For me icons could be anything be it a product, or some personnel or cartoon characters which has influenced us in some sort of way directly or indirectly. As far as my view is concerned I have listed these three personnel as my icons who have had a great impact on my life. The 3 icons that I would like to discuss are Jon Bon Jovi, Mark Zuckerberg and the band System of a down.
Firstly, I would like to take Jon Bon Jovi as a popular culture icon because of the success he had achieved in the field of music industry. Bon Jovi has his first album released in 1984 and till then he had 11 albums released as a band and two solo albums on his own. Last year he was named as the second richest band in earnings. The amazing fact that I would like to share about Bon Jovi is that he had been able to manage himself and his band in both appearance and the songs writing to keep going with the changing time. As a solo artist, he has received lots of awards for his work, including a Golden Globe and an Academy Award nomination for his solo hit, "Blaze of Glory". At this age also, he remains a heart throb for a large population of girls including adult women. The main reason behind choosing him as an icon is that his music reminds me of my teen age and hold back all of those memories together. I liked his choice of music in songs. The song “Always” is one of the best songs of Bon Jovi that I really liked a lot. He gave a major contribution to the rock music by introducing a new and fresh approach which was really in a desperate need at that time. I really like Bon Jovi and he had a big influence on my life in the field of music.
The second personality that I would like to choose as my icon would be Mark Zuckerberg. He launched a social networking site “Facebook” in 2004 along with his 3 other friends while studying at Harvard University. With his remarkable achievement in the field of social networking he has become the youngest billionaire with more than $19 billion of wealth. He is now on the list of world’s top 30 richest people on earth as well. Facebook is an international social networking service which allows everyone in the globe to connect with each other by posting photos and videos, updating status, sharing on walls, commenting and many more. It is because of Zuckerberg’s invention that we are able to be in touch with our friends and family far away from us living in different corners of the world. I have lots of my family members living in foreign countries like America, Australia, England and it would have been really much difficult for me if I had to communicate with them daily if there was not Facebook in my life. With the help of this, I am able to know what’s going on in their life, what are they doing and other stuffs related to them. It is all because of the contribution my Mark and so he will always be one of the favorite icons for me who has influenced my life a lot.
Lastly I would like to list the band System of a Down as my 3rd icon. System of down is a rock band from Southern California, formed in 1994 consisting of Serj Tankian in lead vocals, keyboards, rhythm guitar, Daron Malakian in guitar and vocals, Shavo Odadjian in bass, background vocals and John Dolmayan in drums. The band has been nominated for 4 Grammy Awards, and won the award in 2006 for Best Hard Rock Performance for the song "B.Y.O.B.". I chose this band as my icon because I really liked the choice of their lyrics of their song which are often oblique and discuss the topics such as the use of drugs, politics, and war on terrorism which are the major issues that the world we are living on is going through these days. Their song provides a kind of public awareness regarding those stuffs. Just listening to their song, sometimes I get a feeling within me that I should do something for my country. Their song “Boom” is one of my favorite song which talks about the war and its effects. Besides, it has been my icon because I really like Hard Rock genre of song and such song give me a kind of refreshment when I am tired or stressed out.
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