With Adele’s new viral hit "Hello" reaching close to 500‚000‚000 views in just about a month‚ many ask themselves -- why is music so addictive? Although music is a difficult topic to explain due to its abstract nature‚ it can be clarified. Here’s why music is so appealing to people of all ages: Music Appeals to our Individual Senses: Whether the song lyrics match up with an event in a person’s life or has a catchy tune -- the brain is naturally attracted to songs that connect with an individual
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shirts due to the fact that Aberdeen is a logging town‚ greasy and messy hair‚ baggy blue washed jeans and converse shoes especially from a thrift store‚ This clothing approach was authentic and was key to the Seattle scene. The majority of grunge vocalists had long hair which was used to hide their face so they can express themselves‚ most notably Cobain and Eddie Vedder. Nirvana’s style is very recognisable even within grunge. Cobain’s style of play the guitar is very original as he very very
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The Beatles were an English rock band in the 1960s‚ and they were formed in Liverpool. There was four members in the band‚ John Lennon‚ Paul McCartney‚ George Harrison‚ and Ringo Starr. Also‚ Geoff Emerick took over The Beatles engineering duties. Like any band in the 60s‚ The Beatles recording career was frequently altered and sometimes pushed back because of their creative drive or even external factors. The most important factor is that these shifts and obstacles that The Beatles were running
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Remember a time when your parents screamed at you because of your choice of music? It was the generation gap of the past‚ in the present Let’s start with a question. A few questions‚ actually: When did it become normal for your average 35-year-old New Yorker to (a) walk around with an iPod plugged into his ears at all times‚ listening to the latest from Bloc Party; (b) regularly buy his clothes at Urban Outfitters; (c) take her toddler to a Mommy’s Happy Hour at a Brooklyn bar; (d) stay out till
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1. What is popular music? Popular music is any music since the mid 1800’s that is within liking and preferences of middle class. 2. What theme does pop music typically use in the lyrics? Describe one pop song that uses this theme. Why is this theme such a popular one? Pop music centers around the theme of love and relationships. “When I was your man” by Bruno Mars uses this theme by explaining feelings of breaking up in the song. This theme is so popular because many people can relate to love
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How significant was popular media in the progression of African-American Civil Rights from 1830-1969? Jimi Hendrix stated that ’music doesn ’t lie - if there is something to be changed in this world then it can only happen through music ’1 and perhaps this attitude towards music is the starting point for my argument on the impact it had on the Civil Rights Movement. Billy Joel called it ’an explosive expression of humanity‚ ’2 whilst Beethoven stated it to have ’higher revelation than all wisdom
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3/24/11 Psych 208 #2 Tuning in a radio can be a very diverse experience. All sorts of kinds of sounds come blaring from the speakers‚ some familiar‚ others not‚ depending on the listener. It is easy to distinguish the sounds of different generations‚ just as it is easy to distinguish their styles. On the surface‚ the popular songs of today sound very different from those that dominated the charts half a century ago. Legendary guitar rifts and pioneering vocals of artists such as Jim Morrison
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Reba McEntire: Country Queen For most people living or visiting Nashville‚ country music is the music they love most because Nashville is country music central. What makes each country star special? What’s the difference between Taylor Swift and Reba McEntire’s song? Reba has been around country music for nearly thirty years versus the average country star‚ Taylor Swift which stay in the spotlight two to six years. Reba is seen as queen of country because of her outstanding achievements and number
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American Roots Music To me‚ American roots music is the broad range of genres of music originated from people such as the Native Americans. Different styles of music come from different types of groups of people based on things like morals‚ traditions and customs‚ and religion. For example‚ some Native American tribes have songs to welcome back fighters from battles because they believe that it will calm the soul and mind from the gruesomeness of battles. These songs and traditions will start
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3. Focussing on a music based scene‚ movement or Artist of your own choosing from the period 1955 to 2000‚ you will detail‚ explain and analyse the roots‚ character and legacy of your chosen subject and consider what impact‚ if any‚ your subject has had upon popular music culture and the contemporary music business.Your choice may be a genre based scene such as the development of House Music in the UK through the 1980s and 90s‚ or a geographically connected movement such as the Singer- Songwriter
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