Stevie Wonder

Introduction The seven wonders of the ancient world are wonderful pieces of architecture. The lighthouse of Alexandria was one of them. They were seven; two of them were located in Egypt, The Great Pyramid of Giza and the Lighthouse of Alexandria. Others are The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, The Statue of Zeus at Olympia, The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus and The Colossus of Rhodes. The Lighthouse of Alexandria is the tallest and the most magnificent lighthouse in…

similarities between the ancient wonders and the new wonders are clear, there are obvious differences as well. Since the time periods are so different, evidence should be clear on why there are many differences, as well as similarities. For example, some ancient wonders could be over 1000 years old, while new wonders could only be 100 years old. These differences are crucial to the wonders of the world. As a result, knowing these differences are crucial as well. The ancient wonders of the…

The Seventh Wonder of the World As one of the Seven Wonders of the World, and also the last of the seven built, Colossus of Rhodes was the largest, most celebrated statue of its time. Colossus sat on top of a 50-foot pedestal and stood approximately 110 feet tall. To get a better idea of his size, Colossus measured about the size of the Statue of Liberty. Although there have been inconsistencies surrounding the pose and location of the statue, Colossus and the contributions of ancient Greece to…

Stevie Wonder started creating music when he was 12 years old. He made some of the greatest music of all time while being blind.Stevie created joyful music while showing persistence and overcoming being blind and at the same time illuminating/inspiring the world. Stevie Wonder was a music sensation who changed the world. Stevie created lots of merry music for everyone to enjoy. He was a songwriter, pianist, singer and more. People could not get enough of Stevie as he was growing as a musician.…

Stevie Wonder, a musician/songwriter’s wrote two songs with very similar meanings. Those songs were “Village Ghetto Land,” written in 1976 and “Big Brother,” written in 1972. The struggle and frustration Stevie Wonder expressed in these songs fumed from the treatment of African Americans and the unnecessary problems they endure , at the hands of our police officers, politicians, and the government. These songs illustrate the suffering of inner city African Americans. Their lives are an…

Cordell Winward The songs on Ichabod Crane’s playlist would have songs about being ravenous, superstitious, and smart. The first song on his playlist is “Just Eat It” by “Weird Al” Yankovic. Washington Irving wrote “The revenue arising from his school was scarcely sufficient to furnish him with daily bread bread, for he was a huge feeder…” (18). “Weird Al” Yankovic sings about this with being ravenous with these lyrics “So eat it, just eat it/ Have some more chicken/ Have some more pie/ Open…

4. Gil Scott-Heron – “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” (1970) Gil Scott-Heron, born April 1, 1949 in Chicago, Illinois. He was an American soul and jazz poet, musician and author, known for his work as a spoken-word performer in the 1970s and the 1980s. He was raced in Tennessee by his mother, his father was from Jamaica, but he was not in his life. He was one of three African-American students to be a part of the first integrated class at his junior high school where he suffered racial…

Rupert Wainwright delivers an intriguing story about a town on an island in Oregon. With decent cinematgrhopy that's all the movie really had. The movie lacked good characters that didn't pull me in. These people actually got paid to act in this? CGI was poorly used for The Fog, it looked like a cloudy day off the coast of Oregon, unlike the original where the fog looked really awesome and a little scarier. In 1871 four men founded Antonio Island, on a night like most nights we see these…

Soul music prompted numerous later types, including funk, hip-jump, and contemporary R&B. Funk created when soul craftsmen like James Brown and Stevie Wonder started broadening the cadenced sections in their spirit music. Hip-bounce created when DJs in the late-70s started rapping over soul and funk notches, and contemporary R&B created from the music of craftsmen like Al Green and Aretha Franklin. Contemporary R&B craftsmen like Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey turned into a portion of the…

Marvin Gaye’s sexy baritone has been influential in inspiring some more modern RnB sub-genres. Not only was he a versatile singer, but a successful songwriter and collaborator as well, having worked with numerous musicians in the 1970s. Number Three: Stevie…