Music The 80's were very important years in music history. Known as the "decade of excess," the 80's brought a more visual experience to music. From fireworks at concerts to MTV, the 80's made sitting next to the radio a thing of the past. Musicians became more into their ...

History of House Music Like it or not, house was first and foremost a direct descendent of disco. House music which has been around now for about thirty years has changed the way people dance to music. House back when it was first introduced was not just a type of music but more like a way...

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...

THE BEE GEES The Bee Gees have always display a unique style of elaborte harmony and melodic structure. Despite a career setback due more in part to a perceived disco lifestyle and flavor percipitated by the media than to actual mucical direction, the group persevers, reminding listeners t...

The Civil Rights Movement was everything emotional that fueled the physical. As with every movement there are leaders and with leaders come followers who share the same belief. Martin Luther King Jr. was the most prominent leader of the Civil Rights Movement. King was also a very active clergym...

From Gillian's Island to the Real World There are many differences between the generation that grew up in the 1970's and the generation that is growing up now because of influences from music, clothing and television. Many of these changes are just fads but some of them are here to stay...

I would just like to comment on a poll I recently saw on CNN SHOWBIZ tonight. The question asked, \"Which musical genre was the dominate genre of the decade?\" I believe that there were three prominent music genres of the \'90s. Alternative Rock became a way to release anger. Hip Hop music came int...

Tonight I will be speaking about one of the most controversial eras of our time. The 70's. When terms like "Pardy Hardy!" Goin' Cruizin' "Right On!" "ROCK ON!!" and "Shake your Booty" were getting used in everyday conversation. Guys wore their hair long and in afros. Pet rocks were ...

Shakira Do you know who Shakira is? Well she is a Colombian singer who started singing when she was eight years old. Shakira has worked really hard to persuade her dreams. In this research paper I will tell you everything I figured out about Shakira. I will tell...

Somewhere in Brooklyn in 1943, on December 2nd an extravagant character was born. He would become known as Steve Rubell. Regardless that he was born to a lower-middle class family, Rubell had big dreams and a sense of determination and the ability to bounce back from failure that would help him ac...

Born in the early 1980's, I would have to say that I consider myself to be a member of that magical decade the 80's, or the end of the disco era. The generation of the 80's will be long remembered not only for its music (flamboyant, lively and whimsical) but also for the socioeco...

She wore Levi-Strauss jeans and a plain white T- shirt. It was the year 1978 when my mother was 18 years old, as I am now. She was a country girl, you might say and I am as prissy as one may get. She loved her horse named Pepsi like I love my car. She also loved the ranch like I love the mall. My m...