Elvis Presley also was one of the first artists to create a dance move. His famous dance move was called the ''Elvis Pelvis.'' This made Elvis more of an icon and helped spread his music. Artists today like The franchise boyz, Souja Boy and many more. The franchise boyz is a group of rappers that created the phrase and dance move '' Lean with it, rock with it.'' Souja Boy is also a rapper who created the dance '' the dougie.''
Elvis Presley was a lower class citizen throughout his childhood. Through fame of his music career, he became wealthy and changed his life. Throughout popularity over time people started recognizing him. Later generations of rappers looked at Elvis's life and saw that through music, it is possible to change their financial status. Through music, it is possible to make it big and this idea motivated Rock and Roll to take off. For example, the Beatles, Led Zeppelin and many more. This idea is still viewed upon today and still motivate many Artists to strive for success. Overall Elvis Presley made is mark on the world. In the music and movie industry. But Elvis Presley is a clever person to put his on personal touch on different pieces of music, not only to just combine them but to create history with music is an outstanding accomplishment to have.
This was a really interesting blog post. It's interesting to think about how Elvis was such and Icon and viewed as "dangerous." I think that the concept of "dangerous" dance moves as definitely evolved. I think your post would have been a lot stronger with more information and hyperlinks.
ReplyDeleteI really liked how you incorporated the present day bad guys. By doing so it clearly shows the importance of this strategy to many artists today. I also liked how you were able to connect the Elvis Pelvis to things such as the dougie. The incorporation of dance moves in songs today is a key to the success of artists such as soulja boy.
ReplyDeleteStill a few typos, but this is SO much better! Good work. You did a very good job of relating the reading to the current time. And I appreciated your mention of Elvis' influence on the Beatles and Led Zeppelin. Each of those groups had memorable encounters with Elvis when they were on the way up, and he was on the way down.
ReplyDeleteNext time, you might want to find a color scheme easier to read than white and grey on black.
This was a really interesting blog post AJ! I liked how you related a lot of the things from this week's class to current things in our society. I wasn't here at all this week, but reading your blog post makes me feel so informed and has me wishing I were here to learn about it for myself! The page looks great, I like the videos and pictures! Kudos to you AJ!
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