(Oasis in the Desert) are one of the most popular and critically recognized British bands of the last decade; they played no small part in pushing British guitar-pop to the top.
Alternative Pop/Rock, British Trad Rock, Britpop, Hard Rock, Rock & Roll
2.Introduction to coldplay
But few seemed to be looking at Coldplay as an alternative, and their debut album Parachutes was an outspoken, insightful, melodic masterpiece that went back to the source of the music to express the introspective but raw emotions of their songs, proving that it doesn't take much more than shouting to make a splash in the music scene. The album sold over 5 million copies worldwide, received high praise from NME and Q magazines, two 2001 Brit Awards and a 2002 Grammy for Best Alternative Album. In one night, Coldplay went from a small pub to a park in Glasgow, Scotland, a Big Day Out event in Australia, and even a headline-grabbing tour of the U.S. Johnny laughed: "It was the most awesome, nerve-wracking, surreal experience ever."
Chris Martin, who hails from Devon, Will Champion from Southampton, Guy Barryman, who spent his childhood in Scotland (and later moved to Kent), and Johnny Buckland, who hails from North Wales, met at the London Academy in the mid-'90s, and soon became close friends. Chris and Johnny started writing songs together, Guy fell in love with the music as soon as he heard it and joined in on bass and Will switched from guitar to drums. The foursome's love of music has kept them true to their vision throughout their career. At the time, they practiced almost nightly: "We practiced in bathrooms, basements and even parks, pretty much everywhere we could think of." Chris laughs; Johnny adds, "We've stuck to our belief of 'it's got to work' since the beginning, and from the first moment I met Chris, I knew we'd go all the way and make something of ourselves."
They recorded a four-track EP with only 500 copies released, which helped them qualify for the 1998 Manchester Music Festival, and their performance caught the eye of Simon Williams, who signed them immediately and released the single Brothers And Sisters on his Fierce Panda label. The single was released on his Fierce Panda label as Brothers And Sisters, which helped them secure a contract with Parlophone. But even though Coldplay had a contract with a record label, they still retained their usual high degree of musical autonomy, they like to be in control of everything, in addition to **** with the production of the album, from the music video to the art design of the big and small things, they have to intervene, and even the Parachutes Parachute album cover is their own shot. And even though they've gotten multiple strong offers, no Coldplay single has been used as a commercial song, and they don't let their songs be included in movie soundtracks.
Will said, "It's about being 100% Coldplay and having control over every part of our work so that we can really express ourselves and our style, and that's why we're so involved in the recording, the music video, the artwork, and all the other stuff that we do, and we've been given some great advice, but we were born to do it. Although some people have given us some great advice, we're not naturally a band that does what we're told."
Coldplay's sophomore album A Rush of Blood To The Head was also delayed under the group's "control," and they once again used the original Parachutes lineup - mixing and production partners Ken Nelson and computer engineer Mark Nelson - to produce the album. Ken Nelson, and computer engineer Mark Phythain.
The album was prepared in October 2001 and recorded around Christmas time, and was met with a great deal of excitement; however, the members were less than thrilled, as Johnny recalled: "We all thought it was too soft, and although it sounded good, on further listening we all thought it wasn't quite right," he said. But on further listening, we didn't feel right; of course, in a rush, we could have made a sloppy, self-defeating album; but luckily we didn't, and now we're able to embark on a two-year tour with a full load of great songs."
Chris admits: "We were a little bit fussy, and the finished product was actually pretty good, but it wasn't good enough, so we went back to the little studio in Liverpool where we recorded the last album with Ken and Mark, and we got a lot of good songs out of it, from Daylight, The Whisper, and The Scientist, in two weeks. Daylight, The Whisper and The Scientist came out within a fortnight and were recorded quickly, so we were pretty pumped up and felt like we could do whatever we wanted, we could do without the acoustic instruments, we could do without the loud rock and roll, we could do without the revolt against the status quo, and we had a lot of visits to Ian McCulloch, and he was always saying, "Try this, try that, it's great! "
Although the new album is still as cool as Coldplay, it's richer than its predecessor, with more up-tempo and electronic elements, Chris said: "The last album had a lot of scruples, and there was a lot of insecurity in making it, so there was a little bit of reservation. After a lot of journeys in life and meeting a lot of people, we've become more mature now, and the same is true for our music. In the past two years, we've listened to a lot of artists such as the Bunnymen, The Cure, PJ Harvey, Nick Cave, New Order.... We've been listening to a lot of musicians like the Bunnymen, the Cure, PJ Harvey, Nick Cave, New Order, etc., and we've been absorbing them like a sponge, and we're just ready to go with this album. Now we don't feel worried or insecure about making music anymore, instead we feel fully confident."
