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rock life period 1 7th grade rock and roll research 2011

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elton john specks by jessie w does anybody remember the name elton john the world famous rock and roll hall of fame inductee well the rock life magazine had the great pleasure of interviewing him earlier this week at his own house and let me tell you there really isn t anything weirder then walking into his hose and there he is where sequins and sparkly pink glasses anyway let s take a look at what he had to say elton everyone is probably wondering how did your music start well when i was little at the age of 4 i played the piano and my father discouraged music when i was ten and my parents divorced i was finally allowed to listen and to play music one year later when i was 11 i had received a scholarship to the royal academy of music by 1967 i was playing gigs all over europe backing up a blues singer named long john baldry tired of that i had auditioned for a company songwriters and talent but i was rejected although as i was leaving a producer handed my some song lyrics by bernie taupin and with his help we made it to number 45 in england so some of us heard about a man that threatened your life can you tells us anything about that of course this happened of february tenth 2010 by a georgia man named neal horsley he was upset when in a parade magazine i had said i think jesus was a compassionate super-intelligent gay man who understood human problems so he made a youtube video holding a red sign that said i meaning elton john must die while he was in front of the singer s atlanta apartment complex he says i must die i disgraced jesus scriptures and more also his bail was set a 40,000 dollars what kind of awards have you won or been nominated for over the years in the academy awards usa 1995 i won an oscar for best music original song it was the song can you feel the love tonight from the lion king in 1995 at the bmi film tv awards i won most performed song from a film and again it was for can you feel the love tonight from the lion king also i won golden globe at the golden globes awards in 2004 for best original song-motion picture yet again for can you feel the love tonight from the lion king lastly i won a gemini at the gemini awards for best talk series in 2010 for spectacle elvis costello with elton john lastly what can you tell us about your new baby oh of course david furnish my husband and i just adore him his name is zachary jackson levon furnish-john and he was born on christmas day i ve never felt anything like it in my life you re so awestruck what can you say you take it in the feeling the joy the warmth of his body his breathing i will never forget that experience ever also david always tells everyone he s a content little guy he just loves to be nurtured cuddled and sung too thanks for letting me come to your beautiful house i really appreciate it no problem at all and thank you for giving me this interview

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zz top review by alex s interview with the members of zz top guitarist billy gibbons bassist dusty hill and drummer frank beard me so when and how did you guys form gibbons well in 1969 after my old band the moving sidewalks broke up i hooked up with beard and hill and we have been together ever since me wow that is a long time but about how long have you guys been together as a band hill we have been together for over 40 years and we have done it longer than any band that still has the original members me wow over 40 years you guys have been together forever anyways how many albums have you sold beard we have sold multiple millions of albums and we ve had 4 gold albums 3 platinum albums 2 multi-platinum albums and 1 diamond album me that is a lot of albums now what types of kind of like achievements or honors have you been given gibbons well our songs tush and gimme all your lovin have both been honored tush was ranked #67 on vh1 s greatest rock songs and gimme all your lovin was ranked #43 in mtv s 100 greatest music videos just to name a few and in 2004 we were inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame me so you guys have been given quite a few honors then but have you guest starred on tv at all gibbons actually yes we have done some guest starring in back to the future part 3 we played as the band at the party and i have guest starred as angie s father on the tv show bones multiple times me ok so one last question what are some major events that you have played hill well most recently we ve played at the 2008 orange bowl at the nascar auto club 500 in 2008 and at the hard rock café in houston as the celebration of our first live concert dvd release.

