Bob Hurley

Throughout the Rock and Roll: Catalyst For Social Change course, students have learned about many different artists, genres, and their songs in Western musical history. More importantly, we’ve learned about how those artists and songs have addressed far-reaching social issues. For instance, Charley Patton's "Tom Rushen Blues" addressed racism, and Prince’s songs provoked controversy concerning censorship and freedom of speech, as discussed in the previous weeks. However, there are many more songs

The inspiration he got for making the historical hit "A Change Is Gonna Come", was when he some of his friends were charged with disturbing the peace after they were denied rooms at a motel because they were black and the song "Blowing in the wind by Bob Dylan. This sparked his interest in history and

There were two main genres of music in the 1960s. These types were rock and roll as well as pop however there are many sub genres. These main genres had many different singers for some example there are Elvis Presley, the Beatles and Bob Dylan as well as many others. These singers were very influential people because they have so many people who love them and had power to sway huge crowds. These bands are still listened to by many older people as well as some of the young generation.. There are

Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward’s book, All the President’s Men, was written in 1974 during the Watergate Scandal and combines history with journalism. Bernstein and Woodward are journalists for the Washington Post. These two share a Pulitzer Prize for their coverage of Watergate and have coauthored several bestsellers, which includes this book. All the President’s Men, is about the Watergate scandal and how they uncovered it. As this book was written by two journalists, there are differences to

Character: RENEE Ethical Issue: Betrayal Episode: Episode 7 – “Piggy in The Middle Blues” Introduction: Good evening ladies and gentlemen. Today I will be presenting to you a persuasive monologue, in role, which I will justify Renee’s actions and behaviour in response to the ethical issue of Betrayal. The monologue will be validating the reasoning behind Renee creating an avatar to tell Max that he should back off as he is pushing Saskia to the brink to get the music done by the weekend and that

Bob Dylan’s legacy has fought for peace and social justice through this highly written protest song. By incorporating countless real world scenarios into his music, Dylan was able to achieve the Nobel Prize for Literature. For example, his song “A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall” incorporates many different social conflicts into one song because “Every line in it is actually the start of a whole new song” (Doyle). While writing one of his top hits Dylan felt he would not have enough time to write any more

Popular music from the 1950’s to 1990’s was a significant time in history where youth culture was evolving and changing the Australian way of life. The evolution of popular music in Australia since the 1950’s was inextricably linked with the rise of popular culture and concept of youth rebellion during this period. During the 1950’s and 1960’s Australian youth had their first glance at rock ‘n’ roll and its rebellious attitudes. Moving to the 1970’s and 1980’s music genres extended into hippie,

The British Invasion was a counter-culture phenomenon in the mid-1960’s all the way to the 1970’s. It was an influence of British punk culture that collided with the American continent, with the aid of the leading forefront bands of The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and The Who. The British Invasion comes in three waves over three decades, their musical talent affected politics, youth social behavior, and influenced a vast amount of culture through the generations that lived on. Their contribution

Music in the 60s was a fruitful time, everything was changing, from the style of beats to the evolution of new artists and bands making history. But, at the start of it all, a great composer Miles Davis was approaching the stage. Like any artist, at the time Davis encountered competition as well. The obstacles in the way were the changing style of music, the number of albums sold, and the audience's opinion and impact on the two genres. Furthermore, Between Kind of Blue and Abbey Road, it was like

A protest song is a song about creating or spreading awareness about a movement in order to get other people to feel the same way. People who believe strongly about an opinion create protest songs. A protest song is used to enhance the way people feel about an action or movement. I think that Bleed Red by Ronnie Dunn is a protest song because the song is about equal rights and how we don’t treat each other equally. This is related to the issue that is going on everywhere and has always happened