The Beatles

In the 1960’s rock music became more egalitarian than the rock and roll of the 1950’s and other popular musical styles from the preceding decades. The most popular recording artists before the sixties featured a recognizable star as the leader of the performers. Duke Ellington, Muddy Waters, Glenn Miller, and many others were widely known and their bands were mostly unknown musicians. Rock band from the sixties mostly had group names. The Rolling Stones, Cream, and The Beach Boys all typified…

Popular culture deals with people's lifestyle, attitudes and activities that are prevailing in a given society. Post World War II in Australia for some it was a time of certainty, prosperity, rising income, improved lifestyle. For others, it was a decade of oppression, censorship, prejudice, discrimination, hatred. The 1950s and 1960s were the decades in which the horrors of war were forgotten, and Australia launched itself into a whole new era. This response will describe the changes in…

Song Analysis of Renegades Sam Harris and his younger brother Casey Harris grew up in the many abandoned towns in New York receiving instruments and hand-me-down Billy Joel, Stones and Beatles records to grow up together playing in the same band. Both band members have developed an intense love for rock and hip-hop while growing up in New York. Sam Harris is currently the lead vocalist of the X Ambassadors, while Casey became a very successful pianist despite being blind. Sam Harris is also an…

Memphis, Tennessee, in 1971 by Alex Chilton, Chris Bell, Jody Stephens, and Andy Hummel. The group broke up in 1974, but reorganized with a new line-up nearly 20 years later. In its first era, the band's musical style drew on the vocal harmonies of The Beatles, as well as the swaggering rhythms of The Rolling Stones and the jangling guitars of The Byrds. To the resulting power pop, Big Star added dark, existential themes, and produced a style that foreshadowed the alternative rock of the 1980s…

Jimmy Crammer and I got one of our parents to drive us to the Commack Arena to see a concert. The then current popular band— signed to Apple Records by the freakin’ Beatles— was Badfinger, who was performing on a bill with two other acts—Cactus, who was the headliner, and Bull Angus— being the last band of importance. (Thanks Google. BTW–Tics were five bucks.) Commack Arena was a 6700 seat; dilapidated, old and tattered building, that looked like a huge airplane hangar, and once the house…

Open grade school in Minneapolis that he attended, because many of his songs were inspired by his childhood. They were influenced by David Bowie, Paul Simon, Neil Young, Van Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd, Nirvana, Wham! and the Beatles. Wozniak's songs run in different styles: some are modern folk music; many have undertones reminiscent of children's songs; and then there are the songs with a clear rock sound. After attending college, John moved to east New York to…

Successful writer, Malcolm Gladwell in his book, argues that on human being can’t be successful on his own, it often happens by opportunity. He supports this claim by first using examples to state the time and effort you need to put in. Then, Gladwell uses anecdotes and stories of people’s success. Next, Gladwell goes on to talk about people’s cultural background. Finally, he uses a personal story to tie the book all together. Gladwell adopts a serious tone for adults of all kind. Gladwell…

hitting drums with fast, intricate guitar solos, and screaming vocals. People don’t usually think of slow, smooth, bluesy guitar playing when they think of rock music, but what most people don’t realize is that without the blues, musicians such as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, and even AC/DC would not exist. Blues music has had a dramatic influence the way rock music has, and is currently played, heard, and thought of in today's scope of music. For instance,…

Sense. Thom Yorke has said that the main reason he first got on with his band members is that they shared a similar style - and a love for post punk band Joy Division. Number Ten: John Lennon Was a Big Influence on Him. But not the music of The Beatles, necessarily. According to Thom, it was actually Lennon's side project called The Plastic Ono Band which most influence him and his own band. Number Nine: His Father Was a Nuclear Scientist. We already mentioned that he was an amateur boxer, but…

substances that helped these artists be so insightful and creative in their music. Substances like pot, opium, speed, booze, and LSD had a major influence on the rock and roll scene of the 1960s. Miller quotes Paul McCartney from an interview with the Beatles several years after their album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is released. When responding to a question regarding their drug use, particularly with LSD, during the production of the album McCartney says, “Sgt. Pepper was a drug…