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- 2661: Dave Matthews' "Dancing Nancies"
- ... The music seems to be asking the questions, pushing them into the listener’s mind. As the last question of the first verse is asked the snare drum seems to draw it out with a short roll that leads the audience into the second verse. The beginning of the story is accompanied by a faster beat portraying a sense of motion as the man’s mind works over the questions in ... climax. These verses are interrupted only by solos from the saxophone and fiddle which uplifts the audience. The solos seem to give reassurance that the questions will be answered and stress that life is too short to hurry. The meaning of the song is enhanced by its music which is portrayed to listeners as an expression of the life they live Most people see their life through the clouded view of ...
- 2662: History of Rock and Roll
- ... in a studio, writing 15- minute songs, and playing elaborate shows with spectacular stage performances in front of thousands of people in large arenas really angered punk bands. Punk songs were generally simple and rather short. The lyrics told the way the members of the band felt. They played small shows and did not put on any elaborate performances. The Sex Pistols were the epitome of a punk band. They were ... with the Pistols and became a big hit. They also played simple songs with lyrics about the situation they were coming from. They incorporated SKA into their music, which made them unique. Their songs were short and to the point and the people loved it. The development of punk is indeed a reaction to the glam rock of the seventies, but it is also a reaction to the years before it ...
- 2663: Stan Kenton & His Orchestra
- ... obligated to keep moving to larger venues in order to accommodate its ever increasing number of enthusiasts who thought nothing about traveling hundreds of miles in order to listen to the band for just one short, exhilarating evening. In 1953, when the Band was playing its first European tour but was unable to work in England, the London Melody Maker arranged for the chartering of a dozen planes, as well as ... Kenton Orchestra was projecting and at Gene Roland's urging decided to add an additional five E-flat trumpets to the five B-flat section. After determining that a brace of ten trumpets fell far short of capturing the kaleidoscope of rich tonal colors he was seeking he and composer Johnny Richards, who headed up his arranging staff during the late 1950s and 1960s, worked closely with Conn Instrument Corporation to ...
- 2664: Jimi Hendrix: A Reflection Of A Man Through His Music
- ... Music Jimi Hendrix, the greatest guitarist in rock history, revolutionized the sound of rock. In 1967, the Jimi Hendrix Experience rocked the nation with their first album, Are You Experienced?. Hendrix's life was cut short by the tragedy of drugs in 1970, when he was only twenty seven years old. In these three years the sound of rock changed greatly, and Hendrix’s guitar playing was a major influence. Jimi ... Axis: Bold As Love, Jimi expressed his ethnic individuality, he expanded his musical repertoire, and he began his first voicings of malcontent. Electric Ladyland and Axis: Bold As Love mark the apogee of Jimi Hendrix’ short career. Electric Ladyland combines the pure perfect blues found earlier in “Red House” on “Voodoo Chile,” It also shows the pinnacle of his lyrically and musically creative side, with songs like “1983...(A Merman I ...
- 2665: Phish
- ... played on the radio, “Chalkdust Torture.” The album itself did not sell that well partly because of way they tried to demonstrate every facet of the band’s music. Bluegrass, jazz, Latin, mellow guitar instrumentals, short rock blast, composed epics, and extensive improvisational music all appeared next to one another and no one knew what to make of it. One of my favorite songs on the album is “Cavern.” This is ... then they switch. Follow this, all the instruments but the drums stop and Fish quiets them almost to the point to where you can not hear them, then slowly brings it back up for a short bass solo. Then they end it with the piano solo from the beginning of the song. As I said before, “Chalk Dust Torture,” was first single sent to radio stations. An interesting fact about this ...
- 2666: Death of the Superstars
- ... local pub that they were in looked a lot like John Lennon. They also noted the young lady singing in the corner looked and sounded incredibly like Janice Joplin. The book or should I say short story continued on as only King could, people dying , strange conversations and just weirdness in general. Now, I told that little story because I wanted to give you a little background on why I chose ... some of those deaths. Then go into the future and see the change. If there was one at all. So what have we learned from this blurb. We learned that in the course of our short little history. Music history I should say. We learned that there were a lot of very talented, gifted, stupid people. I say stupid because. Their constant drug use and mind expanding experiments cost us all ...
- 2667: The Conspiracy Behind the Beatles
- ... and evidence could be found within their albums. Both other radio stations and the media picked up on the rumor, and it spread quickly. As the word spread, the story also got changed. Two different stories are best known for Paul's death. The first one as stated from a webpage dedicated to the conspiracy goes like this: The story that Paul McCartney was involved in a car accident. Apparently, he ... insisted that John keep the secret. John agreed reluctantly, but he decided the fans should know what happened. He started putting clues in the songs and on the albums. (Smith, 1) As for the two stories, clues from various albums supported the concepts. After the rumors were out all the albums that had been released were looked over completely for clues. It started with one of their earlier releases, Rubber Soul ...
- 2668: Rap Music
- ... education from the schools,screening the TV from harmful life scaring scenes of nudity,music being edited because of the used of the word "NIGGER" "BITCH" "JEW" "HOE" etc. Now rap singers are just telling stories about drug dealing, getting beat up by police officers,gangland slaying. Poeple don't like them ,because they give people ideas or we just can't admit how bad society is becoming. Shaking are head looking the other way saying this is not hapening right now. Stories that scare the hell out of people. Rappers rap about situation that happen to them in some point of their lives. Lots of rap music performers grew up in poverty,were violence surrounded them,were ...
- 2669: Jimi Hendrix
- Jimi Hendrix Jimi Hendrix perhaps no other rock-and-roll trailblazer was as original or as influential in such a short span of time as Jimi Hendrix. Widely acknowledged as one of the most daring and inventive virtuosos in rock history, Hendrix pioneered the electric guitar (he played a right- handed Fender Stratocaster-- his "Electric Lady ... the Experience offered Hendrix the wide-open rock-and-roll format he needed to exercise his dazzling skills as a guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Chandler unleashed the band on the London pop scene, and in short order, Hendrix et al. became the talk of the town. Hendrix's first single, "Hey Joe," a cover of a song written by the L.A. band the Leaves, hit the U.K. charts in ...
- 2670: Humans Hold The Idea Of Heroes With Great Significance
- ... for the responsibility of being his mother. In this came numerous hardships and sacrifices, which in the end freed her people from original sin and set the standard for a mother's love. In the stories of the woman hero, we hold on to the belief that the heart leads us and the sacrifices that come with it strengthen our understanding of unconditional love. These women set an example for each ... beliefs and moral fibers and guide us to making choices that will improve our lives. The unity of our souls, the strength of our hearts, and the creation of our beliefs are shaped by the stories of the mythological heroes of yesterday. These heroes give us direction and set an example of not only how to live our lives but to also answer the question of why we live our lives ...
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