Gladys Knight & the Pips

from Great Expectations 'Pip' is very much a child in the the first chapter. However, it is Pip narrating it as an adult ( retrospective narrator). You know he is a child by his 'childish' thoughts and his rather odd imagination. He manages to come up with the 'childish conclusion' that his father is a 'square, stout, dark man, with curly hair' just by looking at his fathers tombstone. Also, that his mother was 'freckled and sickly'. It is quite bizarre that Pip has managed to conjour up that

“War what is it good for? Absolutely nothing!” This message continually echoed among the American public during the 1970s, emphasizing its voice of protest against the Vietnam War. In contrast with the rise of counterculture in the 1960s, the 1970s saw the rise of conservatism; the desire to revert back to America’s traditional social and religious values. During this time Americans endured a loss of confidence from an unstable economy, an energy crisis, and ongoing action in Vietnam, and Americans

by Charles Dickens in this quote, is that Pip is still an innocent young boy. More specifically, Dickens describes Pip to be still in touch with his innocence and guilt, just as any other child is. In this passage, Dickens is suggesting that Pip is always concerned with what other people think of his behavior. In this passage, the author is suggesting that PIp is very anxious to prove to Magwitch that he is innocent.Like the innocent young boy Pip is, Pip is always concerned with what other people

Berry Gordy Jr. started Motown Records in January of 1959 with only an $800 loan from his family and a passion for music. Within a few years of opening Motown Records, what started as a small Detroit record studio, they were selling more singles and releasing more hits than any other recording company. Motown became a cultural icon changing the way music was. Berry Gordy Jr. was known as the most successful African-American owned and operated record company which gave African-American artists a chance

The first text is a song, ‘Midnight Train to Georgia’, written by Jim Weatherly and performed by Gladys Knight and the Pips in 1973. The story told in the song concerns a decision, made by the persona, to follow her boyfriend back to Georgia after failing his dream to become a musician in Los Angeles. Midnight Train to Georgia shows examples of going into the world when the persona’s boyfriend is leaving and she goes with him for the reason that she cannot live in a world excluding him. She is willing

the decade Detroit became an important center for black singers and a certain type of sound called Motown, for Motown records. Popular exponents of this style are the Temptations,Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Diana Ross and the Supremes, and Gladys Knight and the

The Rolling Stones, Elvis, and The Beatles combined, which makes them the greatest hit machine in the history of pop music.” The funk brother, Including Jamerson, Played on recordings for artists such as The Supremes, The Temptations, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Stevie Wonder, and Marvin Gaye, yet went largely uncredited throughout their career. A great portion of Motown fans are unaware that a great deal of the songs they love from the various artists in the label were written by one group of

“Neither One of Us” was composed by Jim Weatherly and performed by Gladys Knight & the Pips. The style of this music is Motown music. The melody goes by piano and harmony goes by guitar, bass, and backup singer (harmony group). The tempo of this song is little fast and the meter was measure by 4/4 times. The dynamics of this song is little loud. In this song guitar, piano, bass, drum, and violin. There are seven different I can hear in this song. The song give a dance move and it’s a one of nice

about the history behind the dances and how dance has progressed through the years. Throughout the show there were prominent dances such as the Charleston, Cakewalk, and the Lindy Hop. There are very distinguished people such as James Brown, Gladys Knight and the Pips, The Supremes, Michael Jackson and Prince along with many more. This gave me a more insightful look on what happened through the history and how the evolution of music and dances had cycled through. It is easy to say that the majority of

an almost impressionistic melody story line to the accompaniment of elegant, tight, articulate harmonies of a backup group. Popular exponents of this style are the Temptations, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Diana Ross and the Supremes, and Gladys Knight and the