Indie pop Essays

  • Informative Essay On Indie Pop

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    to pop…but not exactly there yet, like pop if it had taken an art course. Well there is a name for this now unavoidable genre, Indie pop, and it’s becoming a lot more prominent in today’s

  • Lana Del Rey Research Paper

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    Along with her hair her deep set eyes, winged eyeliner, and pouty lips, her a unique look is one that no other pop artist has. Lana has a thin stature with long legs and laid back smile. Lana has a crooked smile that shines like white pearls. Her retro style is highly sought after, as well for its polished look that reflects the 1960s and 70s. In college she study

  • Indie Music Research Paper

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    Indie Music: Be Authentic Not A Sellout “The word ‘indie’ is meaningless now. It’s so overused that people think it simply means green hair.” Steven Patrick Morrissey, who was originally a part of The Smiths as a vocalist, said that. Today, we do hear indie thrown around and it can be hard to define; but indie has an interesting history surrounding its emergence and what it means to its participants has a lot to do with authenticity. Indie music emerged during times of social and political changes

  • The Emo Subculture

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    2.1 The Existence and Importance Emos have been around for quite some time. Though their importance in our society is very negligible, they seem to be an up and coming icon for the youths of today. Or do they? Most youths immediately think ‘Emo’ when they see a person with long hair or fringe. Well that’s not the case. Most people are having trouble differentiating Emos from Goths and Scenes mainly because their looks are similar. Though Emos only have a very small importance in our society, teenagers

  • The Mr. T. Experience, Yo La Tengo, and The Knitting Factory?...Oh...

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    ...Oh... "Tonight at Tramps, Chisel, Fuzzy and Velocity Girl, seven dollar cover, all ages." Before I became indie rock literate I would not have been able to understand the above quote from a concert flier. Someone who is indie rock illiterate might read it as an add for a brothel, featuring the use of tools, and hairy fast women of all ages. On the other hand, someone who is indie rock literate would know to read it as "tonight at the concert venue called Tramps there will be a show featuring

  • Peanut Butter And Jelly Research Paper

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    The Secret to Making the Perfect Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich Today, I am going to share with you the secret to making the perfect peanut butter and jelly sandwich. First, I will share with you the history of the sandwich. Second, I will demonstrate the steps to making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Finally, I will reveal the secret to making the perfect peanut butter and jelly sandwich. I think it is useful to know how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich because it is a quick and

  • The Controversy Between Rockism And Pop Music

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    stick to its original, and music is produced to share the singer’s passion and spirit instead of just making money and spreading the name. The debate between these two different stands is sometimes blurry. How could you really separate “rock” and “pop”? Pop music elaborates all kinds of music, including rock, and mixes them together in order to create a popular song. But

  • Synth Pop Essay

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    Synth pop - Essay Synth pop is a genre of music from the 70s originating in Japan and the United Kingdom. It arose as a distinct genre in Japan and in the United Kingdom together with post-punk, goth, new romantic and powerpop, it’s a part of the so-called new wave music of the late 70s to the mid-80s, a music one of which characteristic features is punk rebellion. One mustn’t interchange new wave music with synth pop as these aren’t the same. This common misconception is a fault of the radios, as

  • Music

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    Does Music Divide People? Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, an American poet and educator during the 1800’s once said “Music is the universal language of mankind” and I believe he was right, because no matter what languages are being spoken, music can create moods and emotions which can be shared with other people, due to music permeating language barriers. Music has always had an important role in society. It has been used for enjoyment, but also to get feelings and emotions across. Some might say there

  • Gloria Estefan Research Paper

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    vote in favor of the Cuban singer/songwriter's lasting contributions to global pop culture. Her wax figure is in the company of the museum's gallery of celebrities, but it's safe to say that Estefan is truly one of a kind. During the past 20 years--and through the sale of 70 million albums and singles combined--the enigmatic Estefan has broken the mold with her roster of hits in English and Spanish, conquering the pop, dance, Latin and AC charts. With the Sept. 23 release of "Unwrapped," her first

  • Analysis of Smash Hits

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    genre they know they have previously enjoyed. The front cover of a magazine is its primary signifier and main advertisement and therefore that single page has to be representative of the magazine as a whole. All of the 'Smash Hits' covers feature a pop band or star as their main image. The females (or more precisely, girls) tend to be blonde and giggling. Whereas the boys either smile cheekily or adop... ... middle of paper ... ...assive 'feminine' behaviour, a world constructed by male patriarchy

