MUSC 171 Study Guide - Final Guide: Natalie Maines, The Recording Academy, Rock And Roll
29 Jan 2014
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Backlash against rock and roll era 1950"s. Lonely crowd : rigidity of school and strict, upright values to prepare for conformity in future workforce. Increased demand for consumer items pleasure principle (increase in use of sexuality: rock and roll was entrance into a new generation of leisure, contradicted conserved, unobtrusive popular music of adult generation. Urban, sexual, black viewed as undermining values of work from adult perspective. Devil"s music : vintage rock"n"roll years coincided with music industry revenues tripled, significant increase in record sales and rock"n"roll songs charted from 1955 to. In 1950s, major companies and some independents tried to capitalize on growing popularity of r&b among white listeners by producing covers of the r&b hits using white artists and altering the style. Late 1950"s: initial rush of rock"n"roll excitement was over: new generation of white, middle-class teen idols. Schlock rock more about appearance than the music.
