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    Mick Jagger Research Paper

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    Instruments Vocals harmonica percussion guitar Labels Virgin, Rolling Stones, ABKCO, Universal Associated acts The Rolling Stones, SuperHeavy, David Bowie, Matchbox 20, will.i.am Website MickJagger.com Mick Jagger's voice MENU0:00 from the BBC programme Front Row, 26 December 2012.[6] Sir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger (born 26 July 1943)[1] is an English singer, songwriter and actor, best known as lead vocalist and a founding member of The Rolling Stones. Jagger's career has spanned over 50…

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    fast, intricate guitar solos, and screaming vocals. People don’t usually think of slow, smooth, bluesy guitar playing when they think of rock music, but what most people don’t realize is that without the blues, musicians such as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, and even AC/DC would not exist. Blues music has had a dramatic influence the way rock music has, and is currently played, heard, and thought of in today's scope of music. For instance, when listening to rock…

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    Rock Time frame history Nowadays, rock is a very popular music. It have a short history about it. It is from the USA and the UK in early 1950s. It derives from rock and roll in 1940s and 1950s. The style attracts many African-American genres of blues and rhythm and blues. Its development is in the UK and the USB in1960s and later. In 1960s and later, different styles of rock music appear. Like blues rock, folk rock, country rock and raga rock. Between 1960s and 1970s, rock became a trend. And it…

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    Rock Music Sociology

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    Rebecca McKenney History and Sociology of Rock Music Mrs. Trimble 1 October 2016 Critical Thinking #2 (13) “Frank Zappa once criticized singer songwriters for being too personal and too quick to dump their problems and feelings on their listeners who were already burdened with their own problems.” (Charlton) The widespread popularity of this style proved him wrong. For many people, it can be a comfort to hear someone sing a song that expresses how they feel about life and relationships. The…

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    Music Response Essay

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    The songs I choose are Drupad Indian music; Georgian chanting; troubadour music; Handel: Messiah, Hallejuah Chorus; Bob Dylan, Like The Rolling Stone; Glass: koyaanisqatsi section and John Luther Adams: The Light that fills the world The Dhrupad music is chanting Vedic hymns and mantras. In the background there is string instrument playing in lower sound than the chanting completing it. It can be used as prayer, meditation and yoga. The Georgian Chant is liturgical music chanted in the church…

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    Pink Floyd Pink Floyd was formed in London, England in 1965. According to Rolling Stones, the original band members (except Barrett) was studying at the same school in 1964. However, Barrett was an art student. Barrett actually came up with the name for them from a blues album by Pink Anderson and Floyd Anderson. Pink Floyd began in the underground London scene, where they developed their psychedelic sound. Their music was a mix between hard rock, country, folk, blues and electronic, which…

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    Tropicalia Movement Essay

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    Tropicalia and Heavy Metal The Tropicalia movement ignited Brazil leading to the fusion of traditional Brazilian culture with outside influences and to new and exciting ideas in poetry, music and art. Tropicalia came as an anti-establishment movement in Brazil that began the era of cultural opposition through the influence these artistic and musical influences. Heavy metal music was a primary influence of this cultural change that came from the influence of Western culture. The movement has made…

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    Some of their best released albums were Black Sabbath(1920), Paranoid(1870) and Master of Reality(1971). They were also labeled the “Greatest Metal Band” by MTV and were also placed second in VH1's “100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock”. Rolling Stone magazine even ranked them 85 in their “100 Greatest Artist of All Time” By the end of their career they had sold over 70 million records worldwide. They were also inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005 and the Rock and Roll Hall of…

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    OneRepublic, an American pop rock band, has successfully had several hit songs in the past 10 years. They started out in 2002 with members Ryan Tedder, Zach Filkins, Drew Brown, Brent Kutzle, and Eddie Fisher. Ryan Tedder is the lead singer, Zach Filkins is the guitarist, Drew Brown is also a guitarist, Brent Kutzle is the bassist and cellist, and Eddie Fisher is the drummer. In 2003, they signed with Velvet Hammer, an imprint of Columbia Records. They made their first album with Greg Wells.…

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    “Rock Awhile” by Goree Carter and “Devil Got My Woman” by Skip James have their similarities and their differences. These two male baritone’s songs have a similar format to their lyrics as well as a similar topic. These two songs differ in instrumental set up as well as delivery. In both songs Carter and James both talk of women in their lyrics. In “Devil Got My Woman” James sings of being “that woman man”, how she “changed her mind”, how he “loved that woman…took her from [his] best friend”,…

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