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Understanding through Music
Understanding through Music
Think About It
Think About It
This is a famous and fun song by Billy Joel. Its lyrics are a chronological list of people, events and issues from the first 40 years of Billy Joel's life, beginning in 1949. Many of these lyrics refer to political leaders, events and issues from the Cold War, such as Joseph Stalin and Joseph McCarthy through to the 1983 Korean Air disaster. This page offers more information: https://alphahistory.com/coldwar/billy-joel-we-didnt-start-the-fire-1989/
How many names and events did you recognize?
If you were to write a song like this with famous names and events since you were born, what would you include?
Read the lyrics as you listen
[Chorus]
Since the world's been turning
But we tried to fight it
Dien Bien Phu Falls, "Rock Around the Clock"
Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Khrushchev
Princess Grace, Peyton Place
Trouble in the Suez
[Chorus]
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No, we didn't light it
Chubby Checker, Psycho
Belgians in the Congo
Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion
Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania
Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British Politician sex
[Chorus]
Since the world's been turning
Verse 5]
Wheel of Fortune, Sally Ride
[Chorus]
Since the world's been turning
[Outro]
Since the world's been turning
Since the world's been turning
Since the world's been turning
Since the world's been turning
Understanding through Art
Understanding through Art
Until the 1970s, computers were large, complex pieces of electronic equipment which were expensive. Large organizations like airlines, banks and laboratories used computers to solve difficult mathematical problems. Only specially-trained engineers and mathematicians were able to use computers. In the 1980s, personal computers became affordable and easy enough so that the general public could learn to use them in offices and in homes. Now ordinary people could benefit from the benefits of computing. Also, for the first time, artists could also start using computers in their work. Drawings and photographs could now be enhanced using software and digital tools.
Have you ever used a computer to create any pictures or videos? Have you ever used a computer to change or enhance an image? What kinds of effects do you think computers have had on creating art?
An example of art created on a computer
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