  • Moulin Rouge and the Disneyfication of the Avant Garde

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    This is very fertile ground for a love story, a musical, anything, really. Puccini found it good enough for La boheme, after all. What we get in Moulin Rouge, though, is a Paris of 1900 filtered through the myopia of late 20th Century pop culture, especially pop music. We get an anachronistic melange of Madonna and Elton John, of Nirvana and Olivia Newton John. In other words, it isn’t the Paris of 1900. It isn’t even close. Granted, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec shows up as a supporting character

  • Participation Report

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    Level of Participation I took all of the 10 POP surveys throughout the semester. POP 1—2 messages POP 2—4 messages POP 3—3 messages POP 4—4 messages POP 5—3 messages POP 6—2 messages POP 7—2 messages POP 8—2 messages POP 9—4 messages POP 10—0 messages because it was empty. Bonus Topic 1—2 messages Bonus Topic 2—4 messages My messages were very spread out. Occasionally I would post two messages in one day, but usually my messages were spread out. I tried to look at the new messages in the discussions

  • American Reality Television Music Competitions.

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    Something that is really famous especially in the United States are the Reality Music Competitions. This essay is about The X Factor, The American Idol, and The Voice. The X Factor USA was created by Simon Cowell. The show consists of four main stages. It all starts with the auditions. Any person or band can audition, and if at least half of the judges say yes, then the person goes to next stage, but if they say no, the contestant goes home. The next stage is the bootcamp. There, they compete against

  • A Stylistic Analysis of Blue Eyed Soul

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    soul came from other musical genre background including Jazz, blues and gospel, for example Ray Charles and Sam cooke. Sam Cooke had a professional Gospel career before becoming known for his smooth soulful style with his secular lyrics and a more Pop sound, a good example of this is Twistin' the night away. The song has prominent vocals and the instruments stayed more in the background. For Soul, the focus on vocals is typical and before singer songwriters were popular, it was the delivery and presentation

  • ‘90s and 2000’s: Musical Encompassment

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    impact and Rap artists like Tupac and Biggie were being commercialized mainly because of their on-going West Coast vs. East Coast conflict. In addition to these emerging genres, young children of the nineties (like me) were greatly introduced to dance-pop and boy bands. I vividly remember owning albums by the Spice Girls, Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears, and N’Sync. Like musical artists before them, all of these new artists mainly sang about real-life situations that people go through or that they went

  • Image vs Talent in Music Marketing and Success

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    Pop music has long been defined by “idols” and superstars that are subjects of high levels of adoration from severely devoted fans, whose love of these superstars often blurs the line between fandom and obsession. This love is mainly based off of physical looks and charm more often than actual musical talent, as majority of the songs written by these massive superstars are not written by the artists themselves, instead by people hired to write for these artists in a way that will best connect with

  • Mick Rock: A Brief Biography

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    Rock was a really cool photographer. Mick Rock was born in London, England in 1948. He went to Cambridge Arts College. He first became interested in photography during college. He is well known for photographing people like David Bowie, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop and The Stooges, Queen, The Ramones, Syd Barett, Joan Jett, Motley Crue, The Talking Heads, Crossfade, and Blondie. He was important to the creation of a lot of other rock images, including album covers for Queen’s “Queen II” and “Sheer Heart Attack”

  • Realm of wonders union

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    The sun hung lazily in the sky and Alison gave a relieved smile. She looked around and drank the scene around her. How she enjoyed the sound of the birds that sang around and flew gently above them, as they began to venture on to the secret path. The young Amir had seen her in the distance and came running towards her, his face beaming with excitement as he held his arms out ready to embrace his new friend. Alison held her arms out and smiled happily, as they both hugged gently. “You returned,” Amir

  • Profanity in Pop Music Hurts Society

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    Profanity in pop music has become a major burden on today’s society and is negatively affecting the behavior of the listeners. It does not have a positive message and it tells the listener that doing the wrong ok. It contradicts what the Bible says. Take a look at what was acceptable 40 years ago, and what is considered acceptable today.(Pareles) The lyrics of songs today would cause a riot 40 years ago! According to Bozell, 21st century pop music has become very dirty. This is very true. “The top