John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

My parents emigrated to this country thirty-four years ago from Mexico. My father had a grade school education and my mother had a middle school education. They had a deep desire to improve their lives, and having that American dream everybody talks about. The American dream they had in mind was giving their children what they couldn’t have, due to the lack of funds. Due to their limited English and lack of education the only available work was low paying manual labor. My mother worked in the…

Series of Reconstruction Life is a series of reconstruction. People will face many hardships in their life - hardships that will break them down and bring them to the abyss of despair. Despite this cruel reality, there is beauty, for these events present the opportunity for growth: the chance to put themselves back together and learn from the experience. Not everyone will be able to conquer these challenges, however, for countless are maimed from the adversities of life and left…

best-selling band of all time but stated the group had sold 600 million albums. Fifteen years after this report one can only imagine the amount of Beatles albums sold today. Together John Lennon and Paul McCartney co-wrote 180 out of the roughly 245 Beatles songs while the remaining songs were written with or by other band mates. The Lennon McCartney songwriting duo is as historical in the field of music as any. John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr were only together as…

their own culture to feel more modernised amongst the society. Title of Text and Name of Author/ Singer/ Director Text Type Notes - How the text relates to my connection Evidence from Text - Quotations or close references to the text ‘Half-Caste’ by John Agard Poem Agard is half African and half Guyanese - as people call him ‘Half-Caste’ he challenges them to see him as a ‘whole’ person instead of calling him half-caste. People get really ignorant about what they call someone, they don’t know…

Tainted Music" Musician, songwriter, and record producer of the 50's and 60's Ed Cobb wrote the memorable song "Tainted Love" in 1964. Cobb's profession of musician and songwriter has been marked as a renowned songwriter of his time. Cobb played in the band the Four Preps and wrote for several famous musical artists like the Standells, Fleetwood Mac, and Pink Floyd, just to name a few. The talents of Cobb's work has boosted musicians fame with the enjoyment of his lyrics. His hard efforts and…

Jared grew up in NJ and he grew up with a younger brother. The song he chose was Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd. A friend recommended the band to him. He likes to listen to the song with the windows down in his car. The guitar solos are the best parts of the song. The reason he likes the song is because he likes to be free. The song “Freebird” by Lynyrd Skynyrd tells me that they like to be free and it can also mean that he is finally free to go out into the world after living with his family for…

its structural properties’”. In this essay I will attempt to outline in detail, John Lennon’s song ‘Imagine’ and how cultural and structural properties of the track contribute to the ideology of world peace and harmony as well as a hint of anti-religion. The essay will describe the background of John Lennon and the release of the song ‘Imagine’, as well as the reception of the song both before and after the Lennon assassination and also how varying elements of the song allude to the meanings…

Tom Petty’s hit song, Free Fallin’, was released in 1989. The hit was premiered on his album “Full Moon Fever.” Although the song was released almost 30 years ago, the song remains popular. The album reached No.3 on the charts, the song reaching No.7 alone the week it hit the market. Tom Petty’s Free Fallin’ was originally written in efforts to make his partner laugh. The popular hit was written down in about an hour. “A good song should give you a lot of images, you should be able to make your…

1. Thesis statement a. The 1998 version of The Parent Trap is a soundtrack film with many nostalgic aspects in the music, which changed the way audiences viewed this version of the film compared to the original 1961 version. 2. Use of nostalgia in film a. “As texts move through history, they encounter new audiences, are placed in new contexts, or gather new historical and cultural resonances. Thus, the political and social function of texts’ nostalgia inevitably change.” (Dwyer, 2015) i. This…

Kruthi Bhat Professor Johnson English 132- Section 07 25 September 2015 Rhetorical Strategies in Jackson’s and Rotblit’s Song Lyrics Michael Jackson and Yaakov Rotblit are two amazing song writers who have contributed so much to the society and brought out many messages through their compositions. Michael Jackson was the King of Pop as most of his songs achieved many awards, therefore he was one of the most-influential men in the world. He has inspired thousands of people around the globe…