In February 2002, in between recording sessions, Chris traveled to Haiti and the Dominican **** and country to take part in a solidarity campaign to change the terms of world trade. It was an intensive and exhausting journey through a long, harrowing, brutal journey of hardship and meeting the many hard-working but impoverished farm workers who, however, deserve to be earning what they are earning in the world coffee market and in the U.S. with the combination of the low-priced U.S. rice import policy. Chris performed in London's Trafalgar Square at the opening of the Fairtrade event, an action that was unanimously endorsed by all members of the group. Guy said: "Anyone who has achieved what we have has such a social responsibility, and a lot of people care about what we say, through the TV, the newspapers and so on. A lot of people care about what we say, buy our CDs and read the liner notes, and it's a great way for people to learn about the issues that are important to them, but for us, it's just a matter of doing it, and as long as we can really help people, why wouldn't we?"
Speaking about the album's direction, which is still largely personal, Chris said: "We're making this album in the mood of 'every day could be the end', so it's more about speaking up and doing the best we can, no matter what. We're trying to achieve and live every day to the fullest, as if we're trying to make the best of every opportunity that comes our way, because the opportunities are always so unbelievable. That's the kind of thinking that permeates the band and all of us in our daily lives, and of course there's a little bit of male-female bonding on the album, because that's what life is all about."
3. Who was the most important figure in the history of 20th century world pop music? The answer is undoubtedly Elvis Presley - "TheHillbillyCat," as he was nicknamed by his avid Southern American fans.
In the 1950s, Elvis' music began to take the world by storm. His music transcended racial and cultural boundaries, blending country, blues and hillbilly rock and roll to form a unique style with a distinct personality that shook the pop world and made rock and roll like a whirlwind across the world of music. Although except in a few movies.
Songs, Elvis never recorded a song in a foreign language, and he never played a concert outside the United States except for five shows in three Canadian cities. Handsome looks, gifted musical dexterity, uninhibited nature and inspirational stage presence became the label of Elvis Presley, and made him a star of the world's fervent admiration, Elvis' home in Graceland, the prize gallery filled with gold and platinum records, and a variety of accolades from countries all over the world, some of whom are Norway, Yugoslavia, Japan, Australia, South Africa, Britain, Sweden, Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States, the United States, the United States and the United States. Some of them were from Norway, Yugoslavia, Japan, Australia, South Africa, England, Sweden, Germany, France, Canada, Belgium and the Netherlands. His influence lasted for more than 20 years from the 50's to the 70's and his popularity has endured, and after his death in 1977, his old favorites have remained popular and any reissues have maintained very steady sales. There is no doubt that Elvis is the highest selling artist in the history of popular music.
Elvis has sold albums worldwide that are among the highest selling artists in the history of the recording industry. In the United States alone, Elvis has 131 gold and platinum albums posthumously awarded by RCA Records and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It is estimated that 40% of Elvis' total sales were generated outside the United States.
4. The Beatles (The Beetles)
The Beatles were undoubtedly the most influential band of the century. In the space of 8 years, they not only changed rock and pop , but also, forever changed the face of all music.
In the late 1950s, under the influence of rhythm and blues, a new style of music was born - rock and roll.
In 1956, Lonnie Donegan and the Chris Barber Jazz Band hit the Top 10 with a song called "Rock Island Line" by Hootie Ledbetter. (The Chris Barber Band recorded a song called "Catc--all" in 1967, which was written by Paul McCartney between 1957-1960.) Ronnie Donegan's subsequent string of successful hits (e.g., "CumberlandGap," "Gambling Man Ronnie Donegan's subsequent series of successful songs (e.g. "Cumberland Gap", "Gambling Man") started the "Skiffle" music craze that swept the British Isles. Thanks to its simple instrumentation (sometimes just everyday household items like a washboard) and an "anyone can do it" attitude, teenagers across the country started forming their own "skiffle" bands.
