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    Thornton’s version of “Hound Dog” over Elvis Presley’s cover. The forms are not the same when comparing both of the songs. In Thornton’s version it has a slow, sultry, and soulful form and or a moderate tempo to it while with Elvis it felt like he hit the gas pedal making the song move 100 miles per hour. With Elvis making the song faster and more of a rock and roll type of song it lost the soul that the original writer had for the long. This can be seen in the lyrics as well in Thornton…

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    originally written in 1965, by Nina Simone. This song has been used in the popular culture such as, “Point of No Return” and “Six Feet Under”. A song cover was later done by Jennifer Hudson in 2011, and Lauryn Hill in 2015. Although Nina Simone wrote the song, Jennifer Hudson sang it better due to melody, rhythm, and instrumentation used in her version. Nina Simone was born February 21, 1933; she died just two months after her 70th birthday on April 21, 2003; she sang the rhythm and blues…

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    constitutional. The Hyde Amendment stated that women would not have the benefits to be cover by federal funding in case they wanted to go through the procedure of abortion. Named after the congressman Henry Hyde the amendments must be passed each year. President Bill Clinton was the one who went against it throughout his campaign in 1992 came to petition a modified version of the Amendment. Actually, the recent version allows medicaid to be used only in cases of rape or incest and also if the…

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    tales, but to not make her own version. She saw fairy tales in a new way. Not the same way as beginning with once upon a time, a princess needs help, prince save the day and they all lived happier ever after. No, Carter draws out the theme of feminism by contrasting traditional elements of Gothic fiction, which usually illustrate female characters as powerless and vulnerable with strong female lead. This is seen in The Beauty and the Beast throughout many versions where Beauty, Belle in Disney,…

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    A-Not-B Working Memory

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    object by looking, but also simultaneously reaches for the toy incorrectly. Infants were subjected to a reaching and looking version of Piaget’s A-not-B working memory task. The reaching version of the task consisted of six steps. During the first three steps, the experimenter would partially cover the toy with a cloth, completely cover the toy with a cloth, and completely cover the toy under one of two identical cloths. The infant was required to successfully find the toy under the cloth twice…

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    that of Flack’s. Although her approach was reminiscent of Lieberman’s, incorporating old folk soul characteristics with new age acoustic sounds that she calls “acoustic pop”, she was not inspired by Lori Lieberman but rather the Fugee’s version. Although the cover is extremely soft and airy, interpretations shown in the Fugee’s interpretation such as the drawn out harmonization are heard extensively throughout the song. Caillat’s interpretation of “Killing Me Softly” was most identifiable with…

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    being recorded originally in 1987 by Guns N’ Roses, Underwood decided to perform her own version in 2014 at the Country Music Association Festival. The purpose of this paper is to explore particular artists and their musical styles, as well as interpreting the differences and similarities amongst the original and cover songs. In what follows, there will be definitions and information given on the history of cover songs; secondly, the expositions as well…

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    Free Fallin Analysis

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    Mayer seems to focus on the boy being remorseful and regretful in his decisions about the girl that he thought he didn’t want. This cover has a focal point of the repercussions of the boy’s actions, and not the actions that led him to where he is. October 2, 2017, when news was spread that Tom Petty had passed away, Coldplay and Peter Buck came together to cover the song ‘Free Fallin’’ as a tribute to Tom Petty’s memory as well as to honor the victims of the mass shooting that took place in Las…

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    An interior illustration was placed underneath and the “Ladybird Reading Level” beside the title. These covers, in my opinion, are an amazing example of contemporary design that really brought the company into a new direction, especially seeing as how this was all created traditionally as computer design was not yet developed. The Read it Yourself Cinderella…

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    The all new Chevrolet Caprice has its front struts stiffened as with the rear suspension. The focus was mainly on strengthening transient response. With the new Chevrolet Caprice, the Police get a more potent weapon in their pursuit. The first tryst with the Caprices’ steering wheel makes one feel the response overkill for patrolling broad, flat highways. The Chevrolet Caprice was the most popular car in the US in the sixties and early seventies. Chevrolet offered a full line of Caprice…

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