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q so how did you come up with the name abba i understand that there was more than one name that you used before settling on abba a well we did go through at least two or three names before coming up with abba when we first started out as a cabaret act we called ourselves the festfolk which means engaged people and party people which was a failed attempt then for our song `people need love we used the name bjorn benny agnetha annifrid but that was an unbelievable long name that was so annoying to constantly say so that was another failed name attempt so we decided to go with something that combined all our names was catchy yet not a total mouth full that is how the name abba came to be bjorn ulvaeus i am here with one of the most successful and beloved music groups that rose out of sweden in the seventies abba the writers and singers of `dancing queen `knowing me knowing you `mamma mia `super trouper and `waterloo these amazing pop sensations have agreed to let me ask them a few questions about themselves and their band we are here at my office to answer these questions it is an amazing feeling sitting across from this legendary band so we are going to go inside the heart of abba today with the band members themselves agnetha faltskog q what do you guys think about your success benny anderson bjorn ulvaeus and abroad in your homeland and do you have any anni-frid lyngstad advice for others do you guys ever think you will reform a fans had better make the most out of `bjorn again because that s the closest they are going to get to seeing abba abba will never reform but as for advice i really believe that swedish music and artists can make it abroad it hasn t happened before because no one has really tried i am convinced it can be done and that i can do it i really enjoy what i do-without work life would be meaningless our `secret if we have one is to be completely ruthless about the material we write -benny anderson q where are you all now what are you doing a well after the break up due to in band divorces both frida and i went on to work with a minimal but substantial success on our solo albums frida q how did you all meet where did it all begin released `something s going on 1982 `shine 1984 went into a ten year retirement and then a well at the time bjorn played guitar with the came out of retirement to release `djupa andetag `hootenanny singers and i was keyboardist for the 1996 which was her last album to date i came out `hep stars also known in the homeland as `the with my albums `wrap your arms around me swedish beatles we made some records together 1983 `eyes of a woman 1985 `i stand alone as a duo and we called ourselves bjorn and benny 1987 then released my autobiography `as i am then in like 1972 we used bjorn s wife at the time and after that i released another album `my colouring book 2004 then went into retirement agnetha faltskog and my wife-to-be anni-frid on the other hand benny and bjorn went on to write lyngstad as back up vocalists after we cut in a the music for west end show `chess 1984 with studio `people need love `bjorn and benny the lyricist from tim rice after that they both wrote agnetha and anni-frid was started and the abba `kristina fran duvemala 1995 which was based on phenomenon was not far behind ­benny anderson a swedish novel by vilhelm moberg next came their biggest hit `mamma mia which is concentrated around abba s songs which benny and bjorn cothat concludes our interview it was amazing talking to the wrote and produced they both received recognition band and getting to dig deeper into the heart of abba we for their song writing by getting an ivor novello hope here at the office that you enjoyed reading more award in 2001 -agnetha faltskohg about these music sensations and hope to see more from these amazing individuals whether separate or whole this band had and still has it all thank you again to our readers talk to you next week ­caitlyn w

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hello everyone i am sitting here with run-dmc if you could be one animal what would it be and why -i d like to be a raven they are already dressed in black so i wouldn t have to change my wardrobe they are also very smart birds what was the most interesting question you have ever been asked in an interview when i was in japan recently i had about 50 interviews each one kept asking me if i was ok i didn t think anything of it until the 50th interview i finally asked why is everyone asking me if i m ok the interviewer responded by telling me that on [checks thugs and rock n roll i was talking about very serious things i then realized that most of my songs were about depression alcoholism on my new album and that s why they must be asking me if i m ok what was the most embarrassing moment you ve ever had on stage one night i was extremely drunk on-stage and somehow i stage dove or fell off the stage without knowing or realizing it and all of a sudden i was in the pit looking up at the stage i was very confused and embarrassed what is your favorite venue to play in my favorite venue to play in are small rock clubs rock clubs are different than hip-hop clubs in a rock club that can hold between 300-450 people it s all about the music and crowd energy not about how you look or the vip area those intimate shows are always so great you always get a great crowd response i can remember one of the best club shows run-dmc ever played was at this small club in north carolina in darius rucker s of hootie in the blowfish s hometown years later when i met darius he told me he was at every show we played at that club and that they were the best concerts he s ever been to -hannah m.

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hey it s dj slim here with 95.9 kiss fm we are sitting here live with madonna tell us about yourself like lets start with a simple question what s your favorite color well i don t have a favorite color but i hate the color orange what caused you to start this career i was a college dancer for michigan but then i decided to drop out of college to pursue a dancing career in new york then i danced with a disco singer and i backup sung i got noticed by seymour stein and i got a record deal wow what a life growing up did you have any siblings ha-ha yes i was the third of eight children how many number one hits have you had in the u.s i have had 17 in the u.s and 20 in canada have you been in any movies i have been in 20 films and i love the experience i played a witch in four rooms were you a wild child in high school like you are now noooo i was in one of those catholic schools with nuns and all that and i had straight a-s so it wasn t one of the best memories i have did you ever have any tough times and music got you through them well when i was very young my mother died of breast cancer at the age of 30 dancing and singing got my mind off of it alright i m going to finish this off with a couple more questions what was your job before you became a professional singer and dancer actually i know this is a little embarrassing but i worked at dunkin donuts at least i know they had good donuts though wow i would ve never thought that okay honey i got one more question for you would you like to continue singing even though you are retired yes definitely singing and dancing is my passion and is what i was put on earth to do so that s a definite yes alright thank you madonna for joining us today this is dj slim on 95.9 by gabby k

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by davis e the all dropped out of school the began their musical careers as the leonard skinner band then they changed there name to the lynyrd skynyrd won the battle of the bands in jacksonville then the landed a spot at strawberry alarm clock gary resignation on guitar johnny van zant vocals rickey medlocke on guitar there hit song free bird reached #19 street survivors sold a half of million

