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    Daughter is a indie folk band from England and were formed in 2010. The well-known band has released one album, two EP’s and have played headlining tours around Australia, America and Europe. A new single ‘Youth’ was released and has played in many TV shows and advertisements around the world. The song ‘Youth’ is about growing up and the pain it brings along. It’s a scream of pain directed to adults who think young people have nothing to worry about and don't take young teenagers seriously. It…

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    Miley Cyrus came out with a music video "We Can't Stop". When this video cam out I was shocked at how much Miley had changed, she had cut her long hair to a weird hair style, it was short and had blonde highlights. As well as changing her hair she had started dressing very shockingly. She went from country to a diva, this change happened so suddenly that I believe most people were thrown into confusion. Miley hade turned to a the darker side. That I ever thought would happen. Miley reminds…

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    Miley Cyrus says "Hannah Montana" messed her up (-- removed HTML --) Miley Cyrus, 24, has grown up in the public eye and has recently come forward about how playing the title character in “Hannah Montana” messed with her head. Miley says the boundaries between her onscreen persona and her actual self became so intensely blurred that her "psyche was damaged." The reality of fame (-- removed HTML --) The singer sat down with CBS Sunday Morning and spoke candidly about how “being Hannah…

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    The celebrity I chose to write about is Miley Cyrus, and as some may remember her childhood role as Hannah Montana. Miley Cyrus has been getting a lot of attention in the news the last couple years, but not the kind of attention most want. She has been noticed a lot because of her extreme change in looks and actions. Miley was always seen as an innocent girl who had a very close relationship with her father. Over the past couple years she has had an "I don't care what people think of me"…

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    The Real Story Of The Three Billy Goats Gruff “Sous, Sous” My finger was rubbing my finger against the hard rocky ground because no one would hug me. But off in the distance I could see the three billy goats gruff heading up the grassy and muddy mountain. Their hooves clicking agencies the hard grassy and rocky ground. I hear the pond on the other side of my bridge. I can also smell the fruit that they just ate. I hear the wind brushing against my face. Of…

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    3. Docherty believes that a cultural event is something that allows people to see the potential of freedom. A cultural event can take many forms. Some examples are: books, poetry and art forms such as painting, music, dance, and sculpture. This idea relates to play of imagination which occurs when people imagine the world different from the way it is now. Many artists have created images that could be considered cultural events. Some examples of these artists are Shepard Fairey and the…

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    Have you ever heard the song “We Didn’t Start The Fire” by Billy Joel? If you haven’t, you should! He mentions world issues and the causes of world issues. He mentions things like crack, AIDs, punk rock, Little Rock, U-2 and many more. In the song he says “we didn’t start the fire, it was always burning since the world’s been turning.” basically saying that everything that’s happening in the world today didn’t start with us. The song goes onto say, “No, we didn’t light it, we tried to fight it.”…

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    follow a certain set of rules very strictly. While, in the song “It’s Still Rock And Roll To Me” by Billy Joel, he sings about the the pressure he is given for being different. I, as a listener, can relate to this due to the fact that there is pressure towards me, from family and friends, to join a sport or another activity, which I do not want to do as I enjoy other things. This song, from Billy Joel, is the sole definition of individuality, and I, as a listener, follow that definition, and do…

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    We Didn’t Start The Fire was one of the most powerful songs in 1989, written by no other than Billy Joel. The number one hit mentions some famous events between the years of 1949 and 1989. In 1949 was when the singer was born and in 1989 was when the song was released. We Didn’t Start The Fire was nominated for record of the year at the Grammy Awards and was also number one in the United States at that time. But that’s not all the song was noticed for. The hit was known for it’s strong message…

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    to view how history was shaped by food was considering the song We Didn’t Start the Fire by Billy Joel. Here he goes through headlines from his life growing up; 1940’s till the 1990’s. Both pieces of work…

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