Argumentative Essay: 90's Boy Bands

MTV was a budding show that had just came out (Dworjan). Unlike what MTV is now, it featured uprising singers and comedians that appealed to a teenage audience. One famous singer that was featured on MTV quite often was Madonna (Leaper). Madonna then became the fashion icon as she is still known as today. Her hair scrunchies and leatherware hit the shelves in clothing stores everywhere. It seemed to be that the more hits Madonna made, the more people wanted to borrow her style (Leaper). In this period Michael Jackson hit his highest peak. Everyone was apart of the MJ craze. Of course MTV featured one of the most popular videos of all time “Thriller”. Thriller’s signature red and black leather jacket was one of the biggest copy-cat fashion fads of the time (Leaper). Every middle

One popular aspect of music was born in 1982 and had forever changed the look of music and the 1980s as a whole, and that is Music Television, now a days know as MTV. What once started off as a 30 minute television show on Nickelodeon called “Pop Clips” turned into a multi-million dollar network. The show had influenced the youth of the1980s and pop culture in general, showing clips of popular songs that were seen as vulgar, and explicit. Teenagers loved it, while parents despised it. MTV also showcased rising singers and bands, and made them the musical icons of their time, such as Madonna and Michael Jackson.

Rock and roll has largely impacted the music industry. The 60’s were the era of feel good music while the 70’s created the disco era. The 80’s called for something new and crazy all together, it was completely different and more complex from the past decades of rock and roll. The 80’s brought visual aspects to music. As a result, MTV aired the first music video ever made on August 1, 1981 which “killed the radio star”. This music video created a new trend for current musical artists and upcoming artists, it created a way for artists to express the meaning of the song. Music videos made radios an accessory mainly used for cars. MTV created a place where unknown and small time artists could become a household name. Some of these artists include

Pop culture, or popular culture, is knowns as a term appeared in mid 20 century. It is defined as the categories of entertainment, politics, sports, fashion, technology, and have a way to influence a person's opinion to a certain topic.

Country music has been around for a long time. Country music originated in the southern United States in the 1920’s. Hip hop on the other hand only started in the 1970’s. It was developed in the south Bronx in New York City. Pop music has been around since the 1950’s. I think Country music is better than hip pop or pop music. Country music has better style, singers, and more meaning to the songs.

It’s hard to talk about music today without bringing up music from the eighties. Some of the artists today got their ideas and musical talent from watching their idols from that decade. For example, Usher credits his dancing and musical talent from Michael

At one point, country music singer Randy Travis looked like he wouldn't make it very much longer. Now it turns out that Randy is singing once again and the fans couldn't be happier to see him on the stage. Fox News shared all about how Randy surprised his fans by singing Amazing Grace at the hall of fame induction. Everyone thought they might not hear Randy on the stage like this, but he is showing how great his recovery is going.

Music screeching through the room, crowds going wild, and anticipation growing inside while holding a b-boy stance in the South Bronx. A young boy holds his ground as his peers dance to the music, but as the break segment of the song awakens, the young boy rushes to the middle of the dance floor. As few people know, this is established the start of a worldwide phenomenon and lifestyle. Hip hop is a misunderstood culture that has been driven out from its roots by media and the new generation. Society knows little behind the birth of hip hop, but as for the dance portion of hip hop, b-boying is the true art form. Clive "Kool Herc" Campbell, an African American DJ known to hip hop pioneers as the father of hip hop, gave the name "b-boy" to

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On the radio today, you would find Hip Hop, Rock, Pop, and Rap. A lot of the music today is engineered electronically, and includes many more layers and effects. This is also a contrast to the 1890s, where the music was mostly

Will boy bands fade away? In the 1960s it was all about The Beatles and “BeatleMania”. After taking over not only Europe, but also America, The Beatles broke up ten years later and the boy band era was over. Fast forward twenty-three years later, new boy bands came to the scene. NSYNC and Backstreet Boys took over America from the early 1990s to the early 2000s. Boy bands exploded commercially and dominated the United States’ market, but soon the second boy band era was over. With a new wave of solo artist making it big in the United States, no one thought that boy bands would ever make a comeback. Surprisingly in 2010, Simon Cowell put together five teenagers on the show The X Factor without knowing they would soon take over the world. Five

Though rap started out as a force for positive social change, popular subgenres of hip-hop such as "gangsta rap" have since eroded much of the art form's value to society. Impressionable young people are negatively affected by rappers' obsession with guns, drugs, sex, and material possessions. Since record companies do not seem to care about negative content as long as it sells albums, parents should assume a greater role in regulating their children's listening habits. Hip-Hop is the proclamation that young people are independent and intolerant of what they consider to be adult society, which they frequently view as hypocritical.

Music Television gave a generation a voice. With the awakening of MTV, 1983 was a golden age for music television. The inception of hip-hop music videos caused wardrobe to be an important part of an artists “armor”. Rappers used outfits for promotional purposes. Certain outfits would be worn in pictures, performance, and

In my generation had good and bad things because every child meet people in person actually, it is so different. Today all the people use internet.

Previously in the year, it was typical for me just write what is on my mind at the time and later go back and organize it. This paper is a stupendous presentation of that obsolete format. It was common for me to leap from one paragraph to another without soundly blending my ideas into the narrative. Despite this, however, many outstanding developments appeared in this essay. This was the essay that helped me further develop my ability to write sensory details, which immediately shows itself in the introduction: “Lights blare down from above. To my left, I can see the crowd cheering as the previous band charges off the field, and we prepare our grand entrance” ( 1). I also highlighted the negative aspects of the band, such as leadership problems: “Aside from inexperienced and uncaring managers, some people are just wholly opposed to taking orders from their peers. This causes an avalanche of tension between them and their section. Arguments will typically break out as to who is right and who is wrong-- especially during marching season ( 3).” Each paragraph, despite flowing strangely, outlined a specific aspect of the band in increasingly detailed methods. One section describes the methods band members use to communicate with one another while another tells of its hierarchy. Overall, this paper, despite its shortcomings, laid the base for which I would later improve upon in following essays.