Green Day is an American punk rock band formed in 1987. The band consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist and backing vocalist Mike Dirnt, drummer Tré Cool and guitarist and backing vocalist Jason White. Green Day is one of the worlds best-selling groups of all time, selling over 75 million albums worldwide. They are best knowen for their realease of the song "American Idiot" on September 20th 2004 which can be found on their "American Idiot" Album. American Idiot quickly
often controversial punk-rock was so influential that it sent a media-influenced generation looking for answers to the meaning behind their politically-charged lyrics in their albums American Idiot and 21st Century Breakdown even years later. Billie Joe Armstrong has been quoted in recent years saying that their hit album American Idiot was written partly in response the “the worst political times of my lifetime that I can remember.” (92Y, 2010) As a teenager listening to the song “American Idiot”,
Billie uses his songs to express his political views and his opinions on world events. The album American Idiot was the first album to show this with the songs like “American Idiot” and “Governator” are some of the songs that he writes to show his new views. “American Idiot” was one of the most strongly opposed song in the album because of the lyrics in the song like “Well maybe I'm the fagot America / I'm not part a part of a redneck agenda.” These lyrics show his attitude towards George W. Bush's
I have an addictive personality. When I start to like something, describing it as an obsession would be a definite understatement. When I was a little kid, for example, I had around 50 Bratz dolls including houses, cars, busses, and even a high school. As I got older, I had that same fixation, but instead of dolls, it was with musicians. My first of two obsessions would be Green day. After a couple of years went by, I changed to Blink 182 and it has been so ever since. The other day I was thinking
Broadway Idiot is a documentary that follows the process of turning the iconic songs of Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong into a Broadway musical. Personally, I found the transformation of these well known songs into a musical fit for Broadway to be the most interesting part of developing a new theater work. Due to the band’s immense popularity, the audience was already familiar with the works of Green Day and the job of director Michael Mayer was largely just to do the songs justice. The documentary
Renaissance brought a new sense of identity to African Americans such as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Billie Holiday; they were no longer defined as worthless objects in society, they had begun a life beyond that. Louis Armstrong was an African American musician whose fame skyrocketed during the Harlem Renaissance. In 1912, Armstrong started to sing on the streets of New Orleans, for a living. However, Louis Armstrong fully came into contact with the musical world after being sent to the New
The magnificent stories of Billie Holiday, the great Louis Armstrong, and Adelaide Hall are about how they struggled, conquered, and worked through the Harlem Renaissance. From realizing they all left an impact on the world. They were very successful African American musicians. It takes a lot to write and express different feelings especially to the world, but they all did in song and in action. Billie Holiday was born April 7, 1915, in Pennsylvania. Her birth name was Eleanora Logan Gough; her birth
Billie Holiday Billie Holiday was born Eleanora Fagan on April 7, 1915 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but spent most of her poverty stricken childhood in Baltimore. Lady Day, as she was named by Lester Young, had to overcome many tragedies in her lifetime and yet still became one of the most popular jazz-blues vocalists of all time. Billie's Parents, Sally Fagan and Clarence Holiday, were both born in Baltimore. They married as teens and soon Sally gave birth to Eleanora Fagan. Shortly
to the decision that he needs to seek medical assistance for his mental state. Holden connects to these lyrics since, like Armstrong, Holden views a skewed version of reality, preventing him from making rational
album was released in February 1st, 1994 by Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, California or Reprise Records in New York. Green Day's band members include Billie Joe Armstrong (Guitar and Vocalist), Tre Cool (Drums), Mike Dirnt (Bass), Jason White (Guitar), and Al Sobrante (Drums.) The main composers of this album was the band Green Day, Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt as the main composers. The engineers were Neill King and Casey McCrankin. The producer was Rob Cavallo. This album is 39 minutes and
