Week 1 Hist of Rock
Music 206 History of Rock
Week 1 paper covering Chapters 1 and 2.
3. If many Americans had prejudices against country and western and rhythm and blues music, was this because of their perceptions of the intended audiences for each style? In short the answer is yes. It was views that country and western was aimed towards the white race while rhythm and blues was aimed towards the black or African-American race. According to, What’s That Sound? (John Covach and Andrew Flory) “White listeners were largely unfamiliar wit rhythm and blues before rock and roll.”(1) This was a direct relation to racial segregation of whites and blacks. Unlike the black community, rock was aired on most radio stations. The other reason for the prejudice was the rhythm and blues was considered “race music”, so this caused several black artists to be grouped together under one record label and freed the others to be dominated by the white artists.
4. What are some important features of Chuck Berry’s music? Compare and contrast Berry with Buddy Holly.
Chuck Berry, the underwritten “King of Rock and Roll”. His music influenced several later musicians like, John Lennon, and Ted Nugent. His lyrical style appealed to the early teenage market by using graphic and humorous descriptions of teen dances, fast cars, high-school life, and consumer culture. Berry developed a unique songwriting style that prominently featured his own talents on guitar. He was one of the first to write about the music that he and others were creating. His breakthrough song was the song Johnny B. Goode.
Both Berry and Holly were pioneers of Rock and Roll and were great singers and song writers. They influenced many modern day musicians more than Elvis.
Holly died due to a plane crash, while Berry is alive and kicking. The main difference was their race, Buddy holly was white and Chuck Berry black. Berry’s music became main stream Rock and Roll and is still listened to widely. Buddy Holly’s the music was and still
Week 1 paper covering Chapters 1 and 2.
3. If many Americans had prejudices against country and western and rhythm and blues music, was this because of their perceptions of the intended audiences for each style? In short the answer is yes. It was views that country and western was aimed towards the white race while rhythm and blues was aimed towards the black or African-American race. According to, What’s That Sound? (John Covach and Andrew Flory) “White listeners were largely unfamiliar wit rhythm and blues before rock and roll.”(1) This was a direct relation to racial segregation of whites and blacks. Unlike the black community, rock was aired on most radio stations. The other reason for the prejudice was the rhythm and blues was considered “race music”, so this caused several black artists to be grouped together under one record label and freed the others to be dominated by the white artists.
4. What are some important features of Chuck Berry’s music? Compare and contrast Berry with Buddy Holly.
Chuck Berry, the underwritten “King of Rock and Roll”. His music influenced several later musicians like, John Lennon, and Ted Nugent. His lyrical style appealed to the early teenage market by using graphic and humorous descriptions of teen dances, fast cars, high-school life, and consumer culture. Berry developed a unique songwriting style that prominently featured his own talents on guitar. He was one of the first to write about the music that he and others were creating. His breakthrough song was the song Johnny B. Goode.
Both Berry and Holly were pioneers of Rock and Roll and were great singers and song writers. They influenced many modern day musicians more than Elvis.
Holly died due to a plane crash, while Berry is alive and kicking. The main difference was their race, Buddy holly was white and Chuck Berry black. Berry’s music became main stream Rock and Roll and is still listened to widely. Buddy Holly’s the music was and still