I found a new place to dwell. It’s down the end of Lonely Street at Heartbreak Hotel...” Recognize these lyrics? Yeah? That’s Elvis Presley’s song titled‚ “Heartbreak Hotel”. Elvis Presley had many hit songs‚ as he was well known for his music career in the genre of rock and roll music. Dating back to the 50’s‚ rock and roll has spiraled out with many popular bands and artists creating new songs with their own sound. When you think of rock and roll music‚ bands and artists that most likely pop
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of Rock ‘n’ Roll” During early January of 2000‚ Murray Horwitz‚ vice president for National Public Radio’s cultural programming‚ and producer Elizabeth Blair wanted to conduct a survey for their listeners. The NPR staff produced the works for the ballot and requested their listeners to cast a vote for “The 100 most important American works of the 20th century.” The audience was asked for suggestions of songs ranging from symphonies to pop melodies. The ballots started rolling in‚ with no end in
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The immense recognition of rock and roll affected an exceptional level of social‚ political and cultural impact on Australian life in the post war period. Not just a musical style‚ rock and roll influenced lifestyles‚ fashion trends‚ dance moves‚ attitudes‚ haircuts‚ forms of language and political views. The influence of rock n roll‚ in the post war period of the 50s and 60s was indeed one of great significance to Americanised culture. Australia was also influenced by this seeing as Australia had
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The Beatles Influence on Rock-and-Roll Katelyn Geluso MUH 405OL Prof. Gleason November 21‚ 2010 Abstract: The Beatles are one of the most innovative rock bands of all time. They have not only changed the way rock and roll is looked at‚ but also the way that the music is recorded. They have influenced the artists of the 60s and the 70s‚ and also many generations later and to come. Originating from Liverpool‚ England‚ the Beatles‚ or the Fab Four‚ consists of Paul McCartney‚ John Lennon
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Rock’-n’-roll is always changing and evolving into specific sub-genres. Sub-genres break down a general genre of music into a more specific and sophisticated type of that category. For example‚ rock has many different branches‚ including soft rock‚ southern rock‚ and hard rock. Rock in general typically has a lead electric guitar with a vigorous 4/4 beat produced by the drums. Yet‚ in the sub-genre of southern rock‚ a southern country rhythm is combined with a touch of rock and roll. Hard rock separates
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Globalisation‚ access and ideology have influenced the change in the consumption of Rock and Roll. In terms of popular culture‚ globalisation refers to the way that a popular culture can now be basically the same in many parts of the world‚ and that very few companies may control the production of a popular culture throughout the world. Access is the way consumers listened too‚ buy or get music. Ideology is in general usage‚ refers to the body of doctrine‚ myth and symbols of a social movement‚ a
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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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In the 1950’s‚ Rock and Roll took over the airwaves for a multitude of reasons. The youth of the generation was one of the largest groups of youth due to the Baby Boom after World War I‚ they were avid listeners to the radio‚ and could afford to purchase music due to the prosperity of the period. The sounds of Rock and Roll were a culmination of black rhythm and blues joined with white popular music‚ country and western‚ as well as‚ jazz (Dominick‚ 2013). One of the most famous singers of the
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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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Rock the War and Roll With the Protest Music has been a big part of war and protest throughout history. From the Revolutionary War to the Vietnam Conflict music has played an integral part in protest and morale during war times. Many songs throughout history have been popular during war times‚ songs such as “Yankee Doodle” during the Revolutionary War‚ “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” during the Civil War‚ “Over There” during World War I and “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” during World War II. .
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