the impact of MTV on Rock Music and the American culture. In the 1980s‚ a commonly known television station called “MTV” was introduced to cable television. MTV‚ believe it or not‚ originally started out by playing solely music videos‚ typically dance oriented. MTV brought filmmaking and music together and created something entirely new‚ soon allowing artists to have artistic freedom with their music. MTV’s target audience was in the Midwest‚ which consisted of mostly white teenagers. Artists who
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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
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Afrobeat music was originated by Fela Anikulapo Kuti which became a unique popular kind of music emanating from Africa. Afrobeat is the fusion of different western stylistic elements including jazz with the with traditional Yoruba music. Afrobeat music by Fela Anikulapo Kuti is characterised by his distinct personality. A SHORT BACKGROUND ON FELA ANIKULAPO KUTI Fela Anikulapo Kuti was born on October 15‚1938 to the family of Reverend Israel Ransome Kuti at Abeokuta in Ogun State‚ Nigeria. At
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Exploring Popular Music What is popular music? Popular music is defined as "any genre of music having wide appeal but usually only for a short time."(Popular music) My definition of popular music is music mostly by one hit wonders or well established artists appealing widely for a short time. Popular music differs from other genres of music because with other genres of music they are constrained to that genre meaning that have to fit that group and really venture outside that box and still be
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English rock band who has been the most influential performer in the history of rock. Rock is the vocal music with a hard‚ driving beat‚ and heavily amplified sound. A new era of British influence began in 1964 with the American tour of the Beatles. The Beatles were popular during the Vietnam war in America‚ and used their lyrics to express their beliefs on politics and social. Their music united a generation together. The Beatles ruled the popular music in the United States. In 1960‚ the rock band
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Music is all around us. We all grew up listening to some type of music. No one can really determine when music began or which cultures had music first. There are stories of its origins that go back to ancient times. "Popular music is music produced for and sold to a broad audience."(1) The types of popular music we are going to look at are jazz‚ country-and-western music‚ rhythm-and-blues music (R&B)‚ rock music‚ and rap‚ also know as hip-hop.(1) First‚ we will look at jazz. Jazz is a type of music
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Eric Clapton’s Rock and blues to American listeners. Clapton’s multiple bands increased his popularity and the music played created a new sound that was profitable. Their struggles and addictions changed blues and rock and inspired the new musicians that played too. Eric Clapton was imprinted in music history with his awards‚ blues music‚ and rock music which have been inspired from his tragedies and struggles in his solo career‚ bands‚ and life. Clapton was inspired to follow music from the events
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From the 1950s till today‚ Rock music had made a powerful impact on American society and had greatly influenced our daily life‚ attitudes‚ and language. It had influenced generations of Americans and other genres of music often heard on the radio. Popular artists such as Bob Dylan and Marvin Gaye used rock music as a form of expression. “They expressed their emotions and how Americans were feeling towards social events occurring in our nation and around the world” (Classic 1). Rock music has affected
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Kayla Curlett Period 5 Music of the 1950’s Rock ‘n’ Roll‚ Pop‚ R&B‚ and Swing are some of the popular genres of music during the decade of the 1950’s. Music during this time period had a major influence on the people. It influenced their clothes‚ hair‚ fashion‚ dance moves‚ and their independence. Many teenagers during this time used the slogan “Sex‚ drugs and Rock ‘n’ Roll.” Some famous artists included Elvis Presley‚ Ricky Nelson‚ Fats Domino and Pat Boone. One of the biggest hits about the
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Early rock and roll music absorbed a lot of elements of African-American music‚ such as blues and jazz. These black popular music elements appeared frequently in early rock and roll songs‚ and were favored by white youth during 1950s. It is no doubt that Elvis Presley‚ who is often referred to as “the King of Rock and Roll”‚ is one of the most celebrated and influential musicians of the 20th century. Although Presley was a white man‚ he did not sing like other white singers before his time; Otherwise
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