One of these sudden "Skiffle Bugs" was a 16-year-old Liverpudlian boy named John Lennon, who got interested in pop music by listening to Elvis Presley's 1956 recording of "Heartbreak Lodge," but "Skiffle" music was not the only thing he was interested in. The rise of "skiffle" music prompted him to form his first band in March 1957, which was called "Black Jacks", with John playing a guitar that he begged his aunt to buy for 17 pounds, and another member, Pete Shotton, playing a a scrubbing board. The group soon (a week later) changed their name to 'Quarry Men', a line from both of their school anthems, and the Quarry Men's personnel was always changing often with friends joining in. They started playing at parties and "Skiffle" competitions around Liverpool. They once performed in a talent contest organized by Carol Leavis, but failed to pass the preliminaries. A month after that failure, Pete Shotton arranged for "QuarryMen" to perform at a summer festival at St. Peter Parish Church in Walton. It was held on July 6, 1957.
On July 6, 1957, in another part of Liverpool, Ivan Vaughan, a member of the Quarry Men, was persuading his friend Paul McCartney to go with him to see the Quarry Men. Quarry Men", claiming that it's a good place to meet girls. Anyway, Paul went to the show with Ivan.
Paul said of John at the time: "I remember going to the place and seeing all the shows and listening to all the music and it was John and his band. I remember being amazed because I was really drawn to that music. I remember John was singing a song called Come On With Me. He had heard that song on the radio, but he didn't know the words, he just made up his own words if he didn't know the song, and he looked good, and he sang well, and he would have been a good lead singer for me. Of course, he didn't have his glasses on, so he did look mild, and I do remember that John was really good, he was the only one who stood out, the others didn't make much of an impression."
Ivan introduced Paul to John after the Quarry Men's afternoon set. "I was a chubby middle-school boy, and he [John] put an arm on my shoulder, and I thought he must have been drinking! "Paul grabbed a guitar and started showing the band his genius. He sang "Tw--enty FlightRock" and "Be-Bop-A-Lula", both of which were John's favorites (Paul later copied the lyrics for him.) Paul's ability to memorize all of the lyrics amazed John, and the fifteen year old boy showed a skill on guitar that all of the members of the "Quarry men" still lack. Quarry men" members had yet to master.
July 6, 1957, was the most important day in Beatles history.
Two weeks later, Pete Shotton rode his bike through Walton to invite Paul to join on behalf of John and the band. After Paul McCartney joined the Qua--rry Men, the Quarry Men didn't immediately accept George, thinking he was too young. George, however, was determined to join the band and admired John, imitating him as he went along, and his house became a good place for the Quarry Men to rehearse. When he finally joined the band, it was renamed Jonny and the Moondogs. That fall (1958) they played under the name "Jonny and the Moondogs". It was in Liverpool that people started to like the band... In 1959, they changed the name of the band to "Silver Beatles" and they had a big problem: the band didn't have a drummer. George Harrison said he knew a guy from the club. He was Pete Best and he joined the band.
By August 1960, they had simplified their name to The Beatles. They traveled to Hamburg, Germany, where it was easier to find gigs. When they first arrived, they were told that the band had to be five people. So they returned to Liverpool and asked a friend if he would like to join the band as a bass player. That person was Stuart Sutcliffe and he said yes. By then it was 1961. They then played regularly in Hamburg, and from August 17th to October 3rd they played at the Intra Club for four and a half hours a night and six hours on weekends. After this, as the police closed the Intra Club, the Beatles moved to Kaiserkellar to continue playing, where they met a drummer, Ringo Starr, from Liverpool's best-known band at the time, RoryStorm and the Hurricanes, who soon became good friends with them.On October 15. John, Paul, Geo--rge, Ringo and Lou Walters, another member of the Hurricanes, got together in a studio to record George Gershwin's Summ-- ertime. It was also at Kaiserkellar that Stu met Astrid, a girl studying photography. The two quickly fell in love and were engaged two months later.The Beatles' early toilet cap hairstyle, a look later copied by some singers, was designed by Stuart's girlfriend Astrid. On a road trip, they met singer Toni Sheridan. Sheridan wanted to record a new album, My Bonnie, but couldn't find a band. They said they could accompany him and it was an instant hit. Sheridan's producer gave the band a new name, "The Rhythm Brothers," but the name was only used for the backing tracks.
