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studying two contrasting pieces, it will demonstrate how the composers portray specific emotions through the different use of music elements and concepts. The two songs that will be contrasted are La Vie En Rose by Edith Piaf, and Paranoid Android by Radiohead. “The music on OK Computer has a surreal, cinematic quality. Also like the R.E.M. record, this album hints at some kind of dark spiritual crossroad.” Writer Mark Kemp quotes in the July, 1997 issue of Rolling Stones Magazine. In the first…

1990s music In the nineteen nineties there were several popular types of music but the most well known was the grunge genre because of one man that changed music forever. His band known as ‘Nirvana’ has influenced many ,especially one of its very own band members Dave Grohl. Who later went to pursue his love music in the band ‘Foo Fighters’. The legacy of Nirvana has lasted for more than 20 years and will continue to be remembered by the lovers of nineties music forever. Nirvana was founded…

Hello and welcome! Thanks for coming by today. So, I have an idea for a movie that will be unlike anything you have ever heard of, thought of, or have seen. One of the best things about this pitch you’re going to hear is that it is for an animated film project, which allows us to save some costs and yet be even more adventurous. I got the idea from a Chinese graphic novel and I have lined up Chinese investors to bring the idea to the screen. So, like, are you ready? Sweet...take a seat. We open…

Why would anyone think to combine these songs? Well, first off, Radiohead is a major influence of Umphrey’s ominous tracks. They also released a famous live cover of “Weird Fishes/Arpeggi” from their show at the Beacon Theatre in NYC in 2013. The twangy sound of Beck is a reminder of their most recent releases being very…

Introduction “I will speak daggers to her, but use none.” Is a quote that was said by Hamlet and shows what kind of a person he is and how he thinks in the play. Hamlet is one of Shakespeare’s most known play. Hamlet by Shakespeare, was written in the beginning of the seventeenth century (1600 or 1601) and was performed around July in 1602. Like most of Shakespeare 's plays, he got his ideas from earlier literary works. Shakespeare’s play included many themes that are very well know and are…

illustrates a doomsdays situation, most likely being about climate change. The lyrics read, “Who's in bunker, who's in bunker? Women and children first / Ice age coming, ice age coming / We're not scaremongering This is really happening, happening.” Radiohead never had to say anything about global warming directly. *** However…

Getting married, having children, and working an office job is not for everyone. People are manipulated by society’s standards to believe life must be lived in a certain way in order to achieve happiness. The rock band, Radiohead, explains their frustration with the controlled population, “A job that slowly kills you. Bruises that won't heal. You look so tired, unhappy. Bring down the government. They don't, they don't speak for us. I'll take a quiet life.” in their song…

billboards around the nation.The song is a mid-tempo pop ballad about a lost love that resonates with underlying layers of exquisite content, integrated with inconsolable feelings and unvoiced desire. Moreover, It features references to the rock band Radiohead as well as the relationship of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash to express the strength of the affair. For instance—In the first verse—she talks about insane things that the two lovers end up doing and how oblivious they were to the…

Taylor Swift’s record label has finally explained why the country-turned-pop singer decided to pull her entire music catalogue from the Spotify streaming service. During the week of her release of her successful album 1989, Swift took down the single “Shake It Off,” along with all of her other music. Scott Borchetta, president of Swift’s label, Big Machine Label Group, has stated that removing her songs was a “big fist in the air” that he believes other big-name artists will likely follow. In…

--“Text to World” Connection #1 As most know 1984 was written during World War II and published shortly after it ended. During the time 1984 was published, Totalitarian Governments (i.e Fascist, Nazi, or Socialist) were in control of cities known as the Soviet Union, Germany, and Spain. Big Brother, the controlling system in 1984 is compared to leaders accordingly like Stalin and Hitler. The Party can be associated with the Totalitarian Government for their power of controlling what their…