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    Music Macro Environment

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    that the different generations like is different. 69% of surveyed people said that they thought there was a major difference of music tastes throughout the generations. As figure 2.2 shows these differences more closely. In the first two categories rock music has almost the same value‚ whereas the difference of the youngest generation compared to the oldest is clearest concerning rap or hip-hop tastes. 41 % of 16-29 year olds listen to rap music‚ whereas only 3% of the 50-64 year olds actually listen

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    or Little Richard’s Recording of "Hound Dog" with that of Elvis Presley The song “Hound Dog” is a blue song when it was written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller‚ even though they were rock music composer. But‚ when I listened to the recording which one performed by Elvis Presley‚ I felt that this song more like a rock music. Actually‚ “Hound Dog” was written for a blue song singer‚ Big Mama Thornton in 1952. Four years late‚ Elvis Presley performed his own version of this song and established his position

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    Great Rock Musicians: Their Achievements and Effect on Rock and Roll The blues are undeniably the roots of early rock and roll. Rock today has mutated so much that the basic blues patterns have been all but lost. The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the birth of‚ and evolution of rock and roll by focusing on three of the arguably greatest rock musicians of the sixties and seventies. The origin of the blues can be traced to the emancipation of the slaves in the rural black areas of the

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    Run Dmc History

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    Derek Meade Mills History of Rock December 4‚ 2011 Final Term Paper RUN-DMC RUN-DMC I was in the first semester of my senior year in high school. It was 1986 and “Walk This Way” was on the airways. I found myself really enjoying this “Rap” song by this group Run-D.M.C.. I would later find out that it was an Aerosmith song re-made. At the time I didn’t and couldn’t believe it because I had never heard of Aerosmith before or any of their songs. I actually

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    Blue Yodel No 1 Analysis

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    Many different sounds‚ feelings and instruments are used in the genres of country‚ blues‚ rock and hip hop music. Amongst these genres‚ there are also subgenres that display these differences as well. By observing a variety of songs‚ we are able to hear and distinguish between these genres. In country music‚ we can compare Jimmie Rodgers’ “Blue Yodel No 1 (T For Texas)” to Rednex’s “Cotton Eye Joe”. Jimmie Rodgers is one of the first country singers and is also known as “The Father of Country Music”

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    How the Beatles Compare and Contrast Politics and Religion   Britain was a Christian country (Church of England) before the 1960s.After the Second World War‚ church membership grew and there was also an economic boom and in the process fuelled consumerism. The Beatles “were beneficiaries of new attitudes toward money and leisure. The emphasis moved from thrift‚ duty‚ and service to consumerism” (Turner 2006:13). The Beatles were one of the most influential pop groups of the 1960s and had considerable

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    AC/DC Vs. Led Zeppelin

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    significance of AC/DC‚ it still can’t be compared to Led Zeppelin because absolute majority of the fans of rock music emphasis that the band of Robert Plant is simply the best they have ever seen‚ this thesis can be abstruse if you don’t listen to that genre of the music. Let’s separate these songs from bands and analyze them. If we look at the lyrics of these two iconic creatures of the rock music‚ we can say that‚ Highway to hell is focused on anarchy and chaos. It invokes people to become free

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    The Effect of the Beatles on America The Beatles managed to cut across entire generations through their music. They hailed from Liverpool England. This is the most revered rock band in the world and is remembered as the most influential act of the rock era. The Beatles band was formed in 1960 and it comprised of four members namely John Lennon‚ George Harrison‚ Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney. This paper will explore the effects the Beatles had on the United States of America. The Beatles first

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    The history of soul music

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    sociopolitical inroads made by jazz also helped legitimize black pop music with the white masses. Soul music was also‚ indirectly‚ helped by rock music‚ precisely because rock music made white pop music sound so obsolete. Rock music buried white pop music but did not quite offer an alternative. On the other hand‚ rock music legitimized black pop music (rock music was basically a white version of rhythm’n’blues)‚ and black pop music did offer an anternative to the Italian crooners and the likes.

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    American culture changed dramatically in the sixties‚ one event is so big that it still  affects us today‚ Woodstock. Woodstock affected American culture‚ thoughts on certain ideas‚  and the most famous change in music was caused by Woodstock. Woodstock helped rock music  evolve and advance.  August 16‚ 1969 was the first day of the “3 Days of Peace and Music” or otherwise called  the Woodstock Festival. This festival took place in upper New York or new Bethel. Over  400‚000 people came to Woodstock‚ there w

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