In November, the Beatles moved to The Top Ten Club, and on November 21st, the unlucky George was deported by the German police after he was found to have played the club under the age of 18; only a few days later, Paul and Pete were deported after being accused of setting a fire in the shed behind the movie theater where they were staying; and naturally John had to pack up and head back home. had to pack up and go back home. Only Stu stays behind, for the girl he loves and the painting.
After returning home separately, George, Paul, and John didn't keep in touch, and it wasn't until February of the following year that they reunited, by which time George didn't even know that the other Beatles had returned home as well.
Stu's departure left the Beatles looking for a bass player again. At first, they found Chas Newby from Pete's past band, the Blackjacks, but soon Chas left the Beatles because he had to continue his education. In 1961, without a bassist, the Beatles were once again on their way to Hamburg. In the meantime, in order to have a permanent bass player, the Beatles decided to solve the problem internally, and John, Paul, and George began to push back and forth: John wanted George to be the bass player, while the others wanted John to be the bass player. The end result was that Paul took the job. At the time he happened to be without a guitar (it had just arrived in Hamburg and broken) and had been playing the piano and had to steal someone else's guitar, and because he was left-handed, he had to play it backwards. Rumor has it that when he became a bassist, his first bass was a seven-string bass with strings "borrowed" from a club piano in Hamburg. One day Paul went out looking for his first decent bass, he went to a small store in the center of Hamburg and saw a violin-shaped bass in the window, a Hafner 500/1, which he bought for about $45. He went on to have a number of different Hafner 500/1s.
In 1960, he played the Top Ten club in Germany and helped Tony Sheridan release the single My Bonnie, in front of an audience that included Brian Epstein, manager of the North End music store, who ran a recording studio. "He was very impressed with the Beatles' performance. He told the Beatles he wanted to be their manager. How could the Beatles not be impressed by this offer? In November of '61, Epstein began working with the Beatles on a number of new projects, including a new album, a new album, a new album, a new album, a new album, a new album, a new album, a new album, a new album, and a new album. Epstein then began contacting almost every record company in the UK.
He arranged for the Beatles to audition at Decca Records on the first day of the new year, 1962. They performed 15 songs handpicked by Epstein, including three they had written themselves: 'Hello Little Girl', 'Like Dreamers Do' and 'Love Of The Loved'. However Decca didn't think their songs would be a hit and didn't sign them.
Soon after, Epstein met with George Martin, who ran Parlaphone, a small EMI company, and who, having already been rejected by a number of labels, had become disillusioned, and the meeting was in fact mostly a joke, since George Martin's company produced comedy recordings. The meeting with George Martin was actually half a joke, as George Martin's company mainly produced comedy recordings. Epstein gave George Martin a demo of the Beatles, which was not very good, but in order to find out what the Beatles were like, George Martin asked Epstein to bring them in so that he could see them for himself. A few months later, on June 6, 1962, the Beatles came to Abbey Road Studios to audition for the first time, and George Martin spent two evenings and an afternoon listening to the Beatles, and was quickly impressed by the Beatles' charisma. The Beatles wrote "LoveMe Do", one of his favorites, and "P.S. I Love You", another, but there was only one thing George Martin was slightly dissatisfied with, and he told Epstein about it, unaware that this was exactly what Epstein and the other Beatles had been thinking about. The quiet Pete Best had always been a bit of a misfit with the other Beatles, and his drumming was hardly enough to support a rock band like the Beatles, who, most importantly, did know there was another, better drummer out there.
