One of the biggest inspirations in my life has always been David Bowie due to many of his works and his creativity. Throughout his life, Bowies uniqueness always stood out to me. His music and alter egos inspired me to be who I am today and have taught me to embrace my creativity and flaws. Although we both have a similar personality, Bowie grew up a lot different than me. David Bowie was born David Robert Jones on January 8th, 1947 in Brixton, South London, England. David Bowie became interested in music at age 13 when he started learning how to play saxophone. At this age, one of his biggest inspirations was his half brother, Terry, who was nine years older than him. Terry showed the adolescent Bowie Rock and beat literature. During this exploration of rock, …show more content…
In 1973, Bowie disbanded the Spiders. He then released Aladdin Sane. This album featured the song Let’s Spend the Night Together, which features Keith Richards and Mick Jagger. Around this time he also released a cover album called Pin Ups, featuring songs originally recorded with bands such as Pink Floyd and Pretty Things.
In the mid- Seventies, Bowie released David Live and Young Americans. Five years later, Bowie released Scary Monsters, which featured the single “Ashes to Ashes,” a short updated version of Space Oddity. In 1983, Bowie released Just Dance, With hits such as “China Girl” and “Modern Love”.
Although Bowie is known for his music career, he also starred in many different movies. Some of the movies he starred in include The Man Who Fell to Earth and Labyrinth, a movie directed by Jim Henson and Produced by George Lucas. Bowie also starred on Broadway in The Elephant Man.
In the nineties, David Bowie’s music career withered. Bowie’s album, Black Tie White Noise, struggled to faze record buyers, and Bowie’s side project with Tinman didn’t impress
In 1972 Richard Elfman began a band known as The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo that was a new wave band when he left the band to become a filmmaker. In 1976 Danny took over the band until they retired in 1995. They were then called simply Oingo Boingo in 1979 they were a ska influenced new wave band until they changed styles again in the 80’s and became more guitar rock. They were known for their Halloween themes and sold out every Halloween concert they ever performed. One of their most popular songs that is played on several radio stations every year for Halloween is “Dead Man’s Party”.
Vincent Van Gogh is one of the world’s greatest and most well-known artists, but when he was alive he considered himself to be a complete failure. It was not until after he died that Van Gogh’s paintings received the recognition they deserved. Today he is thought to be the second best Dutch artist, after Rembrandt. Born in 1853, he was one of the biggest artistic influences of the 19th century. Vincent Van Gogh created a new era of art, he learned to use art to escape his mental illness, and he still continues to inspire artists over 100 years later.
Not only that, he played for great stars like Ike and Tina Turner as well as Sam Cooke. The year 1965 was when things really started to take flight for Hendrix’s music career. He played for more bands and artists such as Joey Dee. Hendrix played for the Starlighters at the time as well. During the next three years, Hendrix played for many major music artists and decided to make his own band he named Jimmy James And The Blue Flames. One day, while performing, former bassist of the band The Animals, Chas Chandler watched him and offered to be his manager in mid 1966 (Rockhall).
Some people may call him “The King”, Elvis Presley is a well-known musician who stepped out of the norm and created a different kind of music. Presley combined pop, country, gospel, and black R&B to create his musical style. Presley caught everyone’s attention with his dance moves and musical talent. Elvis Presley led the way for many musicians, and has impacted the lives of many people.
Travis Tritt was born on February 9, 1963 to Georgia and James Tritt. Travis fell in love with music as a young boy. By the age of eight he had already taught himself how to play the guitar and by the age of 14 he was beginning to write his own songs. When Travis was younger his parents did not want him to follow his instincts; his mother wanted him to sing in the church, but he wanted to sing and write country music.
Elvis Presley was born on January 8, 1935, in Tupelo, Mississippi. When he was thirteen, his family moved to Memphis, Tennessee. Bluesmen often performed in the black section of town, which was where Presley would spend his time in. As a boy, he grew up listening to blues, gospel, pop, and country. He eventually became one of the most iconic and influential people in the twentieth century. His interracial style of music and hip-shaking performances on stage created a wider fan base for the genre of rock and roll. The passion that he expressed with both his voice and body modeled music into what it is today. During his life, teens were ecstatic about him to the point where fans would tear at his clothes as he performed on stage. However, parents thought he was too sexual and not good for children. Today, having sold over one billion records all over the world, he is
Jhon Coltrane and Miles Davis to be among his biggest influences in music. After playing
The nineties were an exceptional decade for music which, unfortunately, has not been reprised to this day. The formerly mentioned decade witnessed the emergence of alternative rock music as an outlet for those who were saturated by the excesses that characterized the eighties and the lack of substance of some of its music. Accordingly, during the nineties, music audiences began to value talent over appearance, catchy rhythms, meaningless lyrics, and flashy choreographies. Moreover, throughout this time, music was conceived as a means to inspire and move listeners, rather than a mere tool for product placement. Thus, the nineties gave birth to a phenomenal musical genre that has yet to be surpassed since it created a deep connection with the afflicted souls of a generation, valued music’s inspirational quality over intricate musical arrangements, and introduced the world to a plethora of invaluable artists for whom music was their utmost priority.
Bob Dylan is an important icon whose music continues to influence rock music even six decades later, despite after several top forty hits, not one being a number one hit. His music has inspired many iconic musicians like Johnny Cash and The Grateful Dead (nj101.com) . What Bob Dylan brought to rock music back in the sixties can be heard in today’s music.
“Rock Awhile” by Goree Carter is a lot more upbeat than “Devil Got my Woman”, with more swing to it. This song is much faster paced and can be danced to. Also about a woman, this song has more happy lyrics about a woman he loved and how his baby was coming home. There are a lot more instruments to this song like an electric guitar, a piano, a saxophone, percussion, etc. and the song was primarily instrumental, which emphasized these different musical instruments. Goree Carter’s voice was a lot smoother than James’ which made it easy to understand and follow along with, and the strength that came from his vocal style easily pulls you in.
John Winston Lennon was born on October 9, 1940, in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, during a German air raid in World War II. At the age of 4, Lennon’s parents separated and he ended up living with his Aunt mimi. Lennon was devastated when Julia was fatally struck by a car driven by a police officer in July 1958. Her death was one of the most traumatic events in his life. Elvis Presley’s was an inspiration to Lennon to create a band call the Quarrymen.
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David Berkowitz was born on June 1, 1953. His birth name was Richard David Falco. His mother, Betty Broder Falco, was born in 1914 and was raised in Brooklyn. She had an affair with a man named Joseph Kleinman, who eventually impregnated her with David. When he was told that she was pregnant, he told her to get rid of the baby. So when he was born, he was immediately put up for adoption. When he was a few days old he was adopted by Nathan and Pearl Berkowitz, a Jewish couple from the Bronx. They reversed the order of his given names and called him David, he would be their only child.
Hits from the first half of the 20th century were supplied by Tin Pin Alley that celebrated the boom years and Roaring Twenties and provided an escape from the Depression and two World Wars. Cole Porter, Hoagy Carmichael, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Rodgers and Hart, Jerome Kern left their imprint during "the Jazz Age." However, there were the long-forgotten hacks cashing in on the latest fads spewing out sentimental weepers and cute novelty numbers aimed at the bland tastes of American mainstream.