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- 81: Comparison of Margaret Mead's "Coming in Age" to Russian Youth
- ... who had travelled and brought home Western goods. Some punks wore black leather jackets and had splotches of pink and orange hair. They and many others in the audience knew the "taboo" words, to the Beatles' songs, which the band were not allowed to sing as total artistic freedom was not allowed (Traver, 1989, 190/91). The Soviet educational system's most important goal is the teaching of collectivism (kollektiv). Students ...
- 82: Bob Dylan
- ... continued to fight for true justice until Carter was eventually freed, after 20 years for a crime he didn't commit. Bob Dylan ironically, shaped the course of popular music by mistake. Even before the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and the Beach Boys, a creative and new style was introduced by this young wandering musician. Since beginning his career in 1960, he has been a poet, a political activist, a musician ...
- 83: Garth Brooks
- ... and given it a long awaited revival. A Garth craze has swept the States and the World. Just the countless awards through a ten year period speak for them selves. He’s like Elvis, The Beatles, or Michael Jackson of country music. In my opinion, he is one of the greatest singers of all time. I think it’s his voice. To me has proven that with out a doubt he ...
- 84: Charles Manson: Orgins of a Madman
- ... he was a higher power that they all needed to follow unquestionably. Manson convinced his followers that a war of the races was coming, which he named Helter Skelter. He got the name from a Beatles song, and had his followers prepare for the upcoming war by collecting guns and other weapons. Manson turned the ranch into a fortress. He started to change his following from being a group of freedom ...
- 85: Kurt Cobain
- ... and roll band. His first drum set was a Mickey Mouse drum set. He played with it everyday until it was broken. At the age of seven he got a bass drum along with some Beatles and Monkees records. In 3rd grade Kurt started taking drum lessons. He also played the drums in his grade school band. When Kurt was fourteen he got a guitar for his birthday and decided not ...
- 86: Charles Manson: Orgins of a Madman
- ... he was a higher power that they all needed to follow unquestionably. Manson convinced his followers that a war of the races was coming, which he named Helter Skelter. He got the name from a Beatles song, and had his followers prepare for the upcoming war by collecting guns and other weapons. Manson turned the ranch into a fortress. He started to change his following from being a group of freedom ...
- 87: Divorce and Love
- ... I've promised myself never to marry unless he has 15 million dollars willed to me and is guarantted to die within a week" (Unknown). Despite the countless novels and songs written, such as the Beatles' "Can't Buy me Love", people still have this this misconception. With money comes greed and the impairment of people's judgement. These people only see the things that can be bought and the idea ...
- 88: “Cultural Murders”
- ... would believe all he said. His acid trips got continually more violent. He started raving about the race war in which the oppressed blacks would rise to slaughter all of the whites. He said the Beatles sent messages of the Armaggeddon through the “White Album”with songs such as “Helter Skelter”, “Revolution”, and “Piggies.” He played the album endlessly (Farquhar 6). Along with the music, Charlie was amused by his sexual ...
- 89: Hippies
- ... successful. Many Hippies considered Dylan as a spokesman for their beliefs. Drugs were also themes in many bands songs. Jimmy Hendrix's "Purple Haze" is about marijuana. "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds," is a Beatles song about LSD. The Grateful Dead also took part in the fad with their song "Casey Jones," with lyrics such as "High on Cocaine" and "You better watch your Speed." Besides their music and drugs ...
- 90: Motown’s Evolution and with Emphasis on Its Women
- ... The Vandellas were so similar, but so different. The Supremes being more wholesome and glamorous and The Vadnellas more funky and “authentically black.” Whitall compares this comparison to that of the Rolling Stones and the Beatles. Personally, I have to disagree in that their popularity soared, and they had different sounds, one group was much more musically creative than the other. They were the only band in Detroit that was allowed ...
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