rush of emotion when creating and forming new music. “I Feel Fine” written and performed by The Beatles, and “Return to Sender” sung by Elvis Presley, are two examples of expression of feelings and thoughts. Although they both take place within the same decade, these two pieces of music show how different artists create
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More and more people began to become fans of the beloved Beatles to create this wild frenzy. “I Feel Fine” was recorded on October 18th, 1964 and was later released on November 23rd, 1964. At this certain point in time the Beatles main genre was rock, and certainly the fans were absolutely going wild over it. This song was recorded for their album “Beatles ’65!” and spent a total of eleven weeks at the number one spot on the charts! As for what else that was happening during the genre of rock in 1964, artists such as The Four Seasons, and The Beach Boys were releasing music to claim spots on the music charts. At the time the 60’s in England there was an uproar towards pop music, which fortunately the Beatles’ broke. The Beatles’ simply went and changed the whole outlook on the British pop culture, and eventually ventured to America breaking the typical boundaries. Another fun fact is that the feedback that is first heard in this song was a true historical moment, as it was one of the first times that a song had recorded feedback in …show more content…
They continue to help form the music industry as inspirations even after their careers have ended. “I Feel Fine” and “Return to Sender” are two different genres that took place in a similar time period that help contrast the variety of music that was being recorded in the 1960’s. What’s truly special about these two specific songs are that they both have different significant elements, they both come from a completely different history, and they’ve helped continue their genres to this
More and more people began to become fans of the beloved Beatles to create this wild frenzy. “I Feel Fine” was recorded on October 18th, 1964 and was later released on November 23rd, 1964. At this certain point in time the Beatles main genre was rock, and certainly the fans were absolutely going wild over it. This song was recorded for their album “Beatles ’65!” and spent a total of eleven weeks at the number one spot on the charts! As for what else that was happening during the genre of rock in 1964, artists such as The Four Seasons, and The Beach Boys were releasing music to claim spots on the music charts. At the time the 60’s in England there was an uproar towards pop music, which fortunately the Beatles’ broke. The Beatles’ simply went and changed the whole outlook on the British pop culture, and eventually ventured to America breaking the typical boundaries. Another fun fact is that the feedback that is first heard in this song was a true historical moment, as it was one of the first times that a song had recorded feedback in …show more content…
They continue to help form the music industry as inspirations even after their careers have ended. “I Feel Fine” and “Return to Sender” are two different genres that took place in a similar time period that help contrast the variety of music that was being recorded in the 1960’s. What’s truly special about these two specific songs are that they both have different significant elements, they both come from a completely different history, and they’ve helped continue their genres to this