Music will always have a great impact the world, despite the century it is written in. Not only does music influence the world, but it also has a great cultural impact. Music is an expression of people from diverse cultures around the world and it will always be unique in that sense. Music is an immensely significant learning tool because of how powerful it can be. Music and songwriting has been present ever since the dawn of man, and as society alters throughout time, so will music. Artists of the
This essay, as the title suggests, will be about the origins of jazz music. Starting from the roots when African slaves arrived in North America, they helped the development and the emergence of early jazz a great deal. It is also important to not forget the significance of the Congo Square which kept the music alive in New Orleans, never letting it die out. Then, continuing on with the slavery theme, the essay will talk about why and how jazz music appeared in its widely considered birth place,
Daniel Armstrong, Satchmo, or Pops is considered one of the most influential artist in jazz history. He was trumpeter, pianist, singer, bandleader, soloist, film star, and comedian (Biography.com). Even though he had a rough childhood, he was a very successful musician. Louis Armstrong was born on August 4, 1901, in New Orleans, Louisiana, in the impoverished part of town, often called “The Battlefield”. He had one sister, Beatrice, who was born in 1903. His father, William Armstrong, was a
these songs before the song “Wake me up when september ends” Billie joe armstrong initially wrote the song about his dad passing away, but the song is also part of the story that has been created throughout this entire album. In jimmy's story it's a time of being sad and to mourn. The next song in the album is “homecoming” as his life is slowly wasting away Jimmy kills off his alter ego St.Jimmy the hero of the story when Billy joe sings “ Jimmy died today he blew his brains out into the bay in
when I was just seven, listening to an old record player at my great grandfather's house. My great grandfather would always have me get a Louis Armstrong record and put it gently on the record player. He told me stories every time a song ended. After "What a Wonderful World", he told me that he had never heard singing brought to jazz until Louis Armstrong came around. He said that the way Louis sang was revolutionary, at the time. Then he had me go put on another record, this time it only had musical
African American culture has different aspects to it. In different cities there could be various cultures that the African American race participates in. one of the biggest events that happened involving African American culture was the Harlem Renaissance that took place in Harlem, New York. This event was originally called The Negro Movement while African Americans “challenged racism and stereotypes” of the African American race (AAHP). The Harlem renaissance was an artistic, social, and culture
Louis Armstrong was born in one of the poorest sections in New Orleans, August 4, 1901. Louis a hard-working kid who helped his mother and sister by working every type of job there was, including going out on street corners at night to singing for coins. Slowly making money, Louis bought his first horn, a cornet. At age eleven Armstrong was sent to juvenile Jones Home for the colored waifs for firing a pistol on New Year’s Eve. While in jail Armstrong received his first formal music lesson from one
Legendary jazz songstress Billie Holiday once said in response to the exclusion of African Americans from jazz clubs on the notorious 52nd Street, “You can be up to your boobies in white satin, with gardenias in your hair and no sugar cane for miles, but you can still be working on a plantation.” The comparison between the jazz world, or more specifically 52nd Street, and a plantation show the immense racial tension between blacks and whites in the early to mid part of the twentieth century. In
individuals is the famous Louis Armstrong. Louis Armstrong, also famously known as Satchmo, Pops, and Satch, was born in New Orleans on August 4, 1901. New Orleans was also where jazz originated from, thus signifying a strong bond between Armstrong He continued his musical career as a soloist, performing alongside many outstanding artists such as Bessie Smith and Sidney Beckhet. However, Armstrong returned to Chicago. Upon returning, he formed his own band called Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five. With his
George Gershwin George Gershwin's "The ultimate collection", is a compilation of Gershwin's greatest hits. The compilation is made out of two CD's; the first cd is Gershwins pieces sung by different jazz singers such as Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Bing Crosby and more… The second cd, is Gerswhin's famous pieces taken from musical shows such as Porgy and Bess, Rhapsody in Blue, Cuban overture, Funny face and more. First Cd: The cd starts with the song "Strike up the Band " performed by