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- 31: Elvis Presley
- ... himself, his parents, and his great - grandmother to live in on March 1957. It would be ready for them to move into by April of 1957. After two successful films, Elvis began work on “Jailhouse Rock” for MGM in May 1957. October 17, 1957; " Jailhouse Rock " premiered in Memphis. "Jailhouse Rock" would come to be known as the ultimate classic of all "rock opera" movies. The "Jailhouse Rock " production number in the film would be later be recognized as the grandfather of pop and rock ...
- 32: Groupies
- ... time, history records groupies as sporting about with Alexander's world-conquering Greeks in the 4ht century BC. Today, however, when someone hears the word groupie. A particular type of girl comes to mind: the rock groupie. Generally not just a follower of one band in particular, she is often a devotee of any band that plays rock music. Being is the entertainment business and frequently being able to attend rock-and-roll events. I see this girl every time I go to a rock club. She is usually with her friends. Who in turn are more than likely groupies themselves. To many she mystifies. ...
- 33: Led Zeppelin
- ... a lot to do with Page and Plant, side-by-side, sharing a single spotlight, ripping through "Over the Hills and Far Away." The reverberations from those days run through most of what passes for rock and roll in the 1990's. Led Zeppelin has never been more popular, more pervasive, more...omnipresent. They broke up ten years ago, but you wouldn't know it by listening to the radio. Not since Elvis ... echoes of Sunset Strip, of the Byrds and the Buffalo Springfield, of Joni Mitchell and Moby Grape. Crossbred with their essential blues foundation, this was a new direction that truly pushed the envelope of hard-rock. They were rewarded with their least-selling album yet. It didn't matter to Jimmy Page. The stage shows expanded to feature the new material in an acoustic set. Led Zeppelin's concerts became ...
- 34: Dave Matthews Band, The Most Compelling Band Around
- Dave Matthews Band is a unique, musically gifted band. Its combination of sounds of folk, jazz, rock, world beat, and reggae give it its originality and musicality that extends the bounds of music. The five members of the band: Dave Matthews, Boyd Tinsley, LeRoi Moore, Stefan Lessard, and Carter Beauford, provide a ... his time in Africa soaking up African percussion music, and listening to artists such as King Sunny Ade, Salif Keita, and Hugh Masekala. When he moved to America, he spent his time soaking up Western rock, pop, and funk, listening to the Beatles, and Pink Floyd, among others. Dave plays the acoustic guitar for the band, as well as the vocals. (The Officials Dave Matthews Band Website) The ways he plays ... in making a demo tape. (The Officials Dave Matthews Band Website) He liked what he heard, and stayed with Dave. “The tape Dave gave me grabbed me immediately. It wasn’t jazz, it wasn’t rock, it wasn’t folk – it was something different.” (Spin Magazine: “Fanfare For The Common Man”) Stefan Lessard and LeRoi Moore add jazz influences to the band. Lessard was only 16 when approached by Dave ...
- 35: The Influence Rock And Rap Music Has On Young People
- ... for music. They have become infatuated with music as if nothing else matters. After reading Allan Bloom's essay “Music”, Venise Berry's, “Redeeming the Rap Music Experience”, and Barbara Dority's “The War on Rock and Rap Music", I was opened up to new ideas which previously had not occurred to me. When people are reading and listening to lyrics or going to concerts they are exposed to sex, violence ... to go out and try it for themselves and along with other influences we have twelve, eleven and even ten year olds trying sex and getting pregnant. Bloom points out that "young people know that rock has the beat of sexual intercourse. That is why Ravel's Bolero is the one piece of classical music that is commonly known and liked by them" (130). Such sexual beats also come from CDs ... sitting at a stoplight when a car pulls up next to you with his or her radio is so loud your car starts shaking and you can't even think. The lyrics and beat of rock and rap may influence people to do such negative acts at such a young age. Sex plays an enormous part in music. Look at the way music artists dress, what they say in their ...
- 36: That The Beatles Acclerated The Change In Society.
- ... industry. It came in the shape and form of four young Liverpoodlians. As John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr (Richard Starky) shook their mop tops and strummed out their new style of Rock 'n' Roll, an entire generation stood up and took notice and knew that society would never be the same. And it wasn't, the Beatles changed everything. During the period of the 1960's the super group ... to avoid the grasp of politicians, theologians, philosophers and other pop groups. The Beatles tastes, whims, attitudes and expressions of music were quickly converted into new and fresh hairstyles, trends, clothing, behaviour, social beliefs and rock music itself. Everything you could imagine became some how related to the Beatles, Beatle boots, Beatle haircuts and Beatle slang (gear, fab) just to name a few. If the Beatles wore a particular coat ...
- 37: Behind the Doors
- ... gave birth to his sister Anne. In 1946 they moved to Washington DC for six months and then to Albuquerque, New Mexico for a year, according to Irwin Stambler, author of The Encyclopedia of Pop Rock and Soul. In 1947, when Jim was four, the Morrison family was driving through a desert in New Mexico when they came upon a car wreck. “The first time I discovered death,” said Morrison, “me ... very close and together challenged their parent’s authority. While in high school Jim was not in any clubs nor did he play sports. All it said under his picture in the yearbook was, “Honor Roll.” He enjoyed being the center of attention in school. Throughout high school he kept a journal of what he did that day and any thoughts he had. After graduation he destroyed them. During the evenings ... one he told Ray he had a whole notebook full of them. Jim Morrison said in a later interview, “those first five or six songs I wrote, I was just taking notes on a fantastic rock concert going on inside my head. And once I had written the songs I had to sing them”, according to Jerry Hopkins’ Rolling Stone article “Jim Morrison”. Ray encouraged Jim to form a band ...
- 38: Beatles 2
- The Beatles were an extremely popular and influential group in Rock n' Roll. My question is, "Why?" What drew thousands upon thousands of screaming fans to these four British musicians? Was it something in the sound of the instruments? Could it have been the bass beat, or maybe ... Another possibility is that other bands were able to cover (Play songs that aren't theirs) some music of the Beatles easier, and therefore, help to spread the Beatles' music around. For the most part, Rock songs consisted of things teenagers are into and experiencing. Of course, the most prominent of those things are raw passion and sexuality. When the Beatles, or any group for that matter, sang about love, ...
- 39: Woodstock
- Woodstock was a rock music festival that took place near Woodstock, New York in a town called Bethel. The festival took place over three days, August 15, 16, and 17, 1969. The original plan for Woodstock was an outdoor rock festival, "three days of peace and music" in the Catskill village of Woodstock. The festival was expected to attract 50,000 to 100,000 people. It was estimated that an unexpected 400,000 or more people attended. If it weren't for Woodstock, rock and roll wouldn't be where it is today. Woodstock became a symbol of the 1960s American counterculture and a milestone in the history of rock music. The original plan for Woodstock had been ...
- 40: Woodstock
- Woodstock Woodstock was a rock music festival that took place near Woodstock, New York in a town called Bethel. The festival took place over three days, August 15, 16, and 17, 1969. The original plan for Woodstock was an outdoor rock festival, "three days of peace and music" in the Catskill village of Woodstock. The festival was expected to attract 50,000 to 100,000 people. It was estimated that an unexpected 400,000 or more people attended. If it weren't for Woodstock, rock and roll wouldn't be where it is today. Woodstock became a symbol of the 1960s American counterculture and a milestone in the history of rock music. The original plan for Woodstock had been ...
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