Pop culture had its peak in Europe in the 90s when ladies sensation group, Spice Girls came out. Ever since Spice Girls started the pop culture in Europe it has become an unstoppable trend. ... Probably the biggest competition pop culture has, is rap culture. ... Man that are into the pop culture dress, with ripped pants, faded shirts and old caps. ... In the 1990s the Spice Girls introduced a shoe that still describes pop culture in days. ...

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Music plays an important role in today's culture. ... Throughout this paper I will tell of different genres of music in today's American culture and give a thorough description of each. The first genre, and probably most well known, is Rock & Pop. ... Pop usually appeals to younger people due to its" catchy and simple music, but it plays quite the significant role in today's culture. ...

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So popular that they are even included in the title "pop" music. ... When did clean cut, white washed, old-fashioned "pop" music start competing with young, bearded rebels? ... In 1969 the Woodstock, three-day festival of art and music changed popular culture forever. Before the 1960s pop music consisted of boy bands with kind gentle lyrics that were "family friendly". ... So what did this do to "pop" music and culture? ...

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The 1960's affected politics and the economy but above all society and social culture. Music more or less created the hippie culture. ... The Beatles changed rock "n roll and created pop music as they quickly became the trendsetters of America. ... They helped to reshape Rock "n roll into "Rock music" that was capable of introducing serious social issues into the mainstream of American culture, thus, becoming "Pop music" and not just mere commercial entertainment (Holland 46). ... Pop music culture, as we know it today, was created by Beatles. ...

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Unfortunately, due to the extreme segregation of the times, blacks couldn't identify with the white culture all around them- the white culture that hated them. Instead, the black culture identified with its own music. ... A Century of Pop describes yet another form of R&B to emerge during the fifties: doo-wop. ... Hugh Gregory illustrates the influence of R&B music on Rock "n" Roll in his book A Century of Pop. Artists like Fats Domino and Little Richard took the sounds of Rhythm and Blues and gospel to the pop music scene worldwide. ...

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Popular Cultures In The 1960's Music became more popular when the first jukebox was invented. ... There were lots of influences from America in British pop in the late 50's and 60's. ... British pop music was different to that of American Pop music, although such artists imitated influences and sounds as Cliff Richard. ... Radio BBC didn't play any pop music. ... The Beatles on the other hand were clean cut pop stars that wrote songs about love and peace. ...

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Dion was one of several Italian-Americans to make important pop rock in the 60s. ... The british Invasion was influenced by American recordings of British Pop Music. ... Despite the antiestablishment of the youth culture in San Francisco, musicians such as Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, and Santana signed many contracts with major recording companies. ... His new technique gained exposure at the first large scale rock festivasl in the U.S. such as ;Monterey Pop, and Woodstock. ...

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Rock and roll began in the United States; the music was influenced by other cultures and musical traditions like gospel music, blues, country- and western, and folk music. ... The categories were rhythm and blues, pop, country and western. ... (Don Mc Leese, Pop music critic, Austin American-statesman) Elvis Presley was the first rock star that was internationally known throughout the world. ... Another song that was a successful for the group was "Crazy, Man, Crazy"; it was the first rock and roll record to make Billboard Pop Chart. ...

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The Newsboys are a band from Australia that bring life into their music using a fun pop rock easy going sound that is very energetic. ... It is looked at as an insult in some cultures, it is not taken very seriously. ...

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œ Sources: Washington Times, July 2, 1997 Reported in Nexus Magazine December, 1997 The Influence of Music and Music Videos Singing and music have always played an important role in learning and the communication of culture. ... œ Die Ärzte On their first single Schrei nach Liebe" (Scream for love") after the reunion, they compound through naiv-ironically Pop`n Punk-Sound with the subject racism. ...

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It came from the combination of various styles and cultures. ... Still at this time though, artists such as Pat Boone, Rosemary Clooney, and Perry Como were at the very top of the pop charts. ... HUNDREDS of garage bands popped up around the united states, and very few had any hits. ...

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Through their trusted instrument, guitar players have become guitar heroes by subtly, quietly, loudly, and fervently fighting to shape this world and the numerous cultures that inhabit it. ... Nationalist music provided a voice for different cultures, a trend that would echo through the next century at a smaller scale: the voice of the people in those cultures (Hilfiger). ... As a musician, he sparked several genres of pop music, including electrified folk-rock and country-rock. ... Where Hercules used his strength to save people and fight monsters, Bob Dylan fought indirectly for the rig...

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Rock has meant a great deal lot to people over the years; it became a part of American culture with its traditions and values. ... In the 1960s music mirrored the tensions of the Vietnam War era and played an important role in American culture. ... As different styles of music emerged on the market, Rock lost a portion of the audience to rap music, pop music, or hip hop music. ...

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At least as important as the music, however, was the associated culture, which at the time caused great furor amongst the establishment. ... In the words of the pop icon, Madonna, "Music brings the people together." ...

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Some talked about normal pop culture subjects like: relationships, break-ups and other common subjects; but at the same time there were artists that were discussing pretty openly political and social issues. ... Its music fashioned the ideas of peace and love and was illustrated musically (because, we can easily say that the hippie movement had a musical revolution at it's core) by artists like Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, etc San Francisco was bursting with rock activity and it became the center for the hippie culture. ...

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Country music never crossed racial lines, though, and never gained acceptance in black culture. ... (Edmonds, 26) Rather than continue with the "pop" formula of his past Motown hits, he used the pain to record his greatest record. ...

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