Yes, it possesses the synthesizer and bassline driven electro-pop sound that K-pop is known for. ... But why was PSY a pariah of the Korean music industry for 11 years, until his unexpected international success in 2012? ... - What is the process behind the K-pop media machine? ... - In what way is the K-pop industry a continuation of Adorno's theory of popular music? ... Members of Girls' Generation Yuri and Seohyun in the music video for "Secret," made to promote Pantene shampoo However, it would be amiss to label the physical sales of music as the primary product being sold i...

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Western tonal music is taken as the standard music, there is no other good music except tonal music. ... Under a broad classification of pop music, there is a variety of musical expressions: the most prominent is the recorded music industry being CDs and cassettes. These are mostly Pop music from Hong Kong and Taiwan, and the quantities can be matched by that from the English-speaking West. While people recognise that Chinese music CDs are from Hong Kong or Taiwan, most of the pop music in fact is in the style of Japanese Pop music with Chinese words. ... This is confirmed by a report recently...

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The music of protest in South Africa provided a symbolic outlet for the musicians, in order to express disdain with their government. ... Music also provided a practical purpose throughout the country. The music served the purpose of communication during this time period. ... And finally, music also served a tactical purpose in South African society. ... This statement seems to be the most accurate reflection of music's purpose in South African apartheid. ...

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A Century of Pop describes yet another form of R&B to emerge during the fifties: doo-wop. ... Hugh Gregory illustrates the influence of R&B music on Rock "n" Roll in his book A Century of Pop. Artists like Fats Domino and Little Richard took the sounds of Rhythm and Blues and gospel to the pop music scene worldwide. ... Soul music's roots lie deep in gospel music. ... In his article on Aretha Franklin, Al Young argues "Soul church music, its harmonies, rhythms, and urgent fervency of the black sanctified sound recharged pop music so powerfully during the 1960's that [in the 1970&...

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Characteristically, popular music is a global cultural phenomenon and an accessible form of commercial music aimed at a worldwide audience. ... Studies of popular music encompass a range of approaches from musicological, whereby music is commonly analyzed as a text, to sociological, which tends to focus on the social uses of popular music and the dynamic and interactive relationship between popular music, culture, and society. ... The electric guitar's sound was increasingly distorted and modified and led to genres such as heavy metal and punk, which entailed a do-it-yourself (DIY) ethos ...

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On one hand you have the "King of Pop", who is most widely known for his contributions to contemporary music and dance all over the world. ... Disco music was what topped the charts during the 80s. In order to overcome this predominant culture wave, Quincy had strongly suggested creating a new balance between R&B and pop, disco and rock, and funk and ballads. ... The video was a major success, being MTV's first world premiere video, and being voted as the most influential pop music video of all time (4). ... But, the record companies had to label their music to dance musi...

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There were lots of influences from America in British pop in the late 50's and 60's. ... This music was informal music and the music would be usually created with improvised instruments such as Kazoos and washtubs. skiffle music can also be known as skuffle music. ... British pop music was different to that of American Pop music, although such artists imitated influences and sounds as Cliff Richard. ... Pop music wasn't played on most stations- only radio Luxembourg, which was a poor quality station. Radio BBC didn't play any pop music. ...

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Released in 1927, "Metropolis" is a silent science-fiction film directed by Fritz Lang, the famous German Expressionist filmmaker. The setting is that of a futuristic dystopia, with soaring skyscrapers, flying cars, and an intricate system of roadways. The city is divided into two distinct halves, t...

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Entirely self-taught, Jimi Hendrix's inability to read music made him concentrate even harder on the music he could hear. ... The excitement Hendrix created upon his arrival on the London pop scene was unequaled. ... Hendrix in his day was sometimes criticized for making music that was too "white-, when in reality he was reaching past the pop soul and tabloid press(Farley 88). ... He performed with the trio in a historic performance at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. ... Hendrix also managed to cram enough into it to last people a lifetime and beyond and in death he has becom...

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Entirely self-taught, Jimi Hendrix's inability to read music made him concentrate even harder on the music he could hear. ... The excitement Hendrix created upon his arrival on the London pop scene was unequaled. ... Hendrix in his day was sometimes criticized for making music that was too "white-, when in reality he was reaching past the pop soul and tabloid press(Farley 88). ... He performed with the trio in a historic performance at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. ... Hendrix also managed to cram enough into it to last people a lifetime and beyond and in death he has becom...

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I just popped up around 97th, 98th and Amsterdam. ... "There was a meeting when Sugar Pop came to New York in like 1980. ... Nowadays, every R&B artist is trying to pop lock. There's even videos that will teach you how to pop and lock like N'Sync. ... He's really good...he can pop. ...

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Technological progression in audio and video recordings, record-breaking pop acts, and high profiles for heavy metal and new age music highlighted 1987. ... Dance Music grew musically and commercially. ... In February, the Beastie Boys' Licensed to Ill became the first rap album to top the pop albums chart. ... Pop metalists Bon Jovi released Slippery When Wet, which topped the pop albums chart for 7 weeks and the music video chart for 28 weeks. ... Country Music flourished in 1987. ...

