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- 1031: Gregorian Chant
- ... history background and say “yeah, that CD with the cool beat and the monks singing in the background!” This is not true, simply because it is not signing it is chanting and that’s the big difference. Second, there shouldn’t be any music in the background as in the enigma CD. So what exactly is Gregorian chant ? A bunch of notes slapped on a paper that people just riddle off ... the time Gregorian chant changed and was not so popular as other forms of chant that took it’s place. There are a number of reasons why this happened. Influence and education played a very big role in this changing of Gregorian chant. During the reign of Gregorian chant people did not go to public school to become educated. Many people did not learn different forms of language they usually lived ...
- 1032: Louis Armstrong
- ... work upon which his reputation as a major innovator, instead of a popular entertainer" (www.foppejohnson.com/armstrong/home.html) These included the legendary Hot Five and Hot Seven sessions and the early years of big band records from 1929 to 1934. During this period his trumpet style exploded from powerful New Orleans ensemble lead into a solo voice whose majesty seemed to soar with a voracious and ravenous splendor. (www ... in radio, recordings with other Decca artists, and cameo film roles in 'Pennies From Heaven', 'Dr. Rhythm', 'Going Places', 'Cabin In The Sky', and many more". (www.redhotjazz.com) "In 1947 Armstrong officially dropped the big band and resumed performing traditional jazz with an all-star group that included Earl Hines, Sid Catlett, Jack Teagarden and Barney Bigard. Armstrong's playing loosened up somewhat, though he never strayed far from established ...
- 1033: The Way It Really Was!
- ... of music so listeners could easily find what type they wanted. Pop had 4 major recording companies. RCA,Columbia,becca and Mercury. These companies had very good connection and could make a small band very big! Pop music had a subdued beat and smooth singing. R & B had black artists for black audiences. Country Western had the least affect by Rock and Roll. People who recorded at small independent music business ... 1959) Radio stations were looking for songs and entertainers that wouldn't offend adults. Rock and Roll started to lose some of it's popularity cause of a lot of incidences that happened. Buddy holly, Big Bopper and Richie valens all died in a plane crash. During the downtime of Rock and Roll, black music became more popular. The early sixties A national dance crazy swept the nation. Songs that were ...
- 1034: A Rose For Emily New South Vs. Old
- ... been through much and had seen many generations of traditional southerners grow around her. Her more traditional upbringing supported her strong Confederate beliefs. Homer on the other hand was quite the opposite, "A Yankee--a big, dark, ready man, with a big voice and eyes lighter than his face," (Faulkner, ). Homer described himself as a man who couldn't be tied down. This was to be a terrible opposition for Miss Emily. She had not been allowed ...
- 1035: Eminem
- ... he would often hustle radio stations into playing his self-made tapes, to get some publicity over the radio waves. Marshall felt that his rapping career was starting to take off. He was getting some big calls to rap in major places and he thought everyone has started to love him. Soon, he found the love of his life, Kim. They had a baby girl together, named Hailie Jade, on December ... is Slim Shady. The chorus of My name is …. Slim Shady, is repeated several times to get the message through that he is Slim Shady, and that he is here to stay. It was a big breakthrough for him, and now everybody knows that he is Slim Shady.
- 1036: Progression of Music From the 1940's To the Present
- ... were still lingering around from the 30's) to blues (popular among Blacks) to rock and roll, to pop, and back again. In the 1940's ballads were popular. Ballads were dancable music performed by big bands. They were composed of stringed instruments, wind insteruments, and a singer or two. This was the time period when music started to be broadcasted live over television and record albums were entering the home ... This new type included artist such as Alice Cooper and AeroSmith. The new rock had a punkish industrial twist to it and always put on large extravagant concerts. In the 80's the synthesizer became big with such groups as "The Eurythmics". The new groups of the 80's revolutionized disco and transformed it to todays techno. Synthesizers are insteruments usually in a piano format that can manipulate sounds into any ...
- 1037: Gangs
- ... being commended. A young child sees this a perfectly acceptable because he knows that the "bad guy" was wrong but has no idea of what acceptable apprehension techniques are. Gore in television also takes a big part in influencing young minds. Children see gory scenes and are fascinated by these things that they have not seen before. Older viewers see gore and are not concerned with the blood but rather with ... importantly, race. This often results in an attitude that motivates the person to base his/her life on doing what the system that oppresses them doesn't want. Although this accomplishes little it is a big factor in gang enrollment. So, as you have seen gangs are a product of the environment we have created for ourselves. Some of these factors include: oppression, the media, greed, violence and other gangs. There ...
- 1038: A Rose For Emily
- ... possibly. Yes, Emily didn’t socialize much, but she did have a gentleman friend, Homer Barron. Homer was a Forman for a road construction company, Faulkner writes "a forman named Homer Barron, a Yankee a big, dark, ready man, with a big voice and eyes lighter than his face"(220). Emily’s father probably would not be pleased with this affair with Homer, considering her upbringing. Homer was a ‘commoner’ and did not fit the social standards ...
- 1039: Music Censorship
- ... Snoop Doggy Dogg: He tells it like it's supposed to be told. People will always try to bring you down no matter what you do. It's the same with Dolly Parton and her big breasts. He's not trying to be something he ain't. If he said he wasn't a gangster, he'd be lying. They [gangster rappers] talk like that to look hard. They don't ... objectionable" music differ. Therefore making it virtually impossible to please the entire public at the same time. Not all alternatives to censorship are inept and unreasonable. "Toning down" lyrics is an option to musicians, especially big- time sellers. Maybe if more parental involvement became incorporated in their children's lives, which includes music, the need for censorship would decrease. Labels placed on albums acknowledging the use of explicit or vulgar language ...
- 1040: Night Creatures
- ... call him) had a heart attack (that’s what they thought). And what do Carrie and Jerry care about it? He was a weird person anyway. That night Carrie and Jerry decide to climb the big brick fence that surrounded the house. They just wanted to check out what was there. They got their flashlights and shovels and started walking toward the house. They climbed the fence and had a rough drop down the fence. They looked around and saw huge plans; they were shaped like animals. Jerry looked up and saw a lion with wings; it was so big that he could fit his head into its mouth…If he wanted to. Jerry and Carrie were both scared, but they did not admit it. Ten they herd a rustle, Jerry said “here kitty kitty ...
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