Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

just beginning to discover MTV. Before my parents got cable and MTV, I watched this other program that played music videos. I believe it was called "Friday Night Videos" and it was great stuff. I eagerly watched and enjoyed great music videos. Bands such as "Van Halen", "Def Leppard"…

1960’s Swinging London: Allen Jones, Mary Quant & Feminism In the 1960’s, London, England was thriving with a new style of art, fashion, music, photography and much more. After World War II, a recuperating London found itself fixated on the glamorous consumerism in the West. The Pop Art Movement sparked a new interest in cheap artistic mediums that portray elements of Western popular culture. Artist Allen Jones and fashion designer Mary Quant prove to be two significant figures at the height of…

The Smiths won the name for best band in 1986, and in 1983 for Best New British Act. Even though the band was not together for long, their contributions to music will always be remembered. Their combination of unique sound and expressive lyrics will forever go down in history. Mary J. Blige was always connected to music…

Popular music, "music written and marketed with the intention of achieving mass distribution and sales now principally in the form of recordings" (Merriam-Webster.com), played a significant role in the daily life of people of the 20th and 21st centuries. From psychedelic to rock, modern music encompassed it all. As time progressed, the quality and genre adapted to the people 's interests. Some artists decided to go against the grain and change popular music for the better. These five artists-…

Geoff Emerick's involvement with the band began with the album ‘Revolver'. This young engineer was full of new innovative ideas for recording which the band loved. On ‘Tomorrow Never Knows' John's voice was recorded through a Leslie rotary loudspeaker, used in organs, to give them a whirling effect. Artificial double-tracking (ADT) became common…