Paul McCartney

Over the years, the struggle of becoming a popular artist in the music industry has gotten more and more competitive. Artists would struggle to find something that made them stand out from the rest, and eventually give up on trying to be illustrious, conforming to the basic chord structures and rhythms of every other popular tune. However, for twenty seven years, the expressionistic band Radiohead has constantly risen above the musical standards, ignoring everything about classical music theory…

Over There I have always been a fan of musicals and the great songs sung on the musical stage or in the Hollywood movies. My one all time favorite musical was about the life of songwriter and composer George M. Cohen who wrote a lot of patriotic song in his time. One of most inspiring and wonderful songs which he wrote during WWI was “Over There”. It was equally inspirational to the young men marching off to war and fighting overseas as it was to everyone who remained on the home-front. On April…

John Lennon’s song, “Imagine”, is a well-known ballad that transcends all ages and cultures. His worldwide song incites several interpretations about his worldview depending on the explicit or implicit meanings. If one analyzed his song’s lyrics, it is noted that the telos, or end goal, is obtaining a world of peace and for everyone to be united as one. Lennon proposes a utopia without certain elements in our current world. These elements include war, religion, countries, possessions, heaven…

Carlos Joglar English 200 Professor James M. Boehnlein, Ph.D. Test #1: Reading and Writing about Music “Satisfaction” by the Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones has been one of the most important bands in rock and roll. The band was a big hit in the 60’s with a big amount of songs that were famous at that time and some still are but with the song “Satisfaction” they became even more famous because being their best song, it was ranked #1 in America when it came out in the 1965. The song from the…

The Life of Jimi Hendrix James Marshall “Jimi” Hendrix was an American rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Although his mainstream career lasted only four years, he is regarded as one of the most influential electric guitarists in American history. The Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame regards him as “arguably the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock. He was born in Seattle, Washington, Hendrix began playing guitar at the age of 15, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and trained as a…

The Impact of Phil Spector in Music Industry. In 1951, a young boy moved from the thriving musical city of New York to Los Angeles after his father died. Having a perfect musical training background gave him an opportunity to become a member of the Teddy Bears. This young boy wrote "To Know Him is To Love Him" when he was a teenager. His song reached the No.1 hit song on the Billboard chart in 1958 (O'Hare 48). His name is Phil Spector, a talented producer, songwriter, and musician. In later…

Nicholas Wolterstorff states, “Many Christians join their fellow citizens in going to concerts, attending plays, visiting museums, reading novels; all are nowadays united with their fellow citizens in being subjected to advertising art in all its many forms” (Charry, 2000, p. 295). A common form of art used for expression today is music. When you turn on the radio you are inundated with songs that deal with cheating, promiscuity, and drug references. Most of the songs on the Top 100 Billboard…

Julian Opie is an English sculptor, painter, printmaker and installation artist that was born in London in the year 1958 and was raised in Oxford and he belongs to the New British Sculpture movement, he is one of the UK's best-known contemporary artists. He graduated from Goldsmiths, University of London in 1983 The new British sculpture movement started in the United Kingdom and is a term that is applied to a group of young sculptors that first started emerging at exhibitions at the start of…

Twenty One Pilots began in 2009 by high school friends Tyler Joseph, Nick Thomas, and Chris Salih. Thomas and Salih left the band in 2011, before they left the band self-released the album Twenty One Pilots. Joseph carried on the band with Josh Dun (current drummer). They toured around the mid-west for a little and self-released album Regional At Best. In 2012 the duo signed with record label Fueled by Ramen. This label also produced bands like Green Day and Paramore. Throughout the next few…

We all knock rock nd roll as loud exciting breathtaking and reckless. You may have heard off the rolling stones the Beatles and many more. Today I will be informing you about the guys that paved the way for this bands of today what they contributed and how they helped shape rock nd roll to what it is today. To begin with ill start with one of the most popular any generation Elvis Presley. Elvis Presley’s flamboyant style, looks and appeal to the crowd helped build the culture of rock nd roll…