Pop ballads

The Beatles were one of the most popular and influential rock and roll groups of all time. This iconic band blazed new trails for popular music through their relentless imaginative and experimental songs that caught attention on an international scale. The Beatles gained the hearts of millions in 1963, the start of Beatlemania, and continued to captivate their fans for the next seven years. Their total domination over the music industry remains unrivaled to this day due to their ability to…

P!nk’s piano ballad, Glitter in the Air maintains Moore’s break up continuum. Through brighter imagery, Moore’s speaker gains the ability to look back on past relationships, and to see the more light hearted, happier times, proving her stance on life as becoming much…

The 1972 World Chess Championships had a positive impact on views of society and politics within a time of détente and the Vietnam War within the cold war period, lessening tensions. The media portrayed the match as an ideological battle, exaggerating the political importance of the match, convincing society of the political importance of the match. The match attracted the attention of the Soviet Security Agency, the KGB, as well Henry Kissinger, the US National Security Advisor. Even though…

I saw a picture at the museum that caught my attention. The picture told the community to finish school. I thought that was very important because without a good education, you have no change to make it in the world. I am glad they took the time and made the decision to become color blind. We are all the same in gods’ eyes despite our many walks of like. It is so awesome to hear how these people, “with the key word being people” made wonderful music together in Stax and overlooked the color…

Music is one of the most well-known forms of protest. Song allows millions of people to connect through lyrics they believe in. Although it may be controversial, musicians are able to use their platforms to raise awareness about anything they deem necessary (Berkin 3). According to Mikal Gilmore, music in the 1960s “enriched a progressive struggle that is far from over.” (Gilmore 22).Throughout the 1960s, different styles of music influenced and reflected social aspects such as war, racism, and…

a new set of narrative techniques, plot, style of writing, style of living, etc. which wouldform the writers and their work in the successiveyears. Indeed, a breakthrough magnum opus that leads the inception of new literary movements like Lyrical Ballads, which was the harbingers of Romanticism and Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s Hundred Years of Solitude, which popularisedmagical realism etc. Every…

I feel, cold. I am swarmed by my surroundings. They pound away at my head and I can only sit here, helpless, unable to breathe, drowning. I wake up in bed. I have thin layers on but I am still scorching. A thick layer of sweat keeps me stuck to my bed sheet. A tear rolls down my face and drips from my face to the ground. It is so dark that I can’t tell whether my eyes are open or closed. My head swivels over to my alarm clock. It reads 12:04. I could’ve sworn it was morning. I lay there for what…

This trip will include delays, concerts, belly dancers, dinner with friends and hikes through railroad tunnels in the desert. After all it’s Las Vegas! My wife Maggie and I left for Las Vegas on Thursday, September 18th on time at 7 AM on Continental. As always seems to happen when we fly in to Newark we had problems with the connecting flight out. This time it was weather related with some heavy rains in the area. We were delayed approximately an hour before the flight departed. Since we…

I don’t know how the wonderful music history of Memphis pass me by but somehow It did! I have always heard that Memphis is known for its music history, especially the blues, but I never investigated the theory for myself. The instructor at the college challenged me to write a paper about the history of the Stax Museum in a reflection paper and I am really glad she did. It influenced me to finally take the time to view the history of Memphis firsthand starting with the Stax Museum. The research,…

Rock to the Left: How Rock Music Has Influenced American Politics One universal aspect of every culture, without fail, is music; it was a part of human existence before recorded history. It provides an escape from the stress of everyday life, assists in relaxation, and offers a sense of community. It’s a part of the human experience. Every aspect of society includes music in some form—from shopping to concerts. Why? It affects people. Yamaska, Yamada, and Laukka conducted a study and concluded…