The Beatles

Lately in my US History class we have been studying about music from the 70's and 80's, but more specifically the hippie movement. So, I made the executive decision to talk about the ever so well known Beatles and express my opinion. Let's not get off on the wrong foot here though, please remember as you go on that I in no way shape or form am a well known fan of the Beatles, I mean I think I've heard maybe a few of their songs. So, I am just going off of what Coach Whites power point specifically has taught me. Okay, now that we have that cleared up, lets proceed.

So, the Beatles became a hit and started growing a fan base from before the hippie movement. Winning over the hearts of millions everywhere, they were known as the "One Direction" of the 70's and 80's era, but even bigger. Then, we got into talking about how the Vietnam War started to cause issues within the states (the whole idea that our country wasn't fighting for us but rather for other countries). People started to rally and "leave society" and music (and people started to change).

Now, it makes sense to me that the Beatles would have a change in music along with the ear, famous people do that all the time, whether to gain more fans along the way or just because they want to (like Taylor Swift or the ever so "interesting" Miley Cyrus). However, what caught me off guard was not that part of the story, it was the other major factors that changed within their group as well. 

Now, considering that it kind of became a main stream thing to do I am in no way bashing on the Beatles, however I am questioning some of their choices. As the era progressed drug became of heavy use, and people starting adapting to them like they would food, and so did the group. Even taking to writing songs while they were on a "high" making it more of an enjoyable listen and take to the fans that did the same. 

A better counter approach in my opinion would have been to use their influence of mass numbers and trying to actively protest the war together, rather than promoting the idea that sitting around getting high was going to change anything. However, I guess since I didn't exactly live in that era, I wouldn't fully understand the logic. But my idea sounds logical to, doesn't it?

Overall however, learning about the Beatles was awesome, and hearing about how they came to change the hearts of millions truly is inspiring. No wonder they will live on as legends. 

MTV Movie Awards

As most of us know the MTV Movie awards took place about a week ago, and a ton went down. Now it seems like in every award show there is always someone who "sweeps" (or so to speak) the a majority of the major awards away. This isn't a surprise though, considering that if your goo enough to win even one of the major awards your probably capable of wining another one..or two..or how ever many.

This year was quite remarkable however. Shailene Woodly (rather new to the industry) has spontaneously come out of the wood work (no pun intended) and captured the eyes of thousands. Her particualr work in "The Fault in Our Stars" playing as the role of Hazel Grace Lancaster is what seemed to pull on the heartstrings of the world winning her awards such as best kiss, but what is even more extraordinary is how she grew from there.

After her heart wrenching role as Hazel Grace people just couldn't get enough (or at least I couldn't). This is what seemed to make her other very popular role as Tris in Divergent very popular, stringing along in even more fans. These two very strong roles combined earned her the title of the best actress as well. 

Now, along with "sweep" of awards, comedy seemed to follow suit as well. With stars such as the Rock and Kevin Hart announcing awards the awards really seemed to have the whole package. Now, some people don't see what the need for comedy skits is. I mean lets be honest, I didn't at first either. But after thinking it over, it makes complete sense. Thinking on award shows we always just think of, well just that. the awards. But the comedy has been just as much of a tradition on the show as the awards have. It's just another way to showcase the talent and (in some cases) a way to lighten up the mood. Comedy shows don't often receive awards for their efforts, but comedy is just as essential to us as the movies being nominated for the awards are, and it's great to have those brief showcases of that sort of talent as well, because it is just as important to us. Besides that who doesn't like to laugh once in a while to am I right? Sorry, I know this paragraph was a little off subject but while on the topic, I figured I would speak my mind on that wandering thought about it as well. 

Overall the awards were a success, as they always are. It was great to see such amazing talent grace the stage and receive awards we all know were well deserved. I don't know about you personally but its my dream to sit in at a live award show some time. To be able to see all of the amazing actors and actresses all on the same night, in the same room, all on the same stage, within a matter of hours. Talk about powerful. I could probably never afford it, but as they say, it's always nice to dream. 

Key Teams Up at the White House

I'm pretty sure most of us have seen, or at least heard of, the hilarious show called "Key and Peel". If you haven't however, or just aren't very keen on the details, let me catch you up. Key and Peel is on Comedy Central and their show pretty much consists of comedic strips they act out together, some are just random and others are to make fun of people. Specifically an ongoing segment Key does about making fun of Barack Obama. He pretty much crops himself into Obama's speeches, takes his kind gestures, and makes them into something that "Obama really meant"(click here for examples). Now to return the favor, Obama recently invited Key to the White House, for a very comedic kind of night. The mood was kept light and tons of jokes were made, and in my opinion, it turned out to be quite successful.

A lot of the times we have Presidents that get too into politics to remember what it's like to have fun. Now, I understand that it is not there fault and I commend them for getting into so into their work (it is our country we are protecting). However I think it is nice that Obama takes time to chill out, a while back he had a concert acknowledging some of the best voices of our time. It's also cool that he can still joke around, such as having Key join him last night.  What a great way to lighten the mood, putting away all the condescending factors of life for a night and just having fun. 

Last night was a perfect example of how great nights should look like in the white house, and how just a little bit of fun once in a while, can go a long ways.