Rock and Roll Vs. Hip-Hop Influence Everyone knows that rock and roll and hip-hop are two completely different sounding genres, but why is that? Well, rock and roll uses heavy lead guitar to lead the band with while hip-hop uses vocals as their main point of interest. They sound drastically different, but they share many of the same roots. They share jazz, rhythm and blues, folk/gospel, and plain old blues. Where the music is different is when rock uses a little more blues influence while hip-hop
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“Rockabye,” a pop hit, was released by Clean Bandit in 2016. It featured Sean Paul and Anne-Marie, who both give the song lyrics. Clean Bandit is also known for their hits, “Rather Be” and “Symphony,” which all have stories behind them which makes them different from other bands that don’t tell a relatable narrative. The group consists of Grace Chatto on cello, percussion, and vocals, Luke Patterson on drums and percussion, and Jack Patterson on bass, keyboard, vocals, piano, and violin. They create
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Throughout the song “I walk the line” by Johnny Cash the tone is very intimate.The words in the song make me believe he is profounding his love for a woman.However the reason I think this is because I have a great deal of background knowledge on his life.In 1955 June Carter and Johnny met backstage at the Grand Ole Opry,while John was married to his first wife Vivian Liberto. Later they started touring and performing together causing drama in both John and June’s lives. After thirteen years of conflict
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When you think of a pop star, do you think of someone who breaks the law, and gets into a lot of trouble? I don’t think so. But there is one person who fits this criteria- Justin Bieber. Police had charged the star for drunk driving and driving without a valid license. He obviously didn’t learn his lesson, as afterwards authorities were notified of someone allegedly throwing eggs at the neighbor’s house. A petition was posted for the singer to be deported, proving that many other people agree for
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Geddy Lee was the lead vocalist for his group band Rush and it turns out that he was one of the reason why Metal became a movement. In one of his quotes he said “It's nice to know there are young musicians who like what we've done," says the bassist/vocalist. "It's flattering that these people are taking what we once did and developing it for the modern age." There were always strong claims that the birth of the progressive metal were by Rush who were seen as true pioneers of a style of music that
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Manhattan Project Dark, moist, silent, these all describe the room Gerald resides in this bunker that's like a prison on the 147th day since he’s been hired. It’s August 3rd the constant threat of attack by Japan is dangerous so they hide 1500 miles away on Tinian island in the Northern Mariana islands. He is a young bloke, nuclear scientist, and engineer. Their secret missile program called the manhattan project has over 120,000 people working on it. He is one of the many named Gerald Polipolo
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The Evolution of Christian Music Christian music has evolved over the past decades, but how far is too far when it comes to Christian music? There are many types of Christian music in today’s society. The different genres are Christian rock, Christian rap, Christian pop, adult contemporary, praise and worship, and children’s music. Many people argue that Christian music cannot be anything but old time hymns out of the hymnal, but many others believe that they produce inspiring Christian music
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Pennington’s discussion from Don’t Knock the Rock: Race, Business, and Society in the Rise of Rock and Roll, he argued that Rock and Roll in the 50’s along with the new forms of consumerism started a rebellious act amongst the youth during this time. He introduces his argument stating that Rock and Roll was a movement with teenagers playing their music loudly and the parents yelling for them to turn it down. He furthermore explains his argument by stating that Rock and Roll was perfect
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The police car door bounced back and clocked me right in the forehead. Oohs and Ahhs floated over the dull ring in my ears. That's gonna leave a bruise I thought as I picked myself off the ground. What felt like an entire minute--but was probably no more than a few seconds--later, large hands were wrapped around my shoulders as they tried to steer me through the small crowd of teens aching to get a look at the colorful bruise that was surely making its way onto my swollen head. My feet whirled on
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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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