Jimi Hendrix

we watched in class I saw the two brothers ripped apart by alcoholism and the struggles that a small town based on farming felt, and it reminded me of home. The most jarring thing, however, was when I entered an Icelandic grocery store and heard Jimi Hendrix and Creedence Clearwater Revival playing over the speakers. For me, that doesn’t get any more like home. Before visiting I really didn’t know what I was getting myself into to, I guess I was expecting an isolated country cut off from the…

1) Spandau Ballet: “True” The song had a dreamy melancholy quality to the sound. The lyric about the pill and the slow rhythm does make it seem as if the singer is on drugs, or at least relaxed from downing half a bottle of wine. To me, this is a mix of unrequited love and the difficulty of the writer to express it. When the saxophone starts playing in the instrumental break, that's when you really feel it. This song sounds like it’s about a person who fell in love with someone they had a fling…

1963 – 1973 A Decade of Disillusion The era that I chose to write about was from 1963 to 1973. I felt that this was the decisively time period in America history. The 60’s were ushered in riding on the coattails of the 1950’s and was felt would carry on the hopes and dreams of the post-WWII economic growth which America was enjoying . The 1950’s ideas of bliss in suburbia with dinner promptly at 6 and of a mother doing housework in pearls were about to be shattered by the events of the…

Sherman Alexie Sherman Alexie was born to write. Being brought into this world with a heart wrenching disease, having alcoholic parents, and a surgery that could have possibly made it impossible for him to transfer his deep and poetic thoughts into words. However, Sherman was able to overcome all the medical cases, and climb the mountain of success. He is now able to put all of his dreams and experiences into the process of writing incredible stories. Sherman Alexie uses his rough upbringing,…

a love one comes out of nowhere, or when something out of the ordinary happens in everyday life. To exemplify the idea of life being flawed are three short stories: Sherman Alexie’s “Because My Father Always Said he Was The Only Indian Who Saw Jimi Hendrix Play “The Star-Spangled Banner” At Woodstock,”…

Billboard Top 100” (yourdictionary). The introduction to open sexual thought, drug use, and change of traditional culture were the beginning of the transition into the 1960 's. Many musicians came forward and changed the way music was made forever. Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Bob Dylan paved a way towards new culture. The fashion and modeling industry was a complete turnaround after the 1950 's, due to the help of…

In March of 1965, one of the most controversial wars in U.S. history began. In an attempt to limit the Soviet Union’s influence from the Cold War, President Lyndon B. Johnson sent the first few U.S. combat troops into South Vietnam to fight the spread of Communism from North Vietnam (Gombosi). With the usage of new chemical weapons and the use of guerrilla warfare, both sides experienced major damage and casualties. The result was the formation of organized resistance and movements pleading for…

Mason Montgomery History of Rock Todd Campbell 5/9/2015 The Success of John Mayer “People want to see musicians sing things that come from their own mind and own heart in real time, responding to the moment for them (BrainyQuote)”. John Mayer said this, referring to himself as a musician that sings about real things. Whether his quote his true or not, Mayer has always been a singer song writer that thinks highly of himself. He is obviously a great musician being awarded 7 Grammy’s, and nominated…

The aim of this research paper is to focus on the history, philosophy and sonic outcomes of Instrument Destruction, particularly in relation to performance art. whilst exploring ethics and danger involved in destroying instruments. This research will be undertaken with Annea Lockwood’s Piano Transplants’ series firmly in mind, and reference will be made to both scores and performances of these works. This paper also represents a unique opportunity to raise awareness on important works in…

Even though Elvis Presley was a huge hit during this time it was beginning to open a rising tide of radically different themes; like eastern mysticism, psychedelic drug use and transcendentalism. Bands like the Beatles, the Velvet underground, and Jimi Hendrix had many songs with drug-related themes (Repellent) . Rock and Roll also pushed the limits of sexual expression, from Elvis the Pelvis grinding action to Little Richards sexually suggestive lyrics. Rock and Roll was the beginning of the…