1. Rock and Roll has taken a variety of different forms depending on the origin of those making the music. One of the major examples is the difference between music from the UK and music from the US. This has been a major divide‚ starting with the British invasion where British acts came to the United States with a heavier bluesier tone than American bands. The divide in sound happens because artists from different regions have unique influences and that generates a very particular sound for some
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Rock music is a group of related music styles that have dominated popular music in the West since about 1955. Rock music began in the United States‚ but it has influenced on a broad field of cultures and musical traditions‚ including gospel music‚ the blues‚ country music‚ classical music‚ folk music‚ electronic music‚ etc. Thus‚ rock music is now felt worldwide. Actually‚ Rock Music is not only a kind of entertainment or music style. There are many meaningful values which lie hidden beneath
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Throughout history‚ music has always played a great role in culture. Music has always influenced the way people think and act but when the 1950´s arrived music played even a greater role in people’s lifestyle and as the decades went on music kept becoming more and more popular and it is now one of the biggest industries and influences in the world. Music doesn’t only changes people´s mood. It goes beyond that‚ Music reflects society on a much deeper level because it mirrors the attitudes of its
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Music and drugs have gone together hand-in-hand ever since the explosion of rock and roll on the American culture in the 1950’s. Since then‚ many gifted performers have succumbed to drug-induced deaths‚ which is why I feel that drugs negatively effected rock music. Many great pieces of art have been rumored to be created while under the influence of several drugs‚ or to be inspired by these drugs. Many artists over the years have used drugs as an excuse to escape their fame‚ and many have used
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What was it about the American social‚ political‚ and musical situations in the early sixties that made the country so ready for invasion by the British bands? Were the Beatles and the Rolling Stones so great that they could have taken over the U.S. charts any time‚ or was it mostly a case of good timing that they became so popular so quickly? The Beatles and The Rolling Stones have been two of the most influential bands on American Society. Creating The British Invasion in the 1960’s‚ this was
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Doo - wop After the huge popularity of swing music and the big bands that were associated with this genre‚ America’s economics changed meaning the artists could no longer afford to support the large amount of musicians they had in their bands. This led many swing bands to simplify their sound. Until this point the band and bandleader had been the focus point to the audience‚ and although the singer was still important‚ they were not considered to be the ‘title’ of the artist itself. As bands
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Sex‚ Drugs‚ and Rock and Roll The music industry in general has always faced disapproval by people for the constant innuendos to sex and drugs. Especially for rock and roll‚ the fans and even the performers would do drugs before shows and perform while intoxicated. On top of that‚ their lyrics and song titles were about sex or drugs. For example‚ lyrics from the song “Sweet Marijuana Brown” state‚ “I get no kick from cocaine‚ Mere alcohol doesn’t thrill me at all. But‚ I get a kick out of smoking
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Homework 12 Rock ‘n’ Rap Gabriel Gonzalez Block: 4 It costs the company an average of $15‚000 to produce a rock CD and an average of $12‚000 to produce a rap CD. Also‚ it takes about 18 hours to produce a rock CD and about 25 hours to produce a rap CD. The company can afford to spend up to $150‚000 on production next month. Also‚ the company will spend at least 175 hours on production. The company earns $20‚000 in profit on each rock CD it produces and $30‚000 in profit on each rap
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British Music The evolution of rock music 1920s - Young people listened to ragtime and jazz. 1930s - Swing became popular. Benny Goodman and his Orchestra were the ’King of the Swing’‚ as were Glenn Miller and Artie Shaw. The music was fast and frantically paced and led to dances being banned from dance halls‚ as the young women being flung into the air by their partners showed their stocking tops and underwear. Jazz continued to be popular. 1940s - The Second World War brought fast‚ frantic
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Review Questions 1. What is popular music? Popular music is any music since the mid-1800s that is popular with the preferences of anyone from a teen to a mid-aged adult. 2. What theme does pop music typically use in the lyrics? Describe one pop song that uses this theme. Why is this theme such a popular one? Pop music typically uses the theme of love and relationships in the lyrics. One pop song that uses this theme is the song “Marry Me” by Jason Derulo. Some of the lyrics are “…And if I
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