POP MUSIC HAS IT RIGHT America is the land of opportunity. ... One of these distractions is music. Music of today is really at a high point. As I walk down the aisle at my music store, I glance at the old music of the 60's and 70's and begin to question the time period. ... These people all seem burdened by their music. ...
I don't need to elaborate on this... if you don't know about the direct effect war had on the music of the 1960s (ergo, the music of today), go read a book. ... How would it change popular music as we know it? ... But I doubt it. 2) Pre-fabricated pop acts discover the creative process. ... Arguably the most important and inventive teeny-bopper pop act in the world, it took a social revolution to also make them the most important movers in popular culture since Thomas Paine. ... All forms of music - not just rock n' roll, but even country, jazz, chamber music, gospel... ...
Music more or less created the hippie culture. ... The sixties brought many new aspects to music. ... 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. ...
The music gave evidence of what the world was doing wrong. ... Music was played loud enough that it involves the listener whole heartedly. 60's and 70's rock and roll refused to be background music. ... It was also fondly referred to as, the devil's music. ... During this era, music of both types were written. ... Is protest music a lost art from? ...
Thus, the economy was greatly influenced by the prominent pop culture figures of the time. Fashion in the 1950s was influenced by the pop culture stars of the era. ... Pop culture began to target this new, marketable social group; movies, music, and literature started to define their roles and their fashion tastes. ... The movies and the fashions that emerged were also influenced by the flourishing music industry, specifically in the form of "rock-n-roll."" ... Teens gathered around their new black-and-white televisions to watch the bands and the audiences of American Bandstand, a prog...
