YouTube Music Video Classics: Wham!
George Michael is famous for being in the group Wham! with Andrew Ridgeley, which set the standard in British pop music.
Category: ARTS
The stories behind the abstract art
“Each piece has a new conversation when they’re in different spaces.”
The artistic influences of Middle-earth
Tolkien was a linguist first, a historian second, and an author third.
A note on history: Key developments of keyboard instruments
Cristofori called his instrument the “gravicembalo col piano e forte” (keyboard instrument with soft and loud)—which got shortened to pianoforte (soft and loud), and eventually became known as the piano.
Stretched to the limit
It becomes a testament of skill and frustrations as you attempt to pronounce “b” and “p” without the use of your lips.
Fresh perspectives on the familiar
“That’s what really inspires me, to have the viewer’s eyes dart around the canvas and really feel that sense of movement.”
The darker side of ‘Uptown Funk’
Ronson and Mars are singing about going to the biggest cocaine centres of America in the ’70s and slinging it, making massive amounts of money in the process.
Rocking on the straight edge
Straight edge is a lifestyle abstaining from alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs, and many people also link it with vegetarianism and veganism.
A note on history: Mind-altering music of the ’60s
A huge counterculture around LSD arose, especially in the US and the UK, and in this environment psychedelic rock blossomed.
Life: A musical
Damien Chazelle brings a film that pays tribute to the golden age of musicals in the modern era.