Why Is Music So Popular In The 1960s

Music has been around the world since the beginning of entertainment. Music has popular since the 1960s. During the 1960s’, music has changed from classical music to modern pop and rock from the artists such as The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. Also, in the ‘60s, they were containing songs that were use to protest. For example, Soul singer Sam Cooke wrote “A Change Is Gonna Come” and Bob Dylan wrote “Blowin’ in the Wind”. Both songs are responses to racism during the Civil Rights Movements. Also, other songs such as “Masters of War” by Bob Dylan and “The Unknown Soldier” by The Door are songs that protested the Vietnam War. In the ‘80s, hip-hop were introduced to mainstream radio and introduced the white class to urban lifestyle that most parents didn’t approve of it. In the ‘90s, music has become more aggressive for both hip-hop and rock. Music groups such as N.W.A. introduced the mainstream radio to topics such as police brutality, drugs, and violence. This caused the FBI to investigate the group and their lyrics. In rock, lyrics has became more personal and depressing. Rock bands such as Nirvana has lyrics that contain topics such as suicide, anger, and hopelessness. Media
According to studies, 69 percent of all of the songs that are played on the radio have at least one reference towards sex. 31 percent of the songs on the radio have at least one reference toward drugs. Another study shows that kids spend 2.2 hours every day listening to music. Also parents feel that today’s music is exposing their children to inappropriate language. Hip-Hop always deal with having complaints about rappers using explicit language in their songs and kids are listening to this music. So parents feel that their kids will listen to this songs with inappropriate lyrics and be encourage to have sex, drink alcohol, and smoke