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In the media hungry world, you need to stand out from the crowd to get attention. Publicity stunts are seen to be the answer for many individuals, celebrities and organizations. The motive for a celebrity publicity stunt may be to resurrect a career or to give a boost to the latest project. For protest groups, [...]
Posted by Anne Iredale on Monday, November 9, 2009 at 12:01 am
Filed under Advertising · Tagged Batman, britney spears, celebrity, Controversial, Donald Trump, Fathers 4 Justice, Give Peace a Chance, greenpeace, headlines, John Lennon, KLF, Lincoln, madonna, Menie Liberation Group, Michael Jackson, Peace, PETA, political, punk, Rock Hudson, scandal, The Sex Pistols, Video Music Awards, Vietnam War, Yoko Ono
Why do we love singer songwriters? There is something special about listening to a good singer, singing his or her own words. Often, it is a bearing of the soul. The romantic image is that of a tortured being, hunched over an acoustic guitar, lamenting a doomed love affair or the state of the world. [...]
Posted by Anne Iredale on Friday, May 22, 2009 at 1:59 am
Filed under Music, People · Tagged acoustic guitarist, Art Garfunkel, bob dylan, Bryter Layter, Charlie Mingus, Chelsea Morning, Court and Spark, david bowie, Donovan, donovan leitch, Give Peace a Chance, guitar, guitarist, John Lennon, joni mitchell, Just Like a Woman, kate bush, Ladies of the Canyon, leonard cohen, lyrics, Music, musician, musicians, Neil Young, nick drake, Paul McCartney, paul simon, protest song, protest songs, Rubin Carter, Simon & Garfunkel, Simon and Garfunkel, singer /songwriter, singers, song, Songs, songwriter, songwriters, Still Crazy After All These Years, Sunshine Superman, The Boxer, way to blue, Woody Guthrie, wuthering heights, ziggy stardust and the spiders from mars
People have sung protest songs throughout human history. Wherever people are oppressed or united in a common struggle, someone will voice strong feelings in song. The 1960s came to be known as the decade for protest with the twin causes of the Vietnam War and the lack of civil rights for African Americans. Some of [...]
Posted by Anne Iredale on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at 5:52 am
Filed under Music · Tagged A Change Is Gonna Come, Activism, America, anti war protesters, Arlo Guthrie, blowin in the wind, bob dylan, Bobby Darin, call to freedom, causes of the vietnam war, Country Joe and the Fish, Democrat, Donovan, freewheelin bob dylan, Give Peace a Chance, God, inspiration, Jean Ritchie, joan baez, Joe McDonald, John Lennon, lyrics, Mick Softley, Music, Neil Young, Peace, pete seeger, peter paul and mary, Phil Ochs, protest song, protest songs, religion, rock band, Sam Cooke, singers, song, Songs, The Byrds, The War Drags On, Timothy Leary, Tommy Smothers, turn turn turn, universal soldier, Vietnam, Vietnam War, War, Yoko Ono
