Music Revolution

Through American history there has been a music revolution that provided an output of expression through lyrical messages. These lyrical messages were those of which opposed the idea of sending American troops to the war in Vietnam. This protesting had brought many different composers to rally together to form a revolution that would forever change the popularity of a genre. This genre was called rock ‘n’ roll which had provided a new insight to how the Vietnam war was portrayed. Two authors talk about how the revolution either helped the protesting or not. In the article “American Popular Music and the War in Vietnam”, author Terry H. Anderson describes the factors that had contributed to the record companies as well as how music produced during the war had changed how radio stations broadcasted. These varieties of songs were reflecting the “attitudes of the American people.” There were songs that supported or opposed the “social thought” of the war in Southeast Asia. This “social thought” led to musicians composing hundreds of songs. The radio stations had grown in the genres of country and rock. With many songs being produced, radio stations had become “full-time” stations that had increased record sales in the year 1973. From the two most popular genres of country and rock, the rock ‘n’ roll had become the enhanced genre that had expressed more ideas through its music. With rock ‘n’ roll becoming the dominant choice of music, the lyrics had changed dramatically from “romance and courtship” in the 50’s, to “social protest and antiwar lyrics” that were later found in 60’s music. Anderson paraphrases that protesting music against the war was “a source of strength, unification, and expression” which helped others see the views of the protesting.
In the chapter “Popular Music Trends through the Counterculture Era” in the novel American History through Music, author James E. Perone talks about how most of the popular music was between 1960 and 1975. The most