MUSIC TRANSCENDING CULTURES

Saasha Jethwani 15020621245Krishna Mirpuri 15020621137

Impact of music1. Cultural Impact- #Selfie, captions, rap,

verbal IQ2. Moral Impact- Songs on alcohol, drugs,

violence3. Emotional Impact-

● Active listening amps up happiness● Singing together brings us together

● Effects of music on stress and anxiety

● Mood management

THE BEATLES● English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. ● 1964- President Kennedy assassination, Vietnam war,

racial conflicts and drug use was becoming popular among the youth.

● Members John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr

● Influence on rock era● Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ● Our world broadcast- 1967 across 24 countries, 400

million viewers● Staged a large stadium concert in Shea Stadium in New

York City record audience of 55,600. The event sold out in 17 minutes.

THE BEATLES- Continued

● More popular than Jesus● Bohemianism● Psychedelia● Story of Hey jude● The beatle haircut, the hippie look, long hair movement● Fashion- during the psychedelic era of 1967–1968, The Beatles popularized bright

colors, suits and shirts and trousers with floral patterns. ● Also popularized Indian-influenced fashions such as collarless shirts and sandals,

sitar(george harrison)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgJQ6LQ8x1E

PINK FLOYD

“So you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking

Racing around to come up behind you again

The sun is the same in a relative way but you're older

Shorter of breath and one day closer to death”

AR RAHMAN

1) Genre Variety - (debut in 1992); Will I am and PCD2) Patriotic themes3) Staying aloof despite success4) Working Style5) Story behind Khwaja mere Khwaja- encapsulation of cultures.

● American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, actor, and philanthropist.● Dubbed the "King of Pop● contributions to music, dance, and fashion, along with his publicized personal life

made him a global figure● Pop, soul, rhythm and blues, funk, rock, disco, post-disco, dance-pop ● 13 grammy awards● We are the world($63m for humanitarian aid in Africa)

MICHAEL JACKSON

MICHAEL JACKSON.. CONTINUED

-indeterminate mix of human types, into a sort of ageless arch-person, blending black and

white, male and female, adult and child. “symbol of universalism”

-We are limited only by our power to dream.

-The most-impersonated artist.

-MTV colour barrier- Billie Jean

-Opened floodgates for black culture through reverse engineering(thriller video)

-Cross-genre collaborations(Eddie Van Halen on “Beat It” or Paul McCartney on “The Girl

Is Mine)

-music video as an artform, influence of choreography, dance culture- moonwalk

THRILLER VIDEO

Jackson released "Thriller", a 14-minute music video directed by John Landis, in 1983.The zombie-themed video "defined music videos and broke racial barriers" on the Music Television Channel (MTV), a fledgling entertainment television channel at the time. In December 2009, the Library of Congress selected the "Thriller" music video for inclusion in the National Film Registry. It was one of 25 films named that year as "works of enduring importance to American culture" that would be "preserved for all time."As of 2009, "Thriller" is the only music video to have been inducted into the registry

QUEEN

● Influences

● Themes

● Genres

● Epics?

● Freddy Mercury- The Enigma

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY

While I think that it is certainly possible there is a hidden message in this song I dislike the way most of it was interpreted especially the gun to his head part. If I were going to put it into terms of a "coming out" song I would see that as the actual coming out, killing his heterosexual life and showing his true self to "mama"( Mary Austin )

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