Bob Fosse

As a powerful weapon, Reggae music can forcefully stop mental slavery with its symbolic musical strategies. Reggae musicians such as Bob Marley, Skip Marley, and Stephen Marley have effectively opened the minds of the African and Afro-Caribbean people from the immoral education of mental slavery. According to Ennis Edmonds, the reggae musicians are “telling Blacks the truth about their African roots and African identity” (pg. 29). For instance, in Skip Marley’s song “Lions”, he has powerful…

The 70’s were known for lots of different things and events. Such as music, fashion, marches, and protest. In the 70’s they had their own fashion style and statements. The 70’s had lots of new famous artist and hit songs that are still known today. Also during this era they had many protest against the Vietnam war and multiple pro equality marches. Everything that defines the 70’s made it unique from all of the other decades. During the 70’s music was involved in the majority of people's…

I chose an article that was about a Secret Service Officer named Lee Robert Moore, who is being charged with attempted transfer of obscene material to a minor and faces a state court preliminary hearing Friday on two counts of sexual solicitation of a child under 18 and one count of providing obscene material to a person under 18. The federal complaint stated, “Moore often engaged in online chats while on duty, once asking the undercover officer to send him something “exciting” one day when he…

Early in the 1960s, artists like Bob Dylan along with bands like The Rolling Stones, and The Velvet Underground emerged onto the American rock and roll scene. These artists brought with them a new style, a new look, and new attitude to the rock and roll world, significantly different from that of early rock artists, although they mirrored many of the same ideals. Ideals such as rebellion, challenging authority, and experimentation. Miller points out this idea along with the fact that everyone…

effect Tiny Tim’s death had on Bob Cratchit’s family. Ebenezer Scrooge discerns that no one will mourn his own…

The American soul and jazz poet, musician, and author, Gilbert Scott Heron, is well-known for his rebellious songs that speak of civil disobedience and anti-war protests. Heron is described by many music artists as the “godfather of rap,” who brought a political consciousness towards music. His most famous song “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,” puts out the message that no more would people watch the revolution occur on the streets, but now people would all be part of the revolution on the…

Joni Mitchell is best known for her gentle voice and poetic lyrics often accompanied by acoustic guitar or piano. She has had hits like “Big Yellow Taxi” (1970), most of her songs taking a political stance. Mitchell started her career as a small town folk singer in Ontario, though her influences expanded to include genres such as jazz and pop in the mid 70’s, early 80’s. Though, most of her lyrics are introspective, what is most interesting about her music is her exploration of alternate tunings…

What made you become a freedom fighter through music? The reason why I would ask Bob Marley about why he became a freedom writer through music is because through all the problems in the world he decided to reunite his home with music. He knew fighting would kill him considering the fact that he was almost assassinated, but he still reunited Jamaica. Not everyone tries to reunite a whole country through music. Do you really believe music can reunite a whole country? Although this question may be…

Reggae a Semente The warm sunlight hits you even before the reggae beat begins. In the music video for Reggae a Semente's "Can You Feel?" a red and white van with a "Coexist" sticker in the window rolls slowly down the highway on the edge of a city, a journey interrupted only by shots of the band smiling and jamming in a skate park. Whether they're driving, walking, or lingering under an overpass, they pose the same question: can you feel the spirit? As comfortable as the overarching mood is,…

Smooth Criminal In Michael Jackson’s “ Smooth Criminal “, Michael is asking “Annie are you ok?” continuously and during the song he gives details about a murder that happened and continues to ask Annie if she is ok. The overall message of the song is that you should not be a bystander and step in when you can. I think this because Michael is trying to help her because nobody else is and she needs help but can’t ask for it, so therefore he has to take action. The figurative literature helped me…