"Sex, drugs, and rock and roll" was the rallying cry for a movement that changed American culture forever. Rock and roll first startled the American scene in the mid-1950's, but no one then could have predicted the remarkable vitality and staying power of this new music. The early t...

Throughout history, the music of the era has oftentimes reflected political ideology and trends. In American culture, arguably the first notable instance of musical politics surfaced in the Vietnam era, where songs such as Ohio by Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, Give Peace a Chance by John Lennon...

The 1960s were the beginning of the new youth culture. Young people suddenly had power, they wanted to have a say on what was going on at that particular time. The best way to do this was through the music, hence the universal language. Music was used as a way to express emotions about everything, a...

Metallica Assignment MusicologyDuration Metre and RhythmMost songs are in the usual rock metre of common or cut time although some songs are in ¾ or 6/8. At the end of some 4/4 phrases a ¾ or 2/4 bar is used to push the beat. The rhythm, in the first few albums, was typically very fast with its r...

To Censor, or not to Censor? That is the Question. It's a hot summer day and you are bored to death. Suddenly you see a friend pull-up in front of your house and gesture for you to come and listen to his new C.D. Eagerly you rush to his window hoping to here the sweet melody of Snoop Dog...

Unit 1 Investigating Leisure and Recreation Task 1- The development of the leisure and recreation industry since the 1960s. Since the 1960s the leisure and recreation industry has developed rapidly due to the many key factors that I'm going to talk about. Between 1945 and 1960, the pe...

The 1960's were a time of major political and social change. These changes were primarily fuelled by the youth of the time. Their parents had come from life in both the great depression of the 1930's as well as World War II, and were on a whole more conservative than their children, a fact the young...

The roots of Hip Hop culture sink decades deep into the soil of urban civilization. The term "Hip Hop" was coined by DJ Kool Herc, meaning that the beats were hip hopping back and forth from one turntable to the other. Kool Herc and Bambatta are documented spinning breakbeats in the early seventies ...

The World The world is a messed up place and we are all stuck here until our lives are through, or until we choose to leave. It's strange that I go along with everything everyone tells me, such as that I should ware certain cloths or listen to certain songs. I often wonder why I do th...