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The Black Parade (2006) and Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys (2010) are two albums made by New-Jersey rock band My Chemical Romance. My Chemical Romance has gone through many different phases in music and style. Each album created and curated a new era in their career. Each era to this day has cult followings with definitive styles and interests. “The Black Parade” and “Danger Days” are arguably the two most well-known My Chemical Romance Records, and they both have a large…

couple who are just dating or sleeping together. Despite the singer's actions, he offers an ultimatum telling his girl, "I'd rather see you dead than with another man." Many of the singles sing of loss, of the blues, imperfect blues, of rejection and despair due to loneliness, as in ‘Milkcow Blues Boogie’ and ‘Mystery Train’. For example the song "You're a heartbreaker," where Elvis…

Jazz Age The Jazz genre has blossomed during the 1920s that has carried an impact to modern day. When the Great Migration happened, many African Americans had migrated from the South into the Northern and Western area. The known and pronoun white area had become a diverse community. The movement was followed by the Harlem Renaissance; also created because of their culture and artistic abilities such as painting, writing, music, and more. The harlem Renaissance was was the soul of the migrated…

be denied that Elvis Presley’s principal importance as a musical influence and an innovator – like that of Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and Fats Domino – during the early years of rock ‘n’ roll. Presley was influenced by such a variety of R&B, C&W, Blues, Gospel, Pop, European, Broadway, Hollywood and even Mexican musicians, from the age of 12. The legend of Elvis Presley continues to exist until now. After he passed away, we are still talking about…

Around the turn of the 1930s, music took an interesting ride with the earliest fully documented particular style of Jazz music emerging, which was centered in New Orleans, Louisiana; swing. It was not only a musical pastime, but a way of life; as those who brought it to us will live on forever. Duke Ellington was a pioneer of Renaissance jazz and one of the great elite jazz artists of his time. His most popular 1930 piece was "It Don't Mean a Thing if it Ain't Got That Swing". Around 1931,…

the aforementioned Les Paul created his own line of electric guitars in the 1940’s and the instrument was becoming very popular amongst the jazz players who wanted to be heard in the Big Bands with the massive horn sections and percussion elements. Blues was also a style that thrived greatly on the perks of a fully amplified guitar. Here are some of the early proponents of the electric guitar: T-Bone Walker, Les Paul himself, Lonnie Johnson and Charlie Christian. By the 1960’s the guitar had…

Swing and Jazz of the 30s and 40s How do you feel about Swing and Jazz? Well even if you have never heard of them or don't like them , there were many people in the 30’s and 40’s that were interested in this type of music. Nowadays people think it's the music that old people listen to, but it's got a sweet rhythm. Jazz was popular before swing, but musicians like Benny Goodman mixed Swing and Jazz. Both genres are part of an important part of time because they were popular during the…

Carlos Joglar English 200 Professor James M. Boehnlein, Ph.D. Test #1: Reading and Writing about Music “Satisfaction” by the Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones has been one of the most important bands in rock and roll. The band was a big hit in the 60’s with a big amount of songs that were famous at that time and some still are but with the song “Satisfaction” they became even more famous because being their best song, it was ranked #1 in America when it came out in the 1965. The song from the…

Psychological Effects of Metal For a very long time now music has been used in many different means, whether it be entertainment or therapeutic. From dancing to escaping reality, music has many effects on the mind. I believe that within these effects, music holds more positive growth than negative. But what are some of the effects and who do they effect the most? More specifically, what are the effects of the heavy metal genre? Dr. Katrina McFerran has stated “Most young people listen to a…

Eric Clapton: The Blues Legend. Eric Clapton’s music and his musical style have had a great impact on our world today. He was a small village boy who transformed into the blues and rock giant that we know him as today. This transformation was not easy, and it was not quick either. It involved many bad decisions, many good decisions, and lots of hard work. Many of these consequences had a great impact on his life today. He got through this with the support of family and friends. All of these had…