Differences Between Rock And Roll

What made rock, including Dylan different from rock and roll? Are there advantages or disadvantages to the shift? Usually most people comprehend rock and rock and roll to be the same thing; artist such as Chuck Berry, Elvis and Little Richard manufactured rock and roll and at the time the style of music was differing from modern music. In a historical aspect, Rock and roll emerged first followed by Rock evolving from rock and roll; to a certain degree the two genres of music are very closely related. Rock and Roll was more so associated with the traditional old school 50 and 60’s music, targeting a more middle class suburbia that appreciated Frank Sinatra and Big Bands. Rock, is more of a modern new age wave of music that targeted a more modern group of people, typically younger teens black
Rock for me has stronger messages than the traditional Rock and Roll format; you see a lot of repetitive messages in the early 50’s and 60’s when it came to rock and roll music. Rock and Roll was basically telling stories about past experiences about sex or drugs or music that you couldn’t forget because the chorus was catchy. Rock, as stated before is a subculture of rock but for me with Dylan being an example had a lot of raw emotions infused into it. When I think about Rock and Roll I image sex, or to procreate without intention of reproducing, partying without consequences. Rock music is sort of like a political party, encouraging rebellion, power or to have strength within one’s self. Bob Dylan, is an example of all of these things, while listening to his music I got a sense of urgency and emotion. He made you feel that you belonged to a community larger than yourself; he himself encouraged diversity with the world and even with himself. He crystallized the notion of social protest as a cultural pursuit for a