In Wordsworth’s “Preface to the Lyrical Ballads,” something that interested me was that he said that in his poetry he wanted to represent “incidents and situations from common life.” He said he wanted to use a “selection of language really used by men.” He does this throughout his poetry and it was interesting to me ...
Mark Wills rose to the top of the country music charts with songs like “Don’t Laugh At Me,” “Wish You Were Here,” and “Jacob’s Ladder.” He’s a voice that carries a ballad and can tackle the saddest topics and yet come out the other side with out leaving the listener forever depressed. In 1999, Mark ...
Bangle bracelets, baggy sweatshirts, men’s shirts and mini skirts, and a decade of teased big hair on both men and women: the ’80s. The ’80s were a decade of color and style, though not necessarily of class. From pushed-up dress jacket sleeves and wild dangling earring to colored pumps and tight, painted-on jeans the only ...
If you were late in the game of becoming a giant Bon Jovi fan, you might not know what songs to get from their CDs other than the big hits like “Livin’ on a Prayer” and “Wanted Dead or Alive.” With so many CDs spanning three decades, there are amazing songs that you are totally ...
Everybody loves 1980s heavy metal music, but not everybody will admit it. Some people try to be all snobby about music and say that they prefer stuff like indie/folk music, but as for pure rock and roll, rock and roll as it was meant to be, nothing beats 1980s heavy metal. And then there are ...
