Tag: Billy Joel
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Song 10: Music can change the world
“We Are the World” by U.S.A for Africa Fact: The US population is 325 million, give or take a few hundred thousand. Fact: the population of California is 39.5 million, which means nearly one in eight Americans is a Californian. No other country serves as a microcosm for the world than America, no other state… Read more
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Song 8: Everyone Loves a Show-off
“Uptown Girl” by Billy Joel Written by Kevin If you’re of the mindset to show off, regardless of your singing ability, this song plants a stake in the ground. This is your night and everyone else is a guest in it. I love this song not only because (once again) everyone and their mama knows… Read more
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Assignment 2: The Rules of Karaoke
Name: Kevin Johnson Place: Koreatown, Los Angeles, CA Your relationship to music: karaoker Industry: IT Specialist, and sometime freelance writer/critic I first met our second contributor to Five Song Project in May of 2013 at book club. Kevin was invited to join our group by another book club member and friend. Our first meeting together… Read more