Popular music at the moment, reaches many of us through the medium of music videos. There are various types of video channels, such as MTV, VH1, The Box, etc. These video channels now have off-shoot (subsidiary) channels such as; MTV2, MTVBase, VH2, etc. These music video channels exhibit specific m...

Rock "n" roll is, and will always be, here to stay. The frontier spirit of rock "n" roll is an attitude that is common among American Pioneers and includes style, originality, and a willingness to push the limits. From Elvis to the Beatles and Buddy Holly to The Doors; bands have been astounding us...

How has Rock and Roll Effected the American Economy?Consider, if you will, the life of a teenager living in the 1940's. The Great Depression was finally coming to an end, but the memories of the rough times would scar its sufferers for a lifetime. Caused by a number of serious weaknesses in the ec...

Freedom of speech is one of the rights our Founding Fathers put into the United States Constitution, so why is the US government trying to enforce music censorship? Society blames current music trends for dysfunctional behaviors among teenagers and demands censorship of music artists\' products, whi...

Jailhouse Rock: The Story of Elvis Aaron PresleyI. Early LifeOn January 8, 1935 at 4:35 a.m., a little boy by the name of Elvis Aaron Presley was born to parents Vernon Elvis Presley and Gladys Love Presley in a two-room house located in Tupelo, Mississippi. Little did anyone know that this little ...

I think that every American citizen will agree with me when I say that freedom of speech is an essential part of democracy. This right encompasses many different areas of American life including but not limited to actual speech, clothing, what we read, what we see on television, and also what we h...

We Wanna Hold Your Hand; How the Beatles took America It is now 6:30 A.M. Beatle time. The left London 30 minutes ago. They're out over the Atlantic Ocean heading for New York. The temperature is 32 Beatle Degrees"(Szatmary 113). The transistor radio reported every few minutes ...

Elvis Presley ha recorded 131 gold, platinum, or multi-platinum records. At least 149 of his songs Have appeared on America's Billboard charts in the top 100. He has been nominated for 14 Grammy's and has won 3 of them. Elvis has also made 33 films. Elvis, shooting like a rocket when...

The Original Country BoyA ranch-raised boy from Southwestern Texas made his way up the road to fame slowly but carefully. Along the way he has left an impression on the lives of many people, and captured the hearts of the country music fans everywhere. A large majority of male country music si...

The alarm went off as it does every morning at exactly 6:00am. I sat up, rubbed my eyes, stretched, pulled the covers off and got out of the bed. Normally, I am not one to stare at myself in the mirror in the morning, in fear that I will see something that could result in complete horror; but as I w...