huge hair. Men and women both dressed alike and produced similar music. In the 1980’s music was affected by the iconic deaths of John Lennon and Bob Marley. One social event that affected 1980’s music was that 2 musical icons died in the beginning of the decade. Robert Nesta Marley also known as Bob Marley was one of them; he died from an overdose in 1981. Bob Marley was such a big icon because he stood up for what he believed in and didn’t take no for an answer. The other musical icon that died was
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your face sound but he likes the Euphonium for its melodic and harmonious sound. Secondly, along with his passion for music, he loves listening to it. His most-listened-to genres are Reggae and The Golden Oldies. His favorite musician of Reggae is Bob Marley for his message of love and peace while his favorite of Golden Oldies is Smokey Robinson because of his emotional and romantic way of making music. Lastly and most importantly, he finds joy in helping other people. He wishes to help others through
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It is no doubt that Scrooge, before he meets the spirits, is a horrible person. He believes poor people should die to “decrease the surplus population”. He hardly pays his clerk Bob Cratchit. He despises his nephew. He is like this because the only thing he values is his wealth. Unfortunately, many people are like this. They think they would rather be rich than have relationships with people. I think Dickens wanted to show people
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In a Christmas Carole, we disapprove of scrooge’s meanness, but we always care about his fate. Do you agree? In A Christmas Carole, by Charles Dickens, Ebenezer Scrooge is first depicted as a ‘cold-hearted’ and ‘miserly’ character that lacks the compassion and generosity that was much needed in 18th century London. Through the intervention of spirits, from the past, present and future influence Scrooge to understand himself and those around him, which lead to gaining the sympathy and moral support
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Grapevine Fires There aren’t a lot of musicians that delve deeper into the complexity of the human condition than Death Cab for Cutie. Death Cab’s music invokes the listener’s curiosity by attempting to answer life’s most sought after questions. Death Cab weaves their messages carefully into their songs using melodic beats, beautiful instrumentals and cerebral lyrics to create a unique style of music hardly found elsewhere. In 2008 Death Cab released their most impactful song entitled “Grapevine
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I have no idea of how to start this letter off, but I think it will be best of if I begin my letter with thank you. If it weren’t for you to survive under the annexation of the Japanese, both Father and I wouldn’t be here today. Breathing. Working. Sweating. Eatting. All these necessities, the thing that come so natural to us, would have been deprived from us. Even the probability of our existence are against us. So thank you. There are time where we both disagree on certain subjects at time, and
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The music during the 1960s was about bringing people together. Woodstock was a huge three-day, non stop concert. It was one of the most memorable events that happened in the 1960s, but it all started because of some unknown wealthy college kids. “The most asked question was not “What was Woodstock” but “ What happened to Woodstock?” (Smith). Woodstock was this enormous concert that took part on a dairy farm in the small rural of Bethel, New York.” The owner of the small rural farm in Bethel, New
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Although it is seen as a “children’s book,” nothing more that literature for the undeveloped mind, The Lorax is a piece of work that is perfect for this discussion. Through the amusing (and sometimes downright silly) diction of Dr. Seuss, the tale of the little boy listening to the Once Ler not only gives an environmentalist message but, it also gives insight into the bullying issue. Within the story, in a similar way to how fracking companies work, the Once Ler continues to abuse the resources
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“Irish folk is probably the biggest influence musically that I’ve ever had. My mother’s Irish, and when I was very young, both my brothers were very into traditional music, English and Irish. They were always playing music, so I was always brought up with it.” In this quote, Kate Bush (musician) signifies Irish music in the present and is an example of how Irish folk music is passed down from one generation to the next. Irish folk music is the music of the community and has been primarily impacted
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Do what you wanna do! “It’s your thing, do what you want to do! It is Crazy how this quote could truly describe the 1965-1975 era in so many ways. Around this time many things were happening like African American trying to earn true inequality in civil rights movements, free spirited hippie era and the closing of the Vietnam War. Many of those events that happened in that decade has been prolific in are day in age now and the strides in development in our country today. The cultural arts in this
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