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i m sitting here with the sex pistols the uk s most famous punk band attempting to get an interview but they haven t been very cooperative so far lets see what they have to say q:so how did sid vicious s death affect the rest of the band a:well it was definitely different from what we were used to but we knew about his drug problem and figured that was how it was going to end that didn t make it any easier on us though q:what s your most recent performance a in 2008 we had the combine harvester tour which was pretty awesome to see how popular we still are q what do you think made you guys popular a i have no idea q:do you guys recognize yourselves in old footage a no we cant believe we looked like that we look in the mirror and cant see us with that face and the clothing we ve just changed so much since then and we were just dressing so differently and acting so differently q do you guys think you will do any more concerts a we don t really we just kind of just go with whatever happens so if something come up than yes q i know this was a long time ago but what was up with the i hate pink floyd shirts a:ha well we pretty much did anything to be different and rebel well that s all thank you guys for coming and thanks for the interview sure anytime tyler h.

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you re with shelby 91.3 and i can t believe it but i am sitting here with prince might i say you are looking great today with your women s business suit and hat thank you no problem at the end we will be taking one caller to ask prince one question that you would really like to know 1-866-6875567 alright then let s get started who was your inspiration to go into the music business and why my inspiration to join the music business would be james brown he was the original disco man and the godfather of soul he inspired me to be who i am or basically who i want to be how many albums exactly did you have um i would have to say about 26 yes i would have to say 26 too your 1st album was in 1978 i believe with two hit singles soft&wet and as long as we re together so you are provocative why did you want to be provocative it made people notice me unlike most famous people i would stand out in the shallow crowd i would be the one to be categorized as an individual person so your name prince how was it decided for you to have that name well my father a jazz musician prince had that name and i guess they just handed it down to me along with his ability to create amazing music when you said you follow what god tells you what to do what exactly do you mean by that when i said that i mean he tells me how to stand out and how to believe i can be whatever it is i want to be in life like when i changed my name to a name to a symbol no one really knew what it meant later on though i changed it back to prince that s all the questions i have for you today prince now we will be taking one caller so hurry up and dial that number ring ring looks like we have our one caller hello hi my name is gabby kline i am a huge fan of you there are so many questions i want to ask you but i can only ask one my one question is what is your favorite food because i believe that what ever you eat effects how you perform or how you come up with your amazing songs i would have to say my favorite food is turkey legs covered in chocolate i like that because it s different and i like different i also agree with you by the way about what you eat is how you perform and what not well thank you gabby that was an interesting thing to ask that s all for today thanks for coming today prince no problem i had a great time answering all these questions thank you for listening to shelby 91.3

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the amazing interview with black sabbath there are 4 members in the band,their names are terry butler he played the bass tony iommi he played guitar ozzy osbourne he was the vocals,and last but not least bill ward and he plays the drums well here s the hole band now well i have mean questions were do i start so were did the name black sabbath come from how did you guys come up with that the band began as polka tulk blues band and was also known as earth said tony the band began incorporating occult and horror-inspired lyrics with tuned-down guitars changing their name to black sabbath and achieving multiple platinum records in the 1970s black sabbath how many times have the band been in the rock hall of fame terry well the band has been in there 7 times said terry bill when did the band first come together the members of black sabbath first came together 1968 driving the height the hippie movement in the united states said bill well that s all i have for you today black sabbath thanks for your time here anytime said the all of black sabbath band cassie l.

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i m here with one of the greatest bands out there luckily rolling stone magazine got a chance to interview a couple bands from rock and roll hall of fame and one of them just happen to be the jackson five so i m here with jackie tito toriano jermaine marlon and michael q so when did your band form and where did you guys form a-well it all started in gary indiana in 1962 when me jackie jermaine marlon and tito when we started our band and started in native indiana we formed when one night joe discovered that jackie tito and jermaine had been playing his treasured old guitar without permission q-so what was it like being brothers and being rock stars a-well being brothers we had a lot of fighting and chaos and always got in trouble by our dad and mom but mostly dad but when it came to being rock stars we were serious but then again we had a lot of fun on the stage q-what was your childhood like with you and your brothers a-well our childhood was very complicated because my mom was jehovah s witness and we were always practicing our songs and my dad was always away playing in his band so we couldn t go anywhere fun and if we did it was at a very minimum q-what made you guys want to sing or start your band a-well we really didn t have any of this stuff planed like having any body sing or play instruments we were just blessed with good talents of singing and dancing and playing instruments our dad just got us started and music just makes us smile and feel good jaden w

