Steve Strange

Which 1980s New Romantic pop group released a song entitled, "Fade to Grey"? Having started out hosting club nights at Billy's nightclub in Soho, founding members Steve Strange and Rusty Egan wanted to tap into the growing New Wave culture of syntho-pop, forming Visage in the late 1970s. Recruiting amongst others, Midge Ure and Billy Curry - whom also performed with Ultravox - the band's first single was a cover of Zager and Evans "In the Year 2525". This record though proved to be a commercial flop. Visage continued though, and despite some set backs they finally released the self titles "Visage" album in November, 1980. Coinciding with the album's release, Visage releasing, "Fade to Grey" as a single. "Fade to Grey" proved to be one of…

He had to skip a couple grades to get to his level of thinking. But still Steve was still very bored so he would entertain himself by pulling pranks and getting in trouble at school. His parents would never get mad until he went to high school. In high school Steve experimented with LSD and marijuana. Which is when his father started to get mad. During that time, Steve started to realize that he had a passion for electronics and technical design. Steve Wozniak was a computer technician who met…

Steve Jobs one of the Greatest Entrepreneur in Our Generation There are millions of entrepreneurs around the world, but the one greatest of all the time is Steve Jobs. He is very important figure in our generation because he created something really brilliant. For me Steve Job was the god of technology and he had incredible vision of technology. He created one of the most successful company in the history and invented revolutionary products called iPhone and iPod. According to the Forbes…

Michele Barletta 10(3) Entrepreneurs Media Review Task Business Studies 2015 Contents Page: Page Number • Steve Jobs: Apple 3 • Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook 7 • Larry Page and Sergey Brin: Google 10 • Which Entrepreneur do I admire/respect the most? 13 • The importance of Entrepreneurship in South Africa: 14 • Will I become a successful entrepreneur one day? 14 Steve Jobs: Apple Many described Steve Jobs as an egocentric bully; there…

Emily Grierson was once a very rich woman, constantly having money under the wealthy father’s care. The two lived in a rather poor area, therefore making themselves seem much more shallow than they actually were. Although the community disliked her father very much, others often thought of her to be a “sweetheart.” The sad truth, however, was she would abuse her money regularly and constantly refused to properly pay her taxes, much like her father. One unfortunate day, Emily’s father passed from…

“Southern trees bear strange fruit, Blood on the leaves and blood at the root.” this is an excerpt from the poem “Strange Fruit”. In this poem, the main point that the authors, Billie Holiday and Abel Meeropol, wrote about is the “strange fruit” which is actually a metaphor. The metaphor is comparing the fruit and slaves, and how they were hung from trees during the pre-Civil Rights times. Along with the metaphors, the literary devices that the author Billie Holiday uses in the poem “Strange…

I chose to listen to Stevie Wonder’s album called, “Innervisions” since it is known for its adulation. In order for me to fully assess the song, “Too High,” I must google the lyrics. After I examine the lyrics, it made me conclude that I will not like the song based off the lyrics. I tried to relate to some of the lyrics that are being said such as, I'm too high but I ain't touched the sky.” I only feel this way when I am dunking a basketball; you feel as if you jump so high, but you did not…

In the year of 1939, singer Billie Holiday sang and recorded the song “Strange Fruit.” The song centered on racism towards the African-American Community, and the lynching of American-American men. Years later, Kanye West released a song in 2013 called “Blood on the Leaves”. West’s song sampled singer Nina Simone’s version of “Strange Fruit”. Even though both of these songs are decades apart, they both have similarities and differences and each has their own story. In the song “Strange Fruit”…

In the middle of a town, There’s is a tree splattered red and from a rope attached to a branch hangs a rotting corpse covered in grime and gore. This is the image Billie Holiday puts into the mind of the listener during her song Strange Fruit. Strange fruit was written as a poem by a school teacher, Abel Meeropol, and was recorded by Billie Holiday in 1939. During the song strong imagery effectively appealing to the listener’s emotions and their ethics as a person. Billie Holiday effectively…

Pastoral scene of the gallant south The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh Then the sudden smell of burning flesh. (Abel Meeropol 1903-1986) In The Strange Fruit, Abel Meeropol graphically describes bodies hanging like festering fruit on trees. He strips away the veneer of the beautiful South to expose the horrors that black people suffered. This poem chills me and frustrates me, since racist murderers walked free just because others turned a…