Motown

The film Remember the Titans is a film written by Gregory Allen Howard, directed by Boaz Yakin, and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. The film was set in Alexandria, Virginia in 1971. The film is about a high school football team. However, it's much more than that. Remember the Titans is about the struggle to succeed, not just as a football team, but also succeed in making and keeping a friendship, despite the circumstances. The team struggled for many reasons the main one being race, but also…

“War” is most famously sung by Edwin Starr. Edwin Star was born Charles Edwin Hatcher on Jan. 21, 1942, in Nashville, Tennessee and died April 2, 2003. Edwin Starr completed two years of military service in the USA and German. In 1962, after his military career was over, he moved to Detroit, Michigan to work on his musical career. By the middle of the 1960s, he had produced many major hits in collaboration with others under the name of Ed Wingate.1 By the end of the 1960s he had reached…

every word he said. But once the song was finished and ready to be released. Berry Gordy the founder and head of Motown did not agree with the song and believed it wouldn’t sell because it was too socially conscious “Marvin was so thrilled by “What’s Going On” that he tracked down Berry Gordy while the boss was on vacation. “I was in the Bahamas trying to relax,” Gordy recalled in a Motown documentary. “He called and said, ‘Look, I’ve got these songs.’ When he told me they were protest songs, I…

three months working on this song. Paul would later confirm that the song was an ode to marijuana. An outbursts of horns jumpstarts the track, shortly followed by Paul’s voice (Gould, 2007). Like the bass sound in “Paperback Writer,” the song has a Motown influence. A distinctive trio of trumpets and a pair of saxophones are an element The Beatles had never previously experimented with, but perfectly implemented into this upbeat song (The Beatles, 2015). As in “Eleanor Rigby,” the close miking…

feel forced to act. In time of war and turmoil, musicians become the voice of the people and through their music they reflect the growing discontent of the people. No matter what the musical genre, whether it is rock, metal, punk, folk country, and Motown, musicians will all sing their songs of war. Heavy metal music has always depicted violent themes driven by intense music. The musicians express their anger and rage in their music and their fan base of disillusioned, angst-ridden teens…

Michael Jackson I have never seen that podium with the words “KING OF POP” Yes, I am talking about the man who is in the heart of thousands of people, The Michael Jackson. There are so many artist is the world, they are performing, making their own music, they have lots of creativeness but no one can be like him and no one called with this name “KING OF POP”. In India people always says that “You cannot make an artist, it comes by born”. And you just need to find the artist behind it. And every…

Marvin Gaye was an American singer, record producer and songwriter. During the 1970’s, he recorded “What’s Going On”. The spring of 1970 was a dark time for Marvin Gaye and this song helped him talk about some controversial issues. His marriage to Anna Gordy, was crumbling, and he was devastated by the death of one of his duet partners, Tammi Terrell. His lyrics for this song were inspired by the stories his brother Frankie told him when he came back from the Vietnam War. The whole purpose of…

Shrey Patel Rebekah Hathaway Dance 100 10 May 2018 Michael Jackson Michael Jackson, the most well-known singer and dancer, also known as “King of Pop” was born on August 29, 1958 in Gary, Indiana, with strict working family. As a kid Jackson showed interest in Music as did his family. His father, Joe Jackson who played Guitar, and his mother Katherine Jackson who sang quite often. He spent most of his life as a public performer. He was a part of a band with his other 4 siblings…

You can trace a variety of different themes through music’s long history, but the one I have chosen to trace and the one I learned the most from is racism. Racism has been an issue in American culture from the very beginning, as shown through history and the horrible issue of slavery. Racism also shows its presence in music as well. Before taking this class, I had never thought about the implications that race had in the musical world besides the obvious use of slang and references to race in…

of what the sixties were like based on history and readings. Rastrelli goes on to explain how the music, dancing, and acting abilities from the cast is well and kept at a great pace. “While the music is rock, it assimilates country, Hindu themes, Motown, Opera, Native American rhythms and beat poetry when the scene demands it.” The performer’s movements and emotions were taught by choreographer, Jessica Wockenfuss. In addition, another thing Rastrelli enjoyed about the musical was the cast. He…