Patton 1 Seth Patton Mrs. Sperry English 12 CP 30 November 2012 The Amazing Legacy of John Lennon “How do you expose somebody who posed nude?” (“John Lennon…” 8) pondered comedian Conan O’Brien in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine twenty years after the tragic death of John Lennon. O’Brien was making a light reference to the controversial album cover of “Virgins” which featured a fully nude John Lennon and Yoko Ono. This album is just one of countless things that Lennon did while alive
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Sophie Mueller Billboard Assignment 2 11/3/14 Hey Jude - The Beatles 1. Piano‚ lead vocals‚ backup vocals‚ guitar‚ tambourine‚ bass‚ backup vocals 2. Rock ‘N’ Roll 3. I don’t think this song is a reflection of anything going on in America other than the fact that The Beatles are incredibly popular worldwide. 4. Yes‚ I really like the song. As I recall‚ I think it was Paul who wrote the lyrics to the song. It was written to comfort John Lennon’s son about the divorce of his parents‚ so the meaning
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80 million records worldwide‚[3][4][5] making them the best-selling female group of all time and one of the best-selling pop groups of all time‚[3][6] and also making them the most successful British band since the Beatles‚[7][8] and compared with Beatlemania.[9] Measures of their success include international record sales‚ a 2007–2008 reunion tour‚ merchandising‚ record-breaking achievements‚ iconic symbolism such as Halliwell ’s Union Jack dress‚ representing "Girl Power"‚ a box-office film‚ Spice
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The 60s of Fashion Mary Quant once stated “ I always designed clothes from a very young age because I didn’t like the way they were. They were paralyzing; they were stilted” (“Brainyquote”). Back in the 1960s designers thought the clothes that people had to wear was to boring so they wanted to make their own designer clothes. Mod fashion was a type of a style that was very huge in the 60s because of designers‚ colors‚ and it changed the fashion world. Mod fashion was huge in the 60s because of
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Popular Culture in Australia throughout the 1960’s was very heavily influenced by superpowers such as the United States and the United Kingdom. As popular culture (often shortened to “pop culture”) is ever changing‚ it was different in the 1960’s to any period of time. Not only was popular culture different to popular culture in other decades but the early 1960’s were very different to the late 1960’s. When people think of the 1960’s‚ the main theme and stereotype is along the lines of “the hippie
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Britain in the 1960s 1960s The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969. It is known as the Swinging Sixties and is associated with the birth of British pop music and fashion. Events 1961 - First man in space 1966 - England won the football World cup 1969 - First humans to walk on the Moon Population 1960 Population of Britain was about 53 million 1960 World’s population was just over 3 billion. Homes and households Most houses now had a refrigerator
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known increase in divorce‚ is leading to an increase in cohabitation. A reason for this could be that couples are afraid if they marry it will end up in divorce so they cohabitate instead. Sociologists find the increase in number of divorces since the 1960s is an important issue to society so with research they have developed sociological explanations as to why this has happened. One main explanation is the changing of the law as it has precipitated to the increase of divorce rates as
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interpretation of the 1960s. The best representation is Representation 2 as it has the widest range and the most truthful views on the 1960’s. The first representation that is going to be addressed is Representation 1. Representation 1 has very limited views on the 1960’s as it is fairly incomplete. The photo captures the positive side of the ‘swinging sixties’ highlighting fashion‚ affluence and the youth-based phenomenon. It is not a true reflection of the society in the 1960s as the snapshot omits
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In 1945‚ he won the Limited Editions Club gold medal. (1960) In 1954‚ He won Page One Award for his literature in the Newspaper Guild of New York for his book‚ The Second Tree from the Corner. (Kirk 1991) In 1960‚ he received the gold medal for the Letters for Essays and Criticism‚ and the Authors Academy of Arts. (Kirk 1991) In 1971‚ he won the National Medal for Literature from the
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music by the Beatles created the culture of the 1960’s famously known as “The Sixties”. The sixties were all about leaving tradition behind and opening up American views in to freedom of expression in literature‚ trendy styles of fashion‚ music and fun creative dance moves that kept the youth dancing until they couldn’t dance anymore. Harper Lee and William Styron wrote about racism and the brutalities that many African Americans faced. During the 1960’s the novels were being published during the
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