Rock And Roll Speech
Desirae Mora
Mrs. Thornton
Advanced Speech
12 Dec 2012
Rock and Roll The 1950’s was a busy century. It contained everything from wars to new inventions, segregation to the year of consumerism. This era also had its ups and downs; what was accepted and what wasn’t. In this case, rock and roll gained both acceptance and rejection. While the youth longed for a revolution in their pop culture, the older generation caused havoc in saying no. Alan Freed just about had the starring role in the 1950’s, by giving this genre of music the name ‘rock and roll’. He decided to play rhythm and blues records on his radio show one day and, “borrowed a term used in many R&B hits (such as “my baby rocks me with a steady roll”) and called his music “rock and roll”…” ("www.scaruffi.com"). Freed’s radio show was gaining popularity among young whites and was listened to by many. Western bands began to appeal to his sound of music, such as “Bill Haley and the Comets”, and soon in 1954, rock and roll was born. …show more content…
Rock and roll had a cultural hearth of Midwestern-urban and eventually spread through contagious and hierarchical diffusion.
There was strong recognition from the youth of the 1950’s for rock and roll, mainly because it was a new sound and it was possible to make it their own. Seeing this pattern, “ geographers and anthropologists call this the reterritorialization of popular culture…” (Fouberg, Murphy, and Blij ). With this said, teens saw this as an opportunity to embrace this new kind of music, especially with many more singers being discovered that were capable of taking on the sound of rock and roll. Looking more into this generation, it was clear that, “Through rock’n’roll, young people began searching for an identity…” and found that they could relate to this new music
("www.scaruffi.com"). Rock and roll however, was not always favored. As it won approval from the teens of the 1950’s, it also gained bad reactions from the middle-class. In fact, “New Yorkers like Frank Sinatra called rock and roll “the martial music of juvenile delinquents”…” (Ford 455-464). Parents also began to believe that their teens were listening to rock and roll for the wrong reasons. That style of music had been seen as rebellious and was sometimes listened to by that kind of audience. As the cons outweighed the pros, rock and roll stars were being persecuted and disliked, mainly by the elder generation. Although rock and roll, at the time, went through a roller coaster of ups and downs, this style of music is seen and recognized as classic. It is still listened to by many and appreciated by most. Stars from that era, even now, have a place in today’s pop culture and continues to affect generation after generation. Listening to rock and roll now, many believe that their ‘oldies but goodies’.
Works Cited
Ford, Larry . "Journal of Geography." Web of science. 70.8 455-464. Print.
Fouberg, Erin H., Alexander B. Murphy, and Harm J. De Blij.Human Geography, People, Place, And Culture. Nineth. Jefferson: Wiley, 2009. Print.
. "The History of Rock Music." www.scaruffi.com. Piero Scaruffi, n.d. Web. 17 Dec 2012.
Mrs. Thornton
Advanced Speech
12 Dec 2012
Rock and Roll The 1950’s was a busy century. It contained everything from wars to new inventions, segregation to the year of consumerism. This era also had its ups and downs; what was accepted and what wasn’t. In this case, rock and roll gained both acceptance and rejection. While the youth longed for a revolution in their pop culture, the older generation caused havoc in saying no. Alan Freed just about had the starring role in the 1950’s, by giving this genre of music the name ‘rock and roll’. He decided to play rhythm and blues records on his radio show one day and, “borrowed a term used in many R&B hits (such as “my baby rocks me with a steady roll”) and called his music “rock and roll”…” ("www.scaruffi.com"). Freed’s radio show was gaining popularity among young whites and was listened to by many. Western bands began to appeal to his sound of music, such as “Bill Haley and the Comets”, and soon in 1954, rock and roll was born. …show more content…
Rock and roll had a cultural hearth of Midwestern-urban and eventually spread through contagious and hierarchical diffusion.
There was strong recognition from the youth of the 1950’s for rock and roll, mainly because it was a new sound and it was possible to make it their own. Seeing this pattern, “ geographers and anthropologists call this the reterritorialization of popular culture…” (Fouberg, Murphy, and Blij ). With this said, teens saw this as an opportunity to embrace this new kind of music, especially with many more singers being discovered that were capable of taking on the sound of rock and roll. Looking more into this generation, it was clear that, “Through rock’n’roll, young people began searching for an identity…” and found that they could relate to this new music
("www.scaruffi.com"). Rock and roll however, was not always favored. As it won approval from the teens of the 1950’s, it also gained bad reactions from the middle-class. In fact, “New Yorkers like Frank Sinatra called rock and roll “the martial music of juvenile delinquents”…” (Ford 455-464). Parents also began to believe that their teens were listening to rock and roll for the wrong reasons. That style of music had been seen as rebellious and was sometimes listened to by that kind of audience. As the cons outweighed the pros, rock and roll stars were being persecuted and disliked, mainly by the elder generation. Although rock and roll, at the time, went through a roller coaster of ups and downs, this style of music is seen and recognized as classic. It is still listened to by many and appreciated by most. Stars from that era, even now, have a place in today’s pop culture and continues to affect generation after generation. Listening to rock and roll now, many believe that their ‘oldies but goodies’.
Works Cited
Ford, Larry . "Journal of Geography." Web of science. 70.8 455-464. Print.
Fouberg, Erin H., Alexander B. Murphy, and Harm J. De Blij.Human Geography, People, Place, And Culture. Nineth. Jefferson: Wiley, 2009. Print.
. "The History of Rock Music." www.scaruffi.com. Piero Scaruffi, n.d. Web. 17 Dec 2012.