On August 16, Ringo Starr officially replaced Pete Best as the Beatles' drummer. This infuriated Pete Best fans, and Mersey Beat soon received a petition with hundreds of signatures, and many fans gathered in front of The Cavern Club to demonstrate, chanting "Pete Best Forever, Ringo Never! There were even a few scuffles. In one instance, Goeroge Harrison was punched in the face, and on Aug. 18, Ringo joined the rest of the Beatles for their first official recording session at the Parlaphone after only two hours of rehearsal.
For the second recording session, on Sept. 4, producer George Martin wanted them to sing the Mitch Murray song "How Do You Do It," but the Beatles insisted on using their own song, "Love Me Do," and the argument turned out to be a win for the Beatles. Before the recording session, George Martin's suggestion to add John's harmonica was accepted, but they had to change their plans for John to sing Love Me Do to Paul, who had a natural stage fright, making him nervous.
On October 5, Love Me Do/P.S. I Love You, the Beatles' first UK single, was released. The story goes that Epstein paid for 10,000 copies of the record out of Epstein's own pocket to make sure it hit the top twenty in the charts. For them, this was more or less an achievement. From there, they began touring the country. Their new song "Please Please Me" hit number one on the Hot 100 chart. Some of their other early chart toppers were "She Loves You" and "From Me To You". This was the beginning of the real Beatlemania. That same year, they played their first show in Sweden, and by now America was eager to see them. Bryan Epstein and their producer George Martin wanted them to play in America. But the Beatles said: "We'll only go if our song goes to number one in America". So instead of going to America, they went to France. After a performance in France, they received a telegram to their hotel: "Capitol Records congratulates you! Your song went to number one on the American charts." So after their trip to France, they started to play in the United States. There they had great success. After the great American tour, they returned to England and started shooting their first movie, A Hard Days Night.
The third trip to Hamburg in 1962 was a painful and unforgettable one, and on April 10, 1962, the day before the Beatles arrived in Hamburg, Astrid got a phone call from her mother saying that Stu had a headache that made her want to jump out of a second-story window. She rushed home to take Stu to the hospital, but on the way there, Stu died in her arms. Astrid picked up John, Paul and Pete at the airport with red eyes, and John Lennon's words "With lovers and friends I still can recall, Some are dead and some are living" in the song "In My Life", refer to the fact that "I'm not sure if I can remember, but I'm sure that I'm not sure if I can remember," and "I'm sure that I'm not sure if I can remember. Some are dead and some are living", John Lennon wrote in the song "In My Life", referring to his dead friend Stuart Sutcliffe, a genius who died young.
The success of the Beatles caused Decca Records to feel remorse, and indirectly led to Decca Records signing Rolling Stone, and from there, the same kind of groups popped up, and rock 'n' roll changed again with the Beatles!
In 1964, the Beatles visited their teenage idol Elvis Presley in Grace Land, USA. Elvis was so disdainful of the fact that these four kids were the only ones who could do anything, that he just lay on the couch and watched TV and didn't want to talk to these brats, which the Beatles didn't care for, and thought it was a strange meeting. In August 1965, the Beatles set a record for revenue at Shea Stadium and took the opportunity to visit their youthful idol, Elvis Presley. Elvis rebuked the
four kids to their faces, criticizing the Beatles' music as noise that created social problems. On October 26, 1965, the Anglican Church resolved to award them the Medal of Honor, and at Buckingham Palace, Queen Elizabeth herself presented each member of the group with an MBE (Member of the British Empire). The new album and second movie, titled HELP!, sold millions of copies.
Toward the end of 1965, the Beatles performed at New York's Leaf Arena to a record crowd of 55,000. No one had ever had such a large audience before. This is when their music became more varied. George Harrison was also inspired by Indian music, which can be heard in the album "Eraser Heart". They soon embarked on an Asian tour, which featured new songs, including Paperback Writer. They also traveled to the Philippines, but didn't feel very comfortable there because the Beatles fans there were just too much, and they were exhausted by the craziness of the fans everywhere.
Toward the end of 1966, they played their last official show in the United States, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. After that they had more time to record songs.
In 1967, the Beatles released Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, a concept album that made rock 'n' roll a serious art form, no longer confined to the subject matter of men and women, and in June of 1967, they were invited to perform live on the world's first-ever satellite broadcast of a song they had written for the occasion. They wrote a song called "All you need is Love" for the occasion, which was broadcast on three satellites, allowing the Beatles to be seen in 24 countries.
