Music and Movies are a huge part of everyone’s lives, and in the year of 1970 people listened to music to help take their mind off the war, and watched movies because it reminded them of the reality going on in the world. The top ten movies starting with number one were: Love Story, Airplane, M*A*S*H, Patton, The Aristocats, Woodstock, Little Big Man, Ryan’s Daughter, Tora, Tora, Tora, and Erinnerungeh an die Zukunft also known as Chariots of the Gods. The top ten songs starting with number one were: Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head by B.J. Thomas, I Want you Back by The Jackson 5, Venus by Th Shocking Blue, Thank You for Being my Friend by Sly and The Family Stone, Bridge over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel, Let it Be by The Beatles, ABC by The Jackson 5, American Woman by The guest Who, Everything is Beautiful by Ray Stevens and Long and Winding Road by The Beatles. The movies and music of the time are alike in that they distracted people from stress in their lives , and there purpose was to entertain.
Americans wanted to see the movies about war because it was the first time that war was openly shown on TV and in movies, and that is probably why five of the top ten movies were war movies. The comedies, such as Airplane and MASH eased the sorrow of the Vietnam War, and love stories, such as Love Story and Ryan's Daughter are classics, which appeals to women with husbands at war. Children’s movies were created to entertain them from all problems happening around them and in the world, like Aristocats. The Woodstock documentary was the about popular music; the biggest music festival which involved sex, drugs, rock and roll and represented the essence of the 1960's. The people not able to attend wanted to know what happened at Woodstock. Erinnerungeh an die Zukunft also known as Chariots of the Gods was a sci-fi movie, which became popular because it was released right after the first man walked on the moon. People’s interest space theories and aliens were growing. Movies vio lence was growing in films, which was very dramatic and upsetting to some people.
Top songs in 1970 were love, inspirational, and dance music. Music was used to keep people’s minds off the war and help them forget their troubles. Songs had a variety of subjects, some included women, love, friendship and any other happy topics they found inspiring. The top song was Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head by BJ Thomas; it was inspirational and helped people keep their heads up. Jackson 5 held two of the top ten spaces; their songs were a combination of dance and love. They were extremely popular among younger groups and helped young adults have a good time.
Music and movies in 1970 were similar in that everyone enjoyed watching movies and listening to the music. There was something for everyone to enjoy no matter his or her situation. They were very different because they served two different purposes. Movies reminded people of the war, and the bad things happening in the world involving their country, where music tried to help keep people’s minds off the horrible things happening overseas. Music inspired people to have a brighter outlook on life.
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Our group met to discuss our post twice. The first time we met everyone showed up in Lauren's room in President's Park. We couldn't really get much work done because we had not recieved the list of Top Ten songs yet. After Thanksgiving Break we met at 6:00 in Lauren's room on Wednesday. We had trouble with our conflicting schdules so Nicole and Jessica could not be there. We knew Nicole had to work so we assigned her the job of editing our work. When we met we discussed the songs that we were given in class. We downloaded a few so we could feel the whole effect of the music. After we talked about the songs, we researched the Top Ten movies of 1970. We looked at several websites, choosing to research the movies based on Box Office revenue. After finding a few which differed we picked the one that was most like the others. We all chimmed in and wrote down all the important key points. It was decided that Lauren would write it, I would commentate, Nikki would edit, Omar
would find links, and Jessica would find pictures.
Posted by: Commentator | December 01, 2004 at 11:47 PM