What is "modern times"

n. the circumstances and ideas of the present age; "behind the times"; "in times like these" [syn: times, present time, modern world, contemporary world]

Modern Times is a 1936 comedy film written and directed by Charlie Chaplin in which his iconic Little Tramp character struggles to survive in the modern, industrialized world. The film is a comment on the desperate employment and financial conditions many people faced during the Great Depression, conditions created, in Chaplin's view, by the efficiencies of modern industrialization. The movie stars Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Henry Bergman, Tiny Sandford and Chester Conklin.

Modern Times was deemed "culturally significant" by the Library of Congress in 1989, and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. Fourteen years later, it was screened "out of competition" at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.

Modern Times may refer to modern history.

Modern Times may also refer to:

• Modern Times (film), a 1936 Charlie Chaplin film
• Modern Times (Al Stewart album), a 1975 album by Al Stewart
• Modern Times (Jefferson Starship album), a 1981 album by Jefferson Starship
• Modern Times (Latin Quarter album), a 1985 album by Latin Quarter
• Modern Times (Bob Dylan album), a 2006 album by Bob Dylan
• Modern Times (IU album), a 2013 Korean album by South Korean singer IU
• "Modern Times" (song), a 2004 song by J-five
• Modern Times (band), a band from Luxembourg
• Modern Times, a BBC Two documentary series
• Modern Times: A History of the World from the 1920s to the 1980s, a 1984 book by Paul Johnson
• Modern Times Group, a Swedish media company
• Modern Times: Photography in the 20th Century, an exhibition held in winter 2014–2015 at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
• Tiempos Modernos, a Mexican political group that is part of the National Assembly of the Socialist Left
• Wenming Xiaoshi ("A Brief History of Modern Times"), a 1903 Chinese novel
• Modern Times, a 1983 song by Prism from the album Beat Street
• Socialist Community of Modern Times, an anarchist individualist community in 19th century New York state

Modern Times is a 1981 album by Jefferson Starship. Grace Slick appeared on this album after a three-year absence. She returned near the end of the recording sessions, providing background vocals on some tracks as well as lead vocals on the single "Stranger" as a duet with lead singer Mickey Thomas. Although not appearing in the band picture on the gatefold cover, she is listed on the back cover of the LP with the credit "Introducing Grace Slick" and her picture is on the lyric sleeve with the note "Grace Slick courtesy of Grace Slick." She joined the band officially for the 1981 tour. MTV debuted in 1981 and this was the first Jefferson Starship album to have promotional music videos. It was also the first album to feature a charting single on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, which had premiered earlier in the year. The single " Find Your Way Back" reached #3 on the Mainstream Rock chart.

The song "Stairway to Cleveland" was inspired by a harsh review that Rolling Stone had given the album Freedom at Point Zero, inspiring Paul to wrap lyrics around a phrase he had heard from Paul Warren: "Fuck you! We do what we want!"

The band Modern Times, consisting of Simone Weis and Jimmy Martin, represented Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 performing the song " Donne-moi une chance". The song finished in 20th place with 11 points. This was to be the last entry for the Grand Duchy for the foreseeable future. The band were Luxembourg nationals and were the last of 8 acts to have sung for their country in 37 attempts. They were backed on stage by Patrick Alessi who had provided backing vocals previously at the 1983 Eurovision Song Contest for Luxembourg and was also in the 1996 Belgian national final

Category:Luxembourgian Eurovision Song Contest entrants Category:Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1993

Modern Times is Al Stewart's sixth studio album, released in 1975. The album has been re-released in 2007 with bonus tracks.

Modern Times is the first album by the British band Latin Quarter. It reached the top 20 in Germany and Sweden and spent two weeks on the UK Albums Chart, peaking at Number 91. It includes the songs "Radio Africa" which reached Number 19 in the UK Singles Chart. and "America for Beginners" which was covered by Toyah on her album Minx.

"Modern Times" is the name of a 2004 song recorded by the californian singer J-five. Released in 2004 as the first single from his debut album Sweet Little Nothing on which it is the third track, "Modern Times" achieved a success in many European countries, topping the charts in France, traditionally a nation where Chaplin films are most popular.

Modern Times is the thirty-second studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on August 29, 2006 by Columbia Records. The album was Dylan's third straight (following Time Out of Mind and Love and Theft) to be met with nearly universal praise from fans and critics. It continued its predecessors' tendencies toward blues, rockabilly and pre-rock balladry, and was self-produced by Dylan under the pseudonym "Jack Frost". Despite the acclaim, the album sparked some debate over its uncredited use of choruses and arrangements from older songs, as well as many lyrical lines taken from the work of 19th-century poet Henry Timrod.

Modern Times became the singer-songwriter's first #1 album in the US since 1976's Desire. It was also his first album to debut at the summit of the Billboard 200, selling 191,933 copies in its first week. At age 65, Dylan became the oldest living person at the time to have an album enter the Billboard charts at number one. It also reached #1 in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Denmark, Norway and Switzerland, debuted #2 in Germany, Austria and Sweden. It reached #3 in the UK and the Netherlands, respectively, and had sold over 4 million copies worldwide in its first two months of release. As with its two studio predecessors, the album's packaging features minimal credits and no lyric sheet. In the 2012 version of Rolling Stone magazine's list of " The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time", Modern Times was ranked at number 204.

Modern Times is the third Korean-language studio album by South Korean singer-songwriter and actress IU. It was released on October 8, 2013 by LOEN Entertainment under its imprint LOEN Tree. Under the theme of "French Black", the album departs from the singer's girlish image which established her as the "Nation's Sweetheart", by attempting various styles of music such as swing, jazz, and bossa nova. This is her first full-length release since Last Fantasy (2011).

For her brand-new record, IU collaborated with singer-songwriters Choi Baek-ho and Yang Hee-eun. Gain from Brown Eyed Girls, Jonghyun from Shinee, and jazz guitarist Bak Ju-won also participated on the album as featured artists.

Modern Times contains thirteen tracks in total such as the singer's number-one hit "The Red Shoes" and her self-composed song "Bad Day". It also features the Korean version of "Voice Mail" from IU's Japanese extended play Can You Hear Me? (2013) as a bonus track. The album was re-released as Modern Times - Epilogue on December 20, 2013 and contained the title track "Friday" as well as "Pastel Crayon" from KBS's romantic comedy television series Bel Ami where the singer starred as a lead role, Kim Bo-tong. The repackaged album had two DVDs and was limited to 10,000 copies.

The album earned IU the MelOn Music Award for Top 10 Artists (2013), and the Mnet Asian Music Award for Best Female Artist (2014). Its commercial success showed that IU still had her strong popularity; There was about three million copies of digital downloads sold in its initial week of release. As of , the album has sold more than 60,000 physical copies and seven million digital singles in her native country (see Chart performance).