In 1968, they recorded "The white album". In 1969, they made Let It Be, and by this time they were so tired that they felt these albums should be their last. However, they felt that Let It Be was a bit too sad, so they made the album Abbey Road again. They played their last show on the roof of the Apple company they had opened in London.
In April 1970, the Beatles announced that they were disbanding, but their members continued their music careers, and their albums were still being sold, including a new anthology that sold very well. "The Beatles were, are, and probably always will be the most popular and successful musical group of all time.
5. John Winston. John Winston Lennon John Winston Lennon (John Winston Lennon), a member of the famous British rock band "The Beatles" (also known as "Beatles"), the greatest musician in the history of rock and roll, poet, social activist.
After the Beatles disbanded in the late 1960s, Lennon and Yoko Ono embarked on an astonishing series of pioneering artistic explorations that were instantly recognizable. At the same time, they also made a series of bold actions in social and political activities, a moment by the U.S. government as persona non grata. 1975, the birth of their child made Lennon feel "like the Empire State Building as tall as", from then on he was home to raise a child, and lived a life of indifference. He lived a quiet life at home raising his children until he was quickly assassinated in 1980 after his reappearance.
Suppose you were asked to pick the best rock band in the history of rock and roll, and if The Beatles came in second, the top spot would be open. And John Lennon was the soul of one of the most legendary bands in the history of world pop.
December 8, 2005 marked the 25th anniversary of Lennon's death, and there was a wave of tributes to Lennon from music fans and celebrities around the world.
Hollywood director Jarrett Shaffer was the first to decide to make a movie about the last week of Lennon's life, using the shooting as a theme.
And Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, was even earlier in preparing a memoir titled Memories of John Lennon, which was officially released on December 1, in which famous musicians, including Iggy Pop, Mick Jagger and Ray Charles, expressed their remembrance of the rock hero.
What's more, in late October, at the age of 72, Yoko Ono returned to the stage of Tokyo's Budokan to sing her first solo performance of Beatles classics in honor of her late husband. Although the American-educated Japanese avant-garde artist accelerated the disintegration of the Beatles and was unpopular with fans, it was also because of her that Lennon's later music blossomed into a kind of fantasy that no one could emulate. And this fairy tale innocence, not only is today's pop music the most lack of valuable nutrients, but also to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of Lennon's death of the various forms of behind, should really understand the spirit of the place.
Farewell to Lennon
In 1960, in Liverpool, four young men with their childish smiles and their celebration of love and life used irregular chords and hippie lyrics to break with the tradition of pop music, creating a new culture with a more humanistic approach, and further catalyzing the development of hippie culture in the West. The development of western hippie culture was further catalyzed. This year marks the 45th anniversary of the Beatles, and they are still the darlings of the world music scene, as evidenced by the fact that the reissue of the Yellow Submarine album introduced in the second half of the year on the mainland is still selling like hotcakes.
At 11 p.m. on December 8, 1980, with five gunshots fired over New York, Lennon completed the final journey of his life. The whole world began to cry, the last glimmer of hope for the reorganization of the disbanded decade-old Beatles was completely destroyed, and the entire Western society lost the king of the hippie culture forever. Rock music, which once represented the hippie spirit of the 1970s, advocated the spirit of love and peace, freedom and independence, and has been completely replaced by the entertainment of sex and sex, and it is no longer possible to reproduce the pure and natural colors of the past.
6. Chinese name: Green Day
English name: Green Day
Green day band in the U.S. alternative music scene in the post-"nirvana" period rose, the actual "jam pearl" after the most influential. "Green Day is one of the most influential bands to come out of the post-nirvana period of the American alternative music scene. Essentially, "green day" were punk revivalists, resurrecting the fast, concise, three-chord punk pop song. Although their music wasn't particularly innovative, they brought the punk of the late 70's to a new, younger generation with "dookie". Green Day couldn't maintain their success - "dookie" sold 8 million copies and its next release sold a quarter of that - but their influence was far-reaching, and they were the ones who opened the door to American neo-punk, punk-metal and the third wave of ska music. metal and the third wave of ska music in America.