Ian Curtis's Life

AC/DC’s “Back in Black”, http://youtu.be/HQywr-PBR_o, was release just five months after their lead singer Bon Scott died (“Songfacts”). “Back in Black” was to be a tribute to Bon (“Songfacts”). The lyrics suggest that he’ll never die, because he’ll live on forever through their music (“Songfacts”). Brain Johnson later joined the band after being discovered in a

Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston were two of the biggest music acts in the world, selling hundreds upon thousands of records between them. Both acts rose to fame at an early age eventually earning the titles ‘The King of Pop’ (The Guardian, 2009) and ‘The Voice’ (IMDB, 2012) as well as earning plentiful awards in their careers; It is claimed that Whitney Houston is the most awarded female artist of all time. As well as preforming at some of the biggest and most prestigious venues around the world we can only dream about visiting and gaining world-wide fame they ended up meeting an untimely death due to addiction.

I spent the first ten years of my life, roughly, homeschooled and constantly around both my parents. During this time, I had no choice but to listen to whatever music they enjoyed playing drying the day, whether it was Seal in the car or Melissa Etheridge on the home stereo. Once I had struck my preteens, and with the help of my then high-school aged sisters, I was introduced to punk rock and hard rock genres of music. This became a new addiction for me; it felt rebellious, cool, in style and new. Eventually, it felt very repetitive and it seemed as if everyone was trying to emulate the same sound. So, after a short time, I began searching for music on my own. I bought Coldplay and Vampire Weekend albums, and was on the lookout for music with a more sophisticated feeling than what I had been listening to previously. I was then hopelessly addicted to music that I was discovering, and was proud to say I found my own style of music to listen to. After I received Coldplay’s album, “A Rush of Blood to the Head” as a Christmas gift, I would play it daily to

Shane is a movie produced in 1953 by George Steven. Steven is also the director of the movie which is based on the 1949 novel by Jack Schaefer. Shane was set in 1889 in the Old West of Wyoming state. Shane, the man, starts off the movie by riding into the small town dressed differently than the other men in the movie. The viewer can see that Shane is different than any other farmers in the movie. He seems to be more strong, sturdy, and even a little dangerous. Shane befriends a farmer named Joe Starrett who was weary about the strange new man at first, but warms up quickly to him as he appears to be on his side against the rival cattle rancher, Rufus Ryker.

House was so rusty when he picked up the guitar again that he had to get someone to teach him how to play like he used to. He then signed with Columbia Records, and began to perform in public places such as: colleges, festivals, and concerts. During his big comeback to fame, House had a new classic song called “Death Letter.” This song was right up there with “My Black Mama” and “Preachin’ Blues.” “In 1965, he played at Carnegie Hall and four years later found himself the subject of an eponymously titled film documentary, all of this another world removed from Clarksdale, MS, indeed” (Koda 1). During the early 70’s, House’s health had begun to disrupt his work because he wad diagnosed with both Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. He eventually lost his battle and passed away in 1988, but not before he was rightfully entered into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame in 1980.

With its evolving and unique sound, “Bohemian Rhapsody” by the British band Queen may be one of the strangest, most inspired and least-understood songs in the history of rock. Released on October 31, 1975 in the album A Night at the Opera, “Bohemian Rhapsody” became very popular, staying at the top of the UK Singles Chart for nine weeks and by the end of January, had more than a million copies sold. Freddie Mercury, the sole writer of this song, never disclosed the song’s official meaning, but Brian May, the lead guitarist of the band, believes it is about his struggles in life and how he tried to get past society’s standards, for the lyrics progress through the central character’s understanding of the situations portrayed in the song. Nonetheless,

As events come and go, people are spontaneously thrown into a situation that may be stressful,

Jeremy Oxley is a talented musician living with a mental health illness known as schizophrenia. For Jeremy, who never truly accepted he had a mental health illness (The Sunnyboy, 2013), this has impacted on relationships with his family, friends and colleagues in the music industry, affected his ability to perform and thus experiencing financial concerns (The Sunnyboy, 2013). It has led him towards substance abuse and seen him admitted to the psychiatric facility Rozelle for treatment (The Sunnyboy, 2013). Jeremy allowed us to see his reality in the film ‘The Sunnyboy’ (The Sunnyboy, 2013) and subsequent book ‘Here Comes the Sun’ (Oxley & Oxley Griffiths, 2015). The film allows us to see how Jeremy managed when he was unwell, the process of

“Fuck it, y’all, GI Joe just needs a friend” is the remedy to creating a world where Gibson has friends. Joe would not be such a hard-ass if he had friends that cared for him, which is how Gibson changed to discover the joy in her life. The women who “held my cervix between your fingers,” the women who will name their child “Beautiful”, the women with which “we held each other” allowed Gibson to feel accepted and understood. They “held these words for too many years” until someone would listen, and now Gibson is gushing her love out like a waterfall creating rainbows out of thin air. They cried for someone to “love me, love me, love me” and Gibson’s lover answered the call. Andrew ends with the poet exclaiming their message to a previously

Nick Carraway is the only character worth knowing in The Great Gatsby. He is living in East Egg with the rich and powerful people. He is on the guest lists to all of their parties and yet he is the person most worthy of attending such parties because he is well bread and his family is certainly not poor. “Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, just remember that all people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.” (Ch1, P1). These words were taught to Nick by his father showing the qualities that a man with goals and values would have in a place where goals and values was no existent. His Judgmental eye for character and guts of using them when desired makes him more interesting. He has a greatest fear that he will be

have a deep love for the music of Rage. He is known as the "heart" of

lives on, inspiring and touching people’s heart. I have always been a fan of Michael Jackson,

Amidst the glam rock and disco hysteria of the 1970s, Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis was a stark utilitarian. The image of a sweated shirt and haunting, static stare, caught in a moment of frenetic onstage convulsion, is representative of the singer’s passionate yet troubled existence, which spanned only 23 years.

"The first dateable use of the term "gothic" in relation to post-punk music was by Tony Wilson, who described Joy Division as gothic compared with the pop mainstream on a BBC TV programme, "Something Else" (15/9/79), when Tony Wilson and Steve Morris were interviewed" (Scathe).