British Girls and Women of the 90s – The Spice Girls‚ Girl Bands and their Influence on British Culture The twentieth century will‚ without doubt‚ be viewed by historians as the Woman’s Hour. The status of women in Britain changed. More and more women started to leave their homes and join the labour market. They started to fight for their independence and political‚ economic and social rights. Women got more recognition from the society and they started to pursue equality with men. They
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British Culture: Sport Sports play an important part in the life of the Englishmen and is a popular leisure activity. Many of the world’s famous sports began in England‚ including cricket‚ football‚ lawn tennis and rugby. 1.Cricket Cricket is an England’s national sport. Cricket is a bat-and-ball sport contested by two teams‚ usually of eleven players each. A cricket match is played on a grass field‚ roughly oval in shape. How to play Cricket Teams are made up of 11 players each. They play
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years ago today when four young British musicians landed at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York and detonated a cultural explosion. I refer‚ of course‚ to the thrilling arrival in America of that one-of-a-kind band that we have all come to know and love‚ this great band that transformed American music forever. The Beatles impacted the world culturally‚ three different included their persona‚ taste in clothing‚ and the types of songs they sang. The Beatles as many other groups caused a
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MUS 354: The Beatles After the Beatles (Fall B 2013) You are signed in as: Zhengxing Yang Top of Form Sign Out Bottom of Form Home Classroom Exams/Assignments Grades Help Exam #2 Time Limit 50 minutes Starting Time 4:04 pm Arizona time Top of Form 1 _________ sings lead on his version of a 1955 hit. Paul McCartney George Harrison John Lennon Phil Spector Ringo Starr 2 Written by Paul‚ with help from Denny Laine‚ during the summer of 1976‚ Paul creates the atmosphere of a traditional
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At the beginning of their music career in the United States‚ The Beatles had no idea at the time that they were going to become widely regarded as the greatest and most influential act of the rock era. Having formed in 1960‚ the band’s popularity spiraled as they came to America. The attitude and love for the music they created became of great interest to their performance goers‚ and always left them wanting more. The Beatles consisted of four very talented musicians‚ including Ringo Starr‚ George
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12-27-12 B4 Beatles Biography No band has influenced pop culture the way the Beatles have. They were one of the best things to happen in the twentieth century‚ let alone the Sixties. They were youth personified. They were unmatched innovators who were bigger than both Jesus and rock & roll itself: During the week of April 4‚ 1964‚ the Beatles held the first five slots on the Billboard Singles chart; they went on to sell more than a billion records; and 2000’s 1‚ a compilation of the Beatles Number
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1978 Jan. Julian returns to England‚ and J begins fifteen months of being a househusband spending most of his time caring for Sean. Jan 1st. After a year off from song writing G composes “Blow Away” and “If You Believe “ while in Hawaii. 2nd week of Jan. Over 1.5 million copies of “mull of Kintyre” have now sold in the UK‚ making it the biggest single in that nation’s history until 1984. End of Jan. G continues to compose new songs while on vacation with Olivia in Hawaii. Early Feb. Yoko turns
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The legacy of the sixties has been definitely very important for the development of society and culture in what is commonly called ‘civilized countries‚’ The sixties were in many respects revolutionary. The changes affected not only the civilized countries (especially Europe and the USA) but also less developed states (in Africa and South America). Let us‚ however‚ concentrate on the former. As has been said‚ the late fifties and the sixties brought about changes in society that were very widespread
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Beatles – The early influences and their guitars 1. Foreword It’s been almost four decades from the decomposition of the Fab Four‚ also known as The Beatles‚ but the universal love towards the band shows no sign of fading. The nostalgia is still substantial and it’s obvious when thinking about the influence they have given to the popular culture in their active years. The essay you’re currently reading focuses on the Fab Four’s musical equipment‚ mainly guitars and the stories behind them
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considered Australia to be nothing more than a British colony whose national identity was virtually the same as the British. During this period of Australia’s history‚ our modes of entertainment‚ food‚ fashion‚ sporting culture and our social values and attitudes were largely dictated by British culture. One of the most significant changes to have taken place in Australian society since the end of WWII‚ has been its drift towards American‚ rather than British culture. As the American way of life was projected
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