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the story of the queen of soul born as a small town girl church and family all the day first album at 14 record deal 1960 risin higher and higher and higher to fame chorus aretha aretha aretha the undisputed queen of soul tryna make it in this world as an artist with a dream playin piano and singin chorus later on down the road at the age of fifteen aretha had a baby had to get away from the fame so she took a break in chorus respect topped the charts and really lead to fame founded her own record company rock and roll and uk hall of fame 18th grammy `n `08 inauguration ball in 09 chorus today nineteen albums in twelve years livin as the queen of soul she really made it far as an artist and pianist aretha will live forever by carly i

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bruce springsteen bruce springsteen an american rock star that has brought great music to the world has agreed to have an interview with us bruce springsteen has one awards such as grammys an academy award and the polar music prize his greatest selling album was born in the usa that came out in 1984 it sold 15 million copies which is a very good accomplishment he enjoys doing charity work for places that have natural disasters when haiti got hit with the earthquakes he preformed on the telethon hope for haiti to raise money for the victims and the horrible damage it did this man s concerts last anywhere from 3 to 4 hours because he puts a lot of work into doing exactly what he loves doing he decided he wanted to be a rock star after he saw elvis presley on the tonight show so mr springsteen what inspired you the most to become a musician i would have to say seeing other big time musicians perform and see how good they were i can remember seeing elvis presley on the tonight show and right there i knew i wanted to be just like him getting all the money and all the fame is the life i wanted to live i followed out that dream and look at me now i ve won 4 grammys an academy award and the polar music prize why do you do so much charity work for places with natural disasters i do it because as a person it makes me feel better knowing that those people have a clean and safe place to live and sleep just think about it would you want to be those families living on the dirt road eating nasty unsanitary food no so i basically put myself in their shoes and i know i would want help too and when you do charity work for places like this the people look at you like your amazing and then there is people out there that start idolizing you that makes me feel pretty good too do you write songs about what you don t feel is right yeah i definitely do like my song 41 shots american skin that was about a black man that got shot by 4 new york police officers when i wrote this song and people started hearing it the nypd tried to boycott my concerts in new york i thought that was really wrong because they had no reason to even shoot the man he wasn t even being a danger or a threat to anybody but things like that happen and i when i hear about it i turn it into a song and usually those are the type of songs that get a lot of peoples attention why didn t you let ronald reagan use your song born in the usa i didn t want him to use it because i felt like he wasn t using the meaning of the song in the right way even though he was running for president and wanting people to think he was really involved in america i still just think he wasn t using it right megan b

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mar 1973 dear diary this has been the best our eighth album finally made it to number one in the billboard album chart dark side of the moon is one that i had not thought would ever make it this far it ultimately broke all records man time has been flying and our band has come a long way i m ready for an even bigger album maybe it could be called the wall yeah that sounds pretty mysterious well we have to go to get ready for the u.s tour i really do hope it goes well i m kind of exited 28th myklyn apr 6th 1987 dear diary roger really why are you making things so difficult for us yea i guess you could have been the creation of the band but you don t have to get your lawyer on this problem yeah so if i used the name on anything else i would be contest from the use of the name whatever i think i need to lie down and think about all this mess he put us in to roger walters you are not making things any better dear diary dec.1994 dear diary dec 1995 pink floyd as the biggest grossing in rock history one of our tours grossed at about 150,000,000 dollars we are on the roll this band has become part of my life and there s nothing that could change it be right back i got to go for the album of our tour to be released this is the year we finally have something to look forward to we have been inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame i can t believe it it even makes me want to cry i m such a baby ill finally be remembered as part of the pink floyds yeah we must be special the years with this band have finally paid off and i m so proud i love you guys.

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i am sitting here with one of the most famous rock and roll hall of fame inducte marvin gaye you mite rember him from his songs whats goin on and let s get it on so marvin where did you grow up as a kid well i grew up in a poor segregated section of washington d.c i was very poor and my mom and dad strugled to feed the four of us i was the third born of the four of us our dad was a conservative christian sect our mom didn t work she stayed home a took care of us marvin what instruments did you play as you were growing up i played the paino drums calvinet keyboard synthesizer,a nd i used my voice the people from motown said i was one of the most gifted,visionary,and enduring taltnts ever lanched into orbit by the motown hit mashien my music was cathrismatic my songs were prayers,meditation,stratiges for survival marvin what did you do after you graguated high school well one thing i did was i enlisted in the u.s air force another thing i did was sing upon a number of street corners and eventully i joined the rainbows a top local attraction in washing d.c i made my first single with the rainbows marvin what was your biggest duet sucess with my biggest duet was with tammi terrell we sung aint no moundin high enough aint nothing like the real thing and they also sung your presious love from 1967 to 1969 me and tammi resined as r&b s hottest duo i also had a lot of other duets one was with kim weston and we sung it takes two thank you so much marvin for joining me in this interview no problem jason.

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