The Velvet Underground

I never knew so many alternative rock bands were also considered hard rock bands. So many people around the world are major listeners of so many subgenres of rock music. I found that the most popular genres are alternative and hard rock. Personally my phone is full of music from both genres of rock. The two genres seem to be so different from one another to have so many of the same bands in them. A very popular rock back these days Avenged Sevenfold is under both classifications. I guess this…

He also changed the way people comprehend pop art. “He was a filmmaker, a writer, a photographer, a band-leader (if that’s the word to characterize his involvement with the Velvet Underground), a TV soap opera producer, a window designer, a celebrity actor and model, an installation artist, a commercial illustrator, an artist’s book creator, a magazine editor and publisher, a businessman of sorts, a stand-up comedian of sorts, an…

Being in New York was very different from Los Angeles because the tempo in California is more relaxed. In New York everything is fast paced they use every method of tranportation, walking is the main way to get around. Los Angeles is slower paced and people here get aound by car. New York has so much traffic on and off the streets. Though, New York City is probably my favorite place so far, just last year I had the opportunity to go, I fell in love instantly. The streets teemed with people and…

political and social views through the power of music. This type of rock had a simpler melody to it, only using a couple of guitar chords per song. The start of punk music can be credited to a couple of different bands, such as Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground, Iggy Pop, and The Stooges From Detroit. Most of the groups that did punk music in this era assured everyone they talked to that they are anti-everything, and that they are all social outcasts. The punk era also showed a new fashion…

We become unidentified, clueless, and lost with ourselves then turn into something that we aren’t at all. Our viscous minds and the relentless days that pass by turn into a windy road that leads to an uncomfortable pathway. But we don’t need to focus on gloomy thoughts, gloomy ideas that shut our beautiful minds into crippled up trash. As cliché as it may sound, David Bowie’s lyricism brings a message that challenges our critics and lets us know not to dwell from the past. “Time may change me,…

Some influences of the bands of the 1990s include bands of the ‘60s and’70s. In the late 1960s, it is said that alternative music began. Artists like Velvet Underground, Iggy and the Stooges, MC5, and the Silver Apples all were from the ‘60s. Then in the ‘70s bands and artists like David Bowie, New York Dolls, Television, Nev, and T-Rex all influenced some of the first, mainstream bands. In the late 1980s some…

Writers often use imagery to paint a picture in the reader’s mind. In the stories “A Cask of Amontillado” and “The Most Dangerous Game,” both Poe and Connell use descriptive imagery. Poe describes the underground catacombs full of dead bodies and Connell describes the wild jungle on Ship Trap Island. Each of the authors use imagery to make their stories come to life. Poe uses imagery very well; however, Connell uses it in a better way and has more description. In the beginning of the story…

Art has always been a controversial subject, whether it be with deciding on what art is or what is acceptable. Music is a form of art that these questions are also asked about. Over time, music has been changed and banned by many governmental bodies and organizations because it was too suggestive or not acceptable for a governments’ traditional values. This is called music censorship (“Censorship Overview”). Music censorship should be abolished because one’s right to express himself should…

(“Rock and Roll”)... Even though Elvis Presley was a huge hit during this time it was beginning to open a rising tide of radically different themes; like eastern mysticism, psychedelic drug use and transcendentalism. Bands like the Beatles, the Velvet underground, and Jimi Hendrix had many songs with drug-related themes (Repellent) . Rock and Roll also pushed the limits of sexual expression, from Elvis the Pelvis grinding action to Little Richards sexually suggestive lyrics. Rock and Roll was…

The Hippie era has come to end and the days of self awareness have arrived. Instead of focusing on love to all, many Americans were indulging in their own self pleasure. According to Alfred Kinsey’s research,” Americans sexual behavior deviated from their widely accepted norms” (Escoffier 1). Wilhelm Reich added to Kinsey’s research with the remark that he, “believed sexual repression overwhelmingly distorted psychological development “(Escoffier 1). To further societies receptivity of…