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
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Nikki Ocampo Ms. Davis Humanities 11 June 4th‚ 2013 Peace‚ Love‚ and Rock n’ Roll Music is the backbone to every culture and society; when the culture begins to evolve so does the music. Throughout history we have constantly seen that music reflects the common beliefs and ideals of the people of that era. The most prominent example of this is Rock and Roll‚ which was a product of The Vietnam War in the 1960s. The music rebelled against the conformist sound of the 50s and evolved into the emotional
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Progressive Rock Era Music is a form of expression that allows artist to share their experiences with others. A critical time in the progression of music especially rock music came about in the 1960’s. Many Individuals during that time turned to music to ease the troubles going on in the world. The hippie movement was a new phenomenon that came about during this time period. Drugs and sex became very popular amongst the people who were into rock music and part of the hippie movement. People of this
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Rock music is a group of related music styles that have dominated popular music in the West since about 1955. Rock music began in the United States‚ but it has influenced on a broad field of cultures and musical traditions‚ including gospel music‚ the blues‚ country music‚ classical music‚ folk music‚ electronic music‚ etc. Thus‚ rock music is now felt worldwide. Actually‚ Rock Music is not only a kind of entertainment or music style. There are many meaningful values which lie hidden beneath
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Punk Rock: Through History Michael Carlton Abalon MMA-1‚ ENG012‚ A52 Prof. Jhona Niem November 24‚ 2010 “Punk is always something that`s going to be with us and to try and explain that would be stupid at this point”. -Billie Joe Armstrong‚ Green Day Punk Rock: Through History 1 “This could be the day that I’ve died‚ this could be the day that I’ve died...” The lyrics from Don McLean’s song (1971) “American Pie” which was best known for its lyrics about the February 3
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These are my rough unedited class notes representing general ideas and concepts for class lectures. Please ignore the many sentence fragments. The African-American culture of the southern plantation influenced the birth of the blues through the adaptation of their African musical heritage. Based upon a call and response structure‚ one slave worker would call or play a lead and the fellow workers would respond with the same phrase or an embellishment of that phrase. The music involved predictable
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Rock History Assignment 4 One of the most influential genres‚ or sub genres‚ is about a 50/50 flip between folk rock and jazz rock. Both incorporate amazing rock beats and tones‚ (and awesome guitar riffs)‚ as well as a bridge between two other completely separate genres. I also find it hard to categorize a band into one specific genre. So many bands have so many songs that could be put into a different category. So while Johnny Cash could be a country artists or rockabilly‚ and even in some of
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A Historical Book Review of Glenn C. Altschuler’s All Shook Up: How Rock ‘N’ Roll Changed America By Stacey Peterik Music has been a huge part of history since it began back in prehistoric times. As the decades have passed‚ music has gradually changed to include a variety of different styles; each being influenced in some way by the early blues and rhythm and blues of the 1940’s and 1950’s. As it does currently‚ in that time period‚ music created many conflicts between generations. Also in those decades though
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British Music The evolution of rock music 1920s - Young people listened to ragtime and jazz. 1930s - Swing became popular. Benny Goodman and his Orchestra were the ’King of the Swing’‚ as were Glenn Miller and Artie Shaw. The music was fast and frantically paced and led to dances being banned from dance halls‚ as the young women being flung into the air by their partners showed their stocking tops and underwear. Jazz continued to be popular. 1940s - The Second World War brought fast‚ frantic
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the most the most famous Disc Jockey(DJ) in rock ’n roll history‚ however‚ controversy encircled the man and he received lots of criticism especially from white adults during his career. I think that Alan Freed greatly helped shape the sound of music today and further advanced the progression of rock music. He is the person who coined the term "Rock & Roll" and also put up with a lot of nonsense regarding the term. At the time "Rock & Roll" was an urban african american term for sex
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