The Bravery

For our music heritage project I picked The Bravery, an indie-rock recent band from NY. What's cool about their influences is that they are all from the 80's and all British. Because of their UK influences they have a pretty cool sound similar to The Killers. The three heritage artists that I picked for The Bravery were, Duran Duran, The Cure, and The Smiths.
I would not say that the Bravery really represent the values of our generation. It's hard to really clearly define what our values are but I don't think this band is trying to do this. The majority of there songs have clever titles that incorporate the main line of the chorus and the rest of the song is a collection of clever rhymes that tell a story or describe a relationship. Because of the basis of their lyrics I would not say the Bravery are trying to represent our culture purposely or just by the nature of their music, they are just a good sounding indie band.

Elvis

In Pop Culture class we watched a movie about Elvis and I learned a lot about how he became the legend that he is today. I had no idea how much he changed the industry of music and how fast he became successful in his career. But more than anything I was refreshed with how amazing he was at performing. Here's a clip of Elvis Presley from 1956 on the Milton Berle show performing Hound Dog.