Artists

I have "The Sex Pistols" as a band who were considered rebellious, but I need several more examples of outrageous/controversial artists or band to build a research paper off of. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, thank you.

Elvis Presley
The Beatles
John Lennon
Rolling Stones
Alice Cooper
Prince
Madonna
Beastie Boys
Public Enemy
Marilyn Manson
Britney Spears
Lady Gaga

I’ve been getting into Oldies artists for a while but I want to listen to more artists. So far I’ve listened to artists such as James Brown, Ben E. King, Ritchie Valens, and the list just keeps going on. Anyways can anybody give me any other Oldies artists from the 1950’s to the 1960’s?

the Righteous Brothers,the temptations,the shondells,gene chandler,the beatles
well if you want to find more pandora.com is really good website for music,

you just type in the artist you like and will try to pair you with that taste in music.(as best as possible)

On average, how much do artists and musicians make a year? In this case, I am referring to freelance artists, and musicians who perform at clubs and bars.

Sexx

I’ve just always wondered, is it like playing piano where you typically are taught, or do artists just have natural talent? How do they learn to draw so well? By imitation or just pure imagination? I’m always confuzzled by it because I can’t draw well at all.

some are just a natural born gifted person in art…lol
but of course practice will make what is good or great even greater or fantastic
;-D:

For my art coursework I have to include some art history, and I already have Martin Parr, but I was wondering if anyone knows any other artists similar to this style which i could base my final piece on? My title for the final piece is seaside paraphernalia so anything to do with the seaside would be much appreciated! Thankyou!

I know of several artists who would pretty much fit this bill, although they’ve worked in different styles than Parr:

1. Jozef Israëls. A 19th century painter associated with the "Hague School", he was one of the most respected Dutch artists of his time. A large amount of his oeuvre are paintings by the seaside; wives of fishermen waiting for their husbands return, children playing with toy boats — usually with a string attached so they don’t float away, men using nets along the shore for shrimping, women pulling barges, men hauling in anchors from ships, women carrying nets of fish. His paintings show all sorts of seaside paraphernalia, water toys, fishing equipment, baskets, nets, and so on. Other artists from the Hague school either painted seaside scenes or sea scenes, although many just painted ships and not paraphernalia.

2. Henri-Victor Wolvens. A Belgian painter working primarily in the 1930s, in what has been called an "Animist" style, in that it tries to use brush strokes to capture the feeling and essence of things in nature. One of his primary subjects was beach scenes. Often, these are full of life, with colorful umbrellas, balls, folding chairs, toys. Many of these paintings are at Ostend, which had many sea-side resorts, and have the famous colorful "beach cabins" that became popular around that time that you would see lining the beaches. Other animistes, like Louis van Lint, also painted beach scenes at Ostend. Many others in Belgium not associated with that movement, like Frans Smeers, also painted the beach.

3. Alberto Morrocco. A 20th century Scottish artist from Aberdeen, influenced by Cubism, but who worked in a representational style. His best known paintings include views of Florence and colorful Mediterranean beach scenes. His beach scenes show many people in bathing suits, with beach umbrellas and beach towels. A lot of his paintings feature people eating things on the beach, several with watermelons. He has a mural at Liff, which is a depiction of a beach scene; tents, tables, umbrellas, boats parked on the beach.

4. Eugene Boudin. A later 19th century french artist associated with Impressionism who painted a lot of pictures of scenes on the beach, usually social gatherings. They often feature things like beach cabins, parasols, fold-out chairs, and so on. A few of his beach paintings are also of fisherwomen with baskets.

5. William Glackens. An American "Ashcan School" artist, he painted many beach scenes. You’ll see beach umbrellas, boats, blankets, bathing suits, and so on.

You know the feeling when you here a song for the first time, and you really love it, but then a few days later, you don’t think it’s THAT great. Well, I’m tired of listening to these kinds of songs. What are some artists whose music is really rich, has a lot of value… What are some artists that make you think about really interesting ideas? I think Jack Johnson is one of these artists. His music is really good, and his lyrics are worth thinking about and having good conversations about. The Beatles also. Any other ideas?

My fave is Five For Fighting. He writes a lot of meaningful songs about life, love, family and the world.

100 Years
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR-qQcNT_fY&ob=av2e

Chances
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8cfbBgXIow&ob=av2n

The Riddle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BtqElO1OX4&ob=av2e

I don’t exactly understand how mainstream artists are able to become so popular, with such little devotion put into their music, and so little talent. There’s some decent ones out there, but a lot of the better ones go unrecognized.

It looks like all you see on the radio is recycled garbaged spewed out over and over again such as Gaga, Slipknot, etc. Nothing with any meaning to it.

Because most people are simple-minded followers. They’re not looking for anything challenging for their mind to process, they just want some bouncy happy fizz to make their lives feel like some Pepsi commercial. Radio programmers deliberately choose the most insipid mediocre music possible to appeal to the widest base possible. Their audience will convince themselves they like what they’re being fed just because it’s what everybody else is listening to and they absolutely HAVE to fit in and be POPULAR. That’s why they call it POP music, silly.

I particularly have to agree about Gaga. Her music is some bland over-processed repetitive crap. Ironically she passes herself off as some revolutionary artist, and the media are only to happy to go along with it. If she put half as much effort into music composition as she put into coming up with her stupid outfits, well truthfully her music would still suck. She also named herself after Queen’s worst song ever! What a pretentious poser she is.

I’m not sure what kind of music to call it but i like his stuff. Any suggestions on what you would call his style of music and who are other artists like him?

You might like OneRepublic.

You could always go on Pandora.com and get the Bruno Mars channel, and it will play songs like the ones Bruno Mars has.

GOOD LUCK!

Just curious as to why some famous artists (poets, painters, musicians) have been able to produce while depressed, and use the turmoil to their favour, while others succumb to depression and are unable to produce anything.

Depression brings you to your darkest mood where your creativity is risky and uncaring. Writers write when they either drunk or depressed as do artists. Writer’s block forces depression, while when in a depression before the idea of a block, causing amazing works.

I need to know what artists/bands from different societies and styles had the most influence during that time.

The 1970s –

Led Zeppelin.
Black Sabbath.
Deep Purple.
The Pistols.
The Clash.