Pop music

listen to an average of nearly two and a half hours of music per day. One in three popular songs contains explicit references to drug or alcohol abuse. That’s about thirty five references every hour. One might argue that kids do not pay that much attention to music, but national surveys have shown that nine out of ten adolescents have an MP3 player. The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine studied 279 popular songs from 2005, nine percent of pop song contained drug and alcohol references, fourteen

In the current era of popular music in America, childhood starlets often experience a shift or change in the genre and lyrical contents of the music they produce once they reach adulthood. While childhood stars such as Miley Cyrus and Britney Spears transformed their images towards more sexually and culturally liberal ones, African American artists, on the other hand, have to contend with toning down their music explicitly to appeal more towards white America. This essay will focus entirely on the

From classical music, to pop, to a few selections of musical theatre music, Mehgan Perine surely delivered an outstanding performance at her senior recital. On Monday May 16, many of Mehgan’s beloved family members, peers, and friends all came out to support her at the Covina Center of the Performing Arts to watch her perfectly roll out a beautiful recital. A senior recital that included many types of music genres, and even an Italian aria. Perine is only eighteen years old and she was the only student

Culture may simply be defined as a way of life of an identifiable Group of people. Culture encompasses language, primary beliefs held by the culture, rituals and traditions, a social structure with hierarchies, social norms, and taboos in the economic and political systems that give a culture something to run on. As long as one can clearly create or define the aspects of a culture, a new culture can be created at any time. This paper focuses on the culture of the Ogonis. The Ogonis are a large group

sexuality. Lady Gaga is a pop star but she also calls herself as a performance artist. She emphasizes and cherishes the visual images and costumes on stage. This essay’s focus on Nicki Minaj and Lady Gaga’s characteristic that they both are feminist pop star. They look at things from the perspective of progressive women and express in their own ways. Their colours aren’t one off its commonly seen in their oeuvres. In particular this essay will look at the relationship between their music videos, interviews

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'Smash Hits' sells itself as a 'popular music magazine’; it fits well into this self-proclaimed genre and creates its image through the codes, conventions, and generic signifiers of that genre. For example, bright, bold lettering-the red and white titles, almost like a stamp. Generic

Music has described and impacted our culture as far back as we can record. From ballads to hip hop, music has not only told stories about the singer, but also, and perhaps more importantly, about the time as well. The 1960 's was a time known for it 's anti-war movement and it 's drive for sex, while the 1990 's became an era of nostalgia (especially for the current adult generation) and melancholy ballads only subdued by birth of "bubblegum pop." In our current century, music has become a forefront

The 1950s and 1960s were times of unprecedented change, and Australian society was influenced greatly by American popular culture, through various mediums, such as: music, film, television and fashion. This especially affected teenagers. It will be explained how Australian society was impacted by American popular culture, and also why American popular culture had such an affect. Australian developed its own responses to these influences, and the extent of this will also be explored. The 1950s meant

day? This type of music is not abnormal to hear on the radio, or to stumble across on YouTube. The amount of unrestricted access to popular music that young children have is problematic and society needs to recognize that and make a change. When my father and stepmother first moved in together, my stepmother only allowed my step sisters to listen to Justin Bieber CDs, which my siblings and I felt was ridiculous. We would ridicule them for not being allowed to listen to music on YouTube or Star