Rock and Roll to Death
From Rock-a-Billy in the 50's, to Rock in the 60's, to Disco in the 70's, to Punk and Glamour in the 80's, no American institution has ever undergone such radical transformation in such a short time. Women's suffrage was not until 1920. Chuck Berry started it; Elvis Presley put a face on it. In the 1950's, Rock n' Roll was born. It emerged from rhythm and blues, a kind of music similar to jazz. This kind of music attracted teenagers. Disk jockey Alan Freed was the one who introduced this music and later gave it the name of Rock n' Roll. In the 50's Elvis Presley introduced a music that was sexual suggestive and outraged dull adults. He changed he style of music by introducing a country and western style and became a national hero. By the end of the decade, Rock n' Roll started to decline because it was formula ridden and it was too sentimental. Teenage audiences shifted
Rock n' Roll was no longer Rock n' Roll; it became nothing more than a corporate-sponsored teen music with a beat. Until the 70's, you could walk into a record store and pick up Sgt. During the 60's, many other styles of music surfaced from Rock like Motown, Soul music, Jazz-Rock and Folk-Rock. Coke and cool clothes became the trademark. In the late 80's, MTV was born and corporations seized full control of Rock n' Roll. The rabble-rousers were tired and Disco came along and tried to murder Rock n' Roll. The last blood of Rock n' Roll was drained by the video vampire. Excess may lead to wisdom, but for some of Rock's pioneers, it led to destruction: Joplin, Morrison, Keith Moon, self Bryan Wilson and what most self-proclaimed historians call "Rock's purest musician," Hendrix. The rebirth of Rock n' Roll came in the 60's, when the Beatles started to play. Sid Vicious and the Clash tried to murder disco with unconventional sound and angry clothes. That all changed in 1975, people were no longer protesting; the war was over and Nixon resigned. Folk-Rock was the most appreciated and was first suggested by Bob Dylan.
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