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I hate joyful music! ... "When Love and Death Embrace" on the other hand is my version of all those cheesy 80's pop ballads." ... HIM had finally fabricated a new type of music, waiting to be called "Love Metal." ... The music is very relaxing, and very tragic at the same time. ... They also claimed that the intro to "Join Me" was a rip off from a 1980's pop hit. ...

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First, let us look at the history of the first era of African American music, "Slave music (1600s -1860s)." ... Overall, the music know as slave music was used a means to "undermine their oppressors." ... The next era of African American music was called, "Classical African American Music (1860s -1950s)." ... Jazz was a more energetic and upbeat form of Ragtime music; it was a music that anyone and everyone danced to. ... In the 1950s there was a major shift form instrumental being the most popular music to vocal music becoming the most popular music. ...

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The type of music that came out of the 60s and the counterculture was different than other music. ... Drugs were one of the main things linked closely to the music of the 60s. Music was usually always apart of the counterculture rallies or movements, but music festivals also became a large part of the counterculture. The music festivals of the 1960's "embodied the idea of a rock & roll community," and "were meant to fix some problems of the Sixties rock shows".6 The music festival that set the stage for all the others was the Monterey Pop Festival which took place in J...

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In this way, nationalist music is an odd, distant relative of the protest music made so popular by the likes of folk artists such as Bob Dylan. ... Numerous music magicians of the 20th century look to Dylan as an inspiration and a model in either music or words. ... As a musician, he sparked several genres of pop music, including electrified folk-rock and country-rock. ... Where Hercules used his strength to save people and fight monsters, Bob Dylan fought indirectly for the rights of horrible singers to sing pop music, as well as the subjects of his protests songs. ... Much in the same w...

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It has been called "some of the most powerful rock music ever recorded..the songs being little vignettes of nihilism." ... (Lewis 6) The impact of the music doesn't just pertain to the late 60's and early 70's; it is some of the greatest music ever made, and the sound is still astounding to this day. ... And Jim was referred to as a "counter-cultural hero," always pushing the limits, as well as the "first rock"n"roll method actor," and a "quintessential Sixties pop star... And the 1969 album The Soft Parade, showed a definite decline in the quality of the music, as well a...

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There is the breaking, popping, locking, freestyle, new school, old school and mainstream routines. ... I have always loved hip-hop music and now I love the music and style of dance at the same time. ... Each school had their own selection of music. Some schools chose American hip-hop songs, some chose canto pop, some mandarin and even Korean pop songs. ... In this period, he learned many hip-hop dancing styles such as popping, locking, new school and old school hip-hop from High King. ...

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Jazz music first began around 1895 in New Orleans. ... The music world in New York was large with recording companies, music business, and publishing houses. ... Many people enjoyed the music. ... The admission was the heart and passion of the music. ... Armstrong had a few nicknames people had given him such as "pops ", "satchmo ", and "ambassador satch ". ...

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Country music was music that entire communities listened to, linking each member to the group. ... (Marcus, 133) In other words, country music was the music for white working class families. ... The music of the black working class was blues, which was more about guilt and damnation than country music was. ... Each race had its own music to listen to. ... (Edmonds, 26) Rather than continue with the "pop" formula of his past Motown hits, he used the pain to record his greatest record. ...

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The album covers of the Beatles have been a revelation in popular pop music. "They have been seen as groundbreaking in their visual and aesthetic properties and have been congratulated for their innovative and imaginative designs they have also been seen as largely responsible for allowing the connections between art and pop" (Inglis 83). ... Thus, posting such an album cover might have been their off-set to not only a new form album covers but also music where they did not speak about love as much as they did earlier. In the Billboard Magazine released in June 1966, Capitol says ...

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John Lennon's music, art and writings touched the world. ... Through this role he changed the way pop music was conceived, he made it something that mattered, could take a stand, and "insinuated rock and roll into the realm of art."" ... The Beatles' music has had a major impact on American music. ... The Beatles additionally used repetition in their music, in not only the lyrics but also the music. ... They were able to combine traditional rock and roll with pop, rhythm and blues, and Eastern influence. ...

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Abstract Ravaged by war, violently pushed out of their home country, separated from their extended family and friends, and evacuated to a foreign country where they have no commonality, Vietnamese refugees faced the worst after the end of Vietnam War in 1975. Although they are caught between two ...

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Britney Spears is an icon. For the last five years, she has continued to shock America with her overt sexuality and will continue to do so for years to come. In such a short time span, she quickly grew from a run-of-the-mill solo singer to owning a muliti-million dollar empire and being the spokesma...

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" Some people think musicians should stick with the music. ... But what really drives the music itself, is the words that it is built upon. ... Luckily, they decided that a more raw voice might help them from the constant soft and overly manufactured pop voices that they had heard at that time. ... The band released several other albums from that point including the albums Actung Baby and Pop. Actung Baby received some recognition due to Bob Dylan's increase interest with the band but the album Pop would prove